Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Gallagher was born on 24 July 1846, in Ireland, her father, Dennis Gallagher, was 55 and her mother, Katherine Ferguson, was 45. She married Charles John Mulholland on 22 June 1863, in Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 31 October 1913, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Katherine Mulholland, "United States Census, 1880"
- Catherine Gallagher, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Catherine Mulholland, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Siobhan, Declan, Brigid, Eamon, Padraic, Clancy, Conal, Dermot, Donal, Donovan, Dymphna.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair ‘descendant of Gallchobhar’, a personal name based on gall ‘foreign’ + cabhair ‘support’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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