Howard EGAN

Birth:
1782
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
5 Aug 1828
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Burial:
7 Aug 1828
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marriage:
1805
Offaly, Ireland
Mother:
Betty
Sources:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998
200th Jubilee Celebration of the birth of Major Howard Egan family packet
Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881
Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo, Community Project 1839-1846
Utah Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937
Ancestry.com
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vol 1-2
Irish Records Extraction Database
Millenium File
A Brief History of the Family of Howard Egan and Anne Meath of Tullamore, Offaly (formerly Kings), Ireland
Happy Trails - Howard Egan, Sr and Anne Meath family
Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
Killeigh, Diocese of Kildare, King's County, Offaly Parish Register
Montreal Presbyterian, Anglican, and Methodist Church Records
Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898
Ireland Civil Register, 1845-1913
Church Records, Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland
Find A Grave Memorials
Notes:
                   NOTE: County Offaly originally Kings County
Anne MEATHE
Birth:
1778
Meelahans, Offaly, Ireland
Death:
15 Feb 1823
Killeigh, Offaly, Ireland
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   NAME: Meathe / Meath / Mead / Meade
Children
Marriage
1
Elizabeth EGAN
Birth:
1806
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
1 Jan 1848
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Henry BENALLACK 
Marr:
29 Apr 1830
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Notes:
                   NAME: Elizabeth / Eliza
DEATH: age 42
2
Mary EGAN
Birth:
1807
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
6 Jun 1857
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Adam HIGGINS 
Marr:
3 Jun 1833
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
3
Ann EGAN
Birth:
1807
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
20 Jul 1825
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   DEATH: in General Hospital, age 18
4
Catherine EGAN
Birth:
1808
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
16 Aug 1869
Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada
John RANSOM 
Marr:
22 Jun 1828
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Notes:
                   NOTE: age 50 in 1861
5
Bernard EGAN
Chr:
20 May 1810
Killeigh, Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
27 Jul 1825
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NAME: Bernard / Barney
6
John EGAN
Chr:
4 Oct 1812
Killeigh, Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
22 Apr 1832
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
Marr:
 
7
Howard EGAN
Birth:
15 Jun 1815
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
15 Mar 1878
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Notes:
                   NOTE: 
1. Title Major Howard Egan
2. From the journal of Howard Egan (Major), he died on 15 March 1878. He died guarding the grave of Pres. Brigham Young (from J. Raman Drake's BYU Masters Thesis - August 1956). He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
3. patriarchal blessings for Howard and Tamson given by Hyrum Smith
4. First Pony Express Rider to bring mail to Salt Lake City
5. Mission served in 1875 - Lamanites
8
Richard EGAN
Birth:
2 Jan 1819
Killeigh, Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
5 Oct 1858
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maria STUART 
Marr:
8 Nov 1841
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
9
Evelina EGAN
Birth:
1 Feb 1823
Killeigh, Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
1 Jul 1825
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NAME: Evaline / Evelina
10
Margaret EGAN
Birth:
1 Feb 1823
Killeigh, Tullamore, Kings, Ireland
Death:
24 Nov 1885
Brant, Ontario, Canada
Timothy COFFEY 
Marr:
16 Aug 1848
Tullamore, Kings, Ireland 
Notes:
                   NAME: Margaret / Gretta
NOTE: did not immigrate with family, but was left in Ireland with an Aunt, probably his wife Ann's sister, Mary
MARRIAGES: FamilySearch shows this Margaret as being wife of three men, Timothy Coffey, Henry Rorke, and John Fetherston, which all overlap with children bearing, etc. difficult to decipher but most likely was only married to Timothy Coffey, father Howard Egan listed on marriage record.
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Howard Egan - Anne Meathe

Howard Egan was born at Tullamore, Kings, Ireland 1782. His parents were Bernard Egan and Betty .

He married Anne Meathe 1805 at Offaly, Ireland . Anne Meathe was born at Meelahans, Offaly, Ireland 1778 .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Elizabeth Egan born 1806.
Mary Egan born 1807.
Ann Egan born 1807.
Catherine Egan born 1808.
Bernard Egan christened 20 May 1810.
John Egan christened 4 Oct 1812.
Howard Egan born 15 Jun 1815.
Richard Egan born 2 Jan 1819.
Evelina Egan born 1 Feb 1823.
Margaret Egan born 1 Feb 1823.

Howard Egan died 5 Aug 1828 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada .

Anne Meathe died 15 Feb 1823 at Killeigh, Offaly, Ireland .