Individual Details
Eugene MORAHAN
(15 May 1885 - 28 Jul 1935)
Eugene emigrated to the United States in April 1909 and made his way to Butte, Montana where his brother Laurence was living. From his Declaration of Intention (to become a US citizen), made in Montana in March 1911, we know that Eugene was working as a miner in Butte at the time and that he was was 5ft 11ins tall with light brown hair and blue eyes.
Sometime prior to 1920 Eugene moved to the San Francisco area where it is known he worked as a foreman in the shipyards, a steelworker (as per the 1920 census), an automobile mechanic and eventually a labourer doing odd jobs (as per the 1930 census). It is known that he was living in San Mateo, south of San Francisco, in 1920. At some point during the 1920s he visited his brother Michael in Denver and gave each of Michael's children $5, a big sum in those days.
Eugene died tragically at the age of 50 when a fire broke out at his home on Tara St. in San Francisco. His wife, Margaret, was away at the time visiting in the San Mateo area, when in the early hours of Sunday, 28 July 1935 the fire department was alerted to the fire at 283 Tara St. It is believed that Eugene had been smoking his pipe and listening to the radio as usual in the sitting room before going to bed and that the blaze was caused by the pipe which had been left smouldering in the sitting room. The fire was confined to the sitting room but Eugene died from "carbon monoxide poisoning, first and second degree burns to his face, arms, chest and legs". The coroner's report adds that "a quart bottle containing some wine was found in the bedroom".
Sometime prior to 1920 Eugene moved to the San Francisco area where it is known he worked as a foreman in the shipyards, a steelworker (as per the 1920 census), an automobile mechanic and eventually a labourer doing odd jobs (as per the 1930 census). It is known that he was living in San Mateo, south of San Francisco, in 1920. At some point during the 1920s he visited his brother Michael in Denver and gave each of Michael's children $5, a big sum in those days.
Eugene died tragically at the age of 50 when a fire broke out at his home on Tara St. in San Francisco. His wife, Margaret, was away at the time visiting in the San Mateo area, when in the early hours of Sunday, 28 July 1935 the fire department was alerted to the fire at 283 Tara St. It is believed that Eugene had been smoking his pipe and listening to the radio as usual in the sitting room before going to bed and that the blaze was caused by the pipe which had been left smouldering in the sitting room. The fire was confined to the sitting room but Eugene died from "carbon monoxide poisoning, first and second degree burns to his face, arms, chest and legs". The coroner's report adds that "a quart bottle containing some wine was found in the bedroom".
Events
| Birth | 15 May 1885 | Cloonfeacle, Kiltoghert, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim | |||
| Marriage | 15 Feb 1920 | St. Michael's Church, San Francisco - Margaret CLAFFEY | |||
| Death | 28 Jul 1935 | 283 Tara St., San Francisco |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret CLAFFEY (1884 - 1935) |
| Father | Owen MORAHAN (1842 - 1928) |
| Mother | Margaret O'HARA (1851 - 1940) |
| Sibling | John MORAHAN (1875 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Mary MORAHAN (1877 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Michael Joseph MORAHAN (1879 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Lawrence (Larry) Aloysius MORAHAN (1881 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Bridget Linda (Linda) MORAHAN (1883 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Patrick (Paddy) MORAHAN (1887 - 1965) |
| Sibling | William H. MORAHAN (1889 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Thomas (Tom) J. MORAHAN (1891 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Margaret (Gretta) Mary MORAHAN (1894 - 1912) |