Thomas and Martin Grace
GRACE, MCNALLY
Posted By: Ruth Grace Moriarity (email)
Date: 4/16/2007 at 14:06:52
Seeking information on Martin Grace born c1821 in Ireland, four children born in St. Columba, Quebec, Canada, seven in Iowa. Before 1847 Martin married Elizabeth McNally who was also born in Ireland c1824. Their first child MaryAnn was listed on the Parish record of St. Columban in 1847. They moved to Prairie Springs Jackson County, Iowa about 1854. Martin's father, Thomas was also a neighbor and farmer in Prairie Springs. Thomas and Martin and family are on the 1870 Delaware County Iowa census. About 1880 Martin and family moved to Omaha Nebraska where he died in 1894. Elizabeth, his wife, died in 1891. Joseph Patrick Grace, 6th child of Martin and Elizabeth, was my grandfather. Joseph died in Omaha Nebraska in 1929. Joseph’s wife Mary Elizabeth Woods died in Long Beach California in 1936.
Leonard Grace was the 8th child and son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Grace. Leonard Grace was my father and died in Mountain View, Colorado in 1982.
Any information on this family is greatly appreciated.
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