Individual Details

Michael Joseph MORAHAN

(13 Jul 1879 - 7 Mar 1959)

Sponsors at Michael's baptism were William O'Hara and Mary Ellen Doyle.

Michael worked on the railroads in Ireland and England prior to emigrating to the United States where from 1903 to 1948 he worked as an locomotive engineer with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in Lincoln, Nebraska. Michael returned to Ireland in 1910 in Ireland to marry Emily Logan. The following month Michael returned to Lincoln and Emily lived with her in-laws until she joined her husband in the United States a year later. According to the ship manifest, Michael lived at the time at 33 S. 10th St., Lincoln.

Michael and Emily later moved to Denver, Colorado, where Michael worked for Colorado Southern. He was engineer on the first diesel engine used by Colorado Southern in Colorado.

Note: Michael had a cousin named Patrick Mullany who lived in New York City in 1910. According to Ellis Island records Michael was going to join Patrick in New York prior to his return to Nebraska. It is possible that Michael may have been related to Patrick through his aunt, Ellen O'Hara, who was married to a Patrick MULLEANY. Perhaps Ellen and Patrick had a son named Patrick who emigrated to the United States. There is another MULLEANY connection in that Patrick O'Hara who was Ellen's first cousin once removed was married to a Mary Jane Mulleany.

    Events

    Birth13 Jul 1879Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
    Christen14 Jul 1879Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
    Marriage7 Sep 1910St. Patrick's Church, Galway - Emily Marion LOGAN
    Death7 Mar 1959Denver, Colorado

    Families

    SpouseEmily Marion LOGAN (1884 - 1966)
    ChildFlorence Camilla MORAHAN (1912 - 2003)
    ChildEmily Maurine (Patricia) MORAHAN (1914 - 1996)
    ChildFrances (Frank) Joseph MORAHAN (1915 - 1995)
    ChildLawrence (Larry) Patrick MORAHAN (1921 - 1987)
    ChildGerald Thomas MORAHAN (1926 - 1998)
    FatherOwen MORAHAN (1842 - 1928)
    MotherMargaret O'HARA (1851 - 1940)
    SiblingJohn MORAHAN (1875 - 1953)
    SiblingMary MORAHAN (1877 - 1932)
    SiblingLawrence (Larry) Aloysius MORAHAN (1881 - 1970)
    SiblingBridget Linda (Linda) MORAHAN (1883 - 1958)
    SiblingEugene MORAHAN (1885 - 1935)
    SiblingPatrick (Paddy) MORAHAN (1887 - 1965)
    SiblingWilliam H. MORAHAN (1889 - 1912)
    SiblingThomas (Tom) J. MORAHAN (1891 - 1949)
    SiblingMargaret (Gretta) Mary MORAHAN (1894 - 1912)