Thomas Hayes
1811 - 1882 (71 years)-
Name Thomas Hayes Born 1811 Killuran Parish, County Clare, Ireland 
Gender Male Immigration 5 Jul 1837 New York Thomas arrived in the United States on July 5, 1837 at the port of New York on the Ship Nestor, sailing out of Liverpool. He is listed on the ship roster as a laborer and his total possessions consisted of one box and one bedroll. Naturalization 11 Nov 1847 Richfield, WI, USA Thomas applied for citizenship on 4 Oct 1842 in Hudson, WI. Died 28 May 1882 Germantown, WI, USA Person ID I379 The Evans Woodhouse Tree Last Modified 8 Mar 2013
Family Anna Gordon, b. 1823, Coothill, County Cavan, Ireland , d. 31 Jan 1866, Germantown, WI, USA (Age 43 years) Children 1. Mary Hayes, b. 1843, d. 1844 (Age 1 years) [Birth] 2. William Hayes, b. 7 Sept 1845, Germantown, WI, USA , d. 1925 (Age 79 years) [Birth]3. Thomas Hayes, b. 1846, Germantown, WI, USA , d. 1931, West Bend, WI, USA (Age 85 years) [Birth]+ 4. Alexander Hayes, b. Feb 1848, Germantown, WI, USA , d. 6 Jul 1933 (Age 85 years)5. Margaret Hayes, b. 1850, Germantown, WI, USA [Birth]6. Dennis J. Hayes, b. 18 Aug 1852, Richfield, WI, USA , d. 23 Nov 1927, Milwaukee, WI, USA (Age 75 years) [Birth]7. Martha Hayes, b. 1855, Germantown, WI, USA , d. Milwaukee, WI, USA [Birth]8. Mary Hayes, b. 1857, Germantown, WI, USA , d. 1858, Germantown, WI, USA (Age 1 years) [Birth]9. George Hayes, b. 1866, Germantown, WI, USA , d. 1866, Germantown, WI, USA (Age 0 years) [Birth]Last Modified 8 Mar 2013 Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Hayes, Thomas - 1860 US Federal Census
Thomas Hayes, age 50, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included wife Ann (38) and children William (15, working as a farm laborer), Thomas (14), Alexander (13), Margaret (10), Dennis (8), and Martha (5). Record is very faded and difficult to read; the Hayes family is listed about halfway down the page as family number 1523.
Hayes, Thomas - 1870 US Federal Census (p1)
Thomas Hayes, age 59 and recently widowed, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included daughter Margaret (20, the lady of the house), Thomas (28), Dennis (17), and Martha (14). Both the younger Thomas and Dennis worked on the farm as laborers.
Hayes, Thomas - 1870 US Federal Census (p2)
Thomas Hayes, age 59 and recently widowed, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included daughter Margaret (20, the lady of the house), Thomas (28), Dennis (17), and Martha (14). Both the younger Thomas and Dennis worked on the farm as laborers.
Hayes, Thomas - 1880 US Federal Census
Thomas Hayes, age 72, was living in Richfield, WI and was listed as a retired farmer. Living with him was his new wife Bridget (48), who was also a first generation Irish immigrant. His son Thomas (32) was living with his family next door, or perhaps in a house on the same property.
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Notes - Thomas Hayes was born in 1811 in O'Callahan Roman Catholic Parish, located in Killuran Civil Parish in County Clare, Ireland. He arrived in the United States on July 5, 1837 at the port of New York on the Ship Nestor, sailing out of Liverpool. He is listed on the ship roster as a laborer and his total possessions consisted of one box and one bedroll. He was traveling with John Ryan also from Ireland and possibly the same John Ryan who married his sister Margaret. Thomas applied for citizenship on Oct 4, 1842 in Husdon, Colombia County, Wisconsin.
Washington County Wisconsin was formed in 1840 after the Menomonee and Pottawatomie Indian Tribes were moved west of the Mississiippi River. the first land in Richfield township was purchased in 1841 with two sales of government land in that year. In the fall of 1842 land was sold to the first fifty settlers in Richfield township, who were seventy five percent German and twenty five percent Irish.
Thomas Hayes purchased 80 acres of land in Washington County, Section 13 Richland township on Nov 3, 1842. He was granted citizenship in Richland county on Nov 11, 1847 and is listed on the November 1847 poll list. On November 11, 1848 he purchased 40 more acres of land. Thomas became a prominent citizen in the community, serving as a county supervisor for two terms, 18544-1855. He was a member of the state assembly in 1856. The Washington county agricultural society was formed in 1855, and Thomas Hayes was elected to the committee of arrangements. He is listed in the 1860 census with property valued at $3000.
Thomas Married Anne Gordon, and their first child was born in 1843 in Wisconsin. Anne was born in 1823 in Coothill, County Cavan, Ireland. She was of Scotch-Irish descent and a Presbyterian. Anne died January 31, 1866, shortly after the birth of her ninth child George, who also died in 1866. Anne is buried in Germantown, Wisconsin. Thomas married again to an Irish woman named Bridget, who is listed as his wife on the 1880 census and was age 48 in 1880.
Thomas died May 28, 1882, and is buried in Germantown, Wisconsin.
Anne had two sisters Jane, who married a Reilly, and Ellen.
Thomas had four brothers and sisters who also immigrated to America. They were Margaret, Roger, Patrick and Dennis.
(biographical notes courtesy of Carol Cogan)
- Thomas Hayes was born in 1811 in O'Callahan Roman Catholic Parish, located in Killuran Civil Parish in County Clare, Ireland. He arrived in the United States on July 5, 1837 at the port of New York on the Ship Nestor, sailing out of Liverpool. He is listed on the ship roster as a laborer and his total possessions consisted of one box and one bedroll. He was traveling with John Ryan also from Ireland and possibly the same John Ryan who married his sister Margaret. Thomas applied for citizenship on Oct 4, 1842 in Husdon, Colombia County, Wisconsin.