Conlon - Conlan - Conlin - Conlier

Doing a little genealogy research today with the help of buddy Roger.  Found that Conlon, Conlan (thanks, Pat) and Conlin are interchangeable.  We also discovered that Conlons were called Conlier in the 1880 US Census for Door County, Jacksonport Township. Page 36B lines 31-37 --about 2/3 down the page. This is where the handwriting of the Census person who wrote the info can make a difference. Check out the actual page.

The 1880 listing starts with V Conlier and this was actually B Conlon (Bartholomew) age 45,.  It lists his wife Matilda, (b. Canada) 35 and children Thomas  (b. Canada)10, Peter (b. Canada) 8, Catherine (b. Wisconsin) 6, Willie (Will, William) (b. Wisconsin) 4 and Nicholas (Nick) (b. Wisconsin) 2.  John - our grandfather was not born until 1881 and therefore doesn't show up in the 1880 Census. Matilda died in 1883, two years after giving birth to our grandfather John and leaving 6 children. Knowing this name difference may now lead to further information.  We have also located postings where others have been searching for Bartholomew and his Irish parents.  The main person searching is Audrey Jacques Cappelle.  Audrey would be our age and is the daughter of Lillian Conlon and Orville Jacques.  Lillian is the daughter of  Nick and Nick and John were brothers. I will make a contact and see where it leads.

On the same page you will find Thomas Brooks 45 who married Rose (Rosiaw) Ann Conlon 45, sister to Bartholomew. This was the family that raised our grandfather John. John was raised as John Brooks and later changed his name to John Conlon prior to his marriage to Jennie Propsom. The Brooks and Conlons (Conliers) appear on the same page of the census as they lived near each other as farmers. Eventually, Nick Conlon farmed the same land near Jacksonport and I have the 1914 Plat map showing the partials.

  The actual 1880 census page can be accessed by Clicking Here When on the page, you can enlarge the image by changing the size in the upper left. Here's a better image of that content - Click here

 This is the same census page. Click on the image below to enlarge.

Here is the content of a posting we found and will followup on it.
I have no idea if this means anything or not but I have this: Bartholomew Conlin. bap 1831 married Mathilda Thompson They had the following children: John, Thomas, Nicholas, Catherine, Peter and William. Bartholmew's parents were Bartholmew and Caterine Orford/Alford. The children were all bap in the RC parish of Kildare and Rathangan Co. Kildare, Ire. I have more on this line if it is something you need, I will do a better job with sequencing and send it to you. Thanks, Carole