Bridget O'Donnell or O Domhnaill : Short Biography

The family was from the Carraroe and Keeraunberg area - County Galway

Ancestors of Bridget O'Donnell

Generation 1

1. Bridget O'Donnell (daughter of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born on 11 Nov 1854 in Galway, Ireland. She died on 19 Feb 1934 in Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (Mrs Bridget Smith, member of one of the pioneer Plainview township families, passed away at her home Monday February 19 at 7:35 am. She has been an invalid for several years. Age at Death: 80). She married James Smith (son of Thomas Smith and Julia 'Jude' Guden) on 06 Oct 1873 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (St Felix Catholic Church.). He was born in 1837 in Ireland. He died on 08 Oct 1882 in Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (Cause of death was Consumption. Was sick for 8 years. Was kicked by a horse and was severely injured. His illness dated from that time 8 years before death.).

Generation 2

2. Patrick O'Donnell was born in Ireland. He married Mary Costello.

3. Mary Costello was born in Ireland.

Mary Costello and Patrick O'Donnell had the following children:

i. Patrick O'Donnell (son of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born about 1848 in Ireland. He died in Ireland. He married Bridget Curran on 26 Oct 1873 in Oughterard, Galway, Ireland. She was born in 1850 in Ireland. She died in Ireland.

1. ii. Bridget O'Donnell (daughter of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born on 11 Nov 1854 in Galway, Ireland. She died on 19 Feb 1934 in Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (Mrs Bridget Smith, member of one of the pioneer Plainview township families, passed away at her home Monday February 19 at 7:35 am. She has been an invalid for several years. Age at Death: 80). She married James Smith (son of Thomas Smith and Julia 'Jude' Guden) on 06 Oct 1873 in Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (St Felix Catholic Church.). He was born in 1837 in Ireland. He died on 08 Oct 1882 in Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (Cause of death was Consumption. Was sick for 8 years. Was kicked by a horse and was severely injured. His illness dated from that time 8 years before death.).

iii. Thomas O'Donnell (son of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born about 1855 in Ireland. He married Mary. She was born about 1857 in Maine.

iv. Pennie Annie O'Donnell (daughter of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born in Oct 1856 in Ireland (Headstone Inscription has a birth date of 1857). She died on 20 Mar 1933 in Parnell, Brookings, South Dakota, USA (Died at home. She died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Gangrene of the left foot. The informant of the death was Coleman O’Donnell.). She married Coleman O’Donnell (son of Patrick O’Donnell and Mary Cook). He was born in 1851 in Ireland (Headstone inscription has birth date of 1851.). He died on 29 Jul 1936 in Elkton, Brookings, South Dakota, USA (Died from Acute Dilatation of the heart, was Senile, and also died from Arterial Sclerosis. Informant for death record was Mary O’Donnell.).

v. Nora Elizabeth O'Donnell (daughter of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born in Feb 1858 in Ireland. She died on 07 Dec 1924 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA (Died at her home near Macleay, OR.). She married John George Kirchner on 01 Oct 1894 in Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, USA. He was born in Aug 1858 in Germany. He died on 20 Dec 1940 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA.She married Henry Bartlett Chapman on 26 Dec 1884 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA. He was born on 20 Oct 1856 in Massachusetts, USA. He died on 15 Aug 1915 in Red Lodge, Carbon, Montana, USA.

vi. John O'Donnell (son of Patrick O'Donnell and Mary Costello) was born in Ireland. He died in Ireland (Died before family came to America in 1883/1884). He married Bridget Kane (daughter of Markas Kane and Wallace) in Ireland. She was born on 01 Feb 1845 in Galway, Ireland. She died on 19 Mar 1919 in Watopa, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA (Died at her home. From Death Record at Wabasha County Courthouse - cause of death was pneumonia for a duration of three days and senile decay.