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The Descendents of Richard Gallagher
of Castlefin, County Donegal, Ireland
1. Richard1 Gallagher No dates are known. Assumed to have been born before 1737. He is the oldest known ancestor of the Gallagher family. He was a farmer. He was known to have had at least four children.[5]
4. John2 Gallagher (Richard1) No dates are known. Assumed to have been born before 1757. His first wife was [-?-] McCool and his second wife was [-?-] Maguire. [6]
| + | 6. | i | Andrew3 Gallagher born in 1777. |
| 7. | ii | Willie Gallagher | |
| 8. | iii | Teddy Gallagher | |
| + | 9. | iv | Richard Gallagher |
5. Teddy2 Gallagher (Richard1) No dates are known. He was reported to have had 20 sons and 2 daughters. Four of his sons were reported to have have enlisted in the British Army.[7]
6. Andrew3 Gallagher (John2, Richard1) He was born about 1777 and died 3 March 1870, age 93, at Castlefinn, Co. Donegal. According to the death registration records, he died of "General Dibility." His occupation was reported as farmer. He married Molly Sharkey.. She was born about 1781 and died 20 May 1865, age 84. Andrew and Molly, and their sons Richard and Andrew are buried in the Castlefinn Cemetery. Molly had a brother who was a mayor in New Foundland.[8]
| + | 11. | i | John4 Gallagher born about 1812, died 13 April 1882. |
| + | 12. | ii | Richard Gallagher born 1817, died 24 January 1890, age 73. |
| 13. | iii | Andrew Gallagher born 1820, died 22 February 1900 age 80, at Newcastle, Co. Down. He joined the police force rising to the rank of sergeant and eventually Head Constable in Newcastle, Co. Down. Never married.[9] | |
| 14. | iv | Hugh Gallagher emigrated to the United States. | |
| 15. | v | William Gallagher emigrated to the United States. | |
| 16. | vi | Kate Gallagher married [-?-] Cunnicane. |
9. Richard3 Gallagher (John2, Richard1) He was first married to Rose Meehan. His second marriage was to Alice Maguire.. The first two children are from the first marriage, the other children from the second marriage. [10]
| + | 17. | i | John4 Gallagher |
| + | 18. | ii | Hannah Gallagher |
| + | 19. | iii | William Gallagher |
| + | 20. | iv | Andy Gallagher |
| + | 21. | v | Paddy Gallagher |
10. Hugh3 Gallagher (Teddy2, Richard1) He was reported to have been evicted from the Donoughemove Estate. [11]
11. John4 Gallagher (Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was born about 1812 and died 13 April 1882 at age 74. The headstone in the cemetery identifies John as being from Dresnach [townland, Castlefinn, Co. Donegal, Ireland]. He married Rebecca Conaglen. She was born about 1816 and died May 1891 at age 75. John, Rebecca and their son Andrew are buried in the Gallagher plot at Castlefinn, Co. Donegal, Ireland.[12]
12. Richard4 Gallagher (Andrew3, John2, Richard1) He was born in 1817 and died 24 January 1890, age 73 years. Katty Caffrey has two business diaries of Richard Gallagher which were written in 1869 and 1879. The diaries contain some notes as to the weather, business events, and incidental notes on births, marriages, deaths, departures and returns.
Richard "had a grocers shop in Castlefinn and farm in Castlefinn. ... Richard was an agent for a London firm, W.F. Lucas, and distributed [material to make] shirts and lingerie to workers ..." The workers would then sew the materials into finished garments in their own homes. "At that time they were all hand sewn. He went out 5 days a week to different centres [centers] within 6-7 miles radius of Castlefinn bringing the goods by horse and trap. My father [William Gallagher, #31] helped him with this distribution and with the farm. Later they started a factory and the shirts were made by machine but the fine linen lingerie was still sewn and embroidered by hand in the workers homes. After World War I the firm in London went bankrupt as there was no demand for this type of garment. My farther [William Gallagher, #31] inherited the farm and factory when Richard died in 1891."[13]
He married Rose Flanagan, who was the local school teacher. Rose was born about 1825 and died on 22 July 1901, aged 76 years. Rose's parents were Ellen Given (born about 1791, died 6 June 1876, age 85, buried at Castlefinn) and Thaddeus Flanagan (born about 1788, died 24 May 1877, age 89 years, buried at Castlefinn) [14]
Richard and Rose are buried with Richard's parents in the Castlefinn Cemetery, in Castlefinn, Co. Donegal, Ireland. They had no children.
