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John Gallagher

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
Death: May 20, 1899 (73-82)
Freeland, Luzerne County, PA, United States (Miners Lung)
Place of Burial: Freeland, Luzerne County, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Gallagher and Catherine McDaid
Husband of Ellen Gallagher
Father of Mary Gallagher; Cormac T Gallagher; John Gallagher; Ellen Gallagher; Patrick Gallagher and 9 others
Brother of Seamus Gallagher; Michael James Gallagher; Catherine Gallagher; Bridget Gallagher; Mary Gallagher and 5 others

Occupation: Miner
Label: Picture is from Freeland Tribune
Managed by: Private User
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About John Gallagher

1850 Census lists John and Ellen Married in Luzerne County, PA. John is 29. Both Born in Ireland.

He and his wife Ellen raised a family of 14 children in Schuylkill (1870 census) and Luzerne ( 1880 census) Counties. John was a miner. His death occurred in 1899, Biverton (Freeland), Luzerne County. Ellen is listed as a widow in the 1900 census. Peter G. Dedication: United Mine Workers of America No dates given John was born in Ireland about 1830. He served in 157 Pennsylvania Volunteers 1864-1865.

Ellen remained in Freeland, living with her son Bernard and daughter Sarah D. Gallagher until her passing sometime after 1920. Peter is one of their sons, born June 1866.

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John Gallagher's Timeline

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1821
Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
1856
1856
Pennsylvania
1857
August 1857
Pennsylvania
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1860
1862
1862
Pennsylvania
1865
January 1, 1865
Freeland, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
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1866
1868
1868
1870
1870
Pennsylvania
1872
1872