When Jeremiah Lawler settled in the area now known as Haverhill Township is unknown. He emigrated from Ireland about 1850 and settled first in New York. He is not listed among the first settlers but was resident by 1860 when he is found in the agricultural census with $1000 of real estate and $100 in personal property. The population census misnames him as John Taylor.
The area was first settled in 1855 and a town Zumbro was organized in 1859. The name was changed for a short time to Grant and then to Sherman before finally becoming Haverhill in April of 1867. By 1883 when the History of Olmsted and Winona Counties was written, our families were firmly entrenched. John Jeremiah Lawler the son of Jeremiah was an Associate Supervisor.
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What has always fascinated me was the number of families that came from Gullane, Kerry, Ireland and settled in Olmsted County. Not only did most of the children of Thomas Lawler (3rd GG) end up there, we also find representatives of most other Lawler families found in Gullane, the English family and a lot of the families that had married into those families in Ireland. Many settled elsewhere in the US, including New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc and gradually found their way to Haverhill, Orion, Rochester and High Stewart as well as many townships in neighboring Winona County.
The Baier family moved to Haverhill from Juneau County WS about 1871. The Delmores soon followed, joining their daughter, Mary, the wife of John Baier.
In 1880 Edmund English emigrated and stayed with his Uncle John English in Haverhill and his Lawler cousins before leaving to work for the Railroad. During his time in Haverhill he met Anna Baier. They eventually settled in St. Paul.
History of Winona and Olmsted Counties, 1883
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