Summary
Mary Elizabeth (Duffy) Gallagher was born in Aranmore, Ireland, on April 12, 1887, and came to Beaver Island in 1904. The March 1971 obituary says she married William John Gallagher in November 1912, was widowed in 1962, and died on March 11, 1971, at a nursing home in St. Joseph.
The source names a daughter, Sadie Peternard, a son, Norman Gallagher, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A later April–May issue reports a Requiem Mass at Holy Cross Church on April 24 and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified biographical and migration record. The obituary does not provide a civil certificate, complete family tree, exact arrival itinerary, or a cemetery plot. The completed-burial statement remains a newspaper attestation rather than an independent cemetery-register record.
Open questions
- What Aranmore, parish, immigration, census, and Beaver Island records document Duffy’s family and 1904 arrival?
- What are the full identities of William John Gallagher, Sadie Peternard, and Norman Gallagher in relation to other held Gallagher records?
- What cemetery plot or church/cemetery register records document the April 24 burial?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Obituaries: Mary Elizabeth Gallagher.”Gives Mary Elizabeth Duffy’s April 12, 1887 birth in Aranmore, 1904 arrival on Beaver Island, November 1912 marriage to William John Gallagher, his October 22, 1962 death, her March 11, 1971 death, and named children; it does not independently verify civil or cemetery records.
- Beaver Beacon, April–May 1971, “Obituaries: Mrs. William J. (Mary Elizabeth) Gallagher.”Reports the April 24 Requiem Mass at Holy Cross Church and burial in Holy Cross Cemetery; it confirms the later burial by newspaper attestation but gives no plot or independent cemetery record.