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Gallagher - Brogan reunions in 1935 and 1941
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- Gallagher - Brogan reunions
First there was a huge family reunion in 1935 that brought members of these families together from several states. It got a lot of press in the local papers.
“Family in
First Annual Reunion: Three hundred at Gathering of
Gallaghers and Brogans at Evergreen Park,” from the Hazleton Plain
Speaker, August 19, 1935
Plans for the reunion, from The Plain Speaker - (PDF
file size = 505 KB)
Plans for the Reunion.
1935
Gallagher - Brogan family reunion with some of the
names provided - (PDF file size = 816 KB)
Photograph of the Gallagher-Brogan Reunion of 1935, and the same photo
as a PDF with names of those who have been identified. Edward and Peter
Gallagher are in this photo.
The
reunion in 1935 was so successful that another one was held
in 1941. Here is Aubrey Powell’s reporting in one of the Hazleton
papers’ “Freeland and North Side News.”