Gerald Thomas Flanagan1,2,3
M, b. November 1884, d. 21 December 1970
Gerald Thomas Flanagan was born in November 1884 at Texas.1 He was the son of Michael B. Flanagan and Amanda Jones.1,4 The cause of death for Gerald Thomas Flanagan was a cerebral hemorrage.5 He died on 21 December 1970 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 86.6 He was buried on 23 December 1970 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.5
Citations
- [S114] 1900 U.S. Census, FamilySearch United States Census, 1900, database with images; Gerald Feagan in household of Manda Feagan, Dallas city Ward 7, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 17B, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,625; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021 ((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LZ-CBP).
- [S180] 1910 U.S. Census, FamilySearch; "United States Census, 1910," database with images; Jerold Flannigan in household of Mandy Flannigan, Dallas Ward 7, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1544; FHL microfilm 1,375,557; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M9-3M3).
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 database on-line; Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Dallas County; Draft Card: F; Original data:United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Publication: The Dallas Time Herald, Dallas, Texas; Date: 8 Apr 1921; Page 7; Accessed: 3 Apr 2121.
- [S28] Family Search, online http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976;, Gerald Thomas Flanagan; Death certificates; 1970; Vol: 173; certificates 086001-086500, Dec; Dallas county; image 209 of 524; State Registrar Office, Austin; Accessed: 7 Apr 2022 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GY1Q-SW3C : 22 July 2014).
- [S28] Family Search, online http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976;, Gerald Thomas Flanagan; Death certificates; 1970; Vol: 173; certificates 086001-086500, Dec; Dallas county; image 209 of 524; State Registrar Office, Austin; Accessed: 6 May 2021 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GY1Q-SW3C : 22 July 2014).
Helen Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S119] 1930 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com; 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Page: 38A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 2342050; Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Accessed: 6 Apr 2021.
James Earl Flanagan1,2,3
M
James Earl Flanagan is the son of Edward McDonald Flanagan and Dollie Lenora Stuart.4,3 He married Esther Elizabeth Tate on 30 July 1948 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.5
Citations
- [S179] 1920 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com; 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1920; Census Place: Dallas Precinct 22, Dallas, Texas; Roll: T625_1792; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 43; Original data:Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City); Accessed 6 Apr 2021.
- [S119] 1930 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com; 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Page: 38A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 2342050; Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Accessed: 6 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]; "James Earl Flanagan"; The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 474; Original data: Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 1940 - 1945. 1691 boxes. NAI: 2169790. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, Record Group 147. National Archives and Records Administration, St Louis, Missouri; Accessed: 7 Apr 2021.
- [S179] 1920 U.S. Census, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1920; Census Place: Dallas Precinct 22, Dallas, Texas; Roll: T625_1792; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 43; Original data:Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City); Accessed 6 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 [database on-line]; "James Earl Flanagan"; Dallas County Clerk's Office; Dallas, Texas; Dallas County Marriage Records; Accessed: 7 Apr 2021.
Katherine Juanita Flanagan1
F, b. 10 May 1921, d. 21 May 1922
Katherine Juanita Flanagan was born on 10 May 1921 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.1,2 She was the daughter of William Martin Flanagan and Sarah Elizabeth Alsbrook(s).1 The cause of death for Katherine Juanita Flanagan was lobar pneumonia complicated by bronchitis.1 She died on 21 May 1922 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 1.1 She was buried on 22 May 1922 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.3
Citations
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]; Katherine Juanita Flanagan; Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA; Accessed: 4 Apr 2022.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [database on-line]; Flanigan; Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah; Accessed: 4 Apr 2022.
- [S28] Family Search, online http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp, "Texas, Dallas County, Oakland Cemetery Interment Cards, 1891-1999"; Katherine Juanita Flanagan; Citing: Oakland Cemetery Lot Owners Association, Dallas, Texas; Accessed: 4 Apr 2022 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34D-CSGF : 12 March 2020).
Lorene Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S119] 1930 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com; 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1930; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Page: 38A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 2342050; Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Accessed: 6 Apr 2021.
