Elizabeth Brown

  Research Notes:

Name ELIZA BROWNE
Date of Birth 1872
Group Registration ID 11890320
SR District/Reg Area Dingle
Sex N/R
Mother's Birth Surname N/R


Name ELIZABETH BROWN
Date of Birth 2 March 1872
Address CAHIR TRANT
Father THOMAS BROWN
Mother HONORA FLAHERTY
Further details in the record
Child Denomination RC
Father Occupation NR
Sponsor 1 JOHN CURRANE
Sponsor 1 Address NR
Sponsor 2 MARY SHEEHY
Sponsor 2 Address NR
Priest NR


Elizabeth Brown
Minnesota State Census, 1885
Name Elizabeth Brown
Event Place Derrynane, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Age (Expanded) 10 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace Ireland
Race White
Gender Female
Volume Le Sueur
Page 6
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Daniel Sullivan M 32y Ireland
Hannah Sullivan F 28y New York
Elizabeth Sullivan F 8y Minnesota
Mary Sullivan F 6y Minnesota
Hannah Sullivan F 4y Minnesota
Ellen Sullivan F 2y Minnesota
Elizabeth Brown F 10y Ireland
John Brown M 16y Ireland


Name: Lizzie Shea
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Townships 153-155-Ranges 95-101, T.156-Ranges 95-103, T.161-Ranges 95-103, T.162-Ranges95-103, Williams, North Dakota, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 5
Years Married: 10
Birth Date: 1871
Birthplace: Ireland
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1890
Immigration Year: 1889
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother of how many children: 5


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Shea Head M 50 Ireland
Lizzie Shea Wife F 29 Ireland
Bridget A Shea Daughter F 10 North Dakota
Mary E Shea Daughter F 9 North Dakota
Kathriana L Shea Daughter F 6 North Dakota
Maggie E Shea Daughter F 4 North Dakota
Thomas W Shea Son M 0 North Dakota
Nellie Crohn Sister-in-law F 30 Ireland
Francis I Crohn Niece F 1 Montana


Name: Lizza Shea
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Williston, Williams, North Dakota, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
Birthplace: Ireland
Immigration Year: 1871
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 41


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Shea Head M 49 Ireland
Lizza Shea Wife F 38 Ireland
Bidget A Shea Daughter F 19 North Dakota
Maniris H Shea Daughter F 18 North Dakota
Katherin Shea Daughter F 16 North Dakota
Maggie E Shea Daughter F 13 North Dakota
William T Shea Son M 10 North Dakota


Pioneer Resident, 77 Died Friday. Shea Rites Set for Monday. Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Shea, 77, 402 Second Avenue East, a resident of Williston for nearly 60 years, will be Monday, August 25, at 9 A. M. at St. Joseph's Catholic church, with burial in St. Joseph's cemetary.
Elizabeth Brown was born October 15, 1874, in Kerry County, Ireland; and came to the United States in 1881 with her parents who settled on a farm near St. Thomas. She went west with members of her family who worked on the railroad. There she met Thomas Shea. They were married and lived in and around williston. They homesteaded on a ranch. Later, they lived in Williston.
Mrs. Shea was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church, the Catholic Daughters and St. Mary's Altar Band.
One son William Shea, of Minneapolis; three daughters, Mrs. J. M. Donahue (Bridgie) and Miss Margaret Shea, both of Williston, Mrs. R. C. Gilmer (Katherine) of Belmont, Mass.
Another daughter, Mayme,died earlier.
Two grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.

Reprinted from August 23, 1952, williston Newspaper.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth.

Elizabeth married Thomas Shea on 7 Jan 1890 in North Dakota, United States. (Thomas Shea was born in Apr 1850 in Clare, Ireland and died in 1935 in Williston, Williams, North Dakota.)