Варвара Николаевна (Елагина) MacGahan (1852 - 1904)

Born 26 Apr 1852 in Tula, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Januarius Aloysius MacGahan — married Jan 1873 in France

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1904 at age 51 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Barbara (Елагина) MacGahan is Notable.

Russian-born journalist and author

"Barbara" was born in 1852 in Russia. She was a very prolific journalist. She married Januarius Aloysius MacGahan ), an American war correspondent in France. She followed him around the front. At first, she wrote in his name, but soon claimed her role writing for more than 13 English and Russian papers, and magazines (often with a liberal bent). She also wrote one novel in English, Xenia Repunina," published in 1890. She applied for a United States passport on 2 April 1883.^[1]

At age 52, she died on 28 February 1904 in Manhattan, New York, United States.^[2]

Occupation

News, and magazine writer; Novelist

• Golos

• New york Herald

• New York Times

• Brooklyn Eagle

• St. Petersburd Novostii

• Moscow Russkya Viedomostii

• Correspondent for the Sydney Herald

• Messenger of Europe

• St. Petersburg magazine

• American Press Association

• New York Tribune

• Youth's Companion

• Lippencott's Magazine

• Xenia Repunina (English novel; Published NY and London, 1890)

Sources

1. ↑ 1883 Passport Application: "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925"
   National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 255; Volume #: Roll 255 - 02 Apr 1883-30 Apr 1883
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1174 #1355641 (accessed 3 January 2023)
   Name: Barbara Macgahan; Age: 31; Birth Date: 26 Apr 1851; Birth Place: Kashyra, Russia; Passport Issue Date: 2 Apr 1883; Has Photo: No.
2. ↑ Death: "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948"
   Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives
   Ancestry Record 9131 #1705942 (accessed 3 January 2023)
   Barbara MacGahan death 28 Feb 1904 (age 52) in Manhattan, New York, USA.

• Williard, F.E. & Livermore, M.A.R. (1893). "MacGahan, Mrs. Barbara." A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches..., (pp.485 - 486) Google Books.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Barbara MacGahan
• Wikidata: Item Q4275195, en:Wikipedia