Marguerite G. Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S181] 1940 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Will Ed Flanagan; Year: 1940; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04178; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 255-182; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls; Accessed: 9 Apr 2022.
Mary Kathleen Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]; William Odel Flanagan; Original data:Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche; Accessed: 9 Apr 2022.
Michael B. Flanagan1,2,3
M, b. circa 1832, d. 16 September 1897
Michael B. Flanagan also went by the name of Micke.4 He was born circa 1832 at Ireland.5 He married Amanda Jones before 1878.4,1 He died on 16 September 1897 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.2,3,5
Michael B. Flanagan died of an apparent suicide as reported by the Dallas Morning News on 18 Sep 1897.
Out on Cockrell avenue, near the cotton mills, there is an unpretentious frame building known as the "Cotton Mills Gospel Mission." Every Wednesday and Friday services are held at night and Mr. C. M. Seay preaches to the little flock of worshippers who assemble there.
Last night the mission doors were thrown open at the usual hour and Mr. Seay arrived at about 8 o'clock to conduct services. On the blackboard near the pulpit were written these words:
"Come upstairs, Bro. Seay."
Mr. Seay read the message and hastily ascended the stairway leading to the altar. It was a message from the dead. There, lying at full length upon the floor, with his hands folded across his breast, was M. B. Flanagan, a man 65 years old and a regular attendant at the mission services. Under his head was a pulpit cushion and by his side was a Bible. His coat and shoes were lying on the floor a few feet away. Mr. Seay was horrified. He examined the body and found that death had ensued hours before. A justice of the peace was notified and Undertaker Loudermilk summoned to take charge of the remains. The justice will hold an inquest today and the afternoon the funeral of Flanagan will take place from the First Congregational church.
Mr. Seay knew Flanagan well. He said to a News representative: "Flanagan was a native of Ireland and about 65 years old. He was well educated and has been attending this little mission for several years past. He has a wife and seven children - four boys and three girls, the oldest about 18 years of age. Of late he has not been living at home. I notified the widow this evening, but she did not take charge of the body. The old man was despondent and constantly brooded over his troubles. Last winter he sold papers on the street. He had a room down town and managed to eke out a precarious existance. I saw him three days ago and gave him a piece of money. A lady saw him enter the building Thursday evening. Hew knew that services would be held Friday evening, and so he chalked out the message on the blackboard for me, went upstairs read a few chapters of the holy book and then prepared for death. Well, old age and poverty, combined with physical and mental infirmities, weighed him down, and so he has solved the mystery of mysteries. He often came here to pray and to listen to gospel truths, and the last time he came to die."
The little mission was crowded while this conversation was taking place. A number of women were present and twelve or fifteen boys. Three lads in the crowd were sons of the dead man. One, a boy of 14 years was shedding bitter tears. The others were dry-eyed. The lad who was lamenting the loss of a protector, said, between sobs, that the family came from Rochester, N. Y., four years ago and this is about all he knew of the family history prior to that time. The mother works at the cotton mills and the half-grown children are furnished employment at the same place. Mr. Seay and others who make up the gospel mission congregation, declare that Flanagan was and upright, and law-abiding and God-fearing man, whose life had been filled with downs mostly and very few ups. It is all over now.5,6
Michael B. Flanagan died of an apparent suicide as reported by the Dallas Morning News on 18 Sep 1897.
HE DIED ALONE.
Services Interrupted at the Cotton Mills Gospel Mission Last Night.
Services Interrupted at the Cotton Mills Gospel Mission Last Night.
Out on Cockrell avenue, near the cotton mills, there is an unpretentious frame building known as the "Cotton Mills Gospel Mission." Every Wednesday and Friday services are held at night and Mr. C. M. Seay preaches to the little flock of worshippers who assemble there.
Last night the mission doors were thrown open at the usual hour and Mr. Seay arrived at about 8 o'clock to conduct services. On the blackboard near the pulpit were written these words:
"Come upstairs, Bro. Seay."
