John Gallagher - Revision history

Liz: /* Sources */source 8 format correction

2021-02-26T01:04:03Z

‎Sources: source 8 format correction

Liz: source 7 & 8 notation ; William Gallagher b. PA, spouse "expect Mary unknown"; add "expect 1783 to 1794" to immigration date

2018-08-26T22:05:10Z

source 7 & 8 notation ; William Gallagher b. PA, spouse "expect Mary unknown"; add "expect 1783 to 1794" to immigration date

Liz: upload p. 8 1850 census Muddy Crk T., Butler Co PA family Wm Gallagher; remove source note re John English age 26, Franklin T; add source note re relationship of Wm Gallagher & Mary English in 1850 census Muddy Crk T.

2018-08-26T21:33:57Z

upload p. 8 1850 census Muddy Crk T., Butler Co PA family Wm Gallagher; remove source note re John English age 26, Franklin T; add source note re relationship of Wm Gallagher & Mary English in 1850 census Muddy Crk T.

Liz: source 7 1850 Census Muddy Creek Butler Co PA family of James & Mary (Gallagher) English

2018-08-25T03:10:53Z

source 7 1850 Census Muddy Creek Butler Co PA family of James & Mary (Gallagher) English

Liz: clarify the discussion of "Raphoe" plot of land, significance depends on when it was named.

2011-02-05T20:37:01Z

clarify the discussion of "Raphoe" plot of land, significance depends on when it was named.

Brady: add research section, raphoe records

2010-10-29T14:28:57Z

add research section, raphoe records

Liz at 11:26, 29 October 2010

2010-10-29T11:26:08Z

Liz: remove wording from bio that indicates Craighton as middle name of James Gallagher; contributor admitted to fabricating this middle name

2008-06-17T21:38:12Z

remove wording from bio that indicates Craighton as middle name of James Gallagher; contributor admitted to fabricating this middle name

Liz: /* Ancestry chart segment */ James Gallagher name correction

2008-03-29T20:15:20Z

‎Ancestry chart segment: James Gallagher name correction

Liz: /* Source notes */ James Gallagher name correction

2008-03-29T20:13:18Z

‎Source notes: James Gallagher name correction

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-| ''' 1850 US Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co. PA, ancestry p.8.  Date of census 23 Aug 1850<br>Lines 8-13:<br>Wm. Gallagher age 56, Farmer; Mary age 56; Elizabeth 20; Samuel, no occupation, 18; Alexander, no occupation, 16;  Thomas Hunter 46 no occupation.  All born in PA.<br>  Four houses earlier (p.7) is the family of John English and wife Mary (Gallagher) English.
+| ''' 1850 US Federal Census''', Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co. PA, ancestry p.8.  Date of census 23 Aug 1850<br>Lines 8-13:<br>Wm. Gallagher age 56, Farmer; Mary age 56; Elizabeth 20; Samuel, no occupation, 18; Alexander, no occupation, 16;  Thomas Hunter 46 no occupation.  All born in PA.<br>  Four houses earlier (p.7) is the family of John English and wife Mary (Gallagher) English.
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 |[[File:1850 US Fed Census PA Butler Muddy Crk p8.jpg|50px|center]]
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 * Raphoe, town and parish in County Donegal, Ireland. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphoe<br> The source for the John Gallagher biography (from Elsie Segura) is being sought.  The significance of this biography is unclear. If John Gallagher gave the plot of land the name "Raphoe", that would seem to link the Gallagher family to Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, a more specific location than is presently known.  It also  would almost certainly establish their having been Catholic.  The name "Raphoe" means "ring fort of the huts", and evidence remains of a ring of stones on a rise, possibly originally fortifying a cluster of huts.  The parish covered most of County Donegal, and therein was located the town of Raphoe.<br>However, the wording of the history is ambiguous; the plot may have been already named "Raphoe" when John Gallagher bought it.
 =Conjecture=
 * In the 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher,the writer briefly discussed John Gallagher, then his son James C. Gallagher, then ends with a final line that is quite unclear as to which Gallagher it refers. "He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William."    The younger James C. Gallagher did indeed have a brother William, but by 1850 the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp. was re-designated as Franklin Twp.  The Gallagher farms lay in Franklin Twp., and James C. Gallagher's family is enumerated there in the 1850 census.  However, his father, John Gallagher, did indeed die on the homestead while it was still in Muddy Creek Township.  This leads to the conclusion that '''John must have had a brother William who also immigrated from Ireland to this area'''.

