John Robert Gaughan

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• Census: 1920, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 10 months, living on Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania with his parents.
• Census: 1930, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1930 US Census he was recorded, age 11, living on 263 Laurel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania with his widowed mother..
• Education: say 1938; He was a graduate from Archbald High School and LaSalle College, Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was a member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association.
• Census: 1940, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1940 US Census he was recorded, age 21, living on 263 Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was in his 4th year of college.
• Graduation: 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; In 1940 he graduated from La Salle College, now La Salle University.
• Draft Reg: 16 Oct 1940, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; He registered for the draft giving his age as 21,and his address as 263 Laural Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was unemployed.
• Graduation: 1942, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; In 1942 he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
• Military: From 20 Nov 1942 to 6 Nov 1945; John was in the U.S. Army during World War II serving twenty months in the European theater of operations where he was a special agent of the Counterintelligence Corps. In all he served from 20 November 1942 to 6 November 1945.
• Occupation: From 1946 to 1955, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; He was a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association and practiced in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from 1946 until 1955.
• Residence: 7 Feb 1950, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; On 7 February 1950, he filed for compensation based on his military service during World War II. He was living at 302 Laurel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania.
• Residence: 1956, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In 1956 John and Margaret lived on 308 Dudley Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
• Organization: say 1960, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; He was a member of Arcbbald Council, Knights of Columbus, and the Fourth Degree Assembly; Post 328, American Legion, Archbald; St. Margaret-Mary Catholic Church, Harrisburg.
• Obituary: 7 Apr 1976; Attorney, Ex-Resident Of Area, Dies Atty. John R. Gaughan, 57, of 309 N. 31st St., Harrisburg, died Tuesday in a Harrisburg Hospital. His widow is the former Margaret Clark Atty. Gaughan was graduated from La Salle College In 1940, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1942. He later served In the Army Counter Intelligence Corps in Europe for three years. He was a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association and practiced in this city from 1946 until 1955. Atty. Gaughan held a number of federal and state legal positions including acting chief counsel for the Bureau of Sales and Use Tax. He also served as chairman of the State Tax Board. He was appointed assistant attorney general with the Bureau of . Corporation Tax In 1957, and served with the Public Utility Commission and the United States Department of Commerce. He served with the State Auditor General until 1974, when he retired. Atty. Goughan was a member of Arcbbald Council, Knights of Columbus, and the Fourth Degree Assembly; Post 328, American Legion, Arcbbald; St. Margaret-Mary Catholic Church, Harrisburg. Other survivors are three' daughters, Mrs. ' Rosemarie Sullivan, Rarnesville, Md.; Mrs. Margaret Ziegenfuss, and Mrs. Joan Fickes, Harrisburg; two sons, John, Bethlehem, and W. Clark, at borne, and a grandson. Mass will be celebrated' Thursday at 1 p.m. In St. Margaret-Mary Church. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery Harrisburg. There will be no viewing. Memorial contributions may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Society. Arrangements by the Gilbert L. Dailey Funeral Home, 650 S. 28th St., Harrisburg. Published by the Scranton Times-Tribune, 7 April 1976
• Last Full Review: 11 Aug 2021

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He died in a Harrisburg hospital.

John married Margaret Mary Clark on 6 Oct 1945 in St. Cecilia's Church, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Margaret (daughter of Major William Aloysious Clark and Rose C. "Rosie" Daley) was born on 2 Nov 1922 in Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Aug 2009 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 14 Aug 2009 in Resurrection Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MRS. JOHN R. GAUGHAN

Miss Margaret Mary Clark, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. William A. Clark of Wyoming, was married this morning at 10 o'clock in St, Cecilia's Church, Wyoming, to Attorney John R. Gaughan, of Archbald. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gaughan. Rev. Henry Vincent Lawler, O.F.M., of St. Francis Monastery, New York, performed the ceremony and was celebrant of the nuptial mass during which Miss Sara Kearns was at the organ with George Helfrich as soloist.