17. John4 Gallagher (Richard3, John2, Richard1) He married Nellie Sheeran.[15]
| + | 32. | i | John5 Gallagher |
| + | 33. | ii | Richard Gallagher |
| 34. | iii | William Gallagher | |
| 35. | iv | Pat Gallagher became a Catholic priest. | |
| 36. | v | Rose Gallagher |
18. Hannah4 Gallagher (Richard3, John2, Richard1) She married [-?-] McGowan.[16]
19. William4 Gallagher (Richard3, John2, Richard1) His first marriage was to Nancy [-?-]. His second marriage was to Nellie McCauley. The first five children were from the first marriage and the last two children were from the second marriage.[17]
20. Andy4 Gallagher (Richard3, John2, Richard1) [18]
21. Paddy4 Gallagher (Richard3, John2, Richard1) He married Rose Flanagan, the sister of Thaddeus (Teddy) Flanagan. [19]
22. Richard4 (Red Dick) Gallagher (Hugh3, Teddy2, Richard1) His first wife was a Hannigan and his second wife was a McGuity.[20]
| 51. | i | Hugh5 Gallagher | |
| 52. | ii | Edward Gallagher | |
| 53. | iii | Richard Gallagher | |
| 54. | iv | Hannah Gallagher | |
| 55. | v | Mary Gallagher |
23. Hugh4 Gallagher (Hugh3, Teddy2, Richard1) His first wife was Peggy Harridon and his second wife was Margaret Campbell. He had five children by each wife. The first five children noted below are attributed to his first wife.[21]
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[5] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988, original in possession of writer, annotated list of descendents of
Richard Gallagher.
[6] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988.
[7] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January 1988, original in possession of writer, annotated list of descendents of Richard Gallagher; Family Tree Diagram for Richard Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Teddy's son Hugh Gallagher.
[8] Death record for Andrew Gallagher, Death
Registrations for Co. Donegal, Union of Strabane, District of Castlefin, 1870,
Vol. 2, p. 284, LDS microfilm 0.101,712; Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988; Kay Kaye to author, - January 1991, original in possession of writer;
Cemetery headstone for Andrew Gallagher, his wife Molly, his sons Richard and
Andrew and daughter-in-law Rose seen at Castlefinn Cemmetery 30 July 1997,
notes in possession of writer.
[9] Katty Caffrey to author, - April 1988;
Katty Caffrey to author, 6 March 1990, original in possession of writer,
information noting that it was William's uncle Andrew Gallagher, not his
grandfather Andrew Gallagher, who objected to his marriage with Sarah E. Boyle,
also notes date of death of Andrew Gallagher (William's uncle) as being 22 Feb.
1990.
[10] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988; Katty Caffrey to author, - April 1988; Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Richard Gallagher, his wives and
children.
[11] Family Tree Diagram for Richard Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Hugh Gallagher and his children.
[12] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988; Cemetery headstone for John Gallagher and Rebecca Conaglen Gallagher,
their sons Andrew Gallagher and William Gallagher, daughter-in-laws Alice
Gallagher, Sarah E. Boyle Gallagher, and grandson William G. Gallagher seen at
Castlefinn Cemmetery 30 July 1997, notes in possession of writer; Notes of
Katty Caffrey, seen at Dublin, Ireland, 23 July 1997, records of the dates of
birth the 7 children, notes in possession of writer.
[13] Katty Caffrey to author, - April
1988; Kay Kaye to author, - January 1991, original in possession of writer.
[14] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988; Katty Caffrey to author, - April 1988; Cemetery headstone for Richard and
Rose Gallagher seen at Castlefinn Cemmetery 30 July 1997, notes in possession
of writer; Notes of Katty Caffrey, seen in Dublin, Ireland, 22 July 1997,
information about the Flanagan and Boyle families, notes in possession of the
writer.
[15] Katty Caffrey to author, 22 January
1988; Family Tree Diagram for Richard Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey,
reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in Dublin, Ireland, provides information about
John Gallagher and his children..
[16] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Hannah Gallagher and her
children.
[17] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about William Gallagher and his
children.
[18] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Andy Gallagher and his children.
[19] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Paddy Gallagher and his
children.
[20] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Richard Gallagher and his
children.
[21] Family Tree Diagram for Richard
Gallagher, in possession of Katty Caffrey, reviewed by writer 22 July 1997 in
Dublin, Ireland, provides information about Hugh Gallagher and his children.
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