O'Brien Obits

OBRIEN, OBRINE, MITCHELL

Posted By: Zelda Martin (email)
Date: 3/16/2006 at 13:04:41

I have been searching for 30 yrs to try and find the parents of my Grandfather Samuel O'Brine (O'Brien) All records I have he states as Parents a Wm & Eleanor Proctor O'Brien, birth date 3 June 1868. He does not show up on Census Records until 1880 San Jose, IL were he states he was born. Will of Eleanor states he was not legally adopted. She was elderly when he came to live with her, was suppose to have been dropped of with her around 9 yrs old. Only Samuel O'Brien 2 yrs of age I have been able to find is listed on 1870 census with a Wm C. & Mary E. O'Brien in Van Buren Co. Hickory Twp. IA. Only family info I have been able to get states his Mother died when young and was raised by distant cousin???I am trying to find whether that family of Wm & Mary E. is recorded as passing away between 1868 & 1880 there in Hickory Twp or vicinity. It might substanuate or elimate them as his real parents. Samuel O'Brine did eventually move to Linn Co. IA with his wife Rebecca Mitchell O'Brine. Was a Game Warden many years. Raised a large family, one was a Forrest O'Brine that made Natl. News with a Dale Jackson in 1929-30 as staying aloft over 600+ hours without landing breaking the World's Record at St. Louis, MO. Samuel & Rebecca are both buried in Cedar Rapids, IA. Rebecca dying in the 1918 Flu epidemic. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Alexan67@msn.com Thank You