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Name: Peter Drugan ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}
Sex: M
Birth: 1849 in Clogher Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND ^{8 9 10 b}
Death: 30 Nov 1898 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States ^{11 12 c}
Burial: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. ^{13 14 15}
Person Id: I20842
Tree Id: 619380

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Parents

Father:

Patrick Drugan: Birth: 17 Mar 1802 in Clogher Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster, IRELAND. Death: 11 Nov 1882 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

Mother:

Anne Coyle: Birth: 23 Dec 1807 in , County Tyrone, IRELAND. Death: 23 Apr 1897 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

Family
Marriage:

Married: Ellen G. Gilroy on 29 Jan 1871 at , Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.^{16 17 d}
Ellen G. Gilroy: Birth: 6 Apr 1846 in , County Leitrim, IRELAND. Death: 27 Sep 1911 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States

Children:

Hubert Charles Drugan: Birth: 3 Jan 1872 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Death: 20 Sep 1949 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Ella Agnes Drugan: Birth: 4 Apr 1874 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Death: 21 Aug 1963 in Strum, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Mary Elizabeth Drugan: Birth: 1876 in , , Wisconsin, United States. Death: Aft 1 Jun 1880 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Margaret Ann Drugan: Birth: Mar 1878 in , Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Death: 16 Sep 1907 in Strum, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Francis Drugan: Birth: 7 Sep 1880 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Death: 8 Apr 1961 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri, United States
Arthur Owen Drugan: Birth: 9 Dec 1886 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. Death: 5 Feb 1962 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Sources

1.	Title: "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> Page: accessed 20 Oct 2014), groom's name: Peter Druggan; bride's name: Ellen Gilroy; marriage date: 29 Jan 1871; marriage place: Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Publication: (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708704)
2.	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.
3.	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.
4.	Title: 1875 State Census, population schedule Page: Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, line 59; (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 Sep 2010) Author: Wisconsin Publication: index and images. FamilySearch. http://familysearch.org : n.d. Link: http://familysearch.org
5.	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, Peter Drugan and Ellen G. Gilroy, accessed 20 Oct 2014 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6.	Title: "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, <i>FamilySearch.org</i> Page: accessed 10 Nov 2014), Name: Peter Dragen; Event Date: 1898; Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Publication: (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803975)
7.	Title: <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images Page: < Publication: https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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, Peter Drugan and Ellen G. Gilroy, accessed 20 Oct 2014 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
11.	Title: "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, <i>FamilySearch.org</i> Page: accessed 10 Nov 2014), Name: Peter Dragen; Event Date: 1898; Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Publication: (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803975)
12.	Title: <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images Page: < Publication: https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
13.	Title: Cemetery Interment Records Page: Lot 65, Grave 1
14.	Title: "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, <i>FamilySearch.org</i> Page: accessed 10 Nov 2014), Name: Peter Dragen; Event Date: 1898; Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Publication: (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803975)
15.	Title: <i>Find A Grave</i>, database and images Page: < Publication: https://www.findagrave.com/: n.d.
16.	Title: "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> Page: accessed 20 Oct 2014), groom's name: Peter Druggan; bride's name: Ellen Gilroy; marriage date: 29 Jan 1871; marriage place: Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Publication: (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708704)
17.	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, Peter Drugan and Ellen G. Gilroy, accessed 20 Oct 2014 Publication: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Notes

