Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 9 Jun 1880, Howard Township, Howard, IA

Notes:

Census:
1880 census at Howard Township, Howard, IA shows John Ahern, 25, grocer, b. CT, parents b. IRELAND; Ellen B., b. OH, parents b. IRELAND; children b. IA: Lizzie, 4; Eddie, 2; Lily, 3/12; also enumerated is James Ahern, 21, brother, saloon, b. IA, parents b. IRELAND.

John married Ellen B. UNKNOWN about 1875. Ellen was born about 1853 in OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Garry Owen, Jackson, IA
• Immigratn: 1848
• Census: 26 Sep 1860, Butler Township, Jackson, IA
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Vernon Springs, Howard, IA

Notes:

Note:
John wrote editorial's for newspapers for Cresco and Des Moines, Iowa and was a shoemaker in Iowa. John was also a lawyer and Justice of the Peace in Garry Owen he practiced law in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Note: I have been unable to find any information of John after 1880 and am unable to verify the above statement from the Hendrix file. (MKM)

Immigratn:
Came to America around 1848 to New Milford, Connecticut and was listed as a bootmaker.

Census:
1860 census at Butler Township, Jackson, IA shows John Ahern, 33, shoemaker, b. IRELAND; Mary A., 31, b. IRELAND; children b. CT: Jeremiah, 11; Edward, 9; John, 7; remaining children b. IA: Mary A., 4; James P., 1.

Census:
1880 census at Vernon Springs, Howard, IA shows John Ahern, 52, shoemaker, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND; Mary, 49, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND; children b. IA: Mary, 21; Johanna, 18; Lizzie, 14; Frank, 12; Eugene, 8.

John married Mary Ann MURPHY on 2 Feb 1848 in St. Finbar Church (South), Cork, Cork, IRELAND. Mary (daughter of James MURPHY and Mary JORDAN) was born on 13 Dec 1829 in IRELAND; died on 8 Jan 1908; was buried in Jackson County Cemetery, Andrew, Jackson, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigratn: 1848

Notes:

Immigratn:
Came to America around 1848 to New Milford, Connecticut and was listed as a bootmaker.

Edward married Joanna BANFIELD on 20 Jun 1813 in St. Finbar Church (South), Cork, Cork, IRELAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary JORDAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]