GEORGE FRANCIS "FRANK" EGAN

GEDCOM Note

George Francis Egan, Sr. was a tailor with the Singer Sewing Machine Company. During WWI, he made puttees for the soldiers. He was a tiny man, standing only 4'11" tall. His wife, Katherine Murnan, was also tiny, standing 4'10". Her granddaughter, Rosemary Garon nee Egan, remembers her having a scratchy voice and being somewhat demanding. A small eccentricity was her penchant for wearing her shoes on the wrong feet! She would wear them correctly for a few days until the new shoes were softened up, then would begin wearing the right shoe on the left foot and the left shoe on the right foot.

George and Kate and all of their children worked together to build their big house at the corner of 95th and Loomis Streets (1414 West 95th Street, Chicago, Illinois). They hand cast the rough-form cement blocks and made everything else themselves. They ran the house as a tourist home, what we would call a bed-and-breakfast today. It was a huge house, and at one point they were approached to sell it to a mortuary firm, but turned the offer down. The house stood for many years, but has since been torn down.

The Egan children, especially the boys, received good educations, and the boys went on to responsible positions in the community.

• ******* In the 1930 Census, Frank states that he was born in Illinois, and Katherine says she was born in Illinois as well.