Subject:
Re: [Fwd: Gallagher Family]
Date:
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:26:35 -0600
From:
"Debi Stokes"
To:
<bbott@ausbcomp.com>,
Hi Bill & Mary Ann!
I have no problem with having my Gallagher ancestor's pictures on your website.
I visited several pages there the other night. It is Fabulous!! I was
getting lost in all the wonderful stories!
I have more pictures....*grin* I have one of Peter Quigley, which Can be
cross indexed with newspaper stories. Another is of his mother -in-law,
my 3 greats grandmother, Mary Gallagher. I also have a picture taken circa
1890 I'm guessing, of three daughters of Ignatius and Agnes (Inglis) Strecker,
who sold their property in the Cherokee strip (in Cowley Co.) to Mary Gallagher
mentioned above, in 1879. I found a descendant of Ignatius and Agnes Strecker
living up here in the Kansas City, KS. He is their grandson, a retired
Archbishop. A curious trip through the Streckers listed in our local telephone
directory led me to Ignatius Strecker! The elder Ignatius built the cabin
on the property sold to Mary Gallagher, the foundation of which is still
there. I brought home a few of the stones.
Here is the picture of Mary Gallagher, I already had this one scanned.
The others will follow later.
I see a lot of my Great Grandmother, Katie Gallagher Tyson in thi picture,
but in another picture of Minnie Powell Gallagher, there is such a resemblance,
many people mistake her for Katie. Can you estimate the year this picture
was taken? I would guess it to be around 1875. This photo was taken by
I.N. Hobbs, Photographer and Portrait Painter at East Side Main St., Winfield,
KS. Mary's husband, John Gallagher, died within a month after the grasshopper
plague hit Kansas in 1874. The picture of Peter Quigley is very similar
in style, taken in Independence, KS probably prior to his marriage to Mary's
daughter, Mary Gallagher, around 1873 or 74. Peter died in March of 1879.
Well, I've babbled on long enough. What a tribute to my ancestors lives,
being included on your website!
Now, I'll have to go look!
Sincerely,
~Debi Stokes