Griffin/Saunders Family of Knocknaboley Wicklow

About 1900 Frank McCabe and his brothers began to look for land of their own. Frank and John homesteaded land in the Minot ND area. Frank to the east and John to the west near Berthold. Frank received his land patent in 1904. Early 1900's articles in the Grand Fork's newspaper pointed to Frank having land in Deep River ND. For example an article in 1910 stated \"Frank McCabe and Jos Lynch of Arvilla are spending some time on their farms in the Deep River.

According to newspaper article from Minot ND, Frank Mccabe sold his farm east of Glenburn for $2500 in Nov 1904.

From Grand Forks Evening News, Nov 21 1907, \"Mrs. WJ Watt and Misses Lottie and Margaret Griffin returned last evening from Larimore where they were guests yesterday at the wedding of Miss Dolores Griffin and Mr Frank McCabe, popular young people of that city.\"

Frank and his brother Ben bought land in Alberta. Later Frank moved to Alberta to farm the wheat land there. Life was tough on the prairie -the family sod house burned down, Frank's father died while they were in Canada and finally, Dolores had to return to Larimore in 1913 to have their third child Frances. Soon after, Frank also returned to the farm in Hegton township outside Larimore. The land records for Frank and Ben's purchases can be found at the Glenbow Museum in Canada.

http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesCPRSearch.aspx

Frank had SW 15-39-15-W4 (160 acres) and NW?SW 19-38-12-W4 (320 acres)

This record of border crossings at Gretna, Manitoba shows Frank McCabe (last entry on page) of Arvilla, ND crossing with Settlers Supplies on his way to Castor Alberta. The next page shows his brother A(rthur) McCabe and their friend Bud Geyer on the same train. The McCabe Brothers bought part several parcels of land near Castor, according to the CPR land Sales Records of the Glenbow Museum:

1. 1905 NOVEMBER 24 ZIMMER, LOUIS / BYE, O. W. / McCABE, FRANK, ARVILLA, N.D. SW-15-39-15-W4 Acres: 160 Price per Acre: $8.00 PAID IN FULL ASSIGNED TO McCABE DECEMBER 5, 1913

2. 1910 MARCH 15 McCABE, MICHAEL (probably Michael John McCabe, aka Uncle Jack) NW / NE / SE / SW-23-36-14-W4 Acres: 640 Price per Acre: $13.00

3. 1910 MARCH 15 McCABE, JAMES BERNARD / JUHLKE, WILLIAM NE / SE-19-36-13-W4 Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $11.00 NW / SW-19-36-13-W4 Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $12.00 NE / SE-7-36-13-W4 Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $11.00 NW / SW-7-36-13-W4 Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $12.00

4. 1910 MAY 30 McCABE, ARTHUR BEN / McCABE, FRANCIS P. NW / SW-19-38-12-W4 Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $13.00 ASSIGNED TO F. McCABE - 1912 APRIL 3

5. 1910 MAY 30 McCABE, ARTHUR BEN SE-31-38-12-W4 Acres: 160 Price per Acre: $11.00

6. 1910 MAY 30 McCABE, ARTHUR BEN NE-31-38-12-W4 Acres: 159 Price per Acre: $13.00

The ND state census on April 1, 1915 shows that the Frank McCabe family was back in the US, living in the city of Larimore.

Frank McCabe was a prominent Democrat and was appointed postmaster at Rio Hondo Tx from 1936 to 1951.