Matthew Patrick O'loughlen

• General Notes
  • William and Esther's third child was Matthew Patrick.  He was born onMarch 2, 1908, at Dubuque, IA.  Matthew went to St. Berchman's Seminary, Des Moines, IA briefly.  He was an altar boy, Boy Scout, had a paper route, and was an excellent marksman with the .22 rifle.  He was also very proficient in Morse Code and related methods of communications.  He worked as a laborer at the Kennecott Copper Corporation Mine at Kennecott, Alaska.  He signed on an Alaska Stemship Company freighter as a ship's painter, working for his passage to the United States.  Heworked with copper colered paint and was still trying to the paint out of his hair when he met his sister, Elizabeth, in Seattle.
    
    Matthew married Catherine Marie Balfanz on May 31, 1940.  They were married at St. Aloysious Catholic Church in Sauk City, WI.  They lived in an apartment on Park Avenue in Prairie du Sac, WI.  Matthew was an agent for the Milwaukee Railroad.  They bought the contents of the apartment except for personal affects, some bedding, and a cookie jar.  They got everything else except the Baby Grand piano which they didn't want even though Matthew could play the piano very well.  The couple who owned the furniture were getting a divorce, so they sold it cheap.

Details of Matthew Patrick's family with Catherine  Marie Balfanz