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Sarah Gibson Gallagher

Also Sadie Gibson

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TypePerson
Born1885-09-04
Died1967
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasIrish era
On this page
Person
Born
1885-09-04
Died
1967
Spouse
Owen D. Gallagher
Parents
William Gibson · Rose Ann Gibson
Siblings
William Gibson · Robert Gibson · Elizabeth Gibson Redner
Family
Gibson family of the 1885 loss
Eras
Irish era
Concepts
heritagecommunitymaritimemigration
Within
Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

Sarah Gibson Gallagher was the youngest child named in the account of William Gibson and Rose Ann Gibson. The source connects a handwritten family record’s uncertain “Sadie” to Sarah Gibson, born 4 September 1885, and says she later married Owen D. Gallagher.

Evidence and limits

The source combines a Beaver Island Historical Society family record, census research, and an obituary. It does not reproduce those underlying records, so the name equivalence and exact dates remain source-bounded rather than fully independently verified here.

Open questions

  • Which aunt and uncle housed Sarah in Emmet County in 1900?
  • What were the names of Sarah and Owen’s five children?
  • Where is Sarah buried, and what obituary supplies the 1967 death account?

See also

Sources

See the sources block above.

Kin

Rose Ann Gibsonb. c. 1857William Gibson1856 – 1885ElizabethGibson RednerRobert Gibson1883 – 1963William Gibson1881 – 1964This articleSarah GibsonGallagher1885 – 1967Owen D.Gallagher
Of the Gibson family of the 1885 loss. Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Connie Wojan, "The Stories Behind the Names of Islanders Lost on the Great Lakes," Northern Islander, February 2026.
    Described in this archive: Northern Islander, 1850–1856.
    Connects the family record's uncertain Sadie to Sarah Gibson, born 4 September 1885, says she lived with an aunt and uncle in Emmet County by 1900, married Owen D. Gallagher in June 1905 on Beaver Island, and died at 82 in 1967. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · northern_islander_2026.02

Added 1 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sarah Gibson Gallagher”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/sarah-gibson-gallagher/, accessed [date], citing Connie Wojan, "The Stories Behind the Names of Islanders Lost on the Great Lakes," Northern Islander, February 2026..

Last revised 2026-08-01. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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