Shaughnessy, Mary

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Unknown

Mary married Minahan, William B. Abt 1857, , , New York, USA. William was born 17 Nov 1833, North Inishkae Island, Mayo, Ireland; died 31 Oct 1906, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Political Office: Mayor of Green Bay
• Reference Number: 50
• 1905 State Census: 1905, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Biography: 1913; History of Brown County, Wisconsin Page 20
• 1930 Census: 1930, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA

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1905 State Census:
Rott Minahan47
Nellie Minahan46
Eben Minahan23
Matilck Lussmeyer19
Amold Vanloan18

Biography:
Dr. Robert E. Minahan, successfully engaged in the practice of medi- cine and surgery since 1898, has ever been actuated by high ideals in his profession and his intelligently directed efforts have brought him far toward realizing these ideals. Constantly studying along broadening lines, he is promoting his usefulness day by day and from the experiences of one year gains inspiration and encouragement for the labors of the succeeding year. He was born in Howard, New York, January 27, 1858, a son of William B. and Mary Minahan. The father was a native of Ireland and was brought to America by his parents in 1840, the family home being established on a farm in the state of New York, where William Minahan remained until i860, when he came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in Calumet county. He became very prominent in that district, was superintendent of schools for eighteen years and was also a leader in republican ranks. William Min- ahan was a man of conspicuous talents, broad culture and wonderful versatility. He was gifted as a poet and ably wrote on various subjects. For many years he contributed to a local paper, The Newsboys' Appeal, which appeared anonymously each New Year's day year after year. Many wondered who was the author and the source whence these contributions came was not disclosed for a long time. In his later years he collected many of his poems, some of them having been dedicated to members of his family, and published them in connection with family portraits in a memorial booklet. The scope of the subjects he covered was broad, treat- ing on political and other matters, and one of his poems was devoted to the resolute stand which his son, Robert, the subject of this sketch, took as mayor of Green Bay, when he collected and destroyed all of the gamblers' paraphernalia unlawfully used in the city, as is hereafter related. William Minahan died in 1906, at the age of seventy-three years, and his wife passed away in 1902, at the age of sixty-three.
Robert E. Minahan acquired his education in the public schools and afterward entered the State Normal, from which he w r as graduated in 1880. The desire to make the practice of medicine his life work led him to enter Rush Medical College of Chicago, where he completed a course in 1886, winning his degree of M. D. He afterward took up the study of law and was graduated from the law department of the Michigan University in 1894. In the meantime he practiced medicine from 1886 to 1892 at Calumet Harbor, Wisconsin, before his matriculation in the State University of Michigan. After his course there he practiced both law and medicine at Kewaunee from 1895 until 1898. In the latter year he came to Green Bay, where he has since practiced with his brother, Dr. J. R. Minahan. They are specializing in surgical work and have their own rooms in which to perform operations in the St. Vincent Hospital. No other profession perhaps has shown such radical changes and such marked advancement as has the profession of surgery during the past quarter of a century. Opera- tions that prior to that time were regarded as utterly impossible are now performed almost daily. Dr. Minahan, whose name introduces this review possesses the keen sagacity, the steady nerve and the cool hand so neces- sary in successful surgical work and his labors have been attended with a gratifying measure of success. He keeps in touch with the advanced work- that is being done by other members of the profession through his mem- bership in the Fox River Valley, the Brown County and the Wisconsin State Medical Associations.
What he has accomplished in this connection would alone entitle Dr. Minahan to prominent representation among Brown county's leading citi- zens. His- labors, however, in other directions have been equally effective, far- reaching and beneficial. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and his public spirit, called him to the office of mayor of Green Bay in 1904 and he served as the chief executive of the city for four years, during which time his administration was characterized by various needed reforms and improve- ments. He was especially active in putting down gambling in his term of office and, although the lawbreakers threatened to shoot him, he never hesitated in the performance of his duty. The gamblers of the city had long held in contempt the law and many places were being run openly and doing an extensive business. Under former administrations an effort was made to suppress this lawlessness but, although gamblers' devices were taken out of the saloons, they soon found their way back and things were running as before. Dr. Minahan when mayor decided to adopt more heroic measures to put down this social evil. He quietly arranged to have drays ready on a certain morning and to bring from the various places to the city hall grounds every piece of apparatus used for gambling in the city. At this point the gamblers made no resistance, as they felt sure that, as in the past, the machines would soon be returned to them. They cautioned the movers to have a care in handling the highly polished cases, magnificently fashioned and expensive roulette wheels and other apparatus. These were carefully conveyed to the city hall but instead of being put into the basement, as had been done before, they were piled upon the ground in front of the build- ing. When all of the devices had been gathered Dr. Minahan appeared in his shirt sleeves, carrying an axe, with which he began to demolish the gamblers' property. After this work of destruction had been completed
the properly coached janitor appeared upon the scene with a five gallon jug of kerosene oil, which was poured over the debris and the whole was set on fire. A large crowd had gathered and looked on in astonishment, while the gamblers were literally awe-struck and threats of personal vio- lence were flying wild and loose. The strenuous act of the determined mayor, however, won at last in the cause of righteousness and nothing happened, and in that manner was put a stop to open gambling in Green Bay forever. He is a republican, strong and earnest in his support of the party, yet opposing anything like misrule in public office. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
On the 28th of December, 1880, Dr. Minahan was united in marriage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Miss Nellie Mulcahy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mulcahy. Her father is a pioneer farmer of Calumet county. Dr. and Mrs. Minahan have one son, Eben R., a prominent lawyer of Green Bay. They reside at No. 840 South Monroe street and they have a circle of friends almost coextenisve with the circle of their acquaintance. Dr. Minahan's life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor. While he has won success and promi- nence in his practice, his interests have also been thoroughly identified with those of Brown county and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or advance its wonderful development.

