Anne Coyle ^{1 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1809 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1810 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1815 and a birth location of Ireland.

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• She immigrated in 1849 to New York, NY.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 121-122, Dwelling 1130, Family 1013, Roll 1434
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Ann Drugan..45..IRE
(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Dec 1807, then her age should have been 52 instead of 45.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 11 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 15-16, Dwelling 126, Family 124
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Ann Drugan..60..IRE..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date were 23 Dec 1807, then her age should have been 62 instead of 60.
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• She appeared on the 1875 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1875. ⁹

1875 Wisconsin State Census
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
1 female = (Anne Coyle, wife)
(Living with husband and 3 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 29A, District 72, Dwelling 290, Family 298, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Ann Dougan..Wife..71..IRE..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 Dec 1807, then her age should have been 72 instead of 71.
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• She appeared on the 1895 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1895. ⁵

1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 1
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Ann Drugan:
Males: 2 = (Francis, son; Charles, son)
Females: 1 = Anne Drugan

(Anne was widowed and living with 2 sons.)

NOTE - Living next door was another married son, Andrew and his family.
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• She was buried on 25 April 1897 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

The somewhat limited records of burials in the old Catholic cemetery do not indicate any burials for Patrick, Sr., and his wife, Anne. No visible grave marker can be found. The La Crosse Diocese death/burial records for St. Bartholomew church in Book 1 (1874-1913) lists a Mrs. Anna Drugan died 23 Apr 1897 and was buried 25 Apr 1897. There is no visible gravestone.

Find A Grave Memorial #72927876
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 30 April 1897 in Winona, MN.

¹⁰ DIED - At her residence in Trempealeau, Wis., Friday morning, April 23, Mrs. Peter (sic) Drugan, aged 90 years and five months. Mrs. Drugan was one of Trempealeau's oldest settlers, having lived there 43 years. She was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1807.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 30 Apr 1897, page 3)

NOTE - The name of the husband should read as "Patrick" instead of "Peter".
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Anne married Patrick Drugan Sr., son of Andrew Drugan and Mary Loughran, about 1831 in Ireland.^{1 7} (Patrick Drugan Sr. was born on 17 March 1802 in County Tyrone, IRELAND,^{1 3 7 11 12} died on 11 November 1882 in Trempealeau, WI ^{7 11 12 13} and was buried after 11 November 1882 in Old Catholic Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ¹².). The cause of his death was Senile pneumonia.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 18 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 121-122, Family 1013, Roll 1434
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan..50..IRE..Farmer
Ann Drugan..45..IRE
Andrew Drugan..23..IRE
Selah Drugan..15..IRE (aka Frank)
Patrick Drugan..14..IRE
Peter Drugan..10..IRE
Charles Drugan..5..WI

NOTE - Lived next door to his brother, Francis Drugan.
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 11 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 15-16, Family 124
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Drugan..66..IRE..Lime Burner
Ann Drugan..60..IRE..Keeping House
Frank Drugan..26..IRE..Laborer
Pat Drugan..22..IRE..Laborer
Peter Drugan..21..IRE..Laborer
Charles Drugan..18..IL

NOTE - The illiteracy of the family showed on this census record as it became apparent that they could not even remember the birth years or ages of the children. In this 1870 census report, Patrick, Sr. was reported as 66 when he should have been 68, Ann was reported as 60 when she should have been 52, Frank was reported as 26 when he should have been 24 and Pat was reported as 22 when he should have been 19 or 20. I sometimes wonder if the enumerator interviewed a well meaning neighbor instead of a family members.
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• They appeared on the 1875 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1875. ⁹

1875 Wisconsin State Census
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
4 males = Patrick Drugan (Sr); (Patrick Drugan Jr, son; Francis Drugan, son; Charles Drugan, son)
1 female = (Anne Coyle, wife)
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 1 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 29A, District 72, Family 298, Roll 1448
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Patrick Dougan..Head..78..IRE..Farmer
Ann Dougan..Wife..71..IRE..Keeping House
Frank Dougan..Son..35..IRE..Laborer
Charles Dougan..Son..26..WI..Laborer
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  Marriage Notes:

The Drugan's left County Tyrone, Ireland and arrived at the port of New York, NY in May 1848 (per Patrick Drugan, Sr. naturalization documents) Whether they emigrated as a family or individually is not known. Patrick Drugan, Jr. naturalization papers indicate he arrived in New York from Ireland in 1849.

Upon arrival, they may have lived for a short time with the James Drugan family in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.

They settled in Kane County, Illinois near the town of Elgin, remaining there until around 1854 when they moved to Caledonia Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Of the 5 sons born to Patrick Drugan, Sr., all except one were born in Ireland. Only the son Charles Drugan was an American-born son of Patrick, born in Illinois in 1852. He was not the first American-born Drugan. That distinction goes to Thomas, son of Francis Drugan and Mary Malanaphy, born in 1848 in Illinois.

