PATRICK THOMAS REAGAN the son of Thomas Reagan and Margaret Sheehan was born in 1835 in County Cork, Ireland. He died on 10 Sep 1899 in Marcellus, NY. He married Bridget Gilvey, daughter of Patrick Ryan and Bridget on 15 Feb 1863 in St. Joseph's Church, Camillus. She was born in Jan 1835 in County Mayo, Ireland. She died on 28 Apr 1905 in Marcellus, NY.
This is the record of the marriage of Patrick O'REGAN to Bridget GILVEY from the record book of St. Francis Church, Marcellus, NY on February 15, 1863. Witnesses were Michael Cunnan and Cath. Kennedy.
(Note from Mr. John Curtain, Marcellus, NY 4/5/1997 - "I might add here that St. Francis Xavier Church was a mission church, first of St. Joseph's in Camillus and then of St. Mary's of the Lake Church in Skaneateles. The result is that records have been scattered throughout all three churches. It wasn't until 1874 that SFX became a church unto itself. "
The first census record that I have of them as a family is the 1865 New York State Census. They are living in the Town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York. Patrick and Bridget RAGAN are both listed as 25 years old with one son Thomas who is 4.
The 1870 Federal Census now shows Patrick and Bridget REAGAN living in the Town of Onondaga, Post Office of Navarino. They now have 4 children: Thomas, John, BERNARD, and Jeremiah.
The 1880 Federal Census shows Patrick and Bridget REGAN still in the Town of Onondaga now with 6 children: Thomas, John, BURNETT, Jeremiah, William, Mary J.
Patrick died in 1899 and the 1900 Federal Census shows Bridget REGAN as the head of the house with sons Jerry and William H.
This is the deed between Thomas Kelly and Patrick Regan to purchase the property in Navarino for $450.00 dated June 14, 1871
Below are the Death Certificates for Patrick Reagan and Bridget Reagan as filed at the Onondaga County Office of Vital Statistics. No obituaries were found.
Patrick Thomas Reagan and Bridget Gilvey had the following children:
THOMAS REAGAN was born on 27 Dec 1863. He died in 1927. Thomas was a patient at St. Lawrence State Hospital, Ogdensbrg, NY where he died. Thomas never married.
JOHN REAGAN was born on 08 Sep 1865. He died on 10 Jun 1933 in Syracuse NY.
He married Margaret Nolan on 12 Apr 1893 in Skaneateles, NY. She died on 23 Jun 1945 in Syracuse NY.
Reagan-Nolan At. St. Mary's Church, Skaneateles. by Rev. F.J. Purcell Wednesday April 12, 1893
John Reagan of Navarino and Miss Margaret Nolan of Skaneateles
Source: Marcellus Observer, April 22, 1893
John Reagan and Margaret Nolan had the following children:
GILVEY AGNES REAGAN was born on 13 Mar 1894. She died on 08 Jul 1982.
OBIT: G. Agnes Reagan
G. Agnes Ragan, formerly of Centennial Garden Apts., died yesterday in a local nursing home after a long illness. She was a supervisor of the primary grades and a teacher in the Syracuse School District many years and retired in 1960.
Miss Reagan was born in Marcellus and lived in Syracuse most of her life. She graduated from the former Syracuse Normal School and Syracuse University. She also continued her education with study at Columbia University in New York City. She was a member of the Catholic Women's Club and the New York State Retired Teachers Association. She was a communicant of S. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services will be Monday at 8:30 a.m. at Whelan Bros. Funeral Home, and at 9 at
St. Anthony of Padua Church. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery,
Marcellus.
Calling hours ar 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Source: Herald Journal 7/9/1982
JAMES P. REAGAN was born on 03 Jan 1896. He died on 21 Jan 1975. He married
M. IRENE EGLOFF. She died on 03 Jan 1992 in Syracuse NY. James and Irene did not have any children. They are buried at St. Francis Cemetery, Marcellus, NY
EDWARD J. REAGAN was born on 02 May 1902. He died on 07 Dec 1981. He married
M. LUCILLE. Ed and Lucille did not have any children. They are buried at St. Francis Ceemtery, Marecellus, N
BURNETT REAGAN was born on 26 Jun 1867 in Navarino, NY. He died on 16 Oct 1951 in Syracuse, NY. He married Cora Francis Fyler, daughter of Oren William Fyler and Lovina Overton on 23 Apr 1895 in St. Francis Church, Marcellus, NY. She was born on 14 Feb 1873 in Split Rock, NY. She died on 23 Apr 1957 in Marcy, NY.
