Hi,

I m looking for a John Hagan who married Jane Murphy from New York and settled in New Orleans, d. 1891. His parents were Peter and Mary.

Thanks for your help.

Frank
New Orleans

Hi Frank,

I am a graduate student working on a thesis in New Orleans and I am gathering information on John Hagan, married to Jane Murphy, who died in Chattanooga, lived at 66 Claiborne Street, worked as a stone cutter, had a brother named James and a son named John P. who died in 1923.

If any of this is familiar to you, we're probably researching the same person. I'd be happy to send you the newspaper clippings, directory information, etc. that I've found regarding John Hagan. Please contact me if this is the case.

Best,

Emily

Emily,

I would very much appreciate info you have on John Hagan and Jane Murphy.

Daughter Maude is my grandmother.

I have their marriage certificate from the Archdiocese.

Frank

Dear Frank,

I'm studying John's brother, James Hagan. Both John and James Hagan were stone cutters who worked in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and 2. (James' old marble yard is now the "Rink" across the street from the cemetery) I mostly have newspaper articles concerning him as well as his son, and a few notarial archive documents. I can send you scans of them if you like.

Also, I'm sure you're aware - John Hagan and Jane Murphy are buried in Cypress Grove cemetery at the end of Canal street in New Orleans.

I'm curious how you know who his parents were. Did he and James have any other siblings? Also, that he met Jane Murphy in New York is interesting to me. If James and John were in New York before they arrived in New Orleans, I'd be curious to learn about it.

My e-mail is EAnneFord[at]gmail[dot]com. Feel free to contact me and I can send you those scans.

He was my great great grandmother (sarah) father