Patrick Drugan Jr. ^{2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

   Cause of his death was Pneumonia.

  General Notes:

Patrick's true birth date seems only to come from parish records in Ireland. For every census in the US, he gave different birth years varying from 1840 to 1852. I believe that the most logical and correct birth date was 12 Oct 1845.

The following are the various birth years that can be approximated based on these documents:
Nov 1840 - from the Drugan Family Records; without any source citations
1843 - from the 1910 and 1920 US census
1845 - from the 1860 Census; the exact date of 12 Oct is supplied by the research of Robert Westphal
1844 - from his obituaries published in Winona, MN
1848 - from the 1870 US Census and the 1905 Wisconsin State Census
Nov 1850 - from the 1900 US Census
1852 - from the 1880 Census
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Glenn Drugan and Miss Anna Drugan were called home from Winona Wednesday on account of the serious illness of their father, Pat Drugan.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 24 Apr 1920, page 13)
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Pat Drugan is reported as very sick with an attack of appendicitis. The doctor is afraid to operate on him on account of his age, he being 76 years old.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican, Winona, MN, 24 Apr 1920, Page 13)
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Patrick Drugan who has been laid up with pneumonia for the past two months was able to come down town for the first time Wednesday.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 3 Mar 1923, page 11)
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  Burial Notes:

I have a copy of a very incomplete and ill-maintained ledger of burials from the local catholic church which is all they have concerning the old Catholic Cemetery. It shows a Patrick Drugan buried in Lot 51, Grave 1, which is at the top of the adjacent row where all the rest of the Drugans are buried. This ledger also lists an Elizabeth Drugan buried in grave 2 along side of Patrick which one would naturally assume would be his wife. Patrick and his wife were NOT the first Drugan's to be buried in this cemetery and one has to wonder exactly why he and his wife were not buried in the Drugan family plot in the next row. Was there some kind of family feud? Patrick and wife are in Lot 51 while the Drugan family plot is in the adjacent row and consists of Lots 65 and 66.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 10 November 1840 and a birth location of County Tyrone, IRELAND.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1843 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1844 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• He immigrated in 1845.
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• He has alternate birth date of 1848 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• He has alternate birth date of November 1850 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1852 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• He immigrated in 1853.
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• He was naturalized in 1858. ^{6 7}

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 July 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 121-122, Family 1013, Roll 1434
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan..14..IRE

(Living with parents.)
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• He was naturalized on 6 April 1868 in Trempealeau, WI.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 11 June 1870. ⁹

1870 US Census
Page 15-16, Family 124
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Pat Drugan..22..IRE..Laborer

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1845, then his age should have been 24 instead of 22.
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• He appeared on the 1875 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1875. ¹⁸

1875 Wisconsin State Census
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
4 males = Patrick Drugan (Sr); (Patrick Drugan Jr, son; Francis Drugan, son; Charles Drugan, son)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 24D, District 72, Family 239, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patsey Drugan..Head..28..IRE..Laborer

(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1845, his age should have been 34 instead of 28.
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• He appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ¹⁰

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

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 13 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 237, Family 191
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 22 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..Nov 1850..49..IRE.. Naturalized..Quarryman..Immig 1853

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - His birth date is believed to be 12 Oct 1845 instead of Nov 1850.
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ¹⁹

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 460, Family 40, Line 64
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Patrick Drugan..Head..57..IRE..Day Laborer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1845, then his age should have been 59 instead of 57.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 77
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Married 31 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..66..IRE..Nat 1858..Laborer on RR Section

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1845, then his age should have been 64 instead of 66.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 6 January 1920. ¹¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 219, Family 91
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned; Sixth Street
Patrick Drugan..Head..76..IRE..Immig 1845..Widowed
Ann Drugan..Daughter..24..WI
Gualdine Drugan..Granddaughter..3y 10m..WI

(Patrick was widowed and living with an un-married daughter and her daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1845, then his age should have been 74 instead of 76.
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 7 January 1926 in Winona, MN.

