I have noticed that John, Papa's twin,
is listed with 2 different middle names...
In his entry for the History of O'Brien Co.
Papa listed him as John Zansen.
In the family tree he is listed as John O'Kane.
Which is correct?
Showing posts with label McCarty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCarty. Show all posts
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
School picture
The original picture is torn through Lyle's face, but he looks like a cutie. He would have been six, and Vivian about seven.Thursday, January 17, 2008
Family Crest
Motto means: To the strong and faithful, nothing is difficult.Red means: Warrior or martyr; Military strength and magnanimity
Stag means: One who will not fight unless provoked; peace and harmony
History of O’Brien County, Iowa 1979: McCarty Family
The year 1845 was another of the bitter years for the Irish. The English were still doing their best to destroy the Irish who were Catholic and blight had destroyed the potato crop causing widespread famine. Late that year, Patrick McCarty, with his wife, Mary, and their ten children left Ireland. They landed at New Orleans in February 1846. From there, they went to Daviess County, Indiana and bought a farm. Their son, Patrick Henry (1832-1894) married Elizabeth Morgan (1836-1913) in 1861, three days before the Civil War began. The first child born in Montgomery, Indiana was their son Patrick Maurice (1862-1928).
Patrick brought his family to Walnut, Iowa in 1879. Later they farmed in the Boyden-Hull area, and were there at the time of the Great Blizzard of March 14, 1888. Patrick and three sons were in the barn milking when it struck. Since the house and barn were on opposite sides of the road, Patrick and the boys wondered if they could find the house. Patrick, trusting a dog’s natural homing instincts, held onto the dog’s tail with the three boys holding onto him and each other. They got safely to the house.
That same year, Patrick bought the NW¼ of Section 9 in Carroll Township. The family lived in rented buildings on Section 4 while they farmed the land and build a house. Patrick had paid $16.50 per acre for the farm. Also in 1888, their son, James M. married Josie Dunn (1860-1945). They farmed in Floyd Township until Patrick’s death in 1894. Elizabeth and daughters moved into Sheldon and James moved onto the farm in Carroll Township. Prior to James and Josie’s wedding, Josie’s sister, Loretta had written to her warning her not to marry James as he read books, and would therefore be a poor businessman. Despite the handicap, by the time of his death he managed to own 640 acres in Carroll Township.
James and Josie had four children; Vivian (1889-1974), Lionel P. (Lyle) (1890-1943), Vetus C. (1894-1968), and Loretta (1901- ). They also raised twin girls, Arleen and Eileen (1916- ) whose mother died at childbirth. The twins’ father was James’ brother, Vetus.
Vivian married Matthew Weir (1893-1978) in 1921. They had seven children; Mary (1922), Veronica (1923- ), Ethel (1925- ), Lionel (1926- ), Rosella (1927- ), Loretta (1930- ), and Audrey (1931- ). Matt and Vivian spent all their farming days on Section 1 Carroll and were living in Sheldon at the time of their deaths.
Lyle married Mary O’Kane (1891- ) in 1912. They were the parents of fifteen children. They farmed the NE¼ of Section 8 Carroll until 1936 when they purchased the S½ of Section 26 in Hartley Township. Lyle died there. Mary moved to Sheldon and has 65 grandchildren and seventy-two great-grandchildren. Their children are:
Philip (1913- ) who married Dorothy Tilley in 1949. Three children.
James (1914- ) who married Cecelia Mulhern in 1937 and have eight children. They have always lived on Section 8 in Carroll.
John (1914- ) Zansen married Seraphine Z in 1937. They live on Section 32 in Lincoln Township. They have five children. Their daughter Karen, married Richard Kamradt in 1960 and they and their five children live on Section 4, Dale Township.
Lionel F. (1916-1921)
Rosemary (1917-1971) married Arthur Schoo in 1942. He died in 1963. They had no children.
Bernadette (1918- ) married Ed Krogman in 1945. Ed died in 1963. They had three children. Bernadette later married Harold Bell. They live in Sheldon.
