Magdalena Gallagher

Brief Life History of Magdalena

Magdalena Gallagher was born in 1836, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. She married John William Van Norman in 1855. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 6 November 1861, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

John William Van Norman
1825–1871
Magdalena Gallagher
1836–1861
Marriage: 1855
John De Pew Van Norman
1857–1951
Clara Elizabeth Van Norman
1859–1938

Sources (4)

  • Magedeline in entry for W. M. John Bennett and Clara Steamann, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Magdalene Gollagher in entry for Clara Van Norman Bennett, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
  • Magedeline in entry for W M John Bennett, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"

World Events (5)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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