Carrigan - Ireland - N.S. [Pictou\Springhill]

[Richard Ward]

I am researching the following Carrigan surname which includes the Pictou\Antigonish areas.

Patrick Carrigan was born approx. 1830. It is unknown if he was born in Ireland or Nova Scotia. It is believed his parents were James Carrigan and Mary

Children of Patrick Carrigan and Mary [] Carrigan:

John Carrigan - [born abt. 1853]
Dennis Carrigan - [born abt. 1855]
Donald Carrigan - [born abt. 1857]
Angus Carrigan - [born abt. 1859]
Daniel Carrigan?? - [Dec 10, 1858 - Sept 12, 1944] - married Annie McEachern
Thomas Carrigan - [born abt. 1861]
Dugald Carrigan - [born abt. 1863]
Patrick Carrigan - [born abt. 1864]
William Carrigan ? - [born ] - died in Springhill explosion, Feb 1891.
buried in Stellarton - married Cassie McDougall
Brigit Carrigan - [born abt. 1868]

** All the above is from 1871 Pictou ³St. Mary¹s² census except: Daniel and William whose
information was provided by Susan Hill - as yet unconfirmed. Also William may have
been married to Cassie McDougall
** Annie McEachern is a daughter of Louis and Isabell McEachern and was born in
Cape George, Nova Scotia. Died and buried in Springhill. Daniel and Annie were
married Feb 01, 1883.
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Dugald Carrigan\Mary Jane O¹Brien

Dugald [Dougal] Carrigan was born in West River, Pictou County. He married
Mary Jane O¹Brien August 09, 1887.
Mary Jane O¹Brien [Feb 23, 1869 - Sept 14, 1924] - daughter of Patrick and
Mary [Delaney] O¹Brien and was born in Antigonish.

Children of Dugald Carrigan and Mary Jane O¹Brien:

2 infants named Joseph who died as babies.
Walter John Carrigan [July 04, 1903 - June 10, 1975] - died unmarried in Seattle, U.S.A.
Robert Carrigan - moved to Fort Pierce, Florida. married Marjorie ??
Dougal Carrigan - ??
Huntleigh Carrigan - moved to Detroit Michigan ??
*William Carrigan [Oct 30, 1892 - Jan 31,1949] died - St Michaels Hospital, Newark, N.J.
Patrick J. Carrigan [Jan 03, 1891 - April 20, 1947] died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Brigit Carrigan - married Arthur Holland - Fort Erie, Ontario
Mae Carrigan - married Warren Gerber in Detroit, Michigan
Evelyn Carrigan - married Irving Norkowski in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Francis Harmon Carrigan [Oct 17,1894 - June 25, 1953] married Mary Margaret Chisholm
Susan Carrigan - married (1) Walter Meuth {1 son Michael} and married
(2) Dan Stairick - Detroit?
Mary Margaret Carrigan [abt. 1891 - June 25, 1968]- died in St. John, New Brunswick

* William Carrigan - of Detroit. See obituary. Died in Newark Hospital.




Daniel Carrigan\Annie McEachern

Daniel Carrigan [son of Patrick] married Annie McEachern [daughter of Lewis and Isabell
McEachern]. married on Feb 01, 1883.

Children:

Lewis Alexander Carrigan [April, 1886\7 - Mar 12, 1964] married *Jesse Dunn of Maccan
Miss Annie Carrigan [July 01, 1898 - Oct 18, 1943] died in Springhill
William Carrigan [ - ] - married ** Frances Reynolds

* Jesse Dunn [1884 - Nov 18, 1969] is a daughter of Michael & Mary Ann Dunn\Maccan
Lewis and Jesse were married Nov 03, 1910.

** Frances Reynolds [July 14, 1893 - March 27, 1968] is a daughter of James Reynolds
She was born and died in Little Dover [Canso], Nova Scotia.
William Carrigan died and is buried in Little Dover [Canso]



Francis Harmon Carrigan\Mary Margaret Chisholm

F. Harmon Carrigan [Oct 17, 1894 - June 25, 1953] married
Mary Margaret Chisholm [July 03, 1903 - May 12, 1977]

Child: Marilyn Ann Carrigan - married Frederick Lloyd Ward, Springhill

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Does this information sound familiar to anyone? It is as accurate as possible and I would like to go further back into this line - hopefully back into Ireland - but I would especially like to make sure it is accurate.

I believe a couple of my gr gr Uncles worked in the mines around Pictou.

Thank you for any help.

Richard Ward
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[Lynn Mac Neil]

Hi Richard,

I was looking at this site and noticed your message. I'm beginning to think I must be related to everyone in Nova Scotia in some way. My Dad, Bernie Mac Neil had a sister named Tina married to Joe Carrigan who are now both passed away. They had three children named John, Neil and a daughter named Phyllis, who live in Pictou County. These are my cousins and are very nice people.

Uncle Joe Carrigan also had a sister Sadie Carrigan who married John Dougall MacNeil. I believed he served in the war in England, but died of TB after he came home.

They had two sons, one named Otis and we are not sure of the other. It is believed Sadie moved to Ontario and may still be alive.

The story goes that the father of Joe and Sadie Carrigan from Pictou County, left the house to get a loaf of bread and never returned. In early days things were pretty tough in raising a family for some folks and those things happened.

If I can be of any further help please email me at [e-mail]

Have a great day

Lynn Mac Neil