Arthur Ben McCABE 1888–1966

Arthur Ben McCABEAge: 77 years1888–1966

Name: Arthur Ben McCABE

Given names: Arthur Ben

Surname: McCABE

Arthur Bernard McCABE

Name: Arthur Bernard McCABE

Given names: Arthur Bernard

Surname: McCABE

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Birth	August 17, 1888 Arvilla Twsp, Grand Forks County, Dakota Territory
Alias	/Ben/
Death of a mother	Mary Rebecca McCABE November 15, 1897 (Age 9 years) Hegton Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota Cause: Typhoid fever Obituary of Mary McCabe Nov 19,1897
Burial of a mother	Mary Rebecca McCABE November 15, 1897 (Age 9 years) Larimore, Grand Forks, ND Cemetery: Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore Copy of Obituary (Poor quality)
Emigration	April 18, 1912 (Age 23 years) Paintearth Co, Alberta, Canada Note: Arthur Ben McCabe and his brother Frank, along with their friend Bud Geyer, move 3 carloads of settler supplies from ND to Castor. Their train cars crossed the border at Greta Manitoba, April 18 1912. Ben Leaves for Alberta, GF Herald, OCT 1911 Border Crossing at Greta for Arthur McCabe
Death of a father	Michael McCABE May 29, 1913 (Age 24 years) Arvilla, Grand Forks Co, North Dakota Note: Death Announcement(May 30, 1913): Death Announcement(May 30, 1913): ARVILLA PIONEER HAS PASSED AWAY M. McCabe Dies of Pneumonia After an Illiness of But a Week - Funeral Arrangements Not Complete. M. McCabe, one of the pioneer residents of Arvilla, died yesterday afternoon of pneumonia after an illness of but a wek. Until Sunday, he appeared to be getting along well, but Sunday he suffered a relapse and steadily grew worse, despite medical atention. Mr. McCabe was one of the earliest and most highly respected residents of Arvilla. Owing to the fact that relatives from a distance are coming to attend, funeral arrangements have not been completed. Death Certificate for Michael McCabe in 1913 Obituary in THE PIONEER, Larimore ND
Birth of a son #1	Harry McCABE December 30, 1914 (Age 26 years) Larimore, ND
Census	1915 (Age 26 years) Hegton Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota Shared note: The ND state census on April1, 1915 shows that Patrick H McCabe's family and Ben's family still live… The ND state census on April1, 1915 shows that Patrick H McCabe's family and Ben's family still lived in Hegton township. Frank had moved to Canada and then to Larimore by then.
Residence	1915 (Age 26 years) Hegton Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota Ben Bought First Tractor in Hegton/Arvilla
Birth of a son #2	Daniel Joseph McCABE May 10, 1917 (Age 28 years) Larimore, North Dakota
Death of a son	Harry McCABE June 16, 1917 (Age 28 years) Larimore, ND
Birth of a son #3	Gerald Edward McCABE May 1920 (Age 31 years) Larimore, ND
Birth of a son #4	Robert Vincent McCABE July 9, 1927 (Age 38 years) Larimore, North Dakota
Birth of a daughter #5	Vivian Ann McCABE June 20, 1930 (Age 41 years) Larimore, North Dakota
Death of a son	Gerald Edward McCABE November 30, 1938 (Age 50 years) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Cause: Ruptured appendix and poison resulting from that
Land Purchases	Castor Alberta, Canada and Rio Hondo Tx Note: Ben and Frank were very close farming partners. About 1912 the brothers closed their operation in H… Ben and Frank were very close farming partners. About 1912 the brothers closed their operation in Hegton and moved to Castor Alberta to try wheat farming there. Ben and Frank purchased Canadian Pacific Railroad land in Alberta: (Records from the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.) Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-707 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN / McCABE, FRANCIS P. Land Description: NW / SW-19-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $13.00 Status of Purchase: UNCERTAIN ASSIGNED TO F. McCABE - 1912 APRIL 3 Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-708 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN Land Description: SE-31-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 160 Price per Acre: $11.00 Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-709 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN Land Description: NE-31-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 159 Price per Acre: $13.00 Ben must have quickly moved back to North Dakota where he married in 1913. Frank took over the land and operation but eventually moved back to ND also. In 1918 they came to Texas where they purchased land near Rio Hondo. In the fall of 1918 Frank moved his family to Texas but Ben and his wife decided to stay in Larimore. Frank took over Ben's properties in Texas also.
