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Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher

Born
1818-11-22 12:00:00
Died
1892-02-05 12:00:00
Gender
Male

My great-great grandfather, Michael Gallagher, migrated to America from County Roscommon in Ireland in 1848. I have a copy of his obituary which states he was born on November 22, 1818 in County Roscommon in Ireland (no town or parish given). He died in Saratoga Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, on Feb. 5, 1892. I have a copy of his death certificate that gives his father's name as Neil Gallagher.

Michael Gallagher married Catherine (Kate) Leonard. The 1870 Winona County, Minnesota, census indicates that her place of birth was Ireland.   They married before 1832, probably in the state of Pennsylvania.

I know that Michael and Kate Leonard Gallagher and their two oldest children, Ann and Joseph Patrick (my great-grandfather), moved from Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA to Winona County, MN in 1857. Their children, Ann and Joseph Patrick Gallagher, were born in Pennsylvania. Michael and Catherine Gallagher had at least six more children who were born in Minnesota. Their names were John, George, Edward, Mary, Ellen, and William Gallagher. The whole family is listed in the United States Federal 1870 Winona County, Minnesota Census.

My great-grandfather, Joseph Patrick GALLAGHER was an infant when his family moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Winona County, Minnesota, in 1857. Joseph lived there with his family until 1878, when at the age of twenty-two years, he migrated to what is now the state of South Dakota. On May 10, 1878, he entered homestead and timber-culture claims in Humboldt Township, Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory.

Associated communities

Roscommon

County Roscommon, or Ros Comáin in Irish, is located in the western region of Ireland. We are home to the stunning Lough Key Forest Park and statistically, we are known to have the longest life expectancy of any county in Ireland! We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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  • Carrowmore Tenant Map 1818

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Kilcoleman Costello in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1740s

    Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

    1749-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-04-15 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killummod

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-03-01 12:00:00