The bride was given in marriage by her father and had her cousin. Mrs. Joseph F. Hoffman, for her only attendant. Lieut. David J. Reedy Jr., this city, and Lieut. Thomas F.' Clark. United States Naval Reserve, Wyoming, brother of the bride, and Midshipman Francis N. O'Rourke of Archbald, cousin of the bridegroom, were ushers. Breakfast followed for the bridal party at Hotel Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, where a reception was also held. Later, Attorney and Mrs. Gaughan left for New York and Chicago. 111.

The former Miss Clark, whose father recently resigned as commander of Squadron 3, Pennsylvania State Police, is a graduate of St. Ann's Academy, Wilkes-Barre, and Georgetown Visitation Junior College, Washington, D. C.. Attorney Gaughan was graduated from Archbald High School and LaSalle College, Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Law School A member of the Lackawanna County Bar Association, he has just returned from twenty months service in the European theater of operations where he served as a special agent of the Counterintelligence Corps.

Published by the Scranton Times-Tribune 6 October 1945.

1. The Rev. Rosemary Gaughan was born on 3 Aug 1946.
2. Margaret Gaughan
3. Joan Gaughan
4. John R. Gaughan
5. William Clark Gaughan

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• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 16, living on 5 Hickory Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania with his parents. He was in school.
• Census: 1910, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 25, living at History Alley, Archbald, Pennsylvania with his parents. He boarded people at his own hotel.
• Draft Reg: 12 Sep 1918, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; He registered for the draft giving his age as 34, his address as Laurel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania and he was self employed as a wholesale liquor dealer.
• Census: 1920, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 35, living on Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was a self employed merchant.
• Obituary: 28 Feb 1920; Well Known Ball Player Dies John Gaughan who held down first base for the Archbald base ball club ,111 the days when they were Carbon' dale's leading rival for base ball supremacy in the upper valley died at !his home on Laurel street Archbald after a few days illness of pneumonia. Gaughan was 35 years of, age and was one of the popular men In Archbald borough. Several times the residents of Archbald proved the esteem in which they held him by electing him to office and at the time of his death he was borough councilman having won the Republican and Democratic nominations last September. He is survived by his wife and one child, also three brothers Michael of Archbald, William of Atlantic City and Patrick of Kingston. Carbondale fans who were followers of the gabe prior to 1916 will best remember Big John as the man who use to pole out the long ones for the Archbald club. He was field captain and was always there with the Arch-bald fighting spirit. Gaughans heaving hitting ability winning many games for the down valley club. Gaughan is the second member of the club to die within the last year, Wee Willie Dougher. who won many a been killed in an accident. Published by the Carbondale Daily News, 28 February 1920, Page 1.
• Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2021

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Birth: His World War I draft registration card gives his birth date a 18 June 1884. His death certificate gives his birth date as 20 January 1885. On the 1900 US Census return his birth date is listed as May 1884. I am using the Draft Registration as he was giving the information to the recorder, rather than a third party.

Died:
He died of the pneumonia caused by the Spanish influenza at home.

John married Mary A. Burg on Yes, date unknown. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Burg and Katharina Schemel) was born on 7 Feb 1892 in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Jun 1941 in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 16 Jun 1941 in Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census she was recorded, age 13, living on Ridge Road, Archbald, Pennsylvania with her parents.
• Census: 1910, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 22, living on Greenhill Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania with her widowed mother. She was employed as a dressmaker.
• Census: 1920, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 30, living on Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania.
• Census: 1930, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1930 US Census she was recorded, age 39, living on 263 Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was listed as a widow and was the owner of a crane line.
• Census: 1940, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 47, living on 263 Laruel Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was listed as a widow and her occupation was supervisor.
• Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2021

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Parents: The 1900 Census gives her birth date as March 1887.

Died:
She died of uterine cancer.

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• Immigration: 1846/50; In 1846 or 1850 he came to America from Ireland.
• Census: 1860, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 16, living in Archbald, then part of Blakely, Pennsylvania with his parents.
• Census: 1870, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 27, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was a driver coal miner.
• Census: 1880, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 35, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania with his parents, and his wife and family. He was a miner.
• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 58, living on 5 Hickory Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was a naturalized citizen and a miner.
• Census: 1910, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 71, living at History Alley, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was a naturalized citizen.
• Last Full Review: 17 Aug 2021

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Immigration: There is a passenger list with the names of Bryon and his son Thomas arriving in New York City, bound for Pennsylvania on the Sea of New York. Upon close inspection, both are listed as dying at sea.

