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Marriage: Children:

  1. Rosetta O'FLYNN: Birth: 19 Jun 1828 in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Death: 27 Apr 1910 in ENSLEY TWP, NEWAYGO COUNTY, MI

  2. Elizabeth Jane O'FLYNN: Birth: 1829 in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Death: 29 Jan 1899 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA

  3. Andrew O'FLYNN: Birth: 07 May 1831 in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Death: 09 Oct 1906 in ENSLEY TWP, NEWAYGO COUNTY, MI

  4. Mary Elizabeth O'FLYNN: Birth: 1833 in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.

  5. James Patrick O'FLYNN: Birth: 27 Apr 1835 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA. Death: 29 Apr 1906 in LOST AT SEA

  6. John O'FLYNN: Birth: 30 Jun 1837 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA. Death: 1905

  7. Anne O'FLYNN: Birth: 24 Oct 1838 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA.

  8. Catherine Elizabeth O'FLYNN: Birth: 17 Mar 1841 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA. Death: in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  9. Bernard O'FLYNN: Birth: 15 Apr 1843 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA. Death: 1911 in CRESSY, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA

  10. James Joseph O'FLYNN: Birth: 15 Apr 1843 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA. Death: 23 Feb 1926 in ST. JOHN'S, ENSLEY TWP., NEWAYGO CO, MI

  11. Sarah Jane O'FLYNN: Birth: 30 Jan 1846 in MILFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA.


Notes
a. Note:   an his family. He was the second son of Bernard O'Flynn and Rosetta Campbell who is said to have been of Scottish descent. He had only one sister, Elizabeth, and three brothers, Andrew, Patrick, and John. He is said to have attended Trinity College in Dublin, though this poses a cause of wonder, for under the much toted Restrictive Laws instituted by the English against the Catholic Irish, certainly the education, especially higher education would have been greatly restricted. Further, James is said to have emigrated to America at age 21. It is said in the family that he first came to New York and then to Port Hope, Ontario, Canada where he settled and built a home and business for himself, all under one roof. It is believed that he followed the Catholic religion, but it is also unknown whether he continued as a follower in his beliefs after his marriage in Canada was performed by a minister of the Church of England, a Rev. Mr. Bathen. From information we have been able to receive, he apparently is not buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery for Prince Edward County, at Picton, as are his widow, and at least one of his sons. The date of his death is not known specifically, though from family reports, he is said to have died at a time prior to the birth of the last of his children, Sarah. The O'Flynn home and business in Port Hope is said to have been destroyed by fire one weekend when all of the family were away visiting. It is not known if the fire was from natural causes or was arson. It is believed to possibly have been arson by some one hoping to erase indebtedness as the books of the business were also destroyed. Only one person who owed money ever paid. The present day site of the Roman Catholic Church of Port Hope is said to stand on the site of the original O'Flynn home and business. Indeed that church is found to have been built on or after 1834. It is not known how the Catholic Church acquired the property or if it was immediately turned over to the Church by James and Mary Ann. The first four of his children were born in Port Hope. After the fire, he moved his family to Milford, to avoid immediate contact with his Father-in-law and his family. James feared that he would have the added burden of living in poverty under the disapproving noses of the Workmans. In Milford, all the rest of his children were born, five more, including one set of twin sons.
Note:   James O'Flynn, born in Limerick, County Cork, Ireland, July 12, 1798, came to America in 1819, and traveled on horseback to Port Hope, Canada. He set up a business there, and met and married, and beg

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