James and Rita MacDonald Galligan Family

Census for James and Rita MacDonald Galligan Household

	1920	1930	1940	1950
Source	Image	Image	Image	Image
Index Name	Galligan	Galligan	Galligan	Galligan
Address	152 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut	152 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut	76 Bishop Street, New Haven, Connecticut	38 Bishop Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Head of Household	James J., 27, carpenter, house builder, renter, born in Connecticut, parents born in Connecticut	James J., 35, carpenter, building, renter, married at 23, born in Connecticut, parents born in Connecticut	James G., 47, carpenter, construction, born in Connecticut	James G., 57, foreman, building insulation, born in Connecticut
Wife	Rita, 26, housewife, born in Connecticut, parents born in Canada	Rita A., 35, housewife, married at 22, born in Connecticut, parents born in Canada	Rita A., 45, born in Connecticut	Rita M., 55, born in Connecticut
Daughter	Grace, 3	Grace R., 13	Grace R., 23, stenographer, plumber shop
Son		Donald J., 9	Donald, 19, office clerk, insurance office
Daughter		Claire, 7	Claire, 17
Daughter		Joan, 3	Joan, 13

Other Information

According to the Connecticut Marriage Index of 1897-1968, James Galligan and Rita McDonald were married in New Haven on May 22, 1916.

In the 1917 Connecticut Military Census, James Galligan was living at 65 Saltonstall Avenue in New haven. He was married, working as a carpenter, was was 5'9" tall, and weighed 140 pounds. He had experience with searchlights. He had served in the Army in Panama as a Private for one year. He could ride a horse, but could not drive a car.

In his 1942 Draft Registration, James Goodrich Galligan was born July 11, 1892. He was living at 76 Bishop Street in New Haven. He worked at the New Haven Carpenter & Cabinet Shop at 69 Clarke Street. His wife was named Rita Anne. He was 5'10" tall, weighed 148, had brown eyes and bown hair, and a ruddy complexion.

Sometime between 1950 and 1973, James and Rita moved to Houston, Texas. James died in 1973 (Find a Grave). Rita died in 1980 (Find a Grave).

Galligan grave at the Veterans Administration Cemetery in Houston. The cemetery was dedicated December 7, 1965. Houston became a national cemetery in 1973 after the passage of the National Cemetery Act. The Houston facility was slightly smaller than the 450 acres of Arlington National Cemetery, to which it was compared.

According to his Death Certificate, James Goodrich Galligan died on August 11, 1973, at Rosewood General Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was buried at Veterans Administration Cemetery in Houston. His occupation was self-employed builder.