Brief history

Brief History of Patrick and Bridget McIntyre

Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901) married Bridget Stevens (c1829-1908) on March 3, 1851 in St. Attracta’s Roman Catholic Church, Toulestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. They had eleven known children. The first five were born in Ireland: Edward (1852-1931); Bartholomew (1854-1924); Mary (1856-1934); Dominick (c1860-1932); and Catherine (1861-1914). Patrick, his wife and five children, left Ireland in 1863 sailing on the SS Orient into New York harbor and finally settling in San Francisco, California where the last six children were born: John Dunn (1864-a1908); Elizabeth (1867-1869); William (1869-1879); James (1871-1874); Thomas (c1874-a1931); and Ellen (1879-1963). Patrick and Bridget homesteaded in Oregon in the 1880s. Patrick died in 1901 and Bridget died in 1908. They are both buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Patrick's parents, Edward (c1805/6-1881) and Ann McIntyre (c1803/07-1889), both born in Ireland, also came to the US settling in the San Francisco area. From the records, it appears Edward and Ann came a few years before Patrick.


Sunday, May 31, 2020

Paul Kreft Family c 1920s

Patrick and Bridget's daughter Kate (1861-1914) married Paul Louis (Ludwig) Frederick (Ferdinand) Kreft (1848-1900) in the late 1870s/early 1880s. They had eight children, the seventh child was Paul Louis Frederick Kreft (1893-1975) and is pictured here with his first wife, Ella Luella Lewis (1898-1993).  They applied for a marriage license on 23 Jan 1913 in Wasco County, Oregon, with permission to marry granted by Paul's mother Kate, as Paul was under 21 years of age.  They later divorced on 8 November 1924 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Their two children pictured with them are Catherine Kreft Call (1915-2003) and Paul Frederick Kreft (1918-1967).

The photo was taken in the early 1920s, possibly in Idaho.



Photo source: Dolly Kreft Purcell, via email May 26, 2020. Thank you Dolly for this beautiful photo of your grandparents, father and aunt and the additional family information you provided.
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