Dennis Egan, 1849–1929 (aged 80 years)
- Name
- Dennis /Egan/
- Given names
- Dennis
- Surname
- Egan
- Name
- EAGAN, EAGEN, EGEN //
- Given names
- EAGAN, EAGEN, EGEN
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Shared note: Event Description: or 20 June 1849 |
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1849–1929
Birth: June 20, 1849
— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: June 25, 1929 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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1865–1937
Birth: January 6, 1865
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— Wakefield Township, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Death: May 6, 1937 — Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota |
| Marriage | Marriage — 1883 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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21 months
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1884–1936
Birth: September 14, 1884
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— Stillwater, Minnesota Death: June 16, 1936 — Stearns County, Minnesota |
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5 years
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1889–1889
Birth: 1889
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— Minnesota Death: June 27, 1889 — Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota |
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8 years
daughter |
1896–1990
Birth: July 8, 1896
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— New York, New York Death: July 15, 1990 — Benton County, Minnesota |
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18 months
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Shared note
Event Description: or 20 June 1849 |
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Shared note
Event Description: St. Anthony of Padua Cemetery, Padua, Stearns, MN |
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Dennis was born in Canada and came to the United States in 1864 when he was 15 years old. He married Mary Ann Rooney and they farmed in the Padua area until around 1920 when they moved to Brooten and purchased a home there. The farm, in 1997, was owned by Jerome and Harold Ebensteiner. In the 1885 census (under the name Eagan), Dennis and Mary Ann are living with his father John in Raymond Township, Stearns County. Dennis and Mary had one natural-born child, Lavinia, who died at age six weeks. They later adopted four children. Henry, Mary and Eleanor were taken off the orphan train out of New York. The other child was George Egan, a nephew, the son of Elizabeth and Thomas Egan. George, age 2, and Henry, age 10, both born in Minnesota, are with them in the 1895 census (under the name "Denis Eagen"). The 1910 census of Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota: Dennis Egan was born in Canada and emigrated in 1865. His wife Mary A. emigrated in 1867. They had one child who died. Living with them are a nephew George Egan and a niece Inez E Egan and two adopted daughters from New York, their parents unknown. George's mother Elizabeth (Rooney) Egan, married to Thomas Edward Egan, died in 1904, and he then shows up in the 1905 and 1910 censuses of Raymond Township, Stearns county with Dennis and Mary Ann (Rooney) Egan. Dennis was the brother of Annie Egan who married James Rooney. Originally published Wednesday, June 26, 1929, St. Cloud Times Dennis Egan, 76, Dies Yesterday; Mass Tomorrow Well Known Resident of West Part of County to Be Buried at Padua Mr. and Mrs. William Rooney, Seventh Avenue South, were called today to Brooten by the death of Mrs. Rooney's father, Dennis Egan, a well-known and pioneer resident of the western section of the county. Mr. Egan died yesterday afternoon at his home at the age of 76 years. He is survived by his widow and four children; Mrs. William Rooney, St. Cloud; Henry Egan, Sauk Centre; George Egan, Minneapolis; and Loren Wendtlandt, Pontiac, Mich. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Brooten Catholic church, and burial will be made in the family lot of the Padua cemetery. |