Helen Elizabeth Cross Mulcahy

F, (1895 - 1988)
Father*Jerome Cross (1862 - )
Mother*Mary Martha Horn Cross (1867 - )
Birth*16 Feb 1895 Winthrop, Buchanan, Iowa (IA), United States (US)1 
Married Name17 Jun 1912 Mulcahy [Cross] 
Marriage*17 Jun 1912 Stoneville, Meade, South Dakota (SD), United States (US); Groom=Stephen Elias Mulcahy2 
Death*12 Oct 1988 Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota (SD), United States (US)2 
Burial*Oct 1988 Midland cemetery, Midland, Haakon, South Dakota (SD), United States (US)2,3
Biography* Helen E. Cross Mulcahy, 1895-1988:
Helen was the first of five children born to Jerome Cross, born in Ohio, and Mary Horn, born in Pennsylvania. In 1900, the family was living in Winthrop, Buchanan County, Iowa in a house they owned free of mortgage. The Jerome was working as a day laborer and had been unemployed for three-months in the year ending 01 June 1900. In 1908, they moved to Meade County, South Dakota. By 1910, the parents had divorced and the mother Mary was operating a farm in an un-named township (T9N/R11E) west of Stoneville. She owned the farm free. One child had died and the remaining four were living with their mother. In1912, Helen married Stephen Mulcahy at Stoneville and the same year they moved to Dane Wisconsin. In 1917, Helen and family moved back to South Dakota and homesteaded north of Midland. In 1955, they moved into Midland and after her husband Stephen died in 1956 Helen moved to Rapid City. She was a member of the Midland Catholic Church and Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City.

Helen, 93, died on a Wednesday. Among her survivors were three daughters: Catherine Gates Jasmann of Rapid City, Dorothy Westlund of Pierre, and Margaret Moore of Santa Monica, California; and one son James of Sunnyvale, California. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters, two sons and one daughter. 

Family

Stephen Elias Mulcahy b. 10 Feb 1875, d. 1 Oct 1956
Children
Last Edited21 Apr 2016

Citations

  1. [S266] Family group sheets, 12 March 2000 Jeff Mulcahy, 600 Pleasant Street, Roseville, CA 95678.
  2. [S1896] http://www.findagrave.com/
  3. [S8] Tombstone.

Catherine Charlotte Mulcahy Gates Jassmann

F, (1913 - 2008)
Catherine (Mulcahy) Jassmann,
1913 - 2008
Father*Stephen Elias Mulcahy (1875 - 1956)
Mother*Helen Elizabeth Cross Mulcahy (1895 - 1988)
Relationship2nd cousin of Thomas Duane McCarthy Sr
Birth*4 May 1913 Dane, Dane, Wisconsin (WI), United States (US)1 
Marriage*13 May 1936 Groom=John Granville Gates1 
Married Name13 May 1936 Gates [Mulcahy] 
(Witness) Marriage24 May 1936 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota (SD), United States (US); Bride=Florence Edith Berven Mulcahy, Groom=William Frederick Mulcahy2 
Married NameOct 1950 Jassmann [Mulcahy] 
Marriage*Oct 1950 Principal=Leeander Albert Jassmann3 
Death*4 Feb 2008 Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota (SD), United States (US)3 
Biography* Catherine C. Mulcahy Gates Jassmann, 1913-2008:
The eldest of seven children, Catherine was about five-years-old when the family moved from Dane County in Wisconsin to Haakon County in South Dakota. In 1930, they lived on a farm in an unnamed township designated T07/R24 (more precisely described as Township 07 North of Range 24 East of the Black Hills prime meridian). She completed four-years of high school. In 1936, Catherine, a Catholic, married John Gates, a Lutheran widower with two children who lived in the same township. Her husband died in 1944 and in 1945 Catherine lived on the home farm with her two step-children. 
Last Edited17 Jul 2018

Citations

  1. [S266] Family group sheets, 12 March 2000 Jeff Mulcahy, 600 Pleasant Street, Roseville, CA 95678.
  2. [S107] Minnehaha county marriage record.
  3. [S18] Obituary,.

