John Colrue received his naturalization papers on 23 January 1891 in Waupaca County. He also filed to homestead 148 acres on 7 December 1896. More research will determine where that land parcel was located. He can be found in Helvetia Township in the 1889 plat book in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34.
Locating John Colrue beyond the articles in the Waupaca newspapers was difficult. He has not been found in the 1880 census (searching under John or J. M. Swanson or Colrue), the 1900, 1910 or 1930 censuses. In 1920 John is living on Kimbark Avenue in Chicago and is employed as a salesman for a medical instruments manufacturer.
He also appears in several of the Chicago city directories, for example in 1898 he is boarding at 464 West Congress and in 1904 and 1908 he is living at 744 W. Adams.
As more information becomes available online, we might be able to locate more records for John Colrue.
*52 Ancestors: "Bachelor Uncle"
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