Summary
James Gallagher, called “Young James” in the held February 2026 interview, is identified as the father of Eleanor Gallagher McDonough. The interview places his family home and farm on Beaver Island and calls the branch the Bowery Gallaghers.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded person node created from one community-history interview. The source gives no birth, death, marriage, or land-record dates, and the graph does not infer them from the name.
Open questions
- Which civil, parish, census, or land records identify James and Theresa Gallagher?
- Which of the several island James Gallagher references belongs to this branch?
See also
Sources
- Michelle LaFreniere, "On the Front Porch with Eleanor McDonough," *Northern Islander*, February 2026.The interview names James ("Young James") and Theresa Gallagher as Eleanor's parents and identifies their branch as the Bowery Gallaghers; it does not provide James's dates or a full civil-record biography.