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Daniel Emerald Gallagher

Also Daniel Emerald Gallagher · Emerald Gallagher

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TypePerson
Born1918-06-14
Died2005-11-04
WithinSaint James · Beaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Born
1918-06-14
Died
2005-11-04
Parents
Andrew "Andy Mary Ellen" Gallagher · Elizabeth Green Gallagher
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
music-folkloreheritage
Within
Saint James · Beaver Island

Summary

Daniel Emerald Gallagher (1918–2005) is identified by the Library of Congress catalog as a performer on an Alan Lomax recording made at Saint James on August 24, 1938. A 2006 Beaver Beacon obituary gives his complete name, June 14, 1918 Beaver Island birth, parents Elizabeth (Green) and Andrew Gallagher, and November 4, 2005 death at Cocoa Beach, Florida.1

Evidence and limits

The held catalog establishes a performer label on one bundled recording item. The later obituary’s uncommon given name, Beaver Island birth, parent names, and documented maritime career provide the identity bridge and life dates; the recording catalog still does not identify which portion of the bundled title he performed.

Footnotes

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2006, “Daniel Emerald Gallagher 1918–2005.” ↩

Kin

Andrew "Andy MaryEllen" Gallagher1878 – 1939ElizabethGreen Gallagher1882 – 1975This articleDaniel EmeraldGallagher1918 – 2005
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. LOC catalog metadata identifies Gallagher, Emerald and Gallagher, Andrew E. as performers; it records Saint James, Beaver Island and August 24, 1938. It does not allocate the two catalog-title components to individual performers, establish kinship, dates, residence, or a fuller biography.
    audio · lomax_michigan_1938_beaver_island · afc1939007_afs02267a · item
  2. Obituary identifies Daniel Emerald Gallagher as born June 14, 1918 on Beaver Island to Elizabeth (Green) and Andrew Gallagher and as having died November 4, 2005 at Cocoa Beach, Florida. Its family, Merchant Marine career, and 1938 Saint James location provide a direct bridge to the LOC performer record.

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Daniel Emerald Gallagher”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/daniel-emerald-gallagher/, accessed [date], citing Library of Congress, “Don’t Judge a Man by the Clothes That He Wears; Boring for Oil,” AFC 1939/007: AFS 02267 A, recorded August 24, 1938. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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