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-[[Image:flag_ireland.png|left]]<br style="clear:both;"/>
+[[Image:flag_ireland.png|left]]
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-=====Immigrant  "late 18th or early 19th century"=====
+=====Immigrant "late 18th or early 19th century", expect between 1783 & 1794 =====
 JOHN GALLAGHER
 The Gallagher name is Irish, and is also found spelled Gallaher and Gallager.
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 |  [[John Gallagher, Jr. ]] || M || 1783 || Ireland ||  [[Frances Mains ]] || || <sup class="reference">[2][6]</sup>
 |-
-|  William Gallagher  || M || 1794 || || || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
+|  William Gallagher  || M || 1794 || PA || expect Mary unknown || || <sup class="reference">[2][8]</sup>
 |-
-|  Mary Gallagher  || F || 1801 || || 1)  James English <br>2)  J. Milton White  || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
+|  Mary Gallagher  || F || 1801 ||PA || 1)  James English <br>2)  J. Milton White  || || <sup class="reference">[2][7]</sup>
 |-
 |  Margaret Gallagher  || F || 1803[?] || || || || <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>

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 | '''[[Source:_1850_United_States_Federal_Census|1850 United States Federal Census]]''',Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA  p. 258. Date of census 23 Aug 1850<br> Lines 16-25: James English, age 66, farmer; Mary, age 50; Jane, 22; Elizabeth, 19; James, 17 no occupation; William, 15; Isaiah, 13; Mary Ann, 11; David, 9; Andrew English, 77, pauper. All born PA. <br>Lines 26-27 (Next dwelling): John English, age 25, farmer; Elizabeth, age 24.<br>Note: Four dwellings away (next census page): William Galigher, age 56, farmer; Mary, age 50; Elizabeth, 20; Samuel, 18; Alexander, 16. <br>This is probably William Gallagher b.1794, brother of Mary Gallagher English.
 | [[Image:1850 Federal Census Muddy Creek T Butler Co PA ;258.jpg|50px|center]]
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 * Have been unsuccessful in locating census data for John Gallagher.  John Gallaghers found in census do not match well with other known data.<br>
 *The 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher says he settled and remained on a site that was  at the time of writing (1895) owned by Henderson Wilson.  The 1900 census shows Henderson Wilson residing in Franklin Twp. Butler Co.  This township was created from the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp., so it reasonable to believe that the original Gallagher homestead was indeed in present day Franklin Twp.  John Gallagher's sons [[James Gallagher]] and John Gallgher, Jr. both owned farms in Franklin Twp.
-* 1860 census Franklin Twp, Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg.14 James English age 26.  This is too young to be James English who married Mary Gallagher;  did they have a son?
+* 1850 Census Wm Gallagher, p.8 and 1850 Census John English & wife Mary (Gallagher) English, p.7: These two families are four dwellings apart. Mary Gallagher English is a daughter of John Gallagher, and William Gallagher, age 56, is the correct age for William b. 1794, the son of John Gallagher.  Expect William and Mary to be siblings.
 * Raphoe, town and parish in County Donegal, Ireland. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphoe<br> The source for the John Gallagher biography (from Elsie Segura) is being sought.  The significance of this biography is unclear. If John Gallagher gave the plot of land the name "Raphoe", that would seem to link the Gallagher family to Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, a more specific location than is presently known.  It also  would almost certainly establish their having been Catholic.  The name "Raphoe" means "ring fort of the huts", and evidence remains of a ring of stones on a rise, possibly originally fortifying a cluster of huts.  The parish covered most of County Donegal, and therein was located the town of Raphoe.<br>However, the wording of the history is ambiguous; the plot may have been already named "Raphoe" when John Gallagher bought it.
 =Conjecture=

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 | '''[[Source:_1850_United_States_Federal_Census|1850 United States Federal Census]]''', Franklin Township, Butler County, PA, Page 243,   lists ''John Gallaher'', 67, married to ''Francis'', 69. They are listed as living with three daughters: ''Margaret Gallagher'', 28;  ''Mary Gallagher'', 26; and ''Catherine Gallagher'', 24.  John is listed as a farmer , real estate valued at $1,000, and as having been born in Ireland. The remainder of the family is listed as born in PA. John is listed as unable to read or write.
 | [[Image:1850 census pa butler franklin pg243a.jpg|50px|center]]
+|-
 |}