Their original homestead was near the Old Catholic Cemetery in Trempealeau.
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All of the Drugans arriving in the US were eventually naturalized. There is some debate as to whether or not Peter Drugan was born in Ireland or in Kane County, IL. Census records indicate Ireland, while his death record indicates Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Furthermore, no naturalization records have yet been found for Peter Drugan, while other members in his family are listed as follows:

INDEX OF NATURALIZATIONS
Document No. 141

Frances Drugan----Filed: 29 Mar 1856--Born in Ireland
Patrick Drugan----Filed: 29 Oct 1858--Born in Ireland,1803
Andrew Drugan----Filed: 30 Oct 1858--Born in Ireland, 1835
Francis Drugan----Filed: 6 Apr 1868--Born in Ireland, 1845
Patrick Drugan----Filed: 6 Apr 1868--Born in Ireland, 1847

Source: University of Wisconsin, Murphy Library, La Crosse, WI
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This census entry from 1850 is probably the wrong family but the similarities are striking. The Drugans were supposed to be living in Racine County, Wisconsin around that time, and Patrick wife's name was Anne. Some of the children's names aren't the same but some of the ages come very close.

1850 US Census
Page 145, District 1, Dwelling 1764, Family 1848
Norway, Racine County, Wisconsin
19 Sep 1850
Patrick Dugan...40..Male..IRE
Ann Dugan...40..Female..IRE
Ann Dugan...14..Female..IRE
M. Dugan...10..Male..IRE
Margaritt Dugan...9..Female..IRE
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In 1880, the census shows that married sons Peter and Andrew both lived on each side of their parents, Patrick and Anne.
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Patrick and Anne's graves are unmarked with the location being "Near Town". The land for this cemetery is part of the farm that they owned, land donated by Patrick Lowery. That statement of "near town" is confusing considering that the cemetery was probably established in 1880 and Patrick did not die until 1882. It is not known for certain if Patrick and Anne are actually buried within the Old Catholic Cemetery and there are no markers to indicate that they were. Patrick owned 120 acres of land in Section 24 which is just on the NW side of the existing Old Catholic Cemetery. He sold all or part of his farm to Patrick Lowery who in 1880 donated some of land to the Catholic diocese for use as a cemetery. They may have been buried on a part of their farm that was not donated to the Catholic diocese. If so, those grave sites on the farm may have long since been obliterated by the current owner of the farmland. The only clue to the location of their graves comes from the description of "close to town".
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There have been many discussions concerning the cemetery land and the Drugan farm land. Researcher Robert Westphal, Jr. remarks, "Wow. I recall uncle Eli (Motschenbacher) telling me that the cemetery was surrounded by land that used to belong to the Drugans. I was never quite clear about which cemetery he was always talking about, since we'd hit all of them each summer. I guess that means that the Drugan's sold out to Patrick Lowery at some point. Another mystery is that uncle Eli said that the Drugan's (don't know which one) owned a small house and some land out on the road going to Perrot Park, near where Carl Keefe lived. I've never been able to substantiate this... got any info?

Apparently the answer to the two statements about the Drugan land are this. The Patrick Drugan land was 120 acres in Section 24 while the cemetery is on Patrick Lowery land just to the southwest in Section 23. Therefore the cemetery was never "surrounded by land that used to belong to the Drugans." The second statement about Drugan land on the road going to Perrot Park most likely was for another Drugan probably after Patrick Drugan had died. Researcher Dale Ebersold replied on 7 Feb 2013, Eli Motschenbacher (my dad's coon hunting buddy) told you right about land belonging to the Drugans on the way out to Perrot Park. It's the west prairie road, not the river road just before leaving the Trempealeau village limits. It's now called Pine Street till 10th Street, then becomes Park Road. I believe the house is still standing. As you leave Trempealeau on Pine Street, take a left on 10th. There's a new home on the corner facing 10th Street but the next one is a small white home also facing 10th Street. I had that Drugan house as part of my paper route in the late 40's before I began high school. I think it belonged to the "old" Hubie (Hubert) Drugan. I believe the old Shrake house was where the new corner house is standing.
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The actual land transfers for the Old Catholic Cemetery went like this. Patrick Lowery, on 17 Apr 1880, for "a dollar in hand," had "given granted bargained sold" three acres of his farm to the La Crosse Diocese. Then on 9 Aug 2007, the La Crosse Catholic Diocese did a "quit claim deed" assigning the land to the local St. Bartholomew parish in Trempealeau.
(Source: Dale Ebersold, 7 Feb 2013)
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