¹⁴ DEATH OF PATRICK DRUGAN
Patrick Drugan, aged 81, died at the home of his son, William, in Trempealeau Tuesday at 7 p.m. from pneumonia. He was born in Ireland in 1844 and lived in Trempealeau the greater part of his life. Surviving are four sons and one daughter, Edward and William, Trempealeau; D. G. Drugan, 552 West Fifth Street; Harry Drugan, 278 West Second Street; and Mrs. Joseph Hamernik, 553 Hamilton Street. Funeral services will be held at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Trempealeau Friday at 10 a.m., Rev. Father Mechler will officiate, and burial will be made beside his wife in the Catholic Cemetery.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 7 Jan 1926, Page 11)
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• He was buried on 8 January 1926 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

No gravestone markers for Patrick Drugan, Jr. or his wife have ever been found at the Old Catholic Cemetery. However, records for the Catholic diocese show that Lot 51 was owned by "Patrick Drugan" but it is unclear if this mean Patrick Sr. or Patrick Jr.

Lot 51 is not part of the traditional Drugan Family Plot area but rather at the extreme north end of the row immediately to the west. So there are two things that are unclear about this burial spot. First, is it the burial location for Patrick Drugan, Senior or Patrick Drugan, Junior? Second, regardless of who is buried there, why did they choose this location and not one of the empty graves within the Drugan family plot in the next row?

The published obituary for Patrick Junior says that he was buried beside his wife in the Catholic Cemetery. The Diocese of La Crosse WI Deaths/Burials for St. Bartholomew church - Book 2 (1915-1946) lists his date of death 5 Jan 1926 and burial date 8 Jan 1926.

During brush clearing operations in early 2013, an area marked by rocks was discovered. It is located around what would be Lot 51 which is at the far north edge of the row adjacent to where the Drugan Family Plot is located. Old records from the catholic church indicate that Lot 51 was owned by "Patrick Drugan" but does not explicitly state that he was buried there nor does it clarify if it were Patrick Drugan Senior or Junior.
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 8 January 1926 in Winona, MN.

¹⁵ FUNERAL OF PATRICK DRUGAN
Funeral services were held in St. Bartholomew Catholic church in Trempealeau, at 10 a.m. today, for Patrick Drugan, age 81, who died Tuesday at the home of his son William, in Trempealeau. Rev. Father Mechlor had charge of the obsequies and burial was beside Mr. Drugan's wife in the Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 8 Jan 1926, page 6)
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 9 January 1926 in Winona, MN.

¹⁷ The community was saddened Tuesday evening to hear of the death of Patrick Drugan, one of the old time pioneers of Trempealeau, who has resided here for more than 50 years. Patrick was born in Ireland in 1844; came to this country when a boy; to Trempealeau when a young man, and married here. His wife preceded him about ten years ago. His last declining years have been spent at the home of his son William and family. He leaves to mourn his death four sons, Glenn and Harry of Winona, and, William and District of this place, and a daughter.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 9 Jan 1926, page 11)
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• Photo: Old Catholic Cemetery, 15 June 2013, Trempealeau, WI. This shows the entrance gates to the cemetery as seen from 11th Street in Trempealeau. There recently was a lot of brush clearing and clean-up by volunteers so it looks a lot better than it did in years past.

• Photo: Old Catholic Cemetery, 15 June 2013, Trempealeau, WI. This photo shows a lot of the brush clearing and clean-up that was performed at the cemetery in recent weeks.

Patrick married Elizabeth Jane Keeffe, daughter of Michael John O'Keeffe and Margaret O'Shea, on 25 October 1878 in Ettrick, WI.^{2 3 4 5 6 7 16} (Elizabeth Jane Keeffe was born on 24 June 1853 in Kemptville, Ontario, CANADA ^{20 21}, baptized on 31 July 1853 in Kemptville, Ontario, CANADA, died on 21 May 1915 in Trempealeau, WI ^{3 16 22} and was buried on 24 May 1915 in Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ^{3 22 23}.). The cause of her death was Asthma.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 24D, District 72, Family 239, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patsey Drugan..Head..28..IRE..Laborer
Eliza Drugan..Wife..23..CAN..Keeping House
Edmond Drugan..Son..6m..WI..Born in Dec.
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• They appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 20 June 1895. ¹⁰

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 3
Trempealeau (Town), Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan (sometimes indexed as Dreyan)
Males: 5 = Patrick Jr.; (Edmund, son; William, son; David, son; Harry, son)
Females: 2 = (Elizabeth, wife; Anna, daughter)
Birthplace: United States: 5; British America: 1; Ireland: 1

NOTE - At that time the Town of Trempealeau was distinct from the Village of Trempealeau.
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 13 June 1900. ⁶

