Summary
Patrick McDonough is identified in Clementine McCauley’s 1972 letter as Mary McDonough’s brother. After the Squaw Island tragedy, he went to Manitowoc and brought Owen McCauley home on crutches.1
This is a source-qualified family and aftermath record. The report does not provide his dates, occupation, or later identity.
Open questions
- Which civil, parish, census, or obituary records identify Patrick McDonough?
- What was his relationship to other McDonough records in the island corpus?
See also
- Squaw Island Light-Crew Tragedy (1900)
- Mary McDonough (1900 McCauley family account)
- Owen J. McCauley (1900 Squaw Island tragedy survivor)
Footnotes
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Clementine McCauley letter reprinted in Beaver Beacon, January 1972, “Squaw Island Story, Part II.” ↩
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1972, “Squaw Island Story, Part II.”Clementine McCauley identifies Patrick McDonough as her mother’s brother who traveled to Manitowoc and brought Owen home on crutches.