Third Generation


17. John KERRIGAN was born about 1859 in Wisconsin.1,10 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.10 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.4

John KERRIGAN and Margeline E. "Margaret" FERRIES were married on 18 January 1882 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.20,21

Tomah Journal Newspaper Article, dated January 21, 1882: "At the Tomah Catholic church, Jan. 18, 1882, by Rev. J. T. Dorward, Mr. John Kerrigan and Miss margeline E. Ferris, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ferris.

After the ceremony, which took place at 11 o'clock A.M., the happy couple returned to the residence of the bride's parents, with numerous friends, where the festivities were kept up until a late hour." Margeline E. "Margaret" FERRIES, daughter of William H. FERRIES and Margaret HARLAND, was born in 1859 in Wisconsin.1,4,10 (Her given name is listed as "Margeline" in the 1860 and 1880 Census'.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.10 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.4 Margaret appeared in the census in 1875 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.22 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.1 She was living with her parents during the Census.

John KERRIGAN and Margeline E. "Margaret" FERRIES had the following children:

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(Unknown Son) KERRIGAN was born on 16 January 1883 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.23 (The Registration of Births indicates that the child "Was not large enough to name."