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 237, Family 191
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 22 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..Nov 1850..49..IRE..Immig 1853.. Naturalized..Quarryman
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..Jun 1855..44..CAN..Immig 1869..5/5
Edmond Drugan..Son..Dec 1879..20..WI..Day Laborer
William J. Drugan..Son..Jul 1882..17..WI..At School
David G. Drugan..Son..Feb 1888..12..WI..At School
Harry R. Drugan..Son..Dec 1890..9..WI..At School
Anna Drugan..Daughter..Dec 1893..6..WI..At School
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• They appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ⁵

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 460, Family 40, Line 64
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned
Patrick Drugan..Head..57..IRE..Day Laborer
Elizabeth Jane Drugan..Wife..48..CAN
Edmund Drugan..Son..26..WI..Liveryman
William J. Drugan..Son..22..WI
David G. Drugan..Son..17..WI
Harry R. Drugan..Son..14..WI
Anne Drugan..Daughter..11..WI
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 77
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Married 31 yrs
Patrick Drugan..Head..66..IRE..Nat 1858..Laborer on RR Section
Elizabeth J. Drugan..Wife..52..CAN..Nat 1874..5/5
Harry R. Drugan..Son..19..WI..Salesman at General Store
Anna Drugan..Daughter..16..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

The Drugans left County Tyrone, Ireland in 1849 and emigrated via New York. The 1900 US Census indicates that Patrick Drugan, Sr. arrived in the USA in 1853. The family likely lived for a short time in Sullivan, Pennsylvania with James Drugan and his family, and then moved to Kane, Illinois. They then moved to Caledonia Township, Racine County, Wisconsin in 1854, and then to the village of Trempealeau in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin around 1855. They first lived near the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau.

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Married: 25 OCT 1878 in Saint Bridget's Catholic Church, Ettrick, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

Name: Patrick Drugan
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Oct 1878
Event Place: Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Drugan
Mother's Name: Annie Coyle
Spouse's Name: Eliza Keefe
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Father's Name: Michael Keefe
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Shea
Reference ID: Marr. 1878 - 1892
GS Film Number: 1275576
Digital Folder Number: 007622474
Image Number: 00013

Citing this Record:
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKR-1PZ : 3 June 2016), Patrick Drugan and Eliza Keefe, 25 Oct 1878; citing Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,576.
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Name: Patrick Drugan
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Oct 1878
Event Place: Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original): Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: American
Race: w
Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Name: Patrick Drugan
Mother's Name: Annie Coyle
Spouse's Name: Eliza Keefe
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: w
Spouse's Race (Original): w
Spouse's Father's Name: Michael Keefe
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Shea

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKT-MM9 : 30 January 2020), Patrick Drugan in entry for Patrick Drugan, 1878.
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Volume: 1
Page: 299
Full Name of Husband: Patrick Drugan, Jr.
Full Name of Wife (Previous to Marriage): Eliza Keefe
Occupation of Husband: Railroading
Residence of Husband: Trempealeau
Birthplace of Husband: Ireland
Place Where Marriage was Contracted: Ettrick, Trempealeau County
Time When Marriage was Contracted: October 25, 1878
By What Ceremony Contracted: Roman Catholic
Names of Subscribing Witnesses: James Donovan and Mary Haligan
Date of Certificate of Marriage: October 25, 1878
Name of the Father of the Husband: Patrick Drugan, Sr.
Name of the Mother of the Husband: Anne Coyle
Name of the Father of the Wife: Michael Keefe
Name of the Mother of the Wife: Margaret Shea
Dated at: Ettrick, Trempealeau, on the 25th day of October, 1878
William White, Catholic Priest, Ettrick, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
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Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 843 - 845:

