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REAGAN

Introduction

An account of the Canadian branch of this Reagan family, from which we draw heavily, has been given in Harvest of Memories: Sturgis and District…, 1900-2000.^[1] In that work, some members of the family are referred to as O’Reagan, a form which does not receive support from documents of the period. We have been told that there is, in addition, a genealogy of the Saskatchewan Reagans in existence, but have not seen a copy of such a work. We might note that the spelling Reagan, which (it is probably safe to say) is now generally regarded as the “standard” spelling of the name, was generally much less common in the nineteenth century than Regan, by which it is often outnumbered in contemporary records by ratios so high as 80 to 1. One also occasionally encounters such spellings as Reegan and Ragan in records of this period.
    The tradition among the descendants of Patrick John Reagan that he had come from Mount Forest, Arthur Tp., Wellington Co., Ontario, is probably true, because Mount Forest is almost on the line between Wellington and Normanby Tp., Grey Co., Ontario, where Jan Ehresman discovered the Reagans in the 1852 census. The Reagans were part of a nineteenth-century group-migration from Normanby to Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, which included the Heaney, Gibney and O’Brien families,^[2] with all of whom they were connected by marriage. Later, in the early twentieth century, the Reagans, Heaneys, and Gibneys became part of a second group- or chain-migration to Sturgis, Saskatchewan.^[3] Considering the longevity of the associations among these families in the New World, the possibility of connections between them predating their arrival in Canada is one which should be investigated.
    Prior to Jan Ehresmann’s discovery of the Reagans in the 1852 census of Ontario, probably the most compelling piece of evidence of a relationship amongst the Reagans of Manannah was that three of them were granted land on the same day, 10 June 1872, one of the Thomases (Bob Gerrish believes it was the younger one, his own ancestor) receiving the northeast quarter of section 28 in township 121N 31W in the 5^th Principal Meridian, while Patrick and Bernard received the southwest and northeast quarters, respectively, of lot 8 in the same township. Later that year, on 25 Sept. 1872, when John received land, it was one of the remaining quarters (the southeast) of the same lot 8, which is unlikely to have happened by accident. The other Thomas received the north half of the northeast quarter (thus only 80 acres) of lot 18 in the same township, on 10 Feb. 1873.
    In addition, there are strong onomastic grounds for supposing the four younger men to have been brothers:

• All named a son Thomas; in the case of Thomas, Patrick, and Bernard, it was the eldest son who was so named.
• Patrick and Thomas each had grandsons named Bernard, and Bernard named a son Patrick.

Taken together, we feel these facts supply sufficient circumstantial evidence that these men were the four sons of Thomas and Margaret Reagan recorded in the 1852 census of Ontario.

We cannot however claim to have tied together all the Reagans of Manannah. As pointed out to us by Jan Ehresman, who also provided the photograph at left, there is buried in the cemetery of Our Lady in Manannah, Meeker Co., a “John O. Reagan | born 15 Oct. 1835 | Louthe County | Ireland | died | 1 May 1895.” A published transcript of the stones in the cemetery adds a note: “Veteran [of the] Civil War, Union soldier.” This man would be a poor match for the only John Reagan of this time period treated below, whose birthdate would appear to have been 18 Aug. 1831. It seems unlikely that the month and year would both disagree if they were actually the same man. There are also a few other nineteenth-century Reagans in Manannah who do not appear to have been closely related, if at all, to those of whom we treat.

Acknowledgements

I should like to thank my relatives Del Lubiniecki, Kevin Lubiniecki, Janice (Starling) Reagan, Terri Reagan, Rebecca (Osborn) Reagan, Sean R. Reagan, Steffanie (Scott) Edwards, the late Marylyn Reagan [formerly known as Marylyn (Reagan) Kunkel], and especially Yvonne (Desroches) Hawkins, for providing some of the material appearing here. Assistance was also supplied by descendants of various American Reagans, namely Kathleen Margaret (Reagan) Young, Linda (Sinrud) Thank, wife of John Thomas Thank, of Kettle Falls, Stevens Co., Washington (who sent over 40 pages of extracts from her Reagan-Breen research notes), and Bob Gerrish (who does not agree with all of our conclusions respecting this family). Don Winter sent information on the family of Michael Reagan (son of John, son of Thomas). William Bernard Madden, a grandnephew of Bridget (Madden) Reagan and Mary (Madden) Reagan, sent information on the Madden family. Shawn LaRee (Reagan) Harrington sent information on the family of her grandfather, Edward Glenn Reagan. Melinda (Reagan) Kelly sent information on her parents’ family.
    Special gratitude is due to Jan (O’Brien) Ehresmann, not herself a Reagan descendant, but a kinswoman of the Julia O’Brien who married Patrick Reagan, Jr., who discovered the Reagans in the 1852 census of Normanby Township, Grey County, Ontario, sent the obituary of Anna (Reagan) FitzPatrick, and also put us in touch with Linda Thank. Mike Ransom (likewise not a Reagan descendant), the editor of the alumni website for the Academy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, made some valuable suggestions concerning sources, and supplied copies of a number of documents.

