Matthew Joseph Gallagher

1883 - 1949  (66 years)

• Name	Matthew Joseph Gallagher
  Born	23 May 1883	Gibbonstown, Westmeath, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  	farmer
  Residence	1949	75 Elmwood Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-434741
  Died	30 Aug 1949	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I434741	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Ada Mary Clark,   b. 27 Sep 1881, Rame, Surrey, England ,   d. 21 Mar 1962, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Matthew Robert Gallagher,   b. 20 Jul 1918, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 2004, Ocklawaha, Marion, Florida, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F276064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GALLAGHER, MATTHEW M. Following an illness of six months, on Tuesday, August 30, 1949, at his home at 75 Elmwood Ave, Galt. He was born in Ireland and came to Toronto in 1909. He farmed in Puslinch until 1940, when he came to Galt. He worked for seven years at Sheldon's Ltd. and for the past two years, at the Canadian Brass Co. He was a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Irene Patterson of Hamilton; one son, Matthew R. Gallagher of Hamilton; two sisters, Margaret of New York; May (Mrs. F. Lynch) of Jersey City; and five grandchildren. Funeral from the T. Little and Son Funeral Home on Friday at 9: 45 to St. Patrick's Church for requiem mass at 10, sung by Msgr. E. A. Doyle. Pallbearers: Fred Godfrey, John Beattie, Oscar Simpson, Jack Simpson, J. Westbrook and Paul Schultz. Interment St. Patrick's Cemetery, where Rev. R. A. Jordan officiated. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S544] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - St. Patrick's Roman Catholic CC#4496. In memory of our dear/ mother/ Ada/ 1962/ father/ Matthew/ 1949/ R.I.P./ GALLAGHER/ [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229182283.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1883 - Gibbonstown, Westmeath, Ireland Occupation - farmer - - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Aug 1949 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth