John Joshua Donegan

Brief Life History of John Joshua

When John Joshua Donegan was born on 21 January 1878, in Cherry Creek, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States, his father, Stephen Donegan, was 29 and his mother, Isabelle Sarah Barker, was 18. He married Eva Lucretia Miller on 12 April 1900, in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Emma, Pitkin, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 16, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 17 December 1936, in Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Joshua Donegan
1878–1936
Eva Lucretia Miller
1881–1964
Marriage: 12 April 1900
Alvin Charles Donegan
1901–1994
John Stephen Donegan
1903–1907

Sources (7)

  • John Donegan, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John J Donegan, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • John Joshua Donegan, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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.

1881

Historical Boundaries - 1881: Gunnison, Colorado, United States; 1881: Pitkin, Colorado, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Siobhan.

Irish (Cork and Meath): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnagáin ‘descendant of Donnagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’.

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

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