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 *The 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher says he settled and remained on a site that was  at the time of writing (1895) owned by Henderson Wilson.  The 1900 census shows Henderson Wilson residing in Franklin Twp. Butler Co.  This township was created from the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp., so it reasonable to believe that the original Gallagher homestead was indeed in present day Franklin Twp.  John Gallagher's sons [[James Gallagher]] and John Gallgher, Jr. both owned farms in Franklin Twp.
 * 1860 census Franklin Twp, Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg.14 James English age 26.  This is too young to be James English who married Mary Gallagher;  did they have a son?
-* Raphoe, town and parish in County Donegal, Ireland. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphoe<br> The source for the John Gallagher biography (from Elsie Segura) is being sought.  The significance of this biography would be in linking the Gallagher family to Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, a more specific location than is presently known.  It also  would almost certainly establish their having been Catholic.  The name "Raphoe" means "ring fort of the huts", and evidence remains of a ring of stones on a rise, possibly originally fortifying a cluster of huts.  The parish covered most of County Donegal, and therein was located the town of Raphoe.
+* Raphoe, town and parish in County Donegal, Ireland. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphoe<br> The source for the John Gallagher biography (from Elsie Segura) is being sought.  The significance of this biography is unclear. If John Gallagher gave the plot of land the name "Raphoe", that would seem to link the Gallagher family to Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, a more specific location than is presently known.  It also  would almost certainly establish their having been Catholic.  The name "Raphoe" means "ring fort of the huts", and evidence remains of a ring of stones on a rise, possibly originally fortifying a cluster of huts.  The parish covered most of County Donegal, and therein was located the town of Raphoe.<br>However, the wording of the history is ambiguous; the plot may have been already named "Raphoe" when John Gallagher bought it.
 =Conjecture=
 * In the 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher,the writer briefly discussed John Gallagher, then his son James C. Gallagher, then ends with a final line that is quite unclear as to which Gallagher it refers. "He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William."    The younger James C. Gallagher did indeed have a brother William, but by 1850 the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp. was re-designated as Franklin Twp.  The Gallagher farms lay in Franklin Twp., and James C. Gallagher's family is enumerated there in the 1850 census.  However, his father, John Gallagher, did indeed die on the homestead while it was still in Muddy Creek Township.  This leads to the conclusion that '''John must have had a brother William who also immigrated from Ireland to this area'''.

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	*Enter the dates for origins of the townships. Was Connoquenessing Twp. created from old Muddy Creek (& so would that Gallagher in the taxables of 1803 be our ancestor?		*Enter the dates for origins of the townships. Was Connoquenessing Twp. created from old Muddy Creek (& so would that Gallagher in the taxables of 1803 be our ancestor?
	* Locate additional tax records; a will?		* Locate additional tax records; a will?
		+	=Research=
		+	* Index to wills, Diocese of Raphoe, Ireland:
		+	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/wills.htm
		+	* Catholic diocese records, Raphoe, Ireland:
		+	http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/draph.html<br>http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/raph0.htm

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-|'''Personal correspondence''' of Elizabeth Wilson Williams with Elsie Crayton Segura. Elsie indicated that the middle C. of James' name was Creighton.
+|'''Elsie Crayton Segura  Research''', a Gallagher and Hockenberry descendant, correspondence ongoing.   Elsie indicated that the middle C. of James Gallagher's name was Creighton.<br>The following biography of John Gallagher was received from Elsie (27 Oct 2010) without specific source notation.  She recalled it being from "a history of Butler County"; however it is not found in the 1883 or the 1895 histories. There is also some wording ambiguity re. the land transfer (i.e. reverting from John and Peggy to John Gallagher, Sr.).  Verification search is underway.  Please see Source Notes section.<br>" [John Gallagher] arrived in Butler Co., Pa. about 1797 with his wife and seven children.  In 1818 John Gallagher and wife Peggy sold 200 acres of land to their son William.  It was a tract of land called ''"Raphoe"'' taken of the east end of said tract beginning at a line by David Kerr.  This land was surveyed in pursuance of a warrant dated the 29th of January 1805 granted to the said John Gallagher Sr.  The deed dated June 6, 1805 enrolled in Roll Office of Butler Co., in book A, page 139.  It was stated that if John Gallagher wishes to leave the said land before the death of the aforesaid John Gallagher and Peggy that the land revert back to John Gallagher.  He was one of the pioneers of Butler county.  He was native Down County, Ireland and settled in Muddy Creek township late in the eighteenth or early in the nineteenth century.  He purchased a tract of 400 acres of land ,erected upon it a log house ad resided there the remainder of his life. "
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 ! '''5'''
 | '''1850 United States Federal Census''', Franklin Township, Butler County, PA, Page 243, lines 17-26 lists ''James Gallaher'', 70, married to ''Mary Gallagher'', 40. They are listed as living with eight children: daughter ''Nancy Gallagher'', 22; son ''James Gallagher'', 18; daughter ''Mahala Gallagher'', 16; daughter ''Amelia C.[L?] Gallagher'', 15; daughter ''Matilda Gallagher'', 12; son ''Robert S. Gallagher'', 10; son ''Washington Gallagher'', 8; and son ''Henry Gallagher'', 6. The elder James is listed as a farmer and as having been born in Ireland. The remainder of the family is listed as born in PA. James is listed as unable to read or write. All of the children except Nancy are listed as having been in school that year.
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 *The 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher says he settled and remained on a site that was  at the time of writing (1895) owned by Henderson Wilson.  The 1900 census shows Henderson Wilson residing in Franklin Twp. Butler Co.  This township was created from the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp., so it reasonable to believe that the original Gallagher homestead was indeed in present day Franklin Twp.  John Gallagher's sons [[James Gallagher]] and John Gallgher, Jr. both owned farms in Franklin Twp.
 * 1860 census Franklin Twp, Butler Co. PA, ancestry.com pg.14 James English age 26.  This is too young to be James English who married Mary Gallagher;  did they have a son?
+* Raphoe, town and parish in County Donegal, Ireland. See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphoe<br> The source for the John Gallagher biography (from Elsie Segura) is being sought.  The significance of this biography would be in linking the Gallagher family to Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, a more specific location than is presently known.  It also  would almost certainly establish their having been Catholic.  The name "Raphoe" means "ring fort of the huts", and evidence remains of a ring of stones on a rise, possibly originally fortifying a cluster of huts.  The parish covered most of County Donegal, and therein was located the town of Raphoe.
 =Conjecture=
 * In the 1895 History of Butler County p. 1262 biography of John Gallagher,the writer briefly discussed John Gallagher, then his son James C. Gallagher, then ends with a final line that is quite unclear as to which Gallagher it refers. "He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William."    The younger James C. Gallagher did indeed have a brother William, but by 1850 the eastern half of Muddy Creek Twp. was re-designated as Franklin Twp.  The Gallagher farms lay in Franklin Twp., and James C. Gallagher's family is enumerated there in the 1850 census.  However, his father, John Gallagher, did indeed die on the homestead while it was still in Muddy Creek Township.  This leads to the conclusion that '''John must have had a brother William who also immigrated from Ireland to this area'''.

