O'Hagan Family

O'Hagans
In the early 1800s, John O'Hagan married Rose Malone.
They lived in Newmills, a small village 3 miles north of Dungannon, County
Tyrone, Northern Ireland, which has a population of 400 people today.

They had 7 children:
Denis 1838-1865, father of Thomas Patrick
Patrick
John
Cathe Kerr
Hester
Rose Ann
Mary Jane

On 15 Jan. 1850, Denis O'Hagan (1838-1865) married Maria (aka Mariah) Corr (1834-1902) in Tullyniskan Parish, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

West Point was a full rigged sailing ship like this one 

On Sept. 2, 1850, Denis and Mariah emigrated together from Liverpool on the ship West Point arriving in New York City.

They lived in Brooklyn, NY and had 5 children:

John J. (Uncle John) b. 1853 d. 1909 Georgetown, SC.
He was lighthouse keeper for Charleston Harbor for 30 years. He fell into the water at Sullivan’s Island and drowned. (Newberry Observer, 10/1/1909, page 1)

William (Uncle Willie) b. 1855 Brooklyn, NY

Thomas Patrick b. 1859 Brooklyn, NY d. 1944,
Fernandina Beach, FL

Robert b. 1861 d. April 21, 1922, Nyack, NY

Mary Jane Hamilton Boone O'Hagan

Mariah is buried in the Corr plot in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. It is unknown where Denis is buried, there may be another family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery.

The following are based on notes from Irene Ball,  Dec. 1973 on Papa's brothers and sister, and with new information I've received from cousins. My comments are in Italics:

John and William O'Hagan returned to Ireland with their father for schooling and came back to NY, but the dates they traveled and where they went in Ireland is unknown. They both eventually settled in Charleston, SC.

John O'Hagan married Hannah. They adopted a son who graduated from the Citadel and moved to California and changed his name. John was the lighthouse keeper at Georgetown and drowned off of Sullivan's Island, SC in September 1909. Hannah remarried.

William O'Hagan married Elizabeth Nolan, and they had six children:

William Jr. (married Mary, no children. Had an antiques business in Charleston, SC),
Mary (married Peter Swearin, 5 sons and 2 daughters,),

John J. O'Hagan married Helen, and they had1 son and 2 daughters. Their daugher Helen lived in NYC.

"The bulk of [of actress Claudette] Colbert's estate was left to a friend, Helen O'Hagan, a retired director of corporate relations at Saks Fifth Avenue, whom Colbert had met in 1961 on the set of the her last film and who cared for Colbert following her 1993 strokes, " from Wikipedia. There's also an article in Vanity Fair about Colbert that includes information about Helen. Helen also wrote a book, Bill Blass, an American Designer.

Loretta O'Hagan married William Joseph Croghan who opened Croghan's Jewel Box in 1919 on King St. in Charleston. Their daughter, Loretta (b. Dec. 28, 1921 d. July 25, 2009) was owner and manager of Croghan's Jewel Box. She married George Ramsay (d. 1985) in 1950, and they had four children, Dr. Alex Ramsay, Mariana Ramsay Hay, George Ramsay and Rhett Ramsay Outten; and eight grandchildren, Mary, Alex and George Ramsay, Kathleen, Mariana and Mikell Hay, and Anna and Caroline Outten.

Vincent Boone never married.

Robert L. never married and died young.

Robert O'Hagan  Born Christmas Day 1861, the youngest son of Denis and Moriah Corr O'Hagan. He was 4 years old when his father died. His mother sent him to live with his grandmother in Monmouth, NJ. She operated a business with her brother Joseph Elliott Corr in the business district of NYC, and she thought the country would be better for the young children. He had a wonderful time with her grandmother with lots of singing and music. When she died, Robert returned home to his mother where she was running a real estate and employment office and he worked there, too.

Robert met Elizabeth Hanlon of Buffalo at his mother's home. He was playing the violin and fell in love with her at first sight. They were married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC on April 25, 1887. They ran a grocery tore and then moved to Nyack, when they began their family feeling the country was a better place for children. They had 4 children:  Marie, Thomas, Marguerite and Robert Jr. Robert died on April 21, 1922 when he as struck by a car when he crossed the street. Robert and Elizabeth are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack.

Marie married John P. Weis and had a daughter Antionette ( b. Apr. 27, 1930) who never married. John Weis was an inventor and widow with 2 children from his first marriage, Gerald and Eleanor (Mrs. Charles Johnston, 2 children Jacqueline and Armand).

Thomas married Estella Connolly of Piermont, NY; they ran bakeries in Nyack and Boonton, NJ.

Marguerite never married.

Robert Jr. married Elizabeth Marie Tissier on June 7, 1922. Robert served in the Navy in WWI and died May 5, 1946 and is buried near his parents. They had a son, Thomas John O'Hagan Jr., born on Halloween, 1923. Tom Jr. was an ensign in WWII in the Pacific, and graduated from Mulenberg College, Allentown, PA. He married Shirley Jean Grosset. Tom Jr. divorced in the 1960s and he remarried Betty.  Shirley moved to Ocala, FL where she lived with her daughters,  Gail and Kathleen. Gail O'Hagan married Steve Sauer and lives in Peachtree City, GA. They have 2 children, Kerri Sauer and Kevin Sauer. Kathleen O'Hagan married Stan Dudley and live in Weirsdale, FL. They have two children, Kristen and Gregg. Kristen Dudley Underwoond is divorced and has two children, Miranda and Joshua Underwood. Gregg Dudley is married to Renee Oss Dudley and they have two children, Reed and Hannah Dudley.


