The following information was
submitted by Mike Kearney (email: mikejkearney@yahoo.com
or Michael.Kearney.WG64@Wharton.UPenn.edu)
Generation
No. 1
1.
MICHAEL2
LYNCH
(LYNCH1)
was born 1810 in , Ireland, and died in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa.
He married BRIDGET
FLEMMING
July 15 in , Ireland.
Notes for MICHAEL
LYNCH:
Purchased land from U.S.
Government; NE of NW portion of Section 7 Elk River Twp. #82-7 40 acres $1.25
per acre $50 purchase price Date of Sale August 15, 1843 Certificate No. 2887D
Date of Patent January 1, 1846 Recorded in Volume 6, page 278
History of St Irenaeus
The oldest parish is St
Irenaeus, which was established by Bishop Loras in 1848, and its firs t pastor
was the Rev. Frederick Cyrillus, Jean, a native of France. Jean, thought by many
to be a saint, died in Clinton 1890, at the age of 62, 18 years after he had
been defrocked by Bishop Hennessy. The charges brought against Jean were varied
and many, including offenses as refusing the last rites to parishioners he
disliked, giving angry sermons, being inconsistent on the temperance cause;
letting cattle overrun the cemetery, and misappropriation of church funds. In
rebuttal, Jean accused Hennessey of slander and liable, forgery, fraud, collecting money under false pretenses, and employing liars and
spies. Throughout the
years, the priest, who fought his dismissal with numerous lawsuits naming the
Bishop, continued to say mass in private homes. He even traveled to Rome to
plead his cause, but all to no avail. He also took his case to the Iowa Supreme
Court. The case eventually was settled, but Jean's funeral and burial was not
allowed at St Irenaeus, the church he helped build. The bells of St Ircnaeus,
however, tolled his death, as the burial was taking place in the St Boniface
cemetery. In 1852 he built a brick edifice, costing about $1500, with much of
the labor donated by the members of the parish. Prominent among the Catholics
were Michael Daly, James Conlin, Herman Kahle, Martin and Patrick Daly, Henry
Manemann, James Owens, Clemens Detterman, Benedict Detterman, Bernard
McLaughlin, James Handy, James Doherty, Edward Babbington, Michael Linch and
Patrick Hannaher. In 1856, Jean built a new large frame church on the same block
on which the present building is situated. Before too many years had passes it
was present building is situated. Before too many years had passes it was
determined a larger church had to be provided. In 1864, Bishop Smyth laid the
comer stone of the present beautiful church at 2811 N 2nd Street. It cost
$45,000 at the time of construction, and seated between 800 to 1,000 people . It
was built from limestone taken from quarries near the city. There was later
erected, in conjunction with the church, a parochial school, that was in charge
of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The school cost
approximately $4,000.
Clinton, Iowa, Herald -
Page I I, Friday, December 9, 1988
Mill Creek (Holy Cross) Cemetery: LYNCH MICHAEL 07/01/1852 Unmarked grave.
Notes for BRIDGET
FLEMMING:
Declaration for Dependent
Pension of a Mother prepared on 3 January 1891.
Bridget Lynch stat ed that she was 81 years of age and that she was the
mother of Michael Lynch jr. who enlisted in Lyons, Iowa on 29 June 1862 in Co.
A. 21 Regt. Iowa Infantry and who died at St. Louis o n 19 August 1863 in
Hospital from Chronic Diarrhea, caused by exposure while in active service with
his Regiment.
It said that Bridget Lynch
was married to the father of Michael Lynch Jr. on 15 July 1840 by a Catholic
Priest. The father died on 1 July
1851. Her claim was numbered
342790. She lives at 337 16th
Avenue Clinton, Iowa. She signed
with her mark.
BURIAL: Holy Cross
Cemetery (previously known as St. Mary's) LYNCH BRIDGET 04/10/1892 Mother ; Wife
of Michael; Aged: 82y;
Child of MICHAEL
LYNCH
and BRIDGET
FLEMMING
is:
2.
i. ANDREW3
LYNCH,
b. March 17, 1848, , Clinton, Iowa; d. October 7, 1915, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa.
Generation
No. 2
2.
ANDREW3
LYNCH
(MICHAEL2,
LYNCH1)
was born March 17, 1848 in Clinton, Iowa, and died October 7, 1915 in Clinton,
Clinton, Iowa. He married SARAH
MCLAUGHLIN
September 1, 1874 in Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois, daughter of OWEN
MCLAUGHLIN
and MARY
KIRNAN.
More About ANDREW
LYNCH:
Burial: October 9, 1915,
Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois
Record Change: April 20,
2001
Notes for SARAH
MCLAUGHLIN:
CHRISTENING: St. Mary's of
the Lake Church; Watkins Glenn, New York
CENSUS: 1860; Tyrone,
Schuyler County, New York;
A letter from Immaculate
Conception Church in Fulton dated April 3, 1974 says:
I consulted our church records through 1915 and was able to find the
following information. Andrew Lynch and Sarah McLaughlin were married in the Fulton church on April 31, 1874
before Rev. John Kilkenny with Thomas Ferry (?) and Catherine Taylor as
witnesses (License #3642).
The Clinton Daily Herald of
Tuesday Sept. 1, 1874 reported the arrival at the Revere Hotel o f A. Lynch and
wife, Whiteside Co.
Child of ANDREW
LYNCH
and SARAH
MCLAUGHLIN
is:
3.
i. ALBERT
JOSEPH4
LYNCH,
b. October 27, 1886, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa; d. July 14, 1935, Clinton, Clinton,
Iowa.
3.
ALBERT
JOSEPH4
LYNCH
(ANDREW3,
MICHAEL2,
LYNCH1)
was born October 27, 1886 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, and died July 14, 1935 in
Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He married
THERESA
WEINBECK
November 22, 1906 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, daughter of JOHANNES
WEINBECK
and ANNA
DUHR.
EMPLOYED: Initiated as
Apprentice Boilermaker; 24 May 1912; Local Lodge 129 IBBISBBF&H
Notes for THERESA WEINBECK:
CENSUS: 11 June 1900; City of Clinton; Ward 4; Sup. Dist.
No. 2; Enum. Dist. No. 12;
Obituary for Mrs. Bert J. Lynch
Child of ALBERT
LYNCH
and THERESA
WEINBECK
is:
4.
i. EVELYN
LORRAINE5
LYNCH.
Generation
No. 4
4.
EVELYN
LORRAINE5
LYNCH
(ALBERT
JOSEPH4,
ANDREW3,
MICHAEL2,
LYNCH1).
She married VINCENT
JOSEPH
KEARNEY,
son of MICHAEL
KEARNEY
and ANNA
BOYLE.
Child of EVELYN
LYNCH
and VINCENT
KEARNEY
is:
i. MICHAEL
JOHN6
KEARNEY.