Hi Jim, Looks like Owen's brother was also with him. 1930 Federal Census - IL, Macoupin Co., Gillespie Gallagher, Owen J., age 44, b. abt 1886 Scotland, Imm. 1909 , Delia, age 40, b.abt 1890 Ireland, wife, Imm. 1909 , James, age 14, son, b. abt 1915 IL , James A., age 38, Brother, b. abt 1892 Scotland, Imm. 1920 Both Owen and James stated that their parents were born in Ireland and both were working as coal loaders in the coal mines. xxxxxx Social Security Death Index James Gallagher SS # 351-18-7820 Born: 27 June 1917 Last Benefit: 62033 Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois, USA Died: Mar 1977 State [Year] SSN issued: Illinois [Before 1951] xxxxxxxxxxx Seems as though James P. shaved about 2 years off his birthday -- not uncommon. It also appears that James P. was single when he served in WW II. Molly might be able to find some obits for you [small fee]. Molly Kennedy Springfield, IL Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.mollx.com/ Hope this helps, Sharon On 4 Feb 2007 at 0:10, James Hendry wrote: Wayne, Had a look at your interesting site of Military Graves in Holy Cross Cemetery, I was astonished to find a Tombstone that is a relative of mine: James. P. Gallagher, B1915-Died 1977, Gillespie, Macoupin County: Staff Sergeant in the U.S Army in WW2, he is the son of my Grandmother's Brother Owen (Ownie) Gallagher B1883 here in Glasgow Scotland, I've been trying to find descendants of this family in Gillespie for some time, would there be any chance of this Info being in the Cemetery Records itself? Or other Info not recorded on your photo? Wife? Sons? I'd dearly like to contact these lost family members as I have other Records of Owen's to share. Kind Regards Jim Hendry. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:ilmacoup- [email protected]] On Behalf Of W Hinton Sent: 03 February 2007 22:15 To: [email protected] Subject: [ILMACOUP] Holy Cross Cemetery and Gillespie I have recently added all of the 230+ Military markers / (government headstones) with photos and transcriptions to my Gillespie, IL. site along with updating the Veteran's info. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/ Wayne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Sharon, Many thanks for the Info, the S.S.D.I especially, I may be able to use this to trace any family of James P Gallagher, and I'll certainly get in touch with Molly. Kind Regards Jim. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 04 February 2007 04:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP] Holy Cross Cemetery and Gillespie Hi Jim, Looks like Owen's brother was also with him. 1930 Federal Census - IL, Macoupin Co., Gillespie Gallagher, Owen J., age 44, b. abt 1886 Scotland, Imm. 1909 , Delia, age 40, b.abt 1890 Ireland, wife, Imm. 1909 , James, age 14, son, b. abt 1915 IL , James A., age 38, Brother, b. abt 1892 Scotland, Imm. 1920 Both Owen and James stated that their parents were born in Ireland and both were working as coal loaders in the coal mines. xxxxxx Social Security Death Index James Gallagher SS # 351-18-7820 Born: 27 June 1917 Last Benefit: 62033 Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois, USA Died: Mar 1977 State [Year] SSN issued: Illinois [Before 1951] xxxxxxxxxxx Seems as though James P. shaved about 2 years off his birthday -- not uncommon. It also appears that James P. was single when he served in WW II. Molly might be able to find some obits for you [small fee]. Molly Kennedy Springfield, IL Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.mollx.com/ Hope this helps, Sharon On 4 Feb 2007 at 0:10, James Hendry wrote: Wayne, Had a look at your interesting site of Military Graves in Holy Cross Cemetery, I was astonished to find a Tombstone that is a relative of mine: James. P. Gallagher, B1915-Died 1977, Gillespie, Macoupin County: Staff Sergeant in the U.S Army in WW2, he is the son of my Grandmother's Brother Owen (Ownie) Gallagher B1883 here in Glasgow Scotland, I've been trying to find descendants of this family in Gillespie for some time, would there be any chance of this Info being in the Cemetery Records itself? Or other Info not recorded on your photo? Wife? Sons? I'd dearly like to contact these lost family members as I have other Records of Owen's to share. Kind Regards Jim Hendry. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:ilmacoup- [email protected]] On Behalf Of W Hinton Sent: 03 February 2007 22:15 To: [email protected] Subject: [ILMACOUP] Holy Cross Cemetery and Gillespie I have recently added all of the 230+ Military markers / (government headstones) with photos and transcriptions to my Gillespie, IL. site along with updating the Veteran's info. http://gillespieil.com/gillespie/ Wayne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message