Harry Roy Drugan ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was Perforated ulcer/peritonitis.

  General Notes:

Was Harry's birth year in 1890 or 1891? We may never know for sure as there seems to be no definitive birth record. His gravestone indicates 1890 but always remember that such monuments are created by others after the death of the person and therefore are subject to only what the survivors thought to be the correct birth year.

The 1900 Census also indicates a specific birth year of 1890 supposedly as given by Harry. The 1905 and 1910 census records are not specific and his age given on those documents would support a birth year of either 1890 or 1891.

Somehow Harry managed to avoid the 1920 and 1930 Census or else his name is indexed in a grossly misspelled manner. Around 1920 was when he moved from Trempealeau, WI to Winona, MN so he could be enumerated in either location but the 1930 US Census should show him as living in Winona, MN yet his name has not yet been located.

His Draft Registration card that he signed in 1917 indicates a birth year of 1891. His obituary erroneously indicated a birth year of 1893.
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Oral Record from Martha Drugan-Westphal, Mar 2003:
"I was doing a puzzle with uncle Harry when he got sick and got taken to hospital. He had a bleeding ulcer for quite some time. Uncle Harry looked like your uncle David (David Drugan, Jr.) only a little shorter. Aunt Sallie was pretty."
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Earl W. Miller took an auto load of Trempealeau youths to the dance at Ettrick last Thursday. Those making the trip were Harry Drugan, Edward J ohnson, and Paul Martin.

Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 13 Apr 1920, page 7
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Harry R. Drugan, who has been at home during the illness of his father, Patrick Drugan, has reported to work again as a brakeman on the East division of the Northwestern Road.

Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 7 May 1920, page 11
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Earl W. Miller, Edwin Johnson, Harry Johnson and Harry R. Drugan took in the twilight baseball game at La Crosse Thursday between Galesville and La Crosse. La Crosse trimmed Galesville 12 to 6.

Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 17 Jul 1920, page 13
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Harry R. Drugan who is a passenger brakeman on the North-Western Road spent Sunday with his father, and brothers William and Edward.

Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 4 Aug 1920, page 7
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Harry Drugan, who works on the North-Western Railroad as a passenger brakeman, spent Friday here visiting with old friends and relatives.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 10 Nov 1920)
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  Death Notes:

Name: Harry Roy Drugan
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Mar 1933
Event Place: Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States
Event Place (Original): Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Father's Name: Patrick Drugan
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Keiffe
Spouse's Name: Sallie
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD8Y-CGF : 16 January 2020), Patrick Drugan in entry for Harry Roy Drugan, 1933.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 15 December 1891 and a birth location of Trempealeau, WI.

IGI Records provide a year of birth of 1891 instead 1890 which is the commonly accepted year within Drugan family records. The gravestone is marked with 1890.
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• He appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ⁸

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 3
Trempealeau (Town), Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan (sometimes indexed as Dreyan)
Males: 5 = Patrick Jr.; (Edmund, son; William, son; David, son; Harry, son)

(Harry was living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 13 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 237, Family 191
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Harry R. Drugan..Son..Dec 1890..9..WI..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ³

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 460, Family 40, Line 64
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
House owned
Harry R. Drugan..Son..14..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 77
Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Harry R. Drugan..Son..19..WI..Salesman at General Store

(Living with parents.)
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• His occupation on 5 June 1917 was a Passenger Railroad Brakeman in Winona, MN. ⁹

• He resided in Trempealeau, WI on 5 June 1917.
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• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Trempealeau, WI.

Name: Harry Roy Drugan
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1891
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• He resided at 279 West 2nd Street in 1925 in Winona, MN.
1925 Winona, Minnesota, City Directory
Harry Drugan--Brakeman--rms: 279 W. 2nd St.

• He resided at 278 West Second Street in January 1926 in Winona, MN.
A Winona newspaper obituary for Patrick Drugan, Jr. gave Harry's address as 278 West Second Street.

• He resided at 662 West King Street in March 1933 in Winona, MN.

• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 22 March 1933 in Winona, MN.

¹⁰ Harry R. Drugan, 662 West King Street, brakeman on the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway company, died at 4:20 a.m. today at the Winona General hospital following a week's illness. Mr. Drugan was 39 years of age. He was born Dec. 15, 1893, in Trempealeau, Wisconsin and had resided here for 17 years. Survivors are his wife, three brothers, William and Edward of Trempealeau and David Glenn Drugan, 579 West Sanborn Street, and one sister, Mrs. Joseph Hamernik, 1250 West Third Street. He was a member of the American Legion and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 9 a.m. at the St. Mary's church, the Rev. John C. McShane officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's cemetery. Members of the American Legion will be pallbearers.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 22 Mar 1933, Page 3)
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• He was buried on 24 March 1933 in the Saint Marys Cemetery in Winona, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #106336052
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Harry married Sallie Hattie Sikorski, daughter of Joseph Sikorski and Mary Cisewski, on 15 May 1930 in Winona, MN.¹ (Sallie Hattie Sikorski was born on 12 April 1904 in Winona, MN,^{11 12} died on 17 May 1992 in Winona, MN ^{11 12} and was buried on 19 May 1992 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Winona, MN ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided at 264 Vila Street in 1931 in Winona, MN.
1931 Winona, Minnesota, City Directory
Harry R. Drugan--Brakeman--res: 264 Vila Srteet
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  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Licenses - Harry R. Drugan, Winona, and Sallie Sikorski, 224 Franklin Street.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 14 May 1930, page 4)
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Harry R. Drugan, a former Trempealeau boy, and Miss Sallie Sikorski of Winona were married at Winona this week Wednesday. After a short honeymoon the couple will make their home in Winona.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 17 May 1930, Page 12)
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