Margaret Gahagan

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Gahagan was born on 31 May 1786, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas R Gahagan Jr., was 46 and her mother, Christiana Jungerman Young, was 31. She married Samuel Fulton on 28 January 1806, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 11 May 1871, in Lawrence Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fulton Cemetery, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Fulton
1782–1861
Margaret Gahagan
1786–1871
Marriage: 28 January 1806
James Fulton
1806–1878
Rebecca Fulton
1809–1894
Thomas Fulton
1811–
Moses Fulton
1812–1865
Washington Perry Fulton
1814–1893
Mary Young Fulton
1816–1899
Elizabeth Fulton
1819–1892
Christiana Fulton
1821–1824
Thomas Henry Fulton
1824–1854
Susannah Jane Fulton
1826–1903
Hannah Anderson Fulton
1828–1861

Sources (19)

  • Margaret Fulton in household of Samuel Fulton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Margaret Gahagan, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Margaret Gahagan, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Irish: from Mag Eachagáin, see Gavigan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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