Death	January 4, 1966 (Age 77 years) Larimore, North Dakota
Burial	January 5, 1966 (1 day after death) Cemetery: Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Rebecca McCABE Thomas McCABE Margaret Jane McCABE James Bernard McCABE Elizabeth Ann “Annie” McCABE Mary “Minnie” McCABE Michael John McCABE Patrick Henry McCABE Francis Peter McCABE Catherine McCABE Arthur Ben McCABE Michael McCABE Birth: August 17, 1841 — Magheracloone, Monaghan, Ireland Death: May 29, 1913 — Arvilla, Grand Forks Co, North Dakota
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Michael McCABE Thomas McCABE Margaret Jane McCABE James Bernard McCABE Elizabeth Ann “Annie” McCABE Mary “Minnie” McCABE Michael John McCABE Patrick Henry McCABE Francis Peter McCABE Catherine McCABE Arthur Ben McCABE Mary Rebecca McCABE Birth: December 2, 1843 — Lindsay, Ops Twp, Ontario, Canada Death: November 15, 1897 — Hegton Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
	Marriage: February 8, 1864 — Lindsay, Ontario
10 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Thomas McCABE Birth: December 18, 1864 — Lindsay, Ontario Canada Death: January 7, 1898 — Grand Forks, ND
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martin CONNOLLY Johnie CONNOLLY Frankie CONNOLLY Mary Alline “Mayme” CONNOLLY Margaret Laura “Laura” CONNOLLY Rose CONNOLLY George E. CONNOLLY Martin CONNOLLY Jr Margaret Jane McCABE Birth: January 1, 1867 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: July 13, 1953 — Seattle WA
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Theodora Louise McILLHARGEY Mary Patricia “Doll” McCABE Gertrude McCABE Margarite McCABE Kathleen McCABE Rita Louise McCABE Theodora Veronica McCABE Monica McCABE James Bernard McCABE Birth: February 10, 1869 — Lindsay, Ontario Canada Death: December 10, 1964
22 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ed KRAUSE Elizabeth Ann “Annie” McCABE Birth: December 3, 1870 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: 1932 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary “Minnie” McCABE Birth: September 7, 1872 Death: before 1895
15 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Michael John McCABE Birth: December 18, 1873 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: January 31, 1950 — Seattle, King. Washington State
22 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Louise MULLIGAN Mary Louise McCABE Agnes McCABE John “Jack” McCABE Lawrence Michael McCABE Bernard F McCABE William McCABE Patrick Henry McCABE Birth: October 23, 1875 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: December 7, 1945 — Grand Forks Co, North Dakota
22 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dolores Jane Isabel GRIFFIN Eugene Bernard McCABE Vincent Lawrence McCABE Frances Merrill McCABE Francis Peter McCABE Birth: August 10, 1877 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: February 16, 1977 — Brownsville, Cameron, Texas
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas J CROWLEY Mary Louise CROWLEY Madeline A CROWLEY Stafford Thomas CROWLEY Catherine McCABE Birth: November 1880 — Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Death: July 6, 1954 — Seattle WA
8 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT Harry McCABE Daniel Joseph McCABE Gerald Edward McCABE Robert Vincent McCABE Vivian Ann McCABE Arthur Ben McCABE Birth: August 17, 1888 — Arvilla Twsp, Grand Forks County, Dakota Territory Death: January 4, 1966 — Larimore, North Dakota