LeRoy (1920- ) married Ruby Brower in 1945. They live on Section 26 in Hartley Township and have five children. Daughter, Therese married Orlan Lux in 1968 and have three children. They live on Section 26 in Lincoln Township. Daughter, Maureen married Larry Rawlings in 1969 and have two children. They live in Hartley. Son, Noel lives on Section 27 in Lincoln Township.
Edwin (Ned) (1922- ) married Ruth Wichman in 1945. They live in Sutherland and have seven children. The youngest, Todd, is still at home.
Richard (1923- ) married LaVonne Newell in 1946. They live in Hartley and have four children.
Clement (1925- ) married Beverly Shouse in 1945 and have four children.
Therese (1926-1943)
Deloris (1928- ) married Robert Bryant in 1946. They live in Sheldon and have five children.
Patrick (1929- ) married Joan McAlpine in 1953 and have five children.
Vernon (1931- ) married Ann Mosser in 1958. She died in 1961. He married Betty Brown in 1962. They have eight children.
Joan (1933- ) married Kenneth Wacker in 1953 and are the parents of nine children.
Vetus married Agnes Cajacob (1895- ) in 1919. They farmed the McCarty homeplace on Section 9 on Carroll until retiring to live in Sheldon. They had ten children and at present there are fifty-five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Their children are:
Francis J. (Frank) (1920- ) married Regina Pape in 1947 and are the parents of twelve children, five of which are still living at home on Section 16 Lincoln Township.
David (1922- ) married Rita Theisen in 1947. They have ten children, two of whom are still at home on Section 1 Grant Township. A son, Dan married Donna Harris in 1976 and they live on Section 4 Omega Township.
Robert (1924- ) lives with his mother in Sheldon and is engaged in farming with his brother, William, on Section 9 Carroll Township.
William (Bill) (1926- ) married Carol Downes in 1952 and are the parents of four sons. The oldest, Patrick married Laureen Peterson in 1973. They have two children and live in Sheldon.
Thomas (1928- ) married Theresa Pape in 1951 and have five children.
Jean (1929- ) married Robert Abels in 1950. They had nine children.
Betty (1931- ) married Robert Youngers in 1955. They live on Section 26 Carroll Township. The oldest of their seven children, Tom, married Lisa Letner in 1974. They have two children and live on Section 10 Carroll Township.
Patricia (1934- ) married John Rodkewich in 1969. He died in 1974. They had two children.
Charles (1935- ) married Theresa Penning in 1964. They have two children.
Margaret (Peggy) (1938- ) married Robert Naughton in 1961 and have three sons
James and Josie’s youngest daughter married Leland Coonan in 1923. They had four children.
There are members of five generations of McCarty’s buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Sheldon. Throughout the years, members of the family have been active in affairs of church, school, community, cooperatives, and the Democratic Party.
I typed this from the book (History of O'Brien County, Iowa 1976) on our shelf at home (most of the strange punctuation and grammar aren’t mine). I think Mom told me Grandpa wrote it. Apparently he first wrote something much longer, but it was edited down quite a bit. I remember him saying that was to make room for the 3 pages the Klu Klux Klan got. I’m not going to type their section up. Sorry.
NW¼ of Section 9 in Carroll Township is just ½ mile east of the farm at the top of the hill, where Pat and Laureen McCarty farm now. NE¼ of Section 8 in Carroll Township is the farm.
Patrick brought his family to Walnut, Iowa in 1879. Later they farmed in the Boyden-Hull area, and were there at the time of the Great Blizzard of March 14, 1888. Patrick and three sons were in the barn milking when it struck. Since the house and barn were on opposite sides of the road, Patrick and the boys wondered if they could find the house. Patrick, trusting a dog’s natural homing instincts, held onto the dog’s tail with the three boys holding onto him and each other. They got safely to the house.
