My ancestory on the Croghan side.
Owen Croghan married Mary Tierman together they left county Roscommon, Ireland and set for America. They came to a New York harbor And went to Mississippi. They lived there for some time before moving to Illinois and Owen was a blacksmith. They moved to a farm west of Panama in Harrison county. They had ten children one of the Peter Croghan.
Peter Croghan was born in Ireland and at age three moved with his parents he married Elizebeth Hawn they lived in Canada before also moving to Harrison county. Peter and Elizabeth had seven children on of them William Peter Croghan.
William was born in 1888 and married Helen Keane, they lived near Mondamin and retireed in Panama. They had eight children one of them being Peter Thomas Croghan,my Grandpa.
Pete was born Nov. 11 1925 and married my Grandma Adelaide Gaul. Grandpa served in the Korean War, and came back and Married Grandma they moved into the farm house owned by Peter Croghan I. There they had 13 children Mike married Ruth Steven and live in Lakewood, Col, Don married Kathie Rhoder and live in Knoxville, IA, Marilyn married Roy Dobson and live in Ohio, Phil married Jean Powers and live outside Panama, Margret married Tom Goeser and live near Manilla IA, Barb married Rick Bruck and live near Irwin, Theresa married Vincent Wooster and live near Denison IA, Bob married Janet Lefeber and live in Portsmouth IA, Richard married Janie and live now live in the Grandpa's old house, Frank lives in Littleton Col, Alice married Ron Ratigan and live in Panama, Kathaleen married Scott Englander and live in Kansas City, Ray lives in Earling.
Pete Croghan died in a car wreck in 1999 his wife Adelaide moved into Panama and currently resides there
Alice Croghan married Ron Ratigan and had three children Chirstina Michael and David.
The Ratigan side is kind of fuzzy and I couldn't find the right person to know all the Information
what happend was my Grandpa Francis's Mother died and his father remarried and his father died and his step-mom remarried so his parents were his step mom and dad and after he was eighteen they kind of went there seperate ways
Francis Ratigan Married Carmen Blum together they had three children Mike who married Theresa Schmitz they live in Council Bluffs, Linda married Ken Baxter and they live in Council Bluffs, and Ron who married Alice Croghan and they live Panama
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