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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Andrew Drugan: Birth: 10 Mar 1833 in Clogher Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND. Death: 28 Apr 1901 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

  2. Patrick Drugan: Birth: 12 Oct 1845 in , County Tyrone, IRELAND. Death: 5 Jan 1926 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

  3. Francis Drugan: Birth: May 1846 in Clogher Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND. Death: 30 Aug 1911 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

  4. Peter Drugan: Birth: 1849 in Clogher Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND. Death: 30 Nov 1898 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

  5. Charles H. Drugan: Birth: 1852 in , , Illinois, United States. Death: 20 Apr 1923 in Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States


Sources
1. Title:   1860 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   M653, roll 1434, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 121-122, dwelling 1130, family 1013, Patrick Drugan Sr and Anne Coyle, accessed 19 Oct 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
2. Title:   1870 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   M593, Elm Creek, Martin County, Minnesota, p. 4, dwelling 27, family 27, accessed 14 Sep 2010
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. Title:   1880 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   T9, roll 1448, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 290, family 298, Patrick Drugan Sr and Anne Coyle, accessed 19 Oct 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
4. Title:   1895 State Census, population schedule
Page:   Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 1; (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712 : accessed 11 Apr 2013)
Author:   Wisconsin
Publication:   Digital images. FamilySearch.org. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712 : n.d.
Link:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712
5. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014<, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72927876
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
6. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014<, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72927876
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
7. Title:   Drugan Family Records.
8. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014<, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72927876
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
9. Title:   "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, <i>FamilySearch.org</i> 
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014), Name: Nancy(???) Drugan; Event Date: 1897; Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Publication:   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803975)
10. Title:   <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014<, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72927876
Publication:   https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
Link:   https://www.findagrave.com/
11. Title:   "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, <i>FamilySearch.org</i> 
Page:   accessed 19 Oct 2014), Name: Nancy(???) Drugan; Event Date: 1897; Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Publication:   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803975)
12. Title:   1880 U.S. census, <i>FamilySearch</i>, index and images
Page:   T9, roll 1448, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 29A, dwelling 290, family 298, Patrick Drugan Sr and Anne Coyle, accessed 19 Oct 2014
Publication:   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Notes
a. Note:   NF7528 The Drugan's left County Tyrone, Ireland and arrived at the port of New York, NY in May 1848 (per Patrick Drugan, Sr. naturalization documents) Whether they emigrated as a family or individually is not known. Patrick Drugan, Jr. naturalization papers indicate he arrived in New York from Ireland in 1849.
  Upon arrival, they may have lived for a short time with the James Drugan family in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.
  They settled in Kane County, Illinois near the town of Elgin, remaining there until around 1854 when they moved to Caledonia Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
  Of the 5 sons born to Patrick Drugan, Sr., all except one were born in Ireland. Only the son Charles Drugan was an American-born son of Patrick, born in Illinois in 1852. He was not the first American-born Drugan. That distinction goes to Thomas, son of Francis Drugan and Mary Malanaphy, born in 1848 in Illinois.
  Their original homestead was near the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau.
