Lillian May Stoker
F, #773, b. 6 March 1886, d. 11 January 1971
Lillian May Stoker was born on 6 March 1886 at Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas.1,2
Lillian May Stoker married Hugh Harrigan, son of Hugh Harrigan and Anna Marie McCormick, on 16 April 1902 at St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas, other participants were Thomas Brady.3 Lillian May Stoker was operating a gocery store after 1917 at Turck, Cherokee County, Kansas.2
Lillian is head of household on the census of 15 March 1920 at Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas, as Lillian Harrigan. Lillian is a white female 33 years old. She rents her home and was born in Kansas. She is a widow. Her father was born in Kansas and her mother was born in Missouri. She works as a merchant in a variety store. Enumerated with her were Hugh Ambrose Harrigan, Evelyn Mary Harrigan, Gertrude Harrigan, Philomena Harrigan, Josephine Cecilia Harrigan, Emma Christina Harrigan and Anna Marie Harrigan.4
An obituary was in the Columbus paper: Mrs Lillian Harrigan, 84, rural Scammon, died at 3:30 this morning in Mt Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, where she had been a patient one month. She was born in Scammon March 6, 1886. She was married to Hugh Harrigan in February 1902. He preceded her in death in 1917. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of West Mineral. Surviving her in death are five daughters; Mrs Evelyn Haggerty, Raytown, Mo., Mrs Josephine Clasby, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs Philomena Ghilino, Cherokee, Mrs Anna O'Neill, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs Gertrude McKenna, Weir; one son, Hugh Harrigan, Weir, route one; 23 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; one brother, Arthur Stoker, Kansas City, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs Ellen Robinson, Columbus and Mrs Mary DiBella, El Cajon, Calif. The rosary will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Naylor Chapel in Weir. Requiem Mass will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St Bridget;s Catholic Church in Scammon. Father Charles Middleton and Father John Zich will officiate. Burial will be in St Bridget's Cemetery.5
Lillian May Stoker died on 11 January 1971 at Mt Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, at age 84.2 She was buried on 13 January 1971 at St. Bridget's Cemetery, Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas.1,2
Lillian May Stoker married Hugh Harrigan, son of Hugh Harrigan and Anna Marie McCormick, on 16 April 1902 at St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas, other participants were Thomas Brady.3 Lillian May Stoker was operating a gocery store after 1917 at Turck, Cherokee County, Kansas.2
Lillian is head of household on the census of 15 March 1920 at Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas, as Lillian Harrigan. Lillian is a white female 33 years old. She rents her home and was born in Kansas. She is a widow. Her father was born in Kansas and her mother was born in Missouri. She works as a merchant in a variety store. Enumerated with her were Hugh Ambrose Harrigan, Evelyn Mary Harrigan, Gertrude Harrigan, Philomena Harrigan, Josephine Cecilia Harrigan, Emma Christina Harrigan and Anna Marie Harrigan.4
An obituary was in the Columbus paper: Mrs Lillian Harrigan, 84, rural Scammon, died at 3:30 this morning in Mt Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, where she had been a patient one month. She was born in Scammon March 6, 1886. She was married to Hugh Harrigan in February 1902. He preceded her in death in 1917. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of West Mineral. Surviving her in death are five daughters; Mrs Evelyn Haggerty, Raytown, Mo., Mrs Josephine Clasby, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs Philomena Ghilino, Cherokee, Mrs Anna O'Neill, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs Gertrude McKenna, Weir; one son, Hugh Harrigan, Weir, route one; 23 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; one brother, Arthur Stoker, Kansas City, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs Ellen Robinson, Columbus and Mrs Mary DiBella, El Cajon, Calif. The rosary will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Naylor Chapel in Weir. Requiem Mass will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St Bridget;s Catholic Church in Scammon. Father Charles Middleton and Father John Zich will officiate. Burial will be in St Bridget's Cemetery.5
Lillian May Stoker died on 11 January 1971 at Mt Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, at age 84.2 She was buried on 13 January 1971 at St. Bridget's Cemetery, Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas.1,2
Children of Lillian May Stoker and Hugh Harrigan
- Evelyn Mary Harrigan+ b. 25 Nov 1902, d. 8 Aug 1990
- Josephine Cecilia Harrigan+ b. 31 Jul 1904, d. 3 Jul 1987
- Philomena Harrigan+ b. 28 Feb 1906, d. 12 Jan 1983
- Anna Marie Harrigan+ b. 7 Mar 1910, d. 21 Oct 1991
- Emma Christina Harrigan b. 25 Dec 1911, d. 9 Oct 1926
- Mary Harrigan b. 9 Sep 1913
- Gertrude Harrigan+ b. 26 Sep 1914, d. 3 Jul 1997
- Hugh Ambrose Harrigan+ b. 2 May 1916, d. 20 Mar 1988
Citations
- [S8] Tombstone, St. Bridget's Cemetery, Scammon, Cherokee County, Kansas.
- [S233] Ella Buzzard, "Hugh A. Harrigan Family," e-mail to Maurice J. O'Grady, 18 Jan 01.
- [S125] Matr S.E.K. 1878-1924 St. Bridget's Rectory, p. 55.
- [S39] 1 Jun 1920, U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Kansas, Population Schedule Ed 37, Sh 3-B.
- [S233] Ella Buzzard, "Hugh A. Harrigan Family," e-mail to Maurice J. O'Grady, 18 Jan 01, citing the Columbus Daily Advocate (Columbus, KS) 11 Jan 1971.