A HISTORY OF THE ST. MARGARET MARY PARISH FAMILY 
The Pre-History
Saint Margaret Mary parish in Algonquin comprises one of the oldest settlements along the Fox River in McHenry County, the original plot for the village being drawn up in 1836 and adopted in 1844. By that time a large Bohemian settlement had been founded and thus Catholic services first began in 1845. The Bohemians settled along the river in both Cary and Fox River Grove. They established Saint John Nepomucene Church on North River Road, the first Catholic church erected in our vicinity. By the mid-1880's, Algonquin, which had started out first as Cornish's Ferry and then as Osceola, was an established resort area. Its growth was matched by an increase in the number of Catholic families.
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