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 John Gallagher,  was born in the early 1760’s in Ireland, and was a native of County Down.  Toward the end of the 18th century he came to America with his wife Margaret and six children: James, John Jr., William, Mary, Margaret, and Jane.    There is an eleven year gap in their birth years between John Jr., born in 1783, and William, born in 1794, and another gap between William and Mary, born in 1801. It is possible that John came first to America without his family, perhaps looking for and acquiring land. The family arrived in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and settled in Muddy Creek Township.   He eventually farmed a tract of 400 acres.   On this land he built a log house in which they lived the remainder of their lives.
 John Gallagher is listed among the Taxables of Connoquenessing township in 1803, having 400 acres, 3 cows, 1 horse or ox, valuation $250, and tax $.75 (Muddy Creek township was created in 1804, from a portion of Connoquenessing township)
-	The oldest  son, James C. Gallagher,  was born in Ireland, County Donegal, in 1780 or 1781.  His middle name is believed to have been Craighton, and this name, sometimes as Crayton, is carried by some of his descendants.   One of his daughters was named Amelia Cratin.  It is therefore speculated that his mother’s maiden name, or his grandmother’s, may have been Craighton.    It is a common name in County Down, Ireland.
+	The oldest  son, [[James Gallagher]],  was born in Ireland, County Donegal, in 1780 or 1781.  One of his daughters was named Amelia Cratin Gallagher, and this name, sometimes as Crayton or Craighton, is carried by some of his descendants.  It is therefore speculated that his mother’s maiden name, or his grandmother’s, may have been Craighton.    It is a common name in County Down, Ireland.
-John Gallagher may have had a brother, William, who also settled in Muddy Creek township.  Wording is ambiguous in the biography found in the 1895 History of Butler County:  “He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William” . This appears at the end of a biography of John Gallagher, but following lines about his son James (who did have a brother William).  However, a biography of James Gallagher follows, and seems to indicate that James died in Franklin township.
+John Gallagher may have had a brother, William, who also settled in Muddy Creek township.  Wording is ambiguous in the biography found in the 1895 History of Butler County:  “He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William”. This appears at the end of a biography of John Gallagher, but following lines about his son James (who did have a brother William).  However, a biography of James Gallagher follows, and seems to indicate that James died in Franklin township.
 The death dates for John and Margaret Gallagher are not established, and their graves have not been located.

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 = Ancestry chart segment =
-   ''Generation 6''             ''Generation 7''          ''Generation 8''
+   ''Generation 6''             ''Generation 7''       ''Generation 8''
-                                            +-- [unknown]
+                                         +-- [unknown]
-                                            |   (????-????)
+                                         |   (????-????)
-                       +-- [[John Gallagher]] --+
+                    +-- [[John Gallagher]] --+
-                       |   (176?-183?)      |
+                    |   (176?-183?)      |
-   [[James C. Gallagher]] --+                    +-- [unknown]
+   [[James Gallagher]] --+                    +-- [unknown]
-   (1781-1863)          |                        (????-????)
+   (1781-1863)       |                        (????-????)
-                       +-- Margaret [unknown]
+                    +-- Margaret [unknown]
-                           (????-????)
+                        (????-????)
-Sources:
+  Sources: <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 <sup class="reference">[2]</sup>
 =Children=