That same year, Patrick bought the NW¼ of Section 9 in Carroll Township. The family lived in rented buildings on Section 4 while they farmed the land and build a house. Patrick had paid $16.50 per acre for the farm. Also in 1888, their son, James M. married Josie Dunn (1860-1945). They farmed in Floyd Township until Patrick’s death in 1894. Elizabeth and daughters moved into Sheldon and James moved onto the farm in Carroll Township. Prior to James and Josie’s wedding, Josie’s sister, Loretta had written to her warning her not to marry James as he read books, and would therefore be a poor businessman. Despite the handicap, by the time of his death he managed to own 640 acres in Carroll Township.
James and Josie had four children; Vivian (1889-1974), Lionel P. (Lyle) (1890-1943), Vetus C. (1894-1968), and Loretta (1901- ). They also raised twin girls, Arleen and Eileen (1916- ) whose mother died at childbirth. The twins’ father was James’ brother, Vetus.
Vivian married Matthew Weir (1893-1978) in 1921. They had seven children; Mary (1922), Veronica (1923- ), Ethel (1925- ), Lionel (1926- ), Rosella (1927- ), Loretta (1930- ), and Audrey (1931- ). Matt and Vivian spent all their farming days on Section 1 Carroll and were living in Sheldon at the time of their deaths.
Lyle married Mary O’Kane (1891- ) in 1912. They were the parents of fifteen children. They farmed the NE¼ of Section 8 Carroll until 1936 when they purchased the S½ of Section 26 in Hartley Township. Lyle died there. Mary moved to Sheldon and has 65 grandchildren and seventy-two great-grandchildren. Their children are:
Philip (1913- ) who married Dorothy Tilley in 1949. Three children.
James (1914- ) who married Cecelia Mulhern in 1937 and have eight children. They have always lived on Section 8 in Carroll.
John (1914- ) Zansen married Seraphine Z in 1937. They live on Section 32 in Lincoln Township. They have five children. Their daughter Karen, married Richard Kamradt in 1960 and they and their five children live on Section 4, Dale Township.
Lionel F. (1916-1921)
Rosemary (1917-1971) married Arthur Schoo in 1942. He died in 1963. They had no children.
Bernadette (1918- ) married Ed Krogman in 1945. Ed died in 1963. They had three children. Bernadette later married Harold Bell. They live in Sheldon.
LeRoy (1920- ) married Ruby Brower in 1945. They live on Section 26 in Hartley Township and have five children. Daughter, Therese married Orlan Lux in 1968 and have three children. They live on Section 26 in Lincoln Township. Daughter, Maureen married Larry Rawlings in 1969 and have two children. They live in Hartley. Son, Noel lives on Section 27 in Lincoln Township.
Edwin (Ned) (1922- ) married Ruth Wichman in 1945. They live in Sutherland and have seven children. The youngest, Todd, is still at home.
Richard (1923- ) married LaVonne Newell in 1946. They live in Hartley and have four children.
Clement (1925- ) married Beverly Shouse in 1945 and have four children.
Therese (1926-1943)
Deloris (1928- ) married Robert Bryant in 1946. They live in Sheldon and have five children.
Patrick (1929- ) married Joan McAlpine in 1953 and have five children.
Vernon (1931- ) married Ann Mosser in 1958. She died in 1961. He married Betty Brown in 1962. They have eight children.
Joan (1933- ) married Kenneth Wacker in 1953 and are the parents of nine children.
Vetus married Agnes Cajacob (1895- ) in 1919. They farmed the McCarty homeplace on Section 9 on Carroll until retiring to live in Sheldon. They had ten children and at present there are fifty-five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Their children are:
Francis J. (Frank) (1920- ) married Regina Pape in 1947 and are the parents of twelve children, five of which are still living at home on Section 16 Lincoln Township.
David (1922- ) married Rita Theisen in 1947. They have ten children, two of whom are still at home on Section 1 Grant Township. A son, Dan married Donna Harris in 1976 and they live on Section 4 Omega Township.
Robert (1924- ) lives with his mother in Sheldon and is engaged in farming with his brother, William, on Section 9 Carroll Township.
William (Bill) (1926- ) married Carol Downes in 1952 and are the parents of four sons. The oldest, Patrick married Laureen Peterson in 1973. They have two children and live in Sheldon.