Mr. Seay read the message and hastily ascended the stairway leading to the altar. It was a message from the dead. There, lying at full length upon the floor, with his hands folded across his breast, was M. B. Flanagan, a man 65 years old and a regular attendant at the mission services. Under his head was a pulpit cushion and by his side was a Bible. His coat and shoes were lying on the floor a few feet away. Mr. Seay was horrified. He examined the body and found that death had ensued hours before. A justice of the peace was notified and Undertaker Loudermilk summoned to take charge of the remains. The justice will hold an inquest today and the afternoon the funeral of Flanagan will take place from the First Congregational church.
* * *
Mr. Seay knew Flanagan well. He said to a News representative: "Flanagan was a native of Ireland and about 65 years old. He was well educated and has been attending this little mission for several years past. He has a wife and seven children - four boys and three girls, the oldest about 18 years of age. Of late he has not been living at home. I notified the widow this evening, but she did not take charge of the body. The old man was despondent and constantly brooded over his troubles. Last winter he sold papers on the street. He had a room down town and managed to eke out a precarious existance. I saw him three days ago and gave him a piece of money. A lady saw him enter the building Thursday evening. Hew knew that services would be held Friday evening, and so he chalked out the message on the blackboard for me, went upstairs read a few chapters of the holy book and then prepared for death. Well, old age and poverty, combined with physical and mental infirmities, weighed him down, and so he has solved the mystery of mysteries. He often came here to pray and to listen to gospel truths, and the last time he came to die."
* * *
The little mission was crowded while this conversation was taking place. A number of women were present and twelve or fifteen boys. Three lads in the crowd were sons of the dead man. One, a boy of 14 years was shedding bitter tears. The others were dry-eyed. The lad who was lamenting the loss of a protector, said, between sobs, that the family came from Rochester, N. Y., four years ago and this is about all he knew of the family history prior to that time. The mother works at the cotton mills and the half-grown children are furnished employment at the same place. Mr. Seay and others who make up the gospel mission congregation, declare that Flanagan was and upright, and law-abiding and God-fearing man, whose life had been filled with downs mostly and very few ups. It is all over now.5,6
Children of Michael B. Flanagan and Amanda Jones
- Eva May Flanagan7 b. May 1878
- Forest Carl Flanagan4 b. Sep 1881, d. 19 Dec 1934
- William Martin Flanagan+7 b. Oct 1883, d. 27 Aug 1939
- Gerald Thomas Flanagan7 b. Nov 1884, d. 21 Dec 1970
- Elsie Iris Flanagan+1 b. 1 Jan 1887, d. 18 Sep 1972
- Winnie L. Flanagan7 b. Jan 1890, d. 24 Sep 1965
- Edward McDonald Flanagan+7 b. Jan 1891, d. 16 Jan 1973
Citations
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]; Original data:Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA; Accessed: 1 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; Dallas, Texas, City Directory, 1897; Publisher: Evans & Worley, Dallas, Texas; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; Dallas, Texas, City Directory, 1898; Publisher: John F. Worley & Co., Dallas, Texas; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021.
- [S18] Ancestry.com, online http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]; Original data:Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021.
- [S332] GenealogyBank, online http://genealogybank.com/, "HE DIED ALONE."; Published: Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas; Date: 18 Sep 1897; Page: 8; Accessed: 5 Apr 2021 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/…).
- [S332] GenealogyBank, online http://genealogybank.com/, "MORTUARY MATTERS."; Published: Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas; Date: 19 Sep 1897; Page: 17; Accessed: 5 Apr 2021 (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/…).
- [S114] 1900 U.S. Census, FamilySearch United States Census, 1900, database with images; Gerald Feagan in household of Manda Feagan, Dallas city Ward 7, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 17B, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,625; Accessed: 3 Apr 2021 ((https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LZ-CBP).
Priscilla Ann Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S181] 1940 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1940; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04178; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 255-180; Year: 1940; Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls; Accessed: 6 Apr 2021.
Shirley Mae Flanagan1
F
Citations
- [S181] 1940 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]; Year: 1940; Census Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04178; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 255-180; Year: 1940; Original data:United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls; Accessed: 6 Apr 2021.