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Alexander Neil O'Brien

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Children
=Children=
* Rupert Dyer O'Brien (b. 1894 Kansas City, [[Missouri|MO]] - d. 1987 Oak Park, [[Illinois|IL]]). Wife: Gladys O'Brien. In 1917, Rupert was living at 2622 8th St. in Minneapolis, [[Minnesota|MN]], and employed as Industrial Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. By 1942, he had relocated to Oak Park, IL where in latter years, he was in fellowship with the First Baptist Church. Rupert was living in Oak Park as early as 1942. * Ruth P. O'Brien McCarn (b. 1896 Kansas City, [[Missouri|MO]] - d. 1981 Chicago, [[Illinoia|IL]]). Husband: Davis Glessner McCarn (b. 1890 Anamosa, [[Iowa|IA]] - d. 1983 Chicago, IL), son of Burtis Davis McCarn (b. 1859 Anamosa, Jones, IA - d. 1939 Chicago, Cook, IL) & Sarah Augusta Barton McCarn (b. 1864 Ft. Wayne, [[Indiana|IN]] - d. 1954 Glen Gardner, Hunterdon, [[New Jersey|N.J.]]). * Grace Emily O'Brien O'Neill (b. 1902 Kansas City, [[Missouri|MO]] - d. 1990 Herndon, Fairfax, [[Virginia|VA]]). Husband: Hugh O'Neill (b. 1901 St. Paul, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1953 Englewood, Bergen, N.J.) ** Around 1913 or 1914, the family adopted a teenage orphan named Annie Banks (b. 1901 Minneapolis, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1983 West Palm Beach, FL), who inherited a home from her late parents in 1915 when it was built, her parents were Charles Augustus Banks (b. 1845 Hamburg, Germany or Finland) and Sarah Helena Siekkinen Banks (b. 1851 Liminka, Oulu, Finland - d. 1913 Duluth, MN), who were married in Duluth in 1875. In 1880, Charles was employed as a night watchman, and died prior to 1909.  In 1910, Annie was living at 1113 E. 4th St., in Duluth, with her mother who was working as a midwife for a private hospital. A cousin Helmi Oliva Mattson Johnson (b. 1888 Bessemer, MI - d. 1942 Oulu, Bayfield, [[Wisconsin|WI]]) was also living with them. Her uncle was Eugene R. Dibble. In 1926, Anna married Wilson Joseph Kerr (b. 1898 Fairfield, Swift, MN - d. 1959 Minneapolis, MN) in Minneapolis, later divorcing. Then in 1954 while living in Minneapolis, and working as an antique dealer, she married Dr. Arthur Reinhold Upgren (b. 1897 River Falls, WI - d. 1986 Boca Raton, FL) of Hanover, Grafton, N.H., then the Dean of the Amos Tuck school of business administration at Dartmouth College (1952-1957), formerly a vice-president of the Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank (1942-1945), and a professor of economics at the Univ. of Alabama (1921), Univ. of Minnesota (1937-1952). Anna was a nationally known antique dealer and collector 1939-1976 in Minneapolis, until she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida.
* Around 1913 or 1914, the family adopted a teenage orphan named Annie Banks (b. 1901 Minneapolis, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1983 West Palm Beach, FL), who inherited a home from her late parents in 1915 when it was built, her parents were Charles Augustus Banks (b. 1845 Hamburg, Germany or Finland) and Sarah Helena Siekkinen Banks (b. 1851 Liminka, Oulu, Finland - d. 1913 Duluth, MN), who were married in Duluth in 1875. In 1880, Charles was employed as a night watchman, and died prior to 1909.
** In 1910, Annie was living at 1113 E. 4th St., in Duluth, with her mother who was working as a midwife for a private hospital. A cousin Helmi Oliva Mattson Johnson (b. 1888 Bessemer, MI - d. 1942 Oulu, Bayfield, [[Wisconsin|WI]]) was also living with them. Her uncle was Eugene R. Dibble.
** In 1926, Anna married Wilson Joseph Kerr (b. 1898 Fairfield, Swift, MN - d. 1959 Minneapolis, MN) in Minneapolis, later divorcing. Then in 1954 while living in Minneapolis, and working as an antique dealer, she married Dr. Arthur Reinhold Upgren (b. 1897 River Falls, WI - d. 1986 Boca Raton, FL) of Hanover, Grafton, N.H., then the Dean of the Amos Tuck school of business administration at Dartmouth College (1952-1957), formerly a vice-president of the Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank (1942-1945), and a professor of economics at the Univ. of Alabama (1921), Univ. of Minnesota (1937-1952).
** Anna was a nationally known antique dealer and collector 1939-1976 in Minneapolis, until she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida.
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