Thomas (1928- ) married Theresa Pape in 1951 and have five children.
Jean (1929- ) married Robert Abels in 1950. They had nine children.
Betty (1931- ) married Robert Youngers in 1955. They live on Section 26 Carroll Township. The oldest of their seven children, Tom, married Lisa Letner in 1974. They have two children and live on Section 10 Carroll Township.
Patricia (1934- ) married John Rodkewich in 1969. He died in 1974. They had two children.
Charles (1935- ) married Theresa Penning in 1964. They have two children.
Margaret (Peggy) (1938- ) married Robert Naughton in 1961 and have three sons
James and Josie’s youngest daughter married Leland Coonan in 1923. They had four children.
There are members of five generations of McCarty’s buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Sheldon. Throughout the years, members of the family have been active in affairs of church, school, community, cooperatives, and the Democratic Party.
I typed this from the book (History of O'Brien County, Iowa 1976) on our shelf at home (most of the strange punctuation and grammar aren’t mine). I think Mom told me Grandpa wrote it. Apparently he first wrote something much longer, but it was edited down quite a bit. I remember him saying that was to make room for the 3 pages the Klu Klux Klan got. I’m not going to type their section up. Sorry.
NW¼ of Section 9 in Carroll Township is just ½ mile east of the farm at the top of the hill, where Pat and Laureen McCarty farm now. NE¼ of Section 8 in Carroll Township is the farm.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Josie #3
More from Grandpa's tapes -
Josie’s relatives lived down in Akron. After Jim died, she would furnish the car and John and James would have to drive her down. Eileen and Arleen would go along. Even if they drove their own car all the pay Josie ever gave them after putting up with her all day was to say three Hail Marys for them. At that time it was very unusual to drive to Akron (50 miles) and back without having at least one flat tire so it wasn’t a joyous trip. On top of that, coming and going, Grandma would start the rosary in her slow, slow way and they were expected to answer that all the way down and back. They soon learned that Josie was a little deaf and after she would say her part of the prayers the rest of them would carry on a conversation on any subject they wanted pretending to be answering her prayers so they got along all right.
Josie raised Eileen and Arleen, twin daughters of Veatus Cantious and Mary Gannon McCarty. (Veatus was Jim's brother). Their mother died at childbirth. Josie adopted them in 1930, after Jim’s death. He would never adopt them.
Josie’s relatives lived down in Akron. After Jim died, she would furnish the car and John and James would have to drive her down. Eileen and Arleen would go along. Even if they drove their own car all the pay Josie ever gave them after putting up with her all day was to say three Hail Marys for them. At that time it was very unusual to drive to Akron (50 miles) and back without having at least one flat tire so it wasn’t a joyous trip. On top of that, coming and going, Grandma would start the rosary in her slow, slow way and they were expected to answer that all the way down and back. They soon learned that Josie was a little deaf and after she would say her part of the prayers the rest of them would carry on a conversation on any subject they wanted pretending to be answering her prayers so they got along all right.
Josie raised Eileen and Arleen, twin daughters of Veatus Cantious and Mary Gannon McCarty. (Veatus was Jim's brother). Their mother died at childbirth. Josie adopted them in 1930, after Jim’s death. He would never adopt them.
Josie #2
In Grandpa's words -
During the depression when they were going to high school, James and his family brought her in milk at seven cents a quart. They were glad to get that money because that bought their paper, pencils, school supplies and gave them a little money on the side. (Money went a long ways in those days). Josie never washed the milk bottles for them or gave them a treat. On top of that when they walked into the house she would be sitting on her chair and would invariably ask them to sit or kneel down beside her chair and she would recite some religious prayer or poem or give them a lecture. At that age they were not too happy to receive such advice.
Once James was late coming home from school as he had to stay after for a discipline problem. If Lyle knew that James would automatically be out of high school. He was driving a horse and buggy so he had to hurry to get home in time. As James walked in Josie told him to kneel down beside her chair. “This afternoon” she said, “I think we should have a little talk about sex.” James said he had a sudden inspiration and said “Just what in the devil do you want to know about sex?” Josie got angry and threw him out and he got home without his dad finding out he had to stay after school.
