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Information researched by Elaine Johnson using
information found on the internet at Ancestry.com and
other sources. All sources should be checked as I
have no personal knowledge of this soldier. All
information was gathered from the internet and may
contain errors.
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Name:
William Chalk
Birth: 1834 in Newcastle West,
Limerick, Ireland
Death: 23 Aug. 1894 in Chadron, Dawes,
Nebraska
Burial: Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska,
Calvary Cemetery
Alternate Spelling: Cemetery Records have last
name as Chaulk
Note: NAME: William
O'Shaughnessy or Chaulk listed in LDS records IGI batch
8394905 possibly a name change. Also wife is listed as
Meg or Margaurite while marriage records at Chadron show
Margaret O'Hara Megan. Added information from Dawes Co
History (1984) shows name as Margaret Frances O'Hara
Civil War Service, Co., I, 27th
Reg., Iowa Infantry Volunteers, from 22 Aug 1862,
mustered out Clinton, Iowa 8 Aug 1865. Was a prisoner at
Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. Became service disabled,
drew pension, wife also drew widow's pension after his
death.
Naturalized 13 Jan 1869, Waukon, Waukon, Iowa, Circuit
Court.
Copy of obituary states they were married in Dubuque,
Iowa, in 1867, then moving to Minnesota for 42 years,
moving to Dawes County, NE, April 1890. At least one
date in error, 90 - 67 = 23 years.
Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic
Last Name, First Name, Unit and GAR Post
CHALK, WILLIAM, 27TH IA INF, 304
304, Whitney, Dawes
Father: William I.
O'Shaugnessy b: in Newcastle West, Limerick, , Ireland
Mother: Bridget Sullivan b: in , , , Ireland
Marriage: Megan Margaret Frances O'HaraA b: 8
MAY 1838 in Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland
Married: 6 JAN 1868 in McGregor,
Clayton, IA
Evidently,
also known as; Margaret Francis; married William Chalk II.
Some records are, and she was born as; Megan Margaret.
Birth:
8 MAY 1838 in Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland
Death: 14 JAN 1911 in Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska
Burial: 16 JAN 1911 Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska,
Calvary Cemetery
Children of William Chalk and
Margaret O'Hara:
- Bridget Bea Chalk b: 21 Oct. 1868
in McGregor, Clayton, Iowa
- John Joseph Jack Chalk b: 2 Jul
1870 in Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
- James Francis Chalk b: 14 Aug 1872
in Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
- William Leo Chalk b: 23 Aug 1874
in Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
- Edward Thomas Chalk b: BET 29 Oct
1877 AND 1879 in Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
- Frances Margaret Frankie Chalk b:
24 Sep 1878 in Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
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1870
Census
Cairo, Renville, Minnesota
Chalk, William, age 35,
male, white, farmer, born Ireland,
Chalk, Margaret, age 30, female, white, Keeping
house, born Ireland
Chalk, Bridget, age 2, female, white, born Iowa.
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1885 Minnesota Teriterial and
State Census
Wellington, Renville, Minnesota
William Chalk, age 50,
male, born Ireland
Margaret Chalk, age 48, female, born Ireland
Bridget Chalk, age 16, born Iowa
John P. Chalk, age 14, male, born Minn.
James Chalk, age 12, male, born Minn.
William Chalk, age 10, male, born Minn.
Edward Chalk, age 8, male, born Minn.
Frank Chalk, age 6, male, born Minn.
Note 2 houses down is the
family of John Chalk, Hanna Chalk and Lotte
Chalk (possibly the brother of William)
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Parents and Siblings of
William Chalk
Father's Name: William_I
O'Shaughnessy
Birth: in Newcastle West,
Limerick, Ireland
Death: 1842
Note:
During Irish Rebellion, was banished to
an island off the coast of Australia.
Sentence was reduced to "transportation"
in 1849.
Wife's name was possibly, Bridget LYNCH.
William was born an O'Shaughnessy, his
children changed the name to Chalk or
Chaulk on arrival in New Orleans. Name
was possibly given by immigration.
Place of death was thought to have been
Ireland, this is now uncertain.
Marriage 1 Bridget SULLIVAN b:
in , , , Ireland
Children of William O'Shaughnessy and
Bridget Sullivan
- William Chalk b: 1834 in
Newcastle West, Limerick, , Ireland
- John Chalk b: ABT 1836 in , , ,
Ireland
- Ellen "Alice" Chalk b: 1838 in
Newcastle West, Limerick, , Ireland
- Mary Chalk b: ABT 1840 in
Newcastle West, Limerick, , Ireland
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Parents and
Siblings of Megan Margaret Frances
O'Hara
Father's Name:
James O'Hara
Birth: 17 Mar1805 in
Limerick, Ireland
Death: 10 Mar 1891 in
Fairfax, Renville, Minnesota
Burial: Cairo Twp, Renville,
Minnesota
Note:
Source; "CHAULK
HISTORY", by Amy Marie (Strong)
FRANKLIN, 1965 &1994.
James and Bridget probably both born in
Newcastle West, County Limerick. Since
all children were born Ireland, all were
born before 1852. Son Edmund was age
nineteen, Megan was fourteen in 1852, at
immigration. The family lived in
Kentucky, Iowa, and Fairfax and Norton,
Minnesota.
James and Bridget
had six children, each of whom had a son
James.
From Joseph J.
Ehleringer, via Amy Franklin, by corres,
9-94.
Joseph gives residences as, Ireland, KY,
IA, Fairfax, and Morton, MN, as well as
Fargo, North Dakota.
Marriage:
Bridget Scanlon b: 20 MAY 1802 in ,
Limerick, Ireland
Married: in , ,
Ireland
Children of James
O'Hara and Bridget Scanlon
- Edmund "Ned"
O'Hara b: 27 Dec 1833/34 in Newcastle
West, Limerick, Ireland
- James O'Hara b:
Dec 1836 in Limerick, Ireland
- Megan Margaret Frances O'Hara b: 8
May 1838 in Newcastle West, Limerick,
Ireland
- Bridget O'Hara b: 12 May 1839 in
Limerick, Ireland
- Patrick O'Hara b:
ABT 1845 in Ireland
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Mary Ann O'Hara b: 1 May 1850 in
Limerick, Ireland
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Wellington
Township Time Line, Renville,
Co., MN.
1870 (July
3) The first recorded
township birth was John
Chalk. Also the first
recorded township death was
on the same date, Mrs.
Margaret Murphy.
1872
(September 20) Willis
Countryman was the first
settler, Section 32.
Followed by Dennis Cready,
Section 30, and Wm. Chalk
in 1873.
1873 (June
4) Wellington
Township was organized.
The township was named after
the Duke of Wellington, Hero
of Waterloo.
Martinsburg
Township Time Line, Renville
Co., MN
1858 (May 5)
Martinsburg Township was
surveyed by T. M. Barnes and
George Brent
1873
The first claims in the
township were filed by
William Chalk and Thomas
Torbenson
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