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Thomas married Winifred "Winnie" Noble in Dec 1869. Winifred (daughter of Patrick Noble and Mary Balands) was born in Mar 1840 in Pennsylvania; died on 12 Jun 1918 in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 15 Jun 1918 in Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ; In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 19, living in Carbondale, Pennsylvania with her parents. She was working as a servant.
• Residence: 1868, New York City, New York; In the New York, City Directory of 1868 she is listed as a widow living on 3 Franklin Street.
• Census: 1870, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1870 US Census she was recorded, age 21, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was keeping house.
• Census: 1880, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 35, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania with her husbands parents, and her children.
• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census she was recorded, age 60, living on 5 Hickory Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania.
• Census: 1910, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 69, living at History Alley, Archbald, Pennsylvania.
• Last Full Review: 17 Aug 2021

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Died:
She died of acute indigestion at home.

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• Immigration: 1881; Nicholas and Catherine arrived in New York City in 22 September 1881 on board the SS Belgenland, from Antwerp, Belgium.
• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 46, living on Ridge Road, Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was a coal miner and a naturalized citizen.

Nicholas married Katharina Schemel on 27 May 1879 in Differten (now Wadgassen), Saarland, Germany. Katharina (daughter of Jacob Schemel and Anna Rupp) was born on 13 Sep 1858 in Werbeln, Wadgassen, Saarland, Germany; died on 17 Nov 1923 in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1881; Nicholas and Catherine arrived in New York City in 22 September 1881 on board the SS Belgenland, from Antwerp, Belgium.
• Census: 1900, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census she was recorded, age 41, living on Ridge Road, Archbald, Pennsylvania.
• Census: 1910, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census she was recorded, age 51, living on Greenhill Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was a widow.
• Census: 1920, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 61, living on 204 Sauarence Street, Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was a widow living with her brother-in-law, John Burg, and three children.
• Last Full Review: 23 Aug 2021

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• Immigration: 1846/50; In 1846 or 1850 he came to America from Ireland probably with his son, Thomas.
• Census: 1860, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 45, living in Archbald, then part of Blakely, Pennsylvania.
• Census: 1880, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 100, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania. He was clearly not 100 years old. Was he lying to the census taker, pulling his leg, or was his son or daughter-in-law answering?
• Last Full Review: 18 Aug 2021

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Bryan married Mary Prendergast on Yes, date unknown. Mary was born about 1820 in Ireland; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1846/50; In 1846 or 1850 he came to America from Ireland.
• Census: 1860, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 40, living in Archbald, then part of Blakely, Pennsylvania.
• Census: 1880, Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 80, living in Archbald, Pennsylvania. She was clearly not 80 years old.
• Last Full Review: 18 Aug 2021

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• Census: 1860, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 50, living in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He was a day laborer.
• Last Full Review: 18 Aug 2021

Patrick married Mary Balands on Yes, date unknown. Mary was born about 1810 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ; In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 50, living in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
• Last Full Review: 18 Aug 2021

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• Last Full Review: 19 Aug 2021

Georg married Maria Burg on 8 Jan 1844 in Differten (now Wadgassen), Saarland, Germany. Maria (daughter of Johannes Burg and Maria Schilling) was born on 18 May 1822 in Friedrichweiler, Wadgassen, Saarland, Germany; died on 12 Dec 1867 in Friedrichweiler, Wadgassen, Saarland, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 19 Aug 2021

Jacob married Anna Rupp on 5 Oct 1850 in Differten (now Wadgassen), Saarland, Germany. Anna (daughter of Nikolaus Rupp and Maria Schmidt) was born on 25 Oct 1826 in Werbeln, Wadgassen, Saarland, Germany; died on 22 Sep 1897 in Differten (now Wadgassen), Saarland, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]