Matilda M (Gillogly) Galen (1837 - 1891)

Born 7 Sep 1837 in County Fermanagh, Ireland

Wife of Hugh Francis Galen Sr — married 1860 in San Francisco, California

Died 27 Dec 1891 at age 54 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States

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Biography

Matilda's family was from Ireland. She married Hugh Francis Galen on June 25,1860 in Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA

Born - September 07,1937 in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Died - December 28,1891 in Helena, Montana

Hugh and Matilda moved to Helena in 1866, they lived at 616 Harrison Avenue, Helena, Montana. At the time of her death she left behind a husband and four children.

The above information was obtained from her obituary dated Wednesday, December 31,1891 pg 7 of the Missoula Weekly Gazette (Missoula, Montana)

Matilda's parents are:

James Gillogly Birth 1795 • Ederny, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Death JUNE 28,1875 • Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA and

Ellen Burke Birth JANUARY 22,1805 • Ireland Death APRIL 22,1893 • Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA

James Gillogly and Ellen Burke were married about 1824 in Ireland and came to the United States in 1847/1848 settling in Bangor, Maine

Sources

• "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 21 October 2016. Citing various county recorder offices.

• "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9M-ZJ5T : 22 April 2021), Hugh Galen and Matilda Gilogly, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH84-K4D : 14 January 2022), Matilda Galen in household of Hugh Galen, Jefferson, Montana Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL9-TPFJ : 25 May 2022), Matilda Gillogly Galen, ; Burial, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States of America, Resurrection Cemetery; citing record ID 83209090, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.