During the depression when they were going to high school, James and his family brought her in milk at seven cents a quart. They were glad to get that money because that bought their paper, pencils, school supplies and gave them a little money on the side. (Money went a long ways in those days). Josie never washed the milk bottles for them or gave them a treat. On top of that when they walked into the house she would be sitting on her chair and would invariably ask them to sit or kneel down beside her chair and she would recite some religious prayer or poem or give them a lecture. At that age they were not too happy to receive such advice.
Once James was late coming home from school as he had to stay after for a discipline problem. If Lyle knew that James would automatically be out of high school. He was driving a horse and buggy so he had to hurry to get home in time. As James walked in Josie told him to kneel down beside her chair. “This afternoon” she said, “I think we should have a little talk about sex.” James said he had a sudden inspiration and said “Just what in the devil do you want to know about sex?” Josie got angry and threw him out and he got home without his dad finding out he had to stay after school.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Josie stories #1
From Grandpa's tapes:
Josie was a religious fanatic. She was one of those old time bigoted Catholics. James’ folks didn’t bring them up that way but the generation before them were as bigoted as the Protestants were to them. If you weren’t a Catholic you were going to go to hell for sure. In later years when she was staying down at Marguerite Wulf’s mother’s house, Nell Donahue, she showed how fanatic she was. On Good Friday Josie would go to the church at 6:30 in the morning and she wouldn’t leave until evening. This Good Friday, along toward noon, some lady came over and told Nell that Josie had wet her pants and it had run down the floor almost to the alter rails. Nell picked up a pair of clean panties and went over to the church and started to scold Josie about going on in such a way. Josie said “Well, that’s the kind of a Catholic you are and I’ve been here all day with Jesus.” So she didn’t make much head way in telling her to have a little cleanliness about herself.
Another time she was staying at Nell Donahue’s when Marguerite was going with Howard and, of course, he was a Lutheran. Josie wanted to go for a ride. She had broken her hip some time before and it had never mended properly. When the ride was over she was so stiff that she couldn’t get out of the car without help. It took quite a bit of help so Nell went in the house to get Howard who was visiting. Nell asked him to help Josie, but when Josie saw him coming near the car she said “Go away. I’ll not have any help from a Protestant pup!” Nell said, “Good! Then you can sit in there and rot.” Josie sat and rotted for about two hours in the hot sun and finally she let the Protestant pup help her out of the car.
Josie also didn’t believe in taking a bath. She said if you changed your underthings that was all that was necessary. Marguerite tells about when she and her mother picked up Josie bodily and put her in the tub to clean her up. Josie stiffened out straight as a board. They had to crack her in the stomach to get her to bend and get into the water. They scrubbed her up no matter what she believed.
Josie was a religious fanatic. She was one of those old time bigoted Catholics. James’ folks didn’t bring them up that way but the generation before them were as bigoted as the Protestants were to them. If you weren’t a Catholic you were going to go to hell for sure. In later years when she was staying down at Marguerite Wulf’s mother’s house, Nell Donahue, she showed how fanatic she was. On Good Friday Josie would go to the church at 6:30 in the morning and she wouldn’t leave until evening. This Good Friday, along toward noon, some lady came over and told Nell that Josie had wet her pants and it had run down the floor almost to the alter rails. Nell picked up a pair of clean panties and went over to the church and started to scold Josie about going on in such a way. Josie said “Well, that’s the kind of a Catholic you are and I’ve been here all day with Jesus.” So she didn’t make much head way in telling her to have a little cleanliness about herself.
Another time she was staying at Nell Donahue’s when Marguerite was going with Howard and, of course, he was a Lutheran. Josie wanted to go for a ride. She had broken her hip some time before and it had never mended properly. When the ride was over she was so stiff that she couldn’t get out of the car without help. It took quite a bit of help so Nell went in the house to get Howard who was visiting. Nell asked him to help Josie, but when Josie saw him coming near the car she said “Go away. I’ll not have any help from a Protestant pup!” Nell said, “Good! Then you can sit in there and rot.” Josie sat and rotted for about two hours in the hot sun and finally she let the Protestant pup help her out of the car.
