I am trying to find the birthplace of my great grandparents, Patrick and Catherine O'Toole Geehan. They lived in Belle Plaine, Scott County, Minnesota, first on the records in 1859. Patrick's obituary in 1918 says that he came to NYC from Ireland as a teen, went to St. Paul, MN and then homesteaded in Belle Plaine. I don't know where he met Catherine O'Toole, perhaps St. Paul. She had six children between 1859-1869, then died at age 32. He remarried six months later to Alice Dermody and Catherine is lost to history. The only thing I know about her is from her death and burial records. Patrick is buried in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Belle Plaine between his two wives. Anyhow, I am going to Ireland in July of this year, and I would love to find their birthplaces before I go. I've been searching for a year now and have hit a dead end.
Karen Hansen Helland, Shoreline WA