Denis Galligan

1815 - 1888  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Denis Galligan
  Born	About 1815	Loughaconnick, Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Address	Address: 1851: concession 4, lot 3, Fitzroy township. Log dwelling.
  Burial Witnesses	Michael Galligan and Denis Galligan (Corkery register)
  Died	03 Dec 1888	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario
  	Margaret Cahill a widow in 1891 census, living with son Denis Galligan, daughter-in-law Elizabeth Tierney, and children Ann (44) and Michael (30).
  Buried	05 Dec 1888	St. Michael's RC Cemetery, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co.   [1, 2]
  Association	Denis Francis Cleary (Relationship: Godfather/godson)
  Association	Family: Francis Moran / Anne Galligan (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Person ID	I1239	Moran
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Denis Galligan,   b. About 1782, Loughaconnick, Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 18 Dec 1846, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Ann Kelly,   b. About 1785, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 19 Jun 1866, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	About 1806	Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland
  Family ID	F573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Cahill,   b. About 1820, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 11 Jan 1893, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Census	1851	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario   [3]
  	Head of household, age 36, with wife Margaret Cahill (34), and children Anne (8), Mary (6) and Margaret (1).
  Married	About 1855
  Census	1861	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario
  	Head of household, age 45, log house, next to household of John Galligan and two down from household of Patrick Galligan. With wife Margaret Cahill (44), and children Anne (15), Mary (11), Bridget (9), Elizabeth (7), Denis (4), and Michael (2).
  Census	1871	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario   [4]
  	Dennis Galligan, age 60, born Ireland, R. Catholic, Farmer, Over 20 unable to read, Over 20 unable to write. With wife Margaret, age 60, born Ireland, R. Catholic, Over 20 unable to read, Over 20 unable to write; and children Ann (25), Mary (22), Margaret (20), Bridget (18), Elizabeth (15), Dennis (14) and Michael (13). Ann is unable to read and write, the other children presumably literate.
  Census	1881	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario   [5]
  	Denis Galligan head of household, aged 70, with wife Margaret (70? she must have been younger to be the mother of Denis and Michael), and John (38), Margaret (35), Elizabeth (33), Denis (22) and Michael (20).
  Census	1891	Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario   [6]
  	Margaret [Cahill] Galligan the widowed head of household, age 65, with daughter Ann (44) and son Michael (30). Daughter Lizzie is in Arnprior, boarding with Louis and Margaret Parent and working as a dressmaker.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Galligan,   b. 1846, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario ,   d. 01 May 1904  (Age 58 years)   2. Anne Galligan,   b. About 1847,   d. 6 Mar 1938, Dunrobin, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 91 years) + 3. Bridget Galligan,   b. 1854,   d. 21 May 1903, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 49 years)   4. Elizabeth Galligan,   b. 1856, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario ,   d. 20 Oct 1942, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Denis Galligan,   b. Nov 1856, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario ,   d. 23 Jul 1897, Arnprior, McNab township, Renfrew Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 40 years)   6. Michael Galligan,   b. Nov 1858, Fitzroy Township, Carleton County, Ontario ,   d. 06 Apr 1933, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 74 years)   7. Margaret Galligan,   b. About 1860, Fitzroy Township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 03 May 1924, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Register of St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley. [S88] St. Peter Celestine. [S77] 1851 Census of Canada, (National Archives of Canada). Canada West (Ontario), Carleton County, District number 4, Fitzroy, subdistrict 24, page 31, line 15. Roll C_11716, Schedule A. [S81] 1871 Census of Canada. Ontario, Carleton, Fitzroy, District 78, Division 3, Family 8, page 3. [S72] 1881 Census of Canada. Ontario, Carleton (108), Fitzroy (I), p. 46, microfilm C-13231. [S158] 1891 Census of Canada. Ontario, District 83, Lanark North, Fitzroy, Family Number 40, page 10.