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FAMILY OF WILLIAM McEVOY, A COOPER IN DUBLIN AND CHICAGO

Name	Birth	Death	Spouse	Other info
William	c. 1808; Dublin IRL	17 Feb 1895; Chicago IL	Margaret Reilly
Margaret Reilly	c. 1812; Dublin IRL	19 Dec 1884; Chicago IL	William McEvoy
William	8 Sept. 1832; Dublin IRL?	16 Nov. 1913		obituary
Peter	c. 1834; Dublin IRL?
(Mary) Jane	c. 1840; Dublin IRL?
Margaret	c. 1847; Dublin IRL	30 Dec 1920, Chicago, IL	John W. Mullen
John	c. 1848; Dublin IRL?	December 7, 1902	Johanna Powell	Burial Mt. Carmel
Sarah	c. 1851; Chicago IL

MORE DETAILS ABOUT WILLIAM AND MARGARET McEVOY

William McEvoy of Dublin, a cooper, moved to Chicago, with his wife, Margaret Reilly McEvoy, and five of their children
They travelled from Dublin on the ship Fingal and arrived in New York 7 November 1848.Their children who travelled with them were
William (16, a printer), Peter (14, a cooper), (Mary)Jane (7), and Margaret and John (who were both infants).
In Chicago, they later lived at 646 West Lake Street, where William had a cooperage and they also ran a boarding house, which had about 15 boarders in 1870.

1850 - 26 September -4th Ward, Chicago 1770/1791 (The surname looks to be written McFrey or McFroy)

1857 - Chicago Directory shows
Mc Evoy William Grocer at W. Lake near Paulina (this is the father)
Wm. Mc Evoy Printer W. Lake near Wood (this is his son)
You can see a list of businesses on Chicago's Lake Street in 1846
or you can see a view of Lake Street Businesses (I think from the 1870's)

1860 - 28 July - 6th Ward, Chicago 2987/3330 (Roll 166. pg 672)

1860 - Cooke directory William McEvoy printer at 128 Clarke
Boarding at the Doty House (p. 99 of Directory says Thos. Doty owner/proprietor at 80 and 82 Randolph)

1870 - 11 June - 14th Ward, Chicago surname written McAvoy; own a home listed as a boarding house; daughter Margaret listed as Margaret Mullen - lives with John Mullen (a carpenter) at her parents' boarding house
1902 - John A. McEvoy d. 12/07/1902; obit. 12/09/1902; wife Johanna Powell

OTHER CHICAGO McEVOY/McAVOY FAMILIES

My sister and I have come across other John McEvoys. My sister discovered that the name of the father of the family was William, instead of John.
Maureen found most of these records at libraries in Chicago

1859 ---- ???? Directory shows John McEvoy - music teacher
1860 ----Census shows John McEvoy in Will County (Joliet)
1869-70 -directory shows John McEvoy - printer (646 W. Lake) and John Mc Evoy, an engineer for the Ill. Central
1870 Census - John McEvoy, 43, Iron Moulder from Canada; wife, Delphia, 38, Canada; children - Lizzie, 14, Canada; Eva, 12, Canada; Charles, 8, Illinois; Mary, 6, Illinois
1874-75 -John McAvoy (engineer); John McAvoy (wagon maker); John H. McAvoy
1880 ----Lakeside Directory shows John McEvoy - engineer
1890 ----directory shows John McEvoy (blacksmith); John (engineer); John (fireman); John (plasterer); John A. (clerk at 409 Hermitage)
1893 ---John H. McAvoy (alderman) d. 7/24/1893, 62 yo
1894 ----(March 10) Death Certificate for John McEvoy , 53 yo, body to Schnectady lived in IL for 30 years, wife's name Mary

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LINKS TO OTHER MCEVOYS AND EVOYS ON THE WEB

Descendants of Rev. John McEvoy, Dublin