a.	Note: <i> Trempealeau, Wis., Dec. 5 -- Peter Drugan, of this village, who has been a contractor with the United States for the last four or five years for stone for the improvement of the upper Mississippi river, was found dead in bed. The cause of his death is apoplexy. He was fifty-eight years of age and leaves a wife and five children.</i> (Source: The St. Paul Globe, St. Paul, MN, 6 Dec 1898, page 9) -----------------------------------------------------
b.	Note: BI20842 His record of death from the Catholic church indicates that his birth place was Elgin, Illinois with a birth date in 1846. That would seem to be incorrect because the Drugan family did not emigrate from Ireland until 1849 and even then it appears that all of the Drugan families did not come over at one time but rather one-by-one over a course of several years. Peter's parents, Patrick Drugan and Anne Coyle, both indicated that they emigrated from Ireland in 1849 so it would seem impossible for Peter to have been born in Illinois in 1846. However, Peter's actual birth date is believed to be 1849 which means that he could have been born in either Ireland or somewhere in the US. All of his census records all clearly state that he was born in Ireland. If Peter's birth date was in 1846 as the death record indicates, then his birth location was in Ireland because the parents didn't leave Ireland until 1848-1849. His younger brother, Charles, was born in 1852 in Illinois after the parents arrived in the US. Robert Westphal reports that naturalization papers can be found for other members of his family but not for Peter himself which suggests that he was born in the US.   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 It would be so easy to solve this matter of his birth location by locating a passenger list when his parent arrived in 1849 to see if they had 3 children or 4 children with them. Unfortunately, no passenger list has since been located and the indices all probably have the surname badly misspelled making the search all that more difficult. Mt best guess is that Peter was merely a small newborn infant that traveled with the parents when they left Ireland. Thus his birth location was Ireland and not Illinois. --------------------------------------------------- Contrary to the information that appears on the Find-A-Grave memorial created by others (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72438710), there is no evidence or documentation that Peter was born in Nov 1850 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The first problem with that statement is that there was no such place as "Northern Ireland" in the 1800s. Ireland was not divided until 1921 by an act of the British parliament. The next problem concerns the date of birth as Nov 1850. As previously mentioned, given the fact that both of his parents emigrated from Ireland in 1849, it would be impossible for him to have been born anywhere in Ireland in Nov 1850. And next, concerns the birth location being falsely presented as County Tyrone. While there is some documentary evidence that many of the Drugan family members and other relatives were from County Tyrone, there is absolutely no evidence or source documentation that suggests the Peter was ever born there in 1846, 1849, or 1850, ignoring for the time being the fact that his parents had already left Ireland in 1849. In addition, the FAG page states that Peter came to America with his family in 1859, another incorrect date. Both parents left Ireland in 1849. Their youngest son, Charles, a brother to Peter, was born in Illinois in 1852. The fact that this page contains a link to the Charles Drugan page which provides his birth date and location in 1852 in Illinois just boggles the mind of a rational person as to how any person could publish such blatantly false information. To make matters even worse, the person who maintains the information on the Charles Drugan page (which shows a birth date of 1852 in Illinois) is the same person that maintains the page for his brother, Peter, upon which he claims the Drugans didn't arrive in America until 1859. This particular memorialization on Find-A-Grave with incorrect dates and locations being presented as facts is a prime example of why many genealogist put any of the  FAG pages at a very low level of reliability. -----------------------------------------------
c.	Note: DI20842 La Crosse Diocese death/burial records for St. Bartholomew church in Book 1 (1874-1913) lists his date of death as 30 Nov 1898. ---------------------------------------------------- Name: Peter Drugan Event Type: Death Event Date: 1898 Event Place: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin Gender: Male Age: 52 Marital Status: Married Race: W Occupation: stone Mason Birth Year (Estimated): 1846 Birthplace: Elgin, IL Burial Date: 01 Dec 1898 Burial Place: Trempealeau, Tremp. Co., WI Cemetery: Catholic. Cem. Father's Birthplace: Ireland Mother's Birthplace: Ireland Spouse's Name: Ellen Drugan Reference ID: Vol 1 p 344 cn 01156 GS Film Number: 1311659 Digital Folder Number: 4207466 Image Number: 86 Citing this Record: "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2B9-XNB : accessed 10 Nov 2014), Peter Drugan, 1898; citing Death, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL film number 1311659.Marriage license: January 29, 1871, No. 533, Vol. 2, page 514, Trempealeau County Recorded Marriages (Whitehall, Wisconsin) -----------------------------------------
d.	Note: NF7593 groom's name: Peter Druggan groom's birthplace: Ireland bride's name: Ellen Gilroy marriage date: 29 Jan 1871 marriage place: Trempealeau County, Wisconsin groom's father's name: Patrick Druggan groom's mother's name: Annie Cyle bride's father's name: Orven Gilroy bride's mother's name: Margaret Gilroy groom's race: White bride's race: White indexing project (batch) number: M00330-9 system origin: Wisconsin-EASy source film number: 1275575 reference number: Marr. 1858 - 1878 Citing this Record "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRKR-SYQ : accessed 06 Feb 2013), Peter Druggan and Ellen Gilroy, 29 Jan 1871. ----------------------------------

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