JERERMIAH REAGAN was born on 14 Jun 1869. He died on 27 Jun 1940. He married
FLORENCE ?.
Jerry is found in the 1890 Federal Census living with his mother Bridget and listed as a farm laborer. At one time according to George B. Reagan, he worked on the railroad between Syracuse and Buffalo firing boilers. It was on one of these trips that he brought back his wife Florence whom no one was aware of. He later had a farm in DeRuyter, Madison County, New York where he died in 1940.
WILLIAM HENRY REAGAN was born on 29 Mar 1871. He died on 12 Sep 1925 at The St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogsdenburg where he was a patient for 20 years 9 months and 28 days. That calculates to being admitted on 11/15/1904; 6 months before his mothers death. My father, George B. Reagan stated that "William raised up in a schoolhouse and a nail in the roof went in his head and got epilepsy and ended up at St. Lawrence. He never married.
MARY JANE REAGAN was born on 26 Sep 1876 in Navarino, NY. She died on 07 May 1957 in Lowell, Mass.
From Jim Reagan:
"Mary Jane is the youngest child of Bridget and Patrick Reagan, and therefore a sister to Burnett. She never married and moved to Lowell, Massachusetts to train as a Registered Nurse at Lowell General Hospital, as one of the first hospital trained nurses. She lived in Lowell except when she served in the Army Nurse Corp in France during World War I. As a result of that service, she received a disability pension, and her case was reviewed every five years by the War Department, so we know more about Mary Jane than other siblings of Burnett.
In 1932 Mary Jane went to Ireland and we have her passport, with her picture.
When Judi and I started collecting family information, I contacted Sue Reagan to get information about her children. She volunteered to send me crazy quilt that Mary Jane and friends had made in 1886. It is hard to see all the detail from the picture, but the hand embroidery was done by as many as seven friends. There are silk playbill pages from New York City, as well as ribbons from fireman’s parades in Syracuse. It really is her life as a work of art.
There is family story about Mary Jane returning to Syracuse to take care of Bridget in the last six months of her life. Burnett was the executor of Patrick and Bridget’s estate. His brother Gerry argued that Mary Jane was doing her daughterly duty, in taking care of her mother. Burnett felt that she should be paid for her services, at her regular rate, and then the balance of the estate divided among their children.Burnett carried the day. "
Trained as a nurse at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Mass and was employed by same.
Trained at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
Enlisted in Army Nurse Corps on October 9, 1918 and served as a nurse with the Base Hospital 69 in Savenay France during World War I
Honorable Discharge August 8, 1919 at New York City, NY
Physical Description Gray eyes, brown hair 5' 7" in height
Died May 7, 1957 in Lowell, Mass.
OBIT:
"Miss Reagan, 83, Oldest Nursing Graduate, Dies"
Miss Mary J. Reagan, 83, a native of Marcellus and the oldest graduate nurse of Lowell(Mass.) General Hospital, died yestereday at that hospital. An 1898 graduate of the Lowell Hospital, Miss Reagan was also a graduate specialized nurse of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn. She served as a field hospital nurse during World War I.
Miss Reagan was born in Marcellus, a daughter of the late Patrick and Bridget Gilvey Reagan. She had resided in Lowell 60 years.
Surviving are two nieces, Miss Agnes Reagan and Mrs Frank Whelan; five nephews, James P., Edward J., George B., Oren A., and Bernard F. Reagan.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at the P.A.O'Neill Funeral Home, Syracuse and
9:30 a.m. in St. Francis Xavier Church, Marcellus. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier
Cemetery, Marcellus.
Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
tomorrow.
Source: Post Standard 8/8/1957