Josie also didn’t believe in taking a bath. She said if you changed your underthings that was all that was necessary. Marguerite tells about when she and her mother picked up Josie bodily and put her in the tub to clean her up. Josie stiffened out straight as a board. They had to crack her in the stomach to get her to bend and get into the water. They scrubbed her up no matter what she believed.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Twin Stories
I overheard these at McCarty Christmas this year:
- One time Grandpa went to Sanborn. He pinched some woman's butt and then kept walking as the woman yelled "John McCarty"! Apparently John got in trouble for that one.
- Another time Grandpa was stopped by someone (Margy knows her name) who worked at the grocery store. "Which one is your wife?" she asked. "The one you go to church with or the one you go to the grocery store with"?
- Shortly after John died, Grandpa was at a family function. One of John's grandkids ran up to him saying "Grandpa, Grandpa, they told me you weren't coming back"!! (Try to read that without tearing up)!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The rosary
The family rosary was part of each evening at Lionel and Mary's home. Lyle would keep Mary on her toes, however. Each decade has ten Hail Marys but when Lyle led, sometimes he would stop at five and Mary would say "Lyle"! Then the next time he might continue on with fifteen or so until Mary would again say "Lyle"!
For a class Mom took one time, she had Grandpa make tapes of his memories, then she transcribed them. They're pretty much his wording, but "I" is changed to "James" and such to avoid confusion. This is one of many, so I'll post more as possible.
For a class Mom took one time, she had Grandpa make tapes of his memories, then she transcribed them. They're pretty much his wording, but "I" is changed to "James" and such to avoid confusion. This is one of many, so I'll post more as possible.
Lionel Francis McCarty
Little Lionel died of a burst appendix. James remembers the teacher holding him on her lap in school all day as he didn’t feel good.
From Grandpa's tapes. Upbeat posts tonight, huh?
From Grandpa's tapes. Upbeat posts tonight, huh?
Therese Colette McCarty
With Lyle dying things were in an uproar around the house. Therese was supposed to babysit for John and Seraphine who lived NE of the farm in Hartley. Her boyfriend came and offered to take her over. With Lyle so sick no one noticed he had been drinking. He drove too fast on choppy gravel roads, the car zig-zagged over the road and turned over several times. Therese was thrown out of the car and it rolled over her. She lived long enough to go to the hospital. Her parents, John and Seraphine and the priest got there in time. She was conscious at the time, but died shortly of massive internal injuries.
From Grandpa's tapes
From Grandpa's tapes
Lionel (Lyle) Patrick McCarty
In 1926 Lyle’s health got progressively worse. He spent most of the year in bed. The twins did the farming themselves. They took turns taking a year off of school to be full time farmers. Lyle and his father had had every doctor in northwest Iowa. Finally his father called the Mayo Clinic and got ahold of Dr. Runyan. They had to pay him $750 but he came down. Bernadette remembers he flew down and landed in a pasture or hay field at the farm. James remembers his grandpa bringing him to the house in the car. The doctor spent a half hour with Lyle and completely changed his medicine. He started to get better almost immediately but he was never too good. Kidney disease was almost hopeless then.
About 3 weeks before his death he went back to the Mayo Clinic. They told him he would probably live anywhere from two to four weeks. He did get over to Sheldon soon after for a visit, but soon was so sick that he had to stay in bed. Therese was the apple of Lyle’s eye and her death was very hard on him. She was killed on July 23rd and he died August 2nd.
From memories on tapes from Grandpa.
About 3 weeks before his death he went back to the Mayo Clinic. They told him he would probably live anywhere from two to four weeks. He did get over to Sheldon soon after for a visit, but soon was so sick that he had to stay in bed. Therese was the apple of Lyle’s eye and her death was very hard on him. She was killed on July 23rd and he died August 2nd.
From memories on tapes from Grandpa.
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