1. Thomas Reagan (Sr.), of Normanby Tp., Grey Co., Ontario, and of Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, b. ca. 1808 (aged “45 at next birthday” in 1852, aged 65 in 1875) in Ireland, of Irish-born but unidentified parents; alive in 1875 but probably not in 1880. He m. (1) by 1831 (assuming her to have been the mother of his children), presumably in Ireland, Margaret ____, b. ca. 1810-11 (aged “42 at next birthday” in 1852), d. by 1870 (no death registration found in Ontario). It seems likely that they were from Cork, which is said to have been the birthplace of their daughter Alice,^[4] and whence a somewhat vague family tradition also derives their son Patrick.^[5] They came to Canada some time after Alice’s birth, which was almost certainly in 1845, and were enumerated at concession 2, lot 39, in the 1852 census of Normanby Tp., Grey Co., Ontario, which gives Thomas’s occupation as farmer and the family’s religion as Roman Catholic; their children were: John (21), Thomas (16), Patrick (12), “Bryan” [recte Bernard] (10), and “Allis” [i.e. Alice] (7), all ages being “at next birthday.” A quirk of the returns for this township is to give for some persons the precise birthdays; in the cases of the present family they are given only for the sons, and imply (for what it is worth) the following exact dates of birth: John, 18 Aug. 1831; Thomas, 18 Aug. 1836 (same birthday as his brother John); Patrick, March 1841 (day not stated); “Bryan,” 2 Jan. 1843.^[6] A directory published in 1865 lists “Thomas Ragan” at lot 39, concession 2 of Normanby.^[7] If he was related to the Michael Ragan listed in at lot 25, concession 14, in the same source, we have not discovered the connection. A list of rate-payers in Normanby Tp. in 1864 includes the names of Thomas, Patrick, and Michael Regan; we assume Thomas was the present man, and Patrick his son.^[8] Thomas Reagan went by 1870 to Manannah Tp., where he is listed alone, as a farmer, in the census of that year. He (2) between 1870 and 1875, Mary ____, b. ca. 1824-25 (aged 50 in 1875) in Ireland, of Irish-born parents; alive in 1875. They are listed in the 1875 census of Manannah Tp., but have not been found in that of 1880.
    Known issue of Thomas Reagan, all presumed to have been by his first wife, Margaret:

1. John Reagan, of Meeker Co., Minnesota, b. perhaps 15 Aug. 1831 (aged “21 at next birthday — 15 August” in 1852, aged 38 in 1870, 46 in 1880) in Ireland, alive in 1880. He was single and living with his parents in 1852. He m. in 1852-54, but separated from in 1878,^[9] Selina (1870 census) or Sylvia (1875 census), who was b. 1834-35 in Canada East; they are probably the same wife as their ages agree. On the evidence of census records, he was certainly in Canada between 1854 and 1857, and must have come to the U.S. between 1858 and 1870. As noted below, a record relating to his son Michael/Mitchell suggests that the family arrived in the U.S. about 1864. On 25 Sept. 1872 he was granted the southeast quarter of section 8 in township 121N 31W in the 5^th Principal Meridian, in Meeker County, this being the lot from which Patrick and Bernard Reagan had previously had grants. He is enumerated as a farmer in the 1880 census.^[10] Issue:
   1. Michael (“Mitchell”) Reagan, b. 29 Oct. 1854 in Canada East (modern Québec), d. 10 Sept. 1918, and buried in the churchyard of Our Lady of Manannah. He was a farm laborer in 1870. Between 1870 and 1875 he and his brother John moved into