St. BRIDGET'S PARISH
The early Catholic settlers in the southeastern part of the county were few and widely scattered. Some lived in the town of Ettrick, some in the town of Gale and some in the town of Trempealeau. Being widely scattered, they never formed strong centers, such as we find in the towns of Arcadia, Dodge and Burnside. Having no parochial schools, prospective Catholic families who might otherwise have located there hesitated to do so. Hence the growth of the church in these three townships was not very rapid. Up to this day none of their parishes has sufficient means and a membership large enough to support a resident pastor without the assistance of some outside mission. None of them conduct a parochial school. For thirty-five years the priests residing at Ettrick had Galesville, Trempealeau and Roaring Creek as missions. Considering the distances from one church to another and the condition of the roads, one can easily imagine the hardships endured by the priests in administering to their scattered flock. More than one priest imperiled his life. At present the condition has been somewhat improved by the fact that Trempealeau has a resident pastor with Galesville as a mission, and that the pastor of Saint Bridget's Parish is only obliged to attend to the mission at Roaring Creek. The early settlers in the sixties had no church, but mass was offered occasionally in the homes of some of the Catholics by pioneer priests from Saint Mary's Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Among these is especially remembered Rev. M. Marcoe. Saint Bridget's Parish was organized by Rev. C. A. Gerst in 1869 and the first church was erected at a cost of $2,000 in 1870. On account of hardships connected with the work of Saint Bridget's and its remote missions the good spirits of the pastors were put to such a test, and their health so greatly impaired, that many had to request their bishop for a change after serving but a short time. The list of pastors is as follows:

Rev. C. A. Gerst, 1869 - 1870
Rev. Herman Kamphschroer, 1870 - 1871
Rev. Martin Connolly, 1871 - 1872
Rev. Twohy, 1872 - 1873
Rev. Chas. Gunkel, 1873 - 1875
Rev. N. Flammang, 1875 - 1877
Rev. N. White, 1877 - 1880 **(Married Patrick Drugan Jr., and Elizabeth Jane O'Keeffe)
Rev. J. B. Conroy, 1880 - 1882
Rev. J. H. Neubrand, S. J., 1882 - 1883
Rev. J. Harrier, 1883 - 1884
Rev. J. J. Briene, 1884 - 1889
Rev. Aug. Biersner, 1889 - 1892
Rev. Daniel McElhaney, 1892 - 1895
Rev. Telise Bryne, 1896 - 1899
Rev. M. P . O'Connor, 1899 - 1905
Rev. M. A. Keegan, 1905 - 1906
Rev. B. A. Enis, 1906 - 1907
Rev. Jos. Colling, January 1907 - April 1907
Rev. J. F. McGinnity, 1907 - 1908
Rev. M. Morris, 1908 - 1911
Rev. J. J. Carden, May 1911 - November 1911
Rev. Jos. Buschelmann, 1911 - 1914
Rev. Peter Briody, 1914 - 1917
Rev. Henry Engelhardt, O. M. I., since March 1917

Among these special mention must be given to Rev. White and Rev. Felix Bryne, who greatly improved and renovated the dilapidated condition into which, through age, the property had sunk. In 1904 Rev. M. Mark O'Connor built a church at Galesville, and, for a time, it was thought that the future of the church in this section of the county would be in Galesville. Hence three pastors who followed Rev. O'Connor established their residence at Galesville and Saint Bridget's became a mission. This, however, did not please the people of Ettrick. Greatly chagrined they took a determined stand against such a move. In time it did prove to the ecclesiastical authorities that the move to Galesville was impracticable, and in 1907 the residence of the pastor was reestablished at Ettrick. This served to reunite the people of Saint Bridget's and filled them with new hope and courage. Since then, under the administration of Rev. Briody, they erected a beautiful new church at a cost of $9,000. This church was completed in Jun 1917. Unfortunately Rev. Briody did not see the full completion of the new church. On 5 Feb 1917, he was found dead in his home. On the previous day, which was bitter cold, he attended a sick call twenty miles in the country through large snowdrifts. This overtaxing of himself is supposed to have been directly responsible for his death. By boarding up the windows it was possible to conduct his funeral from the new church. His remains rest in the cemetery to the left of the church.

Saint Bridget's now counts 75 families or 220 souls. Now that they have an inviting church and are united the parish will see a period of great prosperity and healthy growth.

The present pastor, Rev. Henry Engelhardt, is a native of Germany. He was born on Oct. 5, 1886, and ordained on July 9, 1911. He belongs to the congregation of Oblate Missionaries and spent five years as missionary in India. At the outbreak of the war he was interned by the English, for no cause other than that he was a German in an English colony. Being confined for two years in a detention camp, he was released upon the condition that he would leave English soil. Coming to the United States, he was appointed pastor of Saint Bridget's Church. He is a man of great experiences, well versed in many languages, of energetic and courageous disposition, yet kind and winning in his ways. He has made many friends in a short time and already done much for Saint Bridget's Parish.
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