The Dugan family
The first Dugan we are sure of is Mark (1822-1868) who married Margaret Shields (1822-1868).
We are aware of four children, Peter, William, Daniel (1850-1902) and Margaret (1859-1942).
Peter Dugan married Lisa.
They had a son named Thomas who married Francis Shields.
Nothing more is known of this line.
Nothing more is known of William's line either.
Daniel Dugan married Margaret Taggart (1854-1898)
They had twelve children
They are:
Elizabeth (1867-1961) married John Duggan.
William (1874----) married Margaret M.
Peter and Daniel were twins.
Peter (1875---) married Kate.
Daniel (1875----) married Bella Stewart(----1912) then Harriet Isabella Brown.
John Kennedy (1879-1962) married Nellie Burnham (1889-1972).
Mary (1881-----)had a son Isa, then married Aubrey Philips.
Joseph (1883---) married Maggie Clark.
Margaret married Sam Cross.
Thomas (1889---) married Helen Liesham.
Isabella (1891----) married Tom Young
Walter (1893----) married a Margaret
Agnes (1897-1992) married George Bruce
Margaret Dugan (1859-1942) married Daniel Shields (1857---)
They had five children
Ellen (1878----) who married John Woods
William (1881----)
Mary Jane (1883---) who married George Campbell
Francis (1886----) who married Thomas Dugan
John (1893-1912)
The Next Generation
The Margaret Dugan and Daniel Shields line
Ellen Shields married John Woods.
Thier children are:
Margaret (1902----)
Robert (1904---)
Mary (1904----)
Robert and Mary are twins.
James (1906----)
Daniel (1908----)
John (1910----)
William (1911-----)
Henry (1914----)
The information for this line was obtained from a living decendant.
Over the years, there has been contact between the North America relatives, and the Australia and New Zealand families.
Letters are exchanged regularily, and visits have been made.
The Daniel Dugan and Margaret Taggart line
Elizabeth married John Duggan
They had a daughter Margaret E., a son and a daughter Joan (1927-1987).
William married Margaret M. and they had two sons Daniel (1898-1918) and William (1900----) who married Jean, and they had a boy and a girl.
Peter married Kate.
They had three sons, John, Peter, and Tom.
Daniel married Bella Stewart, and they had three sons, John, Daniel, and Robert.
Daniel then married Harriet Isabel Brown, and they had Walter, Margaret, Perina, Phyllis, Phylip, and Lidith.
John Kennedy married Nell Burnham.
They had five daughters, Audrey, Beryl, Helen, Isobel, and Betty.
Mary married Aubrey Philips. They had two children.
Joseph married Maggie Clark and they had four daughters and a son.
Margaret married Sam Cross and they had two daughters.
Thomas married Helen Liesham and they had a son and a daughter.
Isabella married Tom Young and they had three daughters, and one son.
Walter married Margaret and they had three daughters and a son.
Agnes married George Bruce and they had two sons.
The connection to Jarratt
The Dugans were from Ireland, then moved to Scotland. We know that they lived in Strathblaine for two generations.
Some then went to Australia.
Margaret (Meg) went to the States, Agnes (Nan)and John came to Canada.
As a child, I remember Aunt Nan and Uncle George visiting, arriving from the west by train.
Aunt Meg lived in the U.S, and she visited as well.
Neither of these two ladies lost thier accents the way John did.
John was a town clerk in Charlton Ont., a store owner in Queensville Ont., and farm owner at Jarratt.
His wife, Nellie Burnham, was the scholteacher at Charlton, where they met.
Joe Burnham, her father and her brother Cliff, were land owners in Charlton.
This was prior to the fire that destroyed the town.
Nells only sister was Alma Pearl who married Ross Nichols. They farmed at Victoria Square north of Toronto. They had three sons.
Cliff had two sons Cecil and Vernon who both died young, and one daughter, Myrtle. She has one son.
Joe Burnham's wife was Mary Onetta Holmes.
Her father, Richard Holmes was born in Grassmere England.
He settled at Adtrea north of Orillia Ontario.
In 1912, Joe Burnham purchased land at Jarratt, and in 1919, Cliff did the same, buyng the adjoining farm.
These were the two Switzer properties.
Joe's wife Mary held the founding meeting of the Jarratt-Coulson Womens Institute at her house, and was a lifelong member, as was her daughter Nell Dugan, and grandaughter Isobel Beard.
Nell and Jack Dugan purchased the property that had been settled by James Cook and Sarah Beard in 1832.
Nell and Jack's daughter Isobel, married James Beard.
James and Isobel later purchased/inherited this land.
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