1930 Census:
Robert E Minahan72
Nellie Minahan74
Marie Daul35

Robert married Mulcahy, Ellen Nellie Bef 1882. Ellen was born 16 Oct 1856, Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA; died 2 May 1936, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: 9 Apr 1951; APC

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Obituary:
Name Ellen Lenore Minahan
Birth Place Chilton, WI
Death Date 1951
Publication Date 9 Apr 1951
Publication Place Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Publication Title Post-Crescent

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• Death Record - Civil: 15 Apr 1912; Titanic Death Record No. 230

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Biography:
Minahan's TombOverlooking Riverside Drive …
and the Fox River Trail is the tomb of Dr. William Edward Minahan, who died in the sinking of the Titanic. William had four brothers who were also doctors, and his oldest brother, Robert, was also a lawyer who served as mayor of Green Bay from 1904 through 1907.
William Minahan was a native of Chilton, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school. He briefly pursued teaching but decided to become a doctor instead. He attended medical school in Chicago and graduated with high honors. Minahan married Mary Digman in 1893 and they had a daughter, Maude Olive, before they divorced. He moved to Fond du Lac in 1899, where he established a very well-known and highly respected medical practice. In 1903 he married his second wife, Lillian.
On April 14, 1912, Dr. Minahan, accompanied by his wife Lillian and sister Daisy, set sail on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. They were returning from an extensive tour of pleasure and study in Eurpoe, Asia and North Africa. Dr. Minahan, at the age of 45, was one of the approximately 1,500 people who perished when the ship, thought to be "unsinkable," hit an iceberg and sank. Lillian and Daisy were among the 704 survivors of approximately 2,200 total passengers.
Dr. Minahan's body was brought to Green Bay and entombed in the Minahan crypt in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Sources: Judith LuMaye, Minahan, Early Green Bay Family (Bay Area Geneological Society, 1998). "Milwaukeeans on Ill-Fated Titanic," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,April 21, 1998. "Survivors Tell Sotries of Horror," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 16, 1912. Supported by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant # NA06NOS4190183; Brown County Facility and Park Management; Baylake Bank; and Leadership Green Bay

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Eight persons from Wisconsin were aboad when the Titanic hit an iceberg.
When the Titanic sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912, eight Wisconsin residents were on board.

Capt. Edward Crosby was the president of a Milwaukee steamship line. He and his wife Catherine had picked up their daughter Harriet in Paris, where she'd spent the previous two years, and the three of them were returning home.

Dr. William Minahan of Fond du Lac was concluding a vacation with his wife Lillian and their adult daughter Daisy, a Green Bay school teacher.

Peter Hanson, a Racine barber, had taken his wife Jennie to Denmark to meet his family. While there, his brother Henrik decided to emigrate to America and the three of them were returning together to Wisconsin.

After the Titanic hit an iceberg off Newfoundland shortly before midnight on April 14th, all nine of them went on deck. The ship only carried enough lifeboats for about a third of her passengers and crew, so a strict "women and children first" policy was instituted to fill them. Capt. Crosby, who was intimate with shipboard life, saw his family off and then helped dozens of other passengers into lifeboats. Jennie Hanson pleaded to be allowed to stay with her husband but was thrown bodily into a boat instead.

When the Titanic finally split in half and sank, all five Wisconsin women were in lifeboats and survived. All four men drowned. The bodies of Capt. Crosby and Dr. Minahan were recovered but those of Peter and Henry Hanson were never found.

Jennie Hanson gave a long interview to the Kenosha Telegraph-Courier on May 2, 1912 (p. 6, c. 5: "Mrs. Hanson is Home") describing her experience that night.
This and other contemporary documents are online at http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/

William married Digman, Mary 2 Aug 1893; divorced Bef 1903. Mary was born 20 May 1876, , Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA; died 19 Mar 1952, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Allouez Catholic Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

William married Tharp, Lillian 3 Feb 1903, , , Kansas, USA. Lillian was born 7 Feb 1875, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA; died 13 Jan 1962, Laguna Beach, Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 50
• 1900 Census: 1900, Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin, USA
• Death Record - Civil: 27 Jul 1946, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

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1900 Census:
Dean Philia35
Grace Philia30
John Philia4