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT Harry McCABE Daniel Joseph McCABE Gerald Edward McCABE Robert Vincent McCABE Vivian Ann McCABE Arthur Ben McCABE Birth: August 17, 1888 — Arvilla Twsp, Grand Forks County, Dakota Territory Death: January 4, 1966 — Larimore, North Dakota
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur Ben McCABE Harry McCABE Daniel Joseph McCABE Gerald Edward McCABE Robert Vincent McCABE Vivian Ann McCABE Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT Birth: April 14, 1889 — Canada
son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Harry McCABE Birth: December 30, 1914 — Larimore, ND Death: June 16, 1917 — Larimore, ND
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daniel Joseph McCABE Birth: May 10, 1917 — Larimore, North Dakota Death: July 1977 — Chicago, Illinois
3 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Gerald Edward McCABE Birth: May 1920 — Larimore, ND Death: November 30, 1938 — Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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daughter	Private
son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Geraldine DERUNTZ Family with spouse Nancy Jones Robert Vincent McCABE Birth: July 9, 1927 — Larimore, North Dakota Death: November 13, 2012 — Kalispell, Montana
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John DRAKE Vivian Ann McCABE Birth: June 20, 1930 — Larimore, North Dakota Death: May 8, 2019 — Great Falls, Montana

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Emigration	Arthur Ben McCabe and his brother Frank, along with their friend Bud Geyer, move 3 carloads of settler supplies from ND to Castor. Their train cars crossed the border at Greta Manitoba, April 18 1912.
Census View	The ND state census on April1, 1915 shows that Patrick H McCabe's family and Ben's family still lived in Hegton township. Frank had moved to Canada and then to Larimore by then.
Land Purchases	Ben and Frank were very close farming partners. About 1912 the brothers closed their operation in Hegton and moved to Castor Alberta to try wheat farming there. Ben and Frank purchased Canadian Pacific Railroad land in Alberta: (Records from the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.) Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-707 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN / McCABE, FRANCIS P. Land Description: NW / SW-19-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 320 Price per Acre: $13.00 Status of Purchase: UNCERTAIN ASSIGNED TO F. McCABE - 1912 APRIL 3 Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-708 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN Land Description: SE-31-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 160 Price per Acre: $11.00 Call Number: M 2272, volume 178, contract number ID-709 Date of Purchase: 1910 MAY 30 Purchaser(s): McCABE, ARTHUR BEN Land Description: NE-31-38-12-W4 Number of Acres: 159 Price per Acre: $13.00 Ben must have quickly moved back to North Dakota where he married in 1913. Frank took over the land and operation but eventually moved back to ND also. In 1918 they came to Texas where they purchased land near Rio Hondo. In the fall of 1918 Frank moved his family to Texas but Ben and his wife decided to stay in Larimore. Frank took over Ben's properties in Texas also.

Emigration	Ben Leaves for Alberta, GF Herald, OCT 1911 Format: image/png Image dimensions: 538 × 344 pixels File size: 29 KB Type: Newspaper Highlighted image: no
Emigration	Border Crossing at Greta for Arthur McCabe Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 4,898 × 1,461 pixels File size: 3,738 KB Type: Document Highlighted image: no
Residence	Ben Bought First Tractor in Hegton/Arvilla Format: image/png Image dimensions: 537 × 281 pixels File size: 30 KB Type: Newspaper Highlighted image: no
Media object	Bernard "Ben" McCabe Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 318 × 486 pixels File size: 32 KB Highlighted image: yes
Media object	BenMcCabe.jpg Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 796 × 992 pixels File size: 531 KB Type: Photo Highlighted image: yes
Media object	Elderly Uncle Ben McCabe With His Sisters Format: image/jpeg Image dimensions: 1,587 × 1,974 pixels File size: 1,725 KB Type: Photo

Family with parents
father Parents Francis “Red” McCABE Margaret MARTIN	Michael McCABE 1841–1913
mother Parents Michael McCABE Jane MULDOON	Mary Rebecca McCABE 1843–1897
elder brother Family (none)	Thomas McCABE 1864–1898
elder sister Family Martin CONNOLLY Johnie CONNOLLY Frankie CONNOLLY Mary Alline “Mayme” CONNOLLY Margaret Laura “Laura” CONNOLLY Rose CONNOLLY George E. CONNOLLY Martin CONNOLLY Jr	Margaret Jane McCABE 1867–1953
elder brother Family Theodora Louise McILLHARGEY Mary Patricia “Doll” McCABE Gertrude McCABE Margarite McCABE Kathleen McCABE Rita Louise McCABE Theodora Veronica McCABE Monica McCABE	James Bernard McCABE 1869–1964
elder sister Family Ed KRAUSE	Elizabeth Ann “Annie” McCABE 1870–1932
elder sister Family (none)	Mary “Minnie” McCABE 1872–1895
elder brother Family (none)	Michael John McCABE 1873–1950
elder brother Family Mary Louise MULLIGAN Mary Louise McCABE Agnes McCABE John “Jack” McCABE Lawrence Michael McCABE Bernard F McCABE William McCABE Private	Patrick Henry McCABE 1875–1945
elder brother Family Dolores Jane Isabel GRIFFIN Eugene Bernard McCABE Vincent Lawrence McCABE Frances Merrill McCABE	Francis Peter McCABE 1877–1977
elder sister Family Thomas J CROWLEY Mary Louise CROWLEY Madeline A CROWLEY Stafford Thomas CROWLEY	Catherine McCABE 1880–1954
himself Family Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT Harry McCABE Daniel Joseph McCABE Gerald Edward McCABE Private Private Robert Vincent McCABE Vivian Ann McCABE	Arthur Ben McCABE 1888–1966
Family with Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT
himself Parents Michael McCABE Mary Rebecca McCABE	Arthur Ben McCABE 1888–1966
wife Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Loretta “Lillian” McDERMOTT 1889–
son Family (none)	Harry McCABE 1914–1917
son Family Private Private Private Private Private Private Private	Daniel Joseph McCABE 1917–1977
son Family (none)	Gerald Edward McCABE 1920–1938
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private
son Family Geraldine DERUNTZ Private Private Private Private Nancy Jones	Robert Vincent McCABE 1927–2012
daughter Family Private Private Private Private Private Private John DRAKE Private Private	Vivian Ann McCABE 1930–2019

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