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Ellen Bridget Gallagher
1831 - 1902 (70 years)
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Name Ellen Bridget Gallagher Born 22 Dec 1831 Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 
Gender Female Died 11 Jun 1902 Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States Buried 13 Jun 1902 Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States Person ID I207 Staples-Record Last Modified 30 Mar 2015
Father John Gallagher, b. 1802, Ireland , d. Abt 1846 (Age 44 years) Mother Ellen Hines Duffey, b. 1815, Mayo, Ireland , d. 10 Apr 1877, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (Age 62 years) Married Mar 1828 Chadistine Marriage, Chaddesden, Derby, England Family ID F134 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Cottam, b. 17 Mar 1828, Winwick, Ashton-In-Mackerfield, Lancashire, England , d. 31 Aug 1910, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) Married 21 Sep 1851 Makersfield, Lancashire, England Children 1. Eliza Cottam, b. Abt 1851, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England , d. 1 Apr 1854 (Age ~ 3 years)2. Thomas Cottam, b. Abt 1853, Ashton, Lancashire, England , d. 1853, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 0 years)3. Samuel Cottam, b. Abt 1853, Ashton, Lancashire, England , d. 1853, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 0 years)4. Peter Cottam, b. 1854, Ashton, Lancashire, England 5. James Moroni Cottam, b. 30 Mar 1856, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 6 Sep 1934, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 78 years)6. Hannah Cottam, b. 1859, Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom + 7. John Cottam, b. 5 Aug 1861, Ryhope, Durham, England , d. 16 Oct 1929 (Age 68 years)8. George Cottam, b. 5 Aug 1861, Ryhope, Durham, England , d. 28 Aug 1861 (Age 0 years)9. Betsy Cottam, b. 5 Aug 1861, Ryhope, Durham, England , d. 28 Aug 1861 (Age 0 years)+ 10. Margaret Cottam, b. 6 Aug 1863, Osborn, County Durham, England, United Kingdom , d. 29 Oct 1939, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 76 years)11. Ann Ellen Cottam, b. 5 Dec 1865, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 5 Oct 1936, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)+ 12. William Cottam, Jr, b. 24 May 1868, Colerain, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 3 Jun 1925, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 57 years)13. Elizabeth Jane Cottam, b. 6 Aug 1870, Porterville, Morgan, Utah Territory, United States , d. 31 May 1960 (Age 89 years)14. Martha Cottam, b. 10 Apr 1873, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States , d. 5 Oct 1960 (Age 87 years)15. Mary Cottam, b. 10 Apr 1873, Porterville, Morgan, Utah Territory, United States , d. 17 Jun 1938, Lovelock, Pershing, Nevada, United States (Age 65 years)16. Eva May Cottam, b. 12 Nov 1875, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States , d. 17 Jan 1909 (Age 33 years)Last Modified 10 Jul 2015 Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 22 Dec 1831 - Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom 
Died - 11 Jun 1902 - Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States Buried - 13 Jun 1902 - Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Ellen Bridget Gallagher
Portrait
William and Ellen Bridget Cottam Family Portrait
Front Row: Martha C. Peterson, Eva Mae C. Parker, Mary Nelson
Middle Row: James Moroni Cottam, William Cottam, Bridget Ellen Gallagher, Margaret C. Arbon
Back Row: William Cottam Jr., John Cottam, Elizabeth Jane C. Jensen, Ann Ellen C. Allen
Histories 
Life of Ellen Bridget Gallagher Cottam
Material gathered by Margarat Arbon and Ada Taylor, written by Charolette Johnson Taylor (Mrs. Fred Taylor) on August 12, 1924
Life of Bridget Mary Ellen Gallagher Cottam
Material gathered by daughter Margaret Cottam Arbon and rewritten by granddaughter Mabel Ellen Cottam Ellis - December 18, 1980
Brief History of Early Snowville, Utah
Compiled by John T. Arbon
Biography of Ellen Hines Duffy Gallagher: 1815-1877
Albums 
Album for William Cottam and Ellen Bridget Gallagher (44)
This Album contains photographs, newspaper articles, certificates, and histories pertaining to William and Ellen Cottam, their descendants and ancestors.
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Notes - Ellen Bridget (Gallagher) Cottam
Contributed By PitloGaryPalmer1 · 8 October 2014
William and Ellen Bridget Gallagher Cottam Written by their daughter Elizabeth Jane (Cottam) Jensen I would like to tell the younger generation about my parents. William was born on March 17, 1829 in England. My mother Bridget, they called her, was of Irish descent but was born in England on Dec. 22, 1831. William was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or Mormon Church as a young man and later Bridget was baptized. They were married in England on Sept. 5, 1852. Mother was working as a nurse in a hospital in England. William would go with the missionaries and he also taught Sunday school. They were blessed with many children, two sets of twins and one set of triplets. They had several pass away before they left England. William came to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania to earn money to send for his family. Bridget worked in a hospital to earn money as well. She did not tell William that she was pregnant before he left for America. William earned enough money for his wife and youngest child to migrate. But that was not good enough for mother, she worked hard to raise the money needed to bring the entire family. Nellie, the youngest child, was only 9 days old when they set sail. A large storm came up and all those onboard the ship were frightened. Many of them gathered around mother because they knew she had allot of faith. She held the clothes of the baby under her dress to try to keep them dry. It took 6 weeks to sail to New York. When mother arrived our father was not there to meet her. The ship's captain helped care for them for a time until he could meet up with them to take them to Pennsylvania. A son named William was born in Pennsylvania. They saved to make the move west. They came in the first freight train in 1869. They moved to Porterville, Utah, which is located near Morgan. Mother was a midwife using her nursing skills learned in England. She was promised by a patriarch that she would never lose a mother giving birth. She delivered over 300 babies in her lifetime. She went on to have 4 more babies of her own. They were all girls, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha (twins) May and Eve. About 3 months before the twins were born she rode in a covered wagon to the Salt Lake Endowment House to be sealed as an eternal family. William, my father, started a brick plant. He bought the first coal oil lamp and cook stove in Porterville. He also worked in the mines in Wyoming. They moved their family to Snowville, Utah. They eventually ran a store there which still stands today. Bridget was the mother of 19 children, 7 of them died while they lived in England before they moved to America. These were hard times sometimes we were hungry. But our father did the best that he could to provide for us. Mother would get payment for her midwife services in the way of food or other items. Their children married and started families of their own. Father passed away on Aug. 30, 1910 and mother on June 11, 1902 both in Snowville.
- Ellen Bridget (Gallagher) Cottam