Death Record - Civil:
Name:Grace M Philleo
[Grace M Minahan]
Gender:Female
Birth Date:abt 1865
Birth Place:Wisconsin
Death Date:27 Jul 1946
Death Place:Los Angeles
Father's Surname:Minahan

Grace married Philleo, Dean Abt 1894. Dean was born Abt Jan 1865; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• 1920 Census: 1920, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• 1930 Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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1920 Census:
Mary Minahan 46
Victor Minahan 21
Phyllis Minahan 19

1930 Census:
William Hecton 57
Mary Hecton 57

Mary married McCormick, John 12 Apr 1898. John was born 3 Sep 1873; died 2 Nov 1918, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Hector, William Aft 1920. William was born Abt 1873, , , , Scotland; died Abt 1940, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Other Info or Events: 15 Apr 1912; Survived the sinking of the Titanic

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Her brother Dr. William Edward died at sea on the Titanic, his wife and Daisy survived.

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• Biography: Abt 1913; History of Brown County Page 369

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Biography:
VICTOR I. MINAHAN.
No man can be an active and successful lawyer in whom the qualities of public spirit and ambition are not present. The legal profession calls for energy, enterprise and a mind, capable of mastering details. The career of Victor I. Minahan is an example of the value of these virtues in the study of jurisprudence. He is a member of the firm of Minahan & Minahan. with offices at 202 Minahan building, where he has been practicing since 1900. He was born at Chilton, Calumet county, Wisconsin, June 2, 1877, and is a son of William B. and Mary Minahan. His father was a native of Ireland, coming to America with his parents in 1840. They settled on a farm in New York state, where William B. Minahan remained until i860. In this year he came to Calumet county, Wisconsin, and engaged in the occupation of farming for some time. He was prominent in local affairs, was superintendent of schools for some time and a firm adherent of the republican party. He died in [906 when he was seventy-three years old, having survived his wife for three years.
Victor I. Minahan entered the public schools of Oshkosh at the usual age, spent four years in the normal school at Stevens Point, and graduated in 1897 from that institution. He entered the law department of the Wisconsin State University and received his degree of LL.B. from that institution in 1900. He immediately came to Green Bay where he practiced law alone for five years. In 1905 he entered into partnership with E. R. Minahan under the name of Minahan & Minahan which is today one of the most prominent law firms of this city and county. Victor I. Minahan has given his qualities— undoubted ability, strict integrity, energy and capacity for hard work— to the building up of a legal practice and his success since the first year in Green Bay has been rapid and brilliant. He has many interests outside of his profession and they have made him well known in business circles of this city. He is vice president of the Minahan Building Company of which his brother. J. R. Minahan, is president. He was responsible for the erection of the Minahan building, the largest office structure in the city of Green Bay, in which the law firm with which Victor I. Minahan is connected, has its offices. He is a director of the Bank of Green Bay and is connected with the Godfredson Brothers Company. Politically he is a democrat, and fraternally is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is prominent in the affairs of the Royal Arcanum. His home is at 202 North Jefferson avenue and his friends in Green Bay are numbered among its most prominent and important citizens. Mr. Minahan is among the most promising of the rising young lawyers of this city and in his twelve years of legal practice has made a record remarkable for its brilliancv and success.

Victor married Bush, Bertha Abt 1918. Bertha was born 16 Apr 1884, Leroy, Presque Isle, Michigan, USA; died 1 Apr 1959, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 50
• 1905 State Census: 1905, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Biography: 1913; History of Brown County, Wisconsin Page 333

Eben married Copp, Jessie 29 Jan 1909. Jessie (daughter of Copp, William Henry and Blorn, Minnie) was born 23 Dec 1881, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 13 Feb 1967, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth - Church Record: 30 Oct 1895
• WWI Draft Registration Card: 5 Jun 1917

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Birth - Church Record:
Name:Philleo
Birth Date:30 Oct 1895
Birth Place:Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
Gender:Male
Race:White
Father's Name:Dean B Philleo
Father's Birth Place:United States
Mother's name:Grace Minahan
Mother's Birth Place:U. S.
FHL Film Number:1305611

WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name:John M Philleo
County:Wood
State:Wisconsin
Birthplace:Wisconsin,United States of America
Birth Date:30 Oct 1895
Race:Caucasian (White)

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• Military Service: Aft 25 Mar 1944; WWII,

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Military Service:
Name: Roger Minahan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1910
Death Date: 13 Nov 1994
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 394144436
Enlistment Date 1: 25 Mar 1944

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• Reference Number: 50
• Social Security Applications and Claims Index: Abt Dec 1962

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Social Security Applications and Claims Index:
Name: Nancy Minahan Hobbins
[Nancy M Hobbins]
[Nancy Minahan Minahan]
SSN: 155365757
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1912
Birth Place: Green Bay Br, Wisconsin
Death Date: 27 Apr 1993
Father: Eben R Minahan
Mother: Jessie Copp
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Dec 1962: Name listed as NANCY MINAHAN HOBBINS; 05 May 1993: Name listed as NANCY M HOBBINS