- Born
- 1880-10-20
- Died
- 1936
- Spouse
- Dominick Gallagher
- Children
- Andrew Gallagher
- Eras
- Irish eraModern era
- Concepts
- heritageirish-arranmorecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Catherine “Pidgie” Roddy Gallagher was the wife of Dominick D. Gallagher, the Beaver Island lighthouse keeper. A held funeral notice gives her Beaver Island birth date as October 20, 1880, records her November 1902 marriage to Gallagher, and names their son Andrew R. Her contemporaneous funeral notice establishes a 1936 death; later sources instead report 1937 and 1939.
Evidence and limits
The held funeral notice establishes her birth date, father, marriage, son, and 1936 death year. The cemetery directory independently joins Catherine “Pidgie” Roddy to the same husband but gives 1937, while a later obituary says 1939. Those disagreements are retained in the source notes; no exact death date is asserted.
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Sources
- Charlevoix Courier, May 1, 1952, "Dominic Gallagher Dies Following A Long Illness."Names Catharine Ruddy as Dominic Gallagher's wife and says she died in 1939. That reported year conflicts with her contemporaneous 1936 funeral notice and is not used as the graph value. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Charlevoix Courier, "Funeral Services for Mrs. D. D. Gallagher Held Thursday," held 1936 scan.Reports that Catherine Roddy was born on Beaver Island on October 20, 1880; identifies her as the daughter of Capt. Andrew Roddy; records her November 1902 marriage to Capt. D. D. Gallagher; and names their surviving son Andrew R. The scan metadata is internally unreliable, so the citation avoids an unverified publication date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Lists Catherine "Pidgie" Roddy as spouse of Dominick Gallagher, child of Dominick and Mary Greene Gallagher, and gives 1880–1937. Its death year conflicts with the contemporaneous 1936 funeral notice and a later 1952 notice's 1939 report, so the graph uses only the 1936 year supported by the contemporary notice.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Catherine "Pidgie" Roddy Gallagher”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/catharine-ruddy-gallagher/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, May 1, 1952, "Dominic Gallagher Dies Following A Long Illness." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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