Patrick O'CONNOR

Patrick married Joan DUDLEY [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Occupation - Lawyer, University of Arizona Law School, Harvard University


Brought to the United States on 4 Aug 1902, by his Canadian father and Mexican mother



Applied for Naturalization on 8 Dec 1924 while attending Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, born "in Mexico of Irish parents"

August married Ruth Wandyne DE CILLO 16 Jun 1923, Pima, Arizona. Ruth (daughter of Carlos Enrique DE CILLO and Cora Nayan HOBART) was born 14 Jul 1904, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa; died 28 May 1996, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ruth 'Chita' O'Connor wrote in June 1976 in the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly that her father was "Charles Elmore Cosby (changed to Charles E. De Cillo ca. 1901)," and her California Death Certificate from 1996 reads, "Mother's Maiden Name: Decillo, Father's Surname: Cosby."



Ruth, writing in 1983, told the story of Susannah North, an ancestor she traces through Keziah Chase, wife of Amos Hobart b.1774. According to Ruth, Susannah was found guilty of being a witch in Salem Village on 2 May 1692, and hanged on 19 July 1692 on Gallows Hill. She was buried on said Hill, because witches could not be buried in the church cemetery.

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1910 US Census living in San Francisco, born in Canada, Rosario born in Mexico, occupation Miner, father born in Ireland, married 28 (sic) years, likely 18

Frank — Rosario M. LNU. Rosario was born Abt 1873, Mexico. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Carlos Enrique De Cillo was born Charles Elmore Cosby, in South English, Keokuk, Iowa on 22 Feb 1859, married Margaret Rebecca Reynolds 1 Mar 1880 and had two children with her, and then "died at sea" in 1900, according to his grandson Richard Sheridan Cosby, writing in 1947. Then as Carlos Enrique De Cillo, he married Cora Nayan Hobart, and subsequently Tina Champion, and then apparently remarried his first wife Margaret Reynolds.

Ruth 'Chita' (DeCillo) O'Connor, daughter of Carlos DeCillo and Cora Nayan Hobart, wrote in June 1976 in the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly that her father was "Charles Elmore Cosby (changed to Charles E. De Cillo ca 1901)," and her California Death Certificate from 1996 reads, "Mother's Maiden Name: Decillo, Father's Surname: Cosby."



*** Charles Elmore Cosby
1859 Born in in English River, Keokuk, Iowa
1870 US Census in English River, Keokuk, Iowa as Charles E. Cosby
1880 Marriage Record to Margaret Reynolds in South English, Keokuk, Iowa
1880 US Census in English River, Keokuk, Iowa as C. Elmer Cosby, married to Margaretta
1885 Kansas State Census in English River, Keokuk, Iowa as Elmere Cosby, Law Student, married to Margaret R.
1900 US Census in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana as Chas Cosbey, Lawyer, married to Margaret
1900 "died at sea"

*** Carlos Enrique De Cillo
1901 in Denver, Colorado married Cora Nayan Hobart
1911 in Mexico, Divorced by Cora Nayan Hobart
1911 in El Paso, Texas, Married Tina Champion
1914 in Fresno Directory as Accountant
1915 in Fresno Directory as Department Manager, California Associated Raisin Company
1918 in Fresno Directory as Auditor, California Associated Raisin Company
1919 in Fresno Directory as Statistician, California Associated Raisin Company
1922 in Fresno Directory as Tax Agent, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association
1923 in Fresno Directory as Department Manager, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association
1924 in Fresno Directory as Department Manager, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association
1926 in Fresno Directory as Tax Agent, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association
1928 in Fresno Directory as Paymaster, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association
1930 in Fresno California, died on land

Carlos married Cora Nayan HOBART 9 Apr 1901, Denver, Denver, Colorado; divorced 8 Oct 1911, Mexico. Cora (daughter of Sidney Little HOBART and Elizabeth PICKEN) was born 23 Mar 1880, Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois; died 6 Jun 1968, Torrance, Los Angeles, California; was buried Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, as 'Nayan De Cillo'. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Nayan Hobart De Cillo was an Executive Secretary with business firms in manufacturing and banking fields, Houston Texas and Tucson, Arizona, before entering Social Services work in Los Angeles. Now retired, she lives with a companion in Los Angeles, California." - Lehlah Belle West b.1879 writing in 1957



Lived in Semper, Jefferson, Colorado as Stenographer in 1900 US Census
Listed as Mail Messenger in Brightside, Colorado 1901
Lived in Mexico 1901-1910
Lived in Houston, Texas 1911-1913
Lived in Mexico 1918
California Voter Registration 1934 and after




Carlos Enrique De Cillo was born Charles Elmore Cosby, in South English, Keokuk, Iowa on 22 Feb 1859, married Margaret Rebecca Reynolds 1 Mar 1880 and had two children with her, and then "died at sea" in 1900, according to his grandson Richard Sheridan Cosby, writing in 1947. If that story was told to his family, Cosby likely faked his own death. Then as Carlos Enrique De Cillo, he married Cora Nayan Hobart, then Tina Champion, and then remarried his first wife Margaret, or perhaps they never divorced.

Ruth 'Chita' O'Connor wrote in June 1976 in the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly that her father was "Charles Elmore Cosby (changed to Charles E. De Cillo ca. 1901)," and her California Death Certificate from 1996 reads, "Mother's Maiden Name: Decillo, Father's Surname: Cosby."

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1850 US Census in Hancock, Illinois
1860 US Census in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Sidny)
1870 US Census in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois



Sidney Hobart built a flour and grist mill on block 8 in the original town center of Carthage near the old Mormon Jail and the Presbyterian Church. (The 'Mormon Jail' refers to the jail in Carthage where LDS founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith were killed by a mob while imprisioned there in 1844 -Ed) The mill operated for many years but was finally torn down and a residence now stands on the site. History of Hancock County, Illinois 1880



Sidney's granddaughter, our mother May Hobart Zentmyer, told us that Sidney died from lung disease resulting from his exposure to flour dust, a hazard unrecognized at the time.

Sidney married Elizabeth PICKEN 09 Apr 1873. Elizabeth (daughter of George T. PICKEN and Elizabeth REGER) was born 24 Feb 1846, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia); died 28 Jan 1896, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois; was buried Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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The George Picken family moved from Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia to Carthage Township, Hancock County Illinois in 1867.