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  All of the Drugans arriving in the US were eventually naturalized. There is some debate as to whether or not Peter Drugan was born in Ireland or in Kane County, IL. Census records indicate Ireland, while his death record indicates Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Furthermore, no naturalization records have yet been found for Peter Drugan, while other members in his family are listed as follows:
  INDEX OF NATURALIZATIONS
 Document No. 141
  Frances Drugan----Filed: 29 Mar 1856--Born in Ireland
 Patrick Drugan----Filed: 29 Oct 1858--Born in Ireland,1803
 Andrew Drugan----Filed: 30 Oct 1858--Born in Ireland, 1835
 Francis Drugan----Filed: 6 Apr 1868--Born in Ireland, 1845
 Patrick Drugan----Filed: 6 Apr 1868--Born in Ireland, 1847
  Source: University of Wisconsin, Murphy Library, La Crosse, WI
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  This census entry from 1850 is probably the wrong family but the similarities are striking. The Drugans were supposed to be living in Racine County, Wisconsin around that time, and Patrick wife's name was Anne. Some of the children's names aren't the same but some of the ages come very close.
  &nbsp; 1850 US Census
 &nbsp; Page 145, District 1, Dwelling 1764, Family 1848
 &nbsp; Norway, Racine County, Wisconsin
 &nbsp; 19 Sep 1850
 &nbsp; Patrick Dugan...40..Male..IRE
 &nbsp; Ann Dugan...40..Female..IRE
 &nbsp; Ann Dugan...14..Female..IRE
 &nbsp; M. Dugan...10..Male..IRE
 &nbsp; Margaritt Dugan...9..Female..IRE
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  In 1880, the census shows that married sons Peter and Andrew both lived on each side of their parents, Patrick and Anne.
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  Patrick and Anne's graves are unmarked with the location being "Near Town". The land for this cemetery is part of the farm that they owned, land donated by Patrick Lowery. That statement of "near town" is confusing considering that the cemetery was probably established in 1880 and Patrick did not die until 1882. It is not known for certain if Patrick and Anne are actually buried within the Old Catholic Cemetery and there are no markers to indicate that they were. Patrick owned 120 acres of land in Section 24 which is just on the NW side of the existing Old Catholic Cemetery. He sold all or part of his farm to Patrick Lowery who in 1880 donated some of land to the Catholic diocese for use as a cemetery. They may have been buried on a part of their farm that was not donated to the Catholic diocese. If so, those grave sites on the farm may have long since been obliterated by the current owner of the farmland. The only clue to the location of their graves comes from the description of "close to town".
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  There have been many discussions concerning the cemetery land and the Drugan farm land. Researcher Robert Westphal, Jr. remarks, "Wow. I recall uncle Eli (Motschenbacher) telling me that the cemetery was surrounded by land that used to belong to the Drugans. I was never quite clear about which cemetery he was always talking about, since we'd hit all of them each summer. I guess that means that the Drugan's sold out to Patrick Lowery at some point. Another mystery is that uncle Eli said that the Drugan's (don't know which one) owned a small house and some land out on the road going to Perrot Park, near where Carl Keefe lived. I've never been able to substantiate this...&nbsp; got any info?
  Apparently the answer to the two statements about the Drugan land are this. The Patrick Drugan land was 120 acres in Section 24 while the cemetery is on Patrick Lowery land just to the southwest in Section 23. Therefore the cemetery was never "surrounded by land that used to belong to the Drugans." The second statement about Drugan land on the road going to Perrot Park most likely was for another Drugan probably after Patrick Drugan had died. Researcher Dale Ebersold replied on 7 Feb 2013, Eli Motschenbacher (my dad's coon hunting buddy) told you right about land belonging to the Drugans on the way out to Perrot Park. It's the west prairie road, not the river road just before leaving the Trempealeau village limits. It's now called Pine Street till 10th Street, then becomes Park Road. I believe the house is still standing. As you leave Trempealeau on Pine Street, take a left on 10th. There's a new home on the corner facing 10th Street but the next one is a small white home also facing 10th Street. I had that Drugan house as part of my paper route in the late 40's before I began high school. I think it belonged to the "old" Hubie (Hubert) Drugan. I believe the old Shrake house was where the new corner house is standing.<i>
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  The actual land transfers for the Old Catholic Cemetery went like this. Patrick Lowery, on 17 Apr 1880, for "a dollar in hand," had "given granted bargained sold" three acres of his farm to the La Crosse Diocese. Then on 9 Aug 2007, the La Crosse Catholic Diocese did a "quit claim deed" assigning the land to the local St. Bartholomew parish in Trempealeau.
 (Source: Dale Ebersold, 7 Feb 2013)
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