Daniel is possibly the youngest child of Thomas Regan and Margaret Sheehan. It it stated that he was 50 years old at his death on June 29, 1906. From that, his birth date would be 1856. It does not appear that he was ever married and that he worked as a farm laborer in and around Skaneateles and Elbridge, NY.
Although his obituary states he was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles, no headstone was found.
Syracuse Journal July 2, 1906
DROPS DEAD AT ELBRIDGE
Daniel Regan, 50, dropped dead from heart trouble in a hotel at Elbridge. The remains were taken to Skaneateles Junction.
Obit Syracuse Public Library Vol 19
Reagan, Daniel - Suddenly in Elbridge, June 30 Daniel Reagan. Survived by one brother Thomas Reagan of Spafford, NY and 2 sisters, Mrs. James Reagan of Hartlot and Mrs. Mary Radford of Syracuse. Funeral from the home of his sister Mrs. James Reagan, Hartlot Tuesday morning at 9:00 and St. Mary's Church at 10:00. Burial at St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles.
Syracuse Post Standard July 2, 1906:
BUYS A DRINK AND FALLS OVER DEAD
Daniel Regan Gets New Shoes and Beer, Takes Seat in Hotel Chair and Collapses - Corner Says
Heart Diesease
Corner Daniel F. Mathews made a "hurry" call to Elbridge Saturday when Daniel Regan slipped to the floor dead from his seat in a chair in the Elbridge Hotel.
Regan who was 50 years old had been working for several farmers in the vicinity of Elbridge and had been employed for the past week by a farmer named Shute. Saturday he went to Elbridge,
bought a pair of shoes and then went to the hotel and had a glass of beer.
After drinking the beer he sat on the hotel veranda and went to sleep. He was awakened and
went inside and sat down.
When next noticed, he fell out of the chair and was dead in a moment. that was at 2:00 o'clock.
Undertaker H.S. Withers took charge of the body and yesterday sent Skaneateles Junction where
Mr. Reagan had a relative, Mrs. James Regan.
Coroner Mathews said yesterday afternoon that the one of heart failure.
WELCOME
Welcome to our blog about our family ancestry. Jim and John and I have been researching our family tree since the mid 1990's in hopes of finding our "homeland" in Ireland. But, we have hit the proverbial "brick wall" but have not given up hope. We knew that we were descended from Patrick Reagan / Regan/ O'Regan and Bridget Gilvie. Family stories tell us that Patrick was from County Cork, Ireland and Bridget was a native of County Mayo, Ireland and that Patrick had brothers Thomas and Jeremiah and sister Catherine. In my research, I found that there also was a brother Daniel, possibly the youngest and another sister Mary. I also found that their parents were Thomas Reagan /Regan/O'Regan and Margaret Sheehan. This was a big find for us because we had never been told of them. These are our Irish Immigrant Ancesters. They were all born in Ireland and some married in Ireland and came to America in the 1840's - 1850's to find a better life due to the Potato Famine in Ireland.
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