 1857 - 1923 (66 years)
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| Name |
WAMSLEY Jane Barbara |
| Birth |
25 Feb 1857 |
Ontario, Canada Huron Co.  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
20 May 1923 |
Lagarde Twp, MN |
| Notes |
- Jane moved from Ireland to Glenwood, MN in 1871.
Jane taught school at Glenwood and Villard until her marriage.
James and Jane served on the town and school board in Beaulieu and
were instrumental in starting the Hart School.
Jane Wamsley came from Canada in the early 1900's. She also taught
school.17
JANE WAMSLEY HART
Jane Wamsley Hart was born February 25, 1857 in Ontario, Canada. She
was baptized on April 17, 1858 at St. Peter's Catholic Church at St.
Joseph, Ontario. Jane's parents, Edward and Mary Byrne Cosgrove, had migrated from Ireland
to Stanley township in Ontario, Canada; Edward in 1845 and Mary about
1853.
In 1871 Jane's family moved to Glenwood, Minnesota where she
attended school long enough to get a teacher's certificate. She
taught school in the Glenwood and Villard
area until her marriage on November 27, 1877 to James R. Hart at
Long Prairie, Minnesota. They lived at Villard for twenty years.
In 1901 the family moved to Duane, Minnesota (a town now extinct)
where she helped organize the post office and worked there for a
while. In 1904 the Hart's moved to
Lagarde township, Mahnomen County. Land had just been opened up for
purchase from the Indians on the White Earth Reservation. Jane was
the first teacher at the
Sunshine School (Hart School) and was on the school board as was
James for many years.
Jane worked hard raising her family of five boys and 5 girls in this
rural setting without electricity, running water and other
conveniences. She taught her children herself
and they all grew to be intelligent, hard working people people. Her
daughters learned to sew and bake and were excellent homemakers. Two
of her daughters opened a
millinery establishment where they made and sold hats. Though I was
only years old when she died, I can remember her big delicious sugar
cookies. I had hats and scarfs
Grandma Jane had made for many years and they were lovely. From what
people who knew her have said and the newspaper clipping at the time
of her death she spent a lot
of time helping friends and neighbors when needed in times of
trouble and sickness. She was an extremely pleasant lady and showed a
lot of humor and wit. She had to be
good-natured to keep up with all the company that visited at their
small home.
Jane died on May 20, 1923 at her home in Lagarde Township, Mahnomen
County, Minnesota. She was buried at St. Joseph's Church at Beaulieu,
Minnesota.
[By Patricia (Peggy) Hart Bisek --daughter of Albert Hart Oct. 1989]
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| Person ID |
I9909 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
WAMSLEY Edward J., b. 1820, Ireland d. 04 May 1887, Reno, MN (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
COSGROVE Mary Byrne, b. 12 Oct 1823, County Mayo, Ireland d. 06 Aug 1901, Pope Co., MN (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1856 |
Canada |
| Family ID |
F9905 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
HART James Patrick, b. 25 Sep 1855, Madison, Dane Co., WI d. 13 Jul 1934, Lagarde Twp, MN (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Nov 1879 |
Glenwood, MN |
- 5 boys and 5 girls all born near Villard
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| Children |
| | 1. HART Anna [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. HART Dorothy d. 1939 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. BURKE Marie (Mamie) Hart, b. Beaulieu, Becker Co., MN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. HART George, b. 16 Nov 1882, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. 26 Nov 1956, Waubun, MN (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. HART Gertrude, b. 18 May 1884, Beaulieu, Becker Co., MN d. 1964 (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. HART Robert Stephen (John Sphenen), b. 27 Dec 1884, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. 22 Oct 1953, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. HART Albert Patrick, b. 13 Jan 1893, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. 12 Aug 1977, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. HART Francis (Frank), b. 27 Nov 1894, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. 12 Nov 1984, Mahnomen, MN (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. HART Gerald J., b. 11 Nov 1895, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. 08 Jan 1966, OR (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. HART Agnes, b. Abt 1899, Villard, Pope Co., MN d. Abt 1920 (Age 21 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3827 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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