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John McTigue

1830 – 25 Feb 1878

Birth1830
Death25 Feb 1878
Added byRuth Miller on 15 Feb 2020
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John McTigue was born c. 1830 County Clare, Ireland. We do not know the circumstances that brought my Great Grandfather to America from Ireland in the mid 1800's. Steamers carried Irish emigrants to Liverpool where their transatlantic voyage began. Families did not migrate en masse but younger members of families did. So much so that emigration almost became a rite of passage as evidenced by the data that show that, unlike similar emigration throughout world history, women emigrated just as often, just as early, and in the same numbers as men. The emigrant started a new life in a new land, sent remittances back to his/her family in Ireland, which, in turn, allowed another member of the family to emigrate. !880 Census Inhabitants in Gold Hill, Storey County, NV 6/15/1880 Lists Mary McTigue (age 39, b. Ireland), Widowed, keeping house, home in Gold Hill, Storey Co. NV; Edwin McTigue (age 18, b. CA) son, Engineer; Franklin McTigue (age 16, b. CA), son; Mary McTigue (age 14, b. CA), daughter; William McTigue (age 9, b. CA), son; JOSEPHINE MCTIGUE (age 5, b. NV), daughter. Plus Lodger, F. Brown (age 32, b. Ireland) mining. John's wife MARY was born in Ireland c. 1838. John McTigue was killed in the Black Hills on February 28, 1878. The following article was published in the Territorial Enterprise, Virginia City, Nevada: "KILLED IN THE BLACK HILLS~JOHN MCTIGUE, an old resident of Silver City, and first President of the Miner's Union in that town, was killed at Lead City, Black Hills, on the 25th of this month. He was quarreling with a man named Wadsworth over a claim, when the latter emptied the contents of a shotgun into his bowels, causing instant death." Children of John McTigue and Mary McTigue: Caroline Ann "Carrie" McTigue (Stephan) 1859~1937; Edwin McTigue 1861~1900; Franklin McTigue 1863; Mary H. McTigue 1866; William McTigue 1870; JOSEPHINE HENRIETTE MCTIGUE (BLAIR) 1874~1910 After the death of my great grandfather, John McTigue, my great grandmother, Mary McTigue married widower, Amos Addison Pollard on November 23, 1884, Silver City, Nevada. She died before 1890. Pollard died 10/1/1900 in Silver City, NV. (From Blair Family History, compiled by Ruth I. Blair Miller) Newspaper Article from BLACK HILLS WEEKLY TIMES, Deadwood City, Dakota Territory, Tuesday, February 26, 1878

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