Post by bobgallagher on Oct 7, 2007 15:38:00 GMT 12
My great great grandfather was William Gallagher born in 1824.
Not sure if he was born in US or Ireland.
He was married to Martha ? Born in 1832
Both are buried in SW Pennsylvania.
They had daughter Mary-1851 and sons Samuel-1858, John-1861 , William (Jr.?) born in 1863 in Pittsburgh, PA who was my great grandfather.
On January 12, 1884, William L. Gallagher Jr? married Margaret Marie Beal who was born in 1865.
They had children Edward-1885, Willie-1889, John-1891, Carl-1895, Elsie-1898, Harry-1900 and Donald-1902 who was my grandfather.
On October 1928 Donald Gallagher married Gladys Belle Thornburg (born 1902)
Donald and Gladys had 2 sons and 2 daughters, Joseph 1929 (my Father), Gladys, Robert-1933 and Edna.
Joseph D. Gallagher married Ruth Anne Liebermann in 1954 and had 2 children, Twins, Robert (me) and Richard 1955 and Michael in 1959.
I, Robert, have 3 Children Alayna 1987, Katie, 1996 and Megan 1997.
When I was younger (yes I am still young !
My grandfather Donald Gallagher spoke of cousins living in Ireland (County Donegal) and spoke of them as though there was still some level of communication going on. He always spoke with an Irish "brogue" as they called it.
He told me that his father (William Jr?) was a riverboat pilot (primarily on the Ohio River) and my father recently shared that he had traveled on a river boat trip with him from Pittsburgh to New Orleans down the Mississippi and back one summer.
When I was living in Pittsburgh and vicinity up until 1980 I always noticed that there was a large number of Gallaghers living in the Pittsburgh area taking up quite a few pages of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Phone Book.
Not sure if he was born in US or Ireland.
He was married to Martha ? Born in 1832
Both are buried in SW Pennsylvania.
They had daughter Mary-1851 and sons Samuel-1858, John-1861 , William (Jr.?) born in 1863 in Pittsburgh, PA who was my great grandfather.
On January 12, 1884, William L. Gallagher Jr? married Margaret Marie Beal who was born in 1865.
They had children Edward-1885, Willie-1889, John-1891, Carl-1895, Elsie-1898, Harry-1900 and Donald-1902 who was my grandfather.
On October 1928 Donald Gallagher married Gladys Belle Thornburg (born 1902)
Donald and Gladys had 2 sons and 2 daughters, Joseph 1929 (my Father), Gladys, Robert-1933 and Edna.
Joseph D. Gallagher married Ruth Anne Liebermann in 1954 and had 2 children, Twins, Robert (me) and Richard 1955 and Michael in 1959.
I, Robert, have 3 Children Alayna 1987, Katie, 1996 and Megan 1997.
When I was younger (yes I am still young !
My grandfather Donald Gallagher spoke of cousins living in Ireland (County Donegal) and spoke of them as though there was still some level of communication going on. He always spoke with an Irish "brogue" as they called it. He told me that his father (William Jr?) was a riverboat pilot (primarily on the Ohio River) and my father recently shared that he had traveled on a river boat trip with him from Pittsburgh to New Orleans down the Mississippi and back one summer.
When I was living in Pittsburgh and vicinity up until 1980 I always noticed that there was a large number of Gallaghers living in the Pittsburgh area taking up quite a few pages of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Phone Book.