My great-great grandfather, Michael Gallagher, migrated to America from County Roscommon in Ireland in 1848. I have a copy of his obituary which states he was born on November 22, 1818 in County Roscommon in Ireland (no town or parish given). He died in Saratoga Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, on Feb. 5, 1892. I have a copy of his death certificate that gives his father's name as Neil Gallagher.
Michael Gallagher married Catherine (Kate) Leonard. The 1870 Winona County, Minnesota, census indicates that her place of birth was Ireland. They married before 1832, probably in the state of Pennsylvania.
I know that Michael and Kate Leonard Gallagher and their two oldest children, Ann and Joseph Patrick (my great-grandfather), moved from Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA to Winona County, MN in 1857. Their children, Ann and Joseph Patrick Gallagher, were born in Pennsylvania. Michael and Catherine Gallagher had at least six more children who were born in Minnesota. Their names were John, George, Edward, Mary, Ellen, and William Gallagher. The whole family is listed in the United States Federal 1870 Winona County, Minnesota Census.
My great-grandfather, Joseph Patrick GALLAGHER was an infant when his family moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Winona County, Minnesota, in 1857. Joseph lived there with his family until 1878, when at the age of twenty-two years, he migrated to what is now the state of South Dakota. On May 10, 1878, he entered homestead and timber-culture claims in Humboldt Township, Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory.
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| Date of Birth | 22nd Nov 1818 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 5th Feb 1892 | VIEW SOURCE |
