Margaret Jane Fitzgerald

Brief Life History of Margaret Jane

When Margaret Jane Fitzgerald was born on 4 August 1879, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, James Fitzgerald, was 23 and her mother, Delia Norton, was 19. She married James Gallagher on 10 August 1898, in Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Scammon, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 23 February 1949, in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Saint Bridget Cemetery, Scammon, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Gallagher
1875–1948
Margaret Jane Fitzgerald
1879–1949
Marriage: 10 August 1898
William Edward Gallagher
1898–1961
Mary Ellen Gallagher
1900–1938
Florance Adelia Gallagher
1902–1948
Edna Grace Gallagher
1904–1983
Michael James Gallagher
1906–1966
Margaret Rose Gallagher
1908–2001
Gallagher
1908–
Joseph Gallagher
1913–

Sources (16)

  • Margret J Gallagher, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
  • Fitzgerald, "Kansas County Birth Records, 1885-1911"
  • Maggie Fitzgerald, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamon, Liam, Aidan, Bridgid, Caitlin, Donal, Fitz, Fitzgerald, Ciaran, Colum, Dermot.

Irish: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (see Fitz ) + the personal name Gerald (see Gerald ), ‘son of Gerald’. This is a very common Anglo-Norman name in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as Mac Gearailt. Irish bearers of the name claim descent from Gerald Fitzwalter de Windsor, constable of Pembroke Castle in the early 12th century, whose grandson Raymond (or Redmond) ‘le Gros’ FitzGerald (died after 1185) led the invasion of Ireland on behalf of Strongbow in 1170. A branch of the family held the title Knight of Glin from at least 1299–2011.

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

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