Begin forwarded message: > > Greetings, > Some of you on this list may remember me, and several have contacted > me over time about my HOGANs and related surnames in St Louis. I now > have more info to share and along with another researcher, we are > unraveling a complicated web of St Louis Irish. > My great-grandfather, Michael J HOGAN b. 1861, the horseshoer for > Anheuser-Busch and his brother William C. HOGAN b. abt 1858 were > enumerated in the 2nd 1880 St Louis census in the home of Patrick J. > O'MEARA and his wife Julia COMMINS all born Ireland. Also in this home > are a MULLALLY family, John J MULLALLY b. abt. 1855 and wife Margaret > HOGAN, b. 1850; a Martin and James MULLALLY, and two men named RAGLES > (?). > As far as I can tell, the O'MEARA couple did not have any children. > John J MULALLY had a brother, the same Martin, b. abt. 1847, in the > 1880 census. This Martin previously lived in Oil City, PA with his > family, but seemed to have abandoned them. I find his "widow" and > children in the 1900 Oil City census, but he did not die until 1912. > John J and Margaret MULLALLY are buried in Calvary with the following > persons: > Julia DALE (daughter), Nellie DANNER (daughter), Martin MULLALLY > (brother), Mary WARNER (daughter). > William C HOGAN wed one Mary Jane O'CONNOR in 1882, surviving children > were Margaret CAHALIN, Agnes SEAVER, Genevieve WARDLE, and Catherine > MILES. > Michael HOGAN wed Margaret WALSH of Alton, IL in 1891. > There is also a Charles HOGAN and Johanna KIRBY listed on one of these > girl's baptism records. So we can deduce that there were four HOGAN > siblings now: Margaret, Charles, William C, and Michael J Hogan, all > from Tipperary, Ireland. > There is also a Bridget HOGAN in the same neighborhood living with a > HEFFERNAN family. This family consists of: Thomas, b. abt 1846, > Johanna b. abt. 1850, Thomas (son) born abt. 1872, John D, (son) born > abt. 1877, and Bridget HOGAN, sister-in-law, single, age 27, born > Ireland. > The connection is the wife, Johanna's maiden name is MULLALLY. The > HEFFERNANS are buried in Calvary in a large plot along with these > surnames: COFFIN, LORING, MONTAGUE, and 9 other MULLALLYS. > One of these 9 other MULLALLYS is John P. MULLALLY, born abt 1832 who > is brother of the above Johanna HEFFERNAN. According to his 1887 will > and probate, he leaves his possessions to his sister Johanna > HEFFERNAN, nephew Thomas HEFFERNAN, niece "Jettie" HEFFERNAN, niece > Mary MONTAGUE, and his daughter Catherine CULLINANE. His executors are > named as Thomas HALPIN, Redmond CLEARY, and Johanna MULLALLY nee > HALPIN, his first wife, who is buried in Calvary with a James P. > KELLY, most likely second husband. > Michael, William and Bridget HOGAN do not appear in the 1st > enumeration, only the 2nd, thus indicating they arrived in St Louis > between June and November of that year. Margaret MULLALLY nee HOGAN > was in St Louis as early as 1875. > Some commonalities these people shared were they attended either St > Malachy's or Assumption Parishes (BTW there was a Fr. MULLALLY at > Assumption), they are all buried in Calvary. > Have more info and more details on some of the above persons, but I'm > sure most of your heads are spinning like mine, so contact me if > anyone has any connections to these people. > Dan Hogan >