Mary Jane Boone Hamilton O'Hagan, only daughter of Denis and Moriah O'Hagan,
married Dave Kerr. They had no children. They lived in New York for many years, ad later moved to Ashville, NC, where they are buried. They spent  winters visiting brother Tommy in Fernandina and with brothers John and William in Charleston, SC.

1870 Census, Marlboro, Monmouth, NJ 
"John Car" b. about 1800 in Ireland, w. "Mary Car." B. about 1800, "Mary Jane O'Hagan," grandaughter is living with her grandparents, and with brother, "Robert O' Hagan"; Mary Jane was born in 1859 in New York.

Notes from Aunt Irene 1973 on the children of Thomas Patrick O'Hagan and Julia Schuppe:

Family Record from O'Hagan Family Bible

Mary Jane (Aunt Janie) O'Hagan married Rollo Anthony Pate b. 1886, Hawkinsville, GA, died 1935, buried Quitman, GA. She is buried in Bosque Bello with her parents. 2 children: Mary Louise and Rollo Pate, Jr. Louise married S. C. Dusty Miller, and lived in Tullahoma, TN. Rollo Pate Jr. is buried in Knoxville. 

Charlotte Maria (Aunt Lottie) O'Hagan married J. Cyrus Freeborn who died in 1935. Both are buried in the Old Cemetery in Jacksonville, FL. No Children.

Irene Elizabeth O'Hagan (my Granny Ball) married James Norman Ball in Fernandina Beach on June 21, 1914. James Norman Sr. died May 22, 1940 and is buried in Bay Pines Cemetery in Pinellas County, FL. They had 3 children. William Edward, Irene Marguerite and James Thomas. Bill married Matsue Tsuji from Tokyo and they had 3 daughters, Irene O'Connor, Mary Ball and Rachel Zahn. Irene Marguerite never married. James Thomas married Lorraine Wetherford of Tampa, FL.  James Thomas drowned April 1, 1967, and  is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tampa. They had 3 daughters, twins Alice Jane and Marilyn, and Janet Irene, and a son, James, Jr.

Thomas John O'Hagan married Helen Morse. They had 2 children, Thomas John Jr., who never married, and Helen Gerard who married Jay Sintes. They had 6 children.

Julia Catherine O'Hagan married Harry Campbell Rogers. They had 3 sons,

Harry Campbell Rogers, Jr. married Ruth McIntosh in Jacksonville, FL, They had 6 children Harry III, Anita, Vickie Helenthal, Dianne, Steve and Teddy,

Thomas O'Hagan Rogers married Lucille DeLettre, Knoxville, TN. They had 3 children, Gail, Kathy and Beverly.

Richard (Dick) William Rogers married Pauline E. Skaggs in 1945. They had 4 children, Richard, Jr., Janet, Robin and Linda. Divorced in 1963. Married Janice (of Japanese decent), had 3 children, Lawrence (Larry), Laurie and Lynette. 

Agnes Ackley O'Hagan died young and is buried in Bosque Bello Cemetery.

Agnes was 20 years old when she died on Sept. 30, 1918. The story I have heard is that she died of a shotgun wound. There were no witnesses, but they believe that she was throwing garbage down the hill toward Egan's Creek when she saw a rattlesnake and when to the house for the shotgun to kill it. They found her on the ground with the shotgun nearby and one of her shoes off her foot with the heel broken off. They came pretty quickly when they heard the gunshot.

William Robert O'Hagan died of lockjaw and buried in Bosque Bello. There is a plot beside him that was intended for his twin sister, Edith.

William died on June 7, 1915 of lockjaw. He was 14 years old.

Edith Theresa O'Hagan died and is buried in the State Hospital in Chattahoochee, FL where she was a resident for many years.

Edith was admitted to the Florida Mental Hospital at Chattahoochee, FL between 1920 and 1930. Census records for 1920 list Edith as part of my grandmother Irene and her husband James Ball's household along with her brother Joe O'Hagan. She is listed in the 1930, 1940 and 1945 Census at Chattahoochee. She died there on Sep. 27, 1982, and she is buried there.

Joseph Elliot Boone O'Hagan married Elsie of Norfolk, VA where they lived in the Princess Ann area with 4 children Beverly, Joe Jr., Pamela and Tommy. Tommy is living in Jacksonville.

James Lawrence O'Hagan married Elizabeth Sturgis, had one son James Lawrence, who married Denise Titcombe and had a son, James Lawrence. After Denise died, Jimmy remarried Becky Fiveash and had 2 children, Michael and Dana (Kevin McCoy). Jimmy and Becky live in Fernandina.

David Cowie O'Hagan married Caroline Van Brunt ( b. Oct. 29, 1910 d. Oct. 16, 1988), and had 3 children. Marie (married Bob Beller, 5 children, Raleigh, NC), David Jr. (music professor at University of Missouri), and Richard Patrick. Uncle David was the lighthouse keeper at St. Simon's Island Lighthouse, GA. He and his wife are buried in Christ Church Frederica Cemetery, Glynn Co., GA.

Rachel Cecelia O'Hagan married Joseph Francis Bruni. They had 3 children, Mary Catherine married Cecil Alvin Bennett, Jr. and had 3 children Al (Mary), Cecelia Ann (Kevin McCarthy) and Julie; Gloria Louise married Peyton Bradley and had 6 children; and Joe Jr., married Dana Hardee and had 4 children.