Simon Byrne

Hi all,

MY Great great grandfather was Simon Byrne, who was born in Ireland in 1820. He most likely left Ireland with his family when he was 13 ( 1833) and went to Canada, then from there in 1850 came to the US. ( on census says he immigrated 1830, one in 1850. Somewhere in his travels he met and married Bridget Ryan. They were in Illinois for a bit, where a daughter Mary was born in 1850. They finally set down roots inDubue Iowa and raised the family (Mary, James E, Thomas, William Joseph, Catherine, Michael and Esther) Bridget seems to have died about 1883- 1884, and Simon starts showing up in SOuth Dakota late 1880's up through 1917 when he died, (apparently fell into a snow bank and froze to death)> THis is not Simon Byrne the boxer, which seems to be the only Simon I can find. IF this is familiar to anyone, I would love to hear from you.
Ramona