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OCONTO COUNTY
Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES

 

 

.KAIN.

Flannigan Kain of Ireland to city of Oconto

  contributed by: Mary Mys

1. Flannigan "Flan" Kain
    b: April 25, 1840 Ireland
    occupation: 1880 works in sawmill, with wife kate and son George. Parents born in Ireland.
    d: July 15, 1923 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
    burial:  Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    mother: Mary Kelly b: 1802 in Ireland - d: in Brown County, WI
    father: Bartholomew b: Kain 1798 - d: in Brown County, WI
+ Catherine Major : wife of Flan Kain
    b:  March 5, 1844 March, Carleton Co. Ontario, Canada
    m: December 24, 1878 St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin 
    d: February 11, 1900 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
    burial:  Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin 
    father: George Major 1806 in Ireland - 1884 in Ontario, Canada
    mother: Honora Major 1815 - 1893
(notes on Catherine Major: Her mother Honora was born 1816 in Ireland and died 30 March 1893 in Oconto, Oconto County, WI and is buried in Oconto Catholic Cemetery with two sons. Honora’ s parents were John Major, born in Ireland and died unknown in Ireland; and Mary O’Rourke, born in Ireland and died unknown in Ireland)
    Children of Flan and Mary:
    1. George Martin Kain
        b: April 6, 1878 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        d: Sep. 08, 1942  at Green Bay 
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin 
    + Else Smith - wife of George Kain
         b: Jun 1883 in Wisconsin
        m: Dec 27, 1904 in Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, USA
    2. Maggie Kain
        b: 1882 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        d: 1887 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    3.Stella A Kain  - single
        b: March 14, 1884 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        d: March 28, 1977
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    4. Howard F. Kain - single
        b: June 22, 1885 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        d: Aug. 22, 1906
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
(note on Howard Francis Kain:
Oconto County Reporter
Aug. 27, 1908

Howard Kain Dead
Passed Away Saturday Morning at Home Father in West Ward

Howard Francis Kain died at 1:00 last Saturday morning at the home of his father, Flan Kain, in Frenchtown of organic heart and stomach trouble with which he had been afflicted for several years but confined to his bed only a few days.

Deceased was born in this city June 22, 1886 and lived here all his life being employed as teamster for the Oconto Company here and in its camp. His father, four brothers, George, Mike, John and Hudson, and one sister, Stella, all of this city survive to mourn his loss.

The funeral was held from St. Joseph’s church at 9:00 Monday morning, Rev. Fr. Selbach, officiating, with internment in the catholic cemetery.

The friends from out of the city were: Mr. and Mrs. Gleason and two sons, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. J. Devereaux, Mr. and Mrs. Simon McTavish, North Branch; Mr. and Mrs. George Trepanier and family, Oconto Falls.


    5. Michael C Kain
        b: Nov 20, 1887 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        d: Dec 8, 1968
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    + Lena - wife of Michael Kain
        b: 1887
        d: June 26, 1971
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    6. John P Kain - single
        b: Dec. 16, 1888
        d: Aug. 16, 1972 Wis. PFC WWI 346 Fld Remount Sq
        burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, city of Oconto, Wisconsin
    7. Hudson D Kain - divorced
        b: Jan 20, 1890 Oconto, Oconto Co, Wisconsin
        occupation: railroad brakeman in 1920


 





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