William Frederick Mulcahy

M, (1915 - 1969)
Father*Stephen Elias Mulcahy (1875 - 1956)
Mother*Helen Elizabeth Cross Mulcahy (1895 - 1988)
Relationship2nd cousin of Thomas Duane McCarthy Sr
Nickname Fritz 
Name Variation Frederick 
Birth*12 Mar 1915 Dane, Dane, Wisconsin (WI), United States (US)1 
Marriage*24 May 1936 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota (SD), United States (US); Bride=Florence Edith Berven Mulcahy, Witness=Catherine Charlotte Mulcahy Gates Jassmann2 
Death*20 Jul 1969 Ukiah, Mendicino, California (CA), United States (US)1,3 
Last Edited9 Apr 2019

Citations

  1. [S266] Family group sheets, 12 March 2000 Jeff Mulcahy, 600 Pleasant Street, Roseville, CA 95678.
  2. [S107] Minnehaha county marriage record.
  3. [S361] Copyright 1998-2001 by MyFamily.com Inc., California Death Index, 1940-1997 (published on the World Wide Web by RootsWeb.com),.

Mary Helen Mulcahy Buchholz

F, (1917 - 1972)
Father*Stephen Elias Mulcahy (1875 - 1956)
Mother*Helen Elizabeth Cross Mulcahy (1895 - 1988)
Relationship2nd cousin of Thomas Duane McCarthy Sr
Birth*15 Jul 1917 Dane, Dane, Wisconsin (WI), United States (US)1 
Marriage*26 Apr 1941 Walworth, South Dakota (SD), United States (US); Groom=Albert Buchholz2 
Married Name26 Apr 1941 Buchholz [Mulcahy] 
Death*9 Jun 1972 Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota (SD), United States (US)3 
Note*14 Jun 1972 obituary: Rapid City (South Dakota_ Journal, Wednesday 14 June 1972/p.64 
Burial*16 Jun 1972 Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade, South Dakota (SD), United States (US)3 
Biography* Mary Helen Mulcahy Buchholz, 1917-1972:
Mary was born the third of nine children and the second of four daughters. By 1920, the family had moved from Dane County, Wisconsin to Haakon County, South Dakota. Mary completed a high school education. She was married to Albert Buchholz in 1941 by Justice-of-the-Peace A. F. Miles. At the time, Mary and Albert were both living in Mobridge, Walworth County, South Dakota. By 1945, she and Albert were living in Midland in Haakon County. They then operated in restaurant in Quinn, Pennington County before moving to Rapid City in 1950. There Mary managed Allards Salad Bowl. The couple lived at 1709 West Omaha.

Mary, 55, and husband Albert both died in the Rapid City flood of Friday 09 June 19725. Mary was survived by one daughter and seven grandchildren all of Rapid City. She was also survived by her mother Helen Mulcahy of Rapid City, one brother James and sisters: Dorothy Westlund, Margaret Moore, and Catherine Jassman. Mary was predeceased by her father in 1956. Graveside services for Mary and Albert were held at Black Hills National cemetery on Friday with Rev John Corry officiating. Catron Blvd Chapel was in charge. 
Last Edited16 Jul 2021

Citations

  1. [S266] Family group sheets, 12 March 2000 Jeff Mulcahy, 600 Pleasant Street, Roseville, CA 95678.
  2. [S587] South Dakota., Marriage Index, 1905-1949 (published on the World Wide Web by Ancestry.com),.
  3. [S1896] http://www.findagrave.com/
  4. [S18] Obituary,.
  5. On that date 15-inches of rain fell in the Rapid City area in just 6-hours. The dam at Canyon Lake on the city's west side failed and the resulting tide swept down Rapid Creek through the center of Rapid City. 238 people were killed and thousands were injured. [excerpted from http://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/…