James Gilligan

Born: 1826-01-01 12:00:00
Died: 1901-04-26 12:00:00
Gender: Male
Place of migration: Migrated to/Born in USA

James Gilligan was born in Drumcliffe, Sligo County in 1826. Parents and siblings unknown. He emigrated to Watertown, New York in 1840. James and Mary Margaret McGowen (born 1825 Sligo) married in 1853 at St Patrick's Church in Watertown, New York. James and Mary had 5 children born in Watertown - Mary Elizabeth, Edward Francis, Margaret Frances, Nellie. They moved the family to Oakland, CA in1864 and added 3 more children - Annie, Thomas, Jennie to the family. Mary died in Oaklnd, CA in 1896. James died in Oakland, CA in 1901.

Associated communities

Sligo

County Sligo, or Sligeach in Irish, is located in the border region of Ireland. We are home to Benbulben Mountain, which is said to be Ireland’s most distinctive and shady valleys dominate the landscape here. Our county town is Sligo and we have a population of approximately 65,393. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Ann McLoughlin
Location: Sligo
Born: 1 Jan 1841
Bernard J Brennan
Location: Sligo
Born: 1 Jan 1898
Winifred Crosby Marshall
Location: Sligo
Born: 5 Aug 1882
James J Hart
Location: Sligo
Born: 24 Jun 1878

Buildings in this community

Dunneill aka Dooneal TOWNLAND
Location: Sligo
Dunneill, Kilmacshalgan, Co Sligo
Collloney Church of the Assumption
Location: Sligo
St. Michael's Church
Location: Sligo
462F+G9 Cloonacool, County Sligo, Ireland
Kilcullen seaweed Baths
Location: Sligo
6W94+42 Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

2000s
Parish of Ardcarne
2000-01-01 12:00:00
1840s
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1846
1846-01-01 12:00:00
1830s
Henry Garrett
1832-08-21 12:00:00
1830s
Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland
<p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>
1832-09-13 12:00:00

Drumcliff (Sligo)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Drumcliff (Sligo). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

Other ancestors in this community

Mary Wallace
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Born: 17 Jul 1851
William Lindsay
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Born: 1848-01-01 12:00:00
Patrick Cullen
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Born: 1820-01-01 12:00:00
Henry Butler
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Born: 1844-01-01 12:00:00

Buildings in this community

Lissadell Church of Ireland
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Lissadell Church of Ireland, BALLINPHULL [CAR. BY.] LISS. E. E.D., SLIGO
St Columba's Church of Ireland
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Saint Columba's Church of Ireland, DRUMCLIFF SOUTH, Drumcliff, SLIGO
Rosses Point Church of Ireland
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Rosses Point Church of Ireland, ROSSES UPPER, Rosses Point, SLIGO
Lissadell National School
Location: Drumcliff (Sligo)
Lissadell National School (former), LISSADILL, County Sligo

Timeline events in this community

1830s
Cholera in Sligo
<p>Mayo Constitution - Monday 20 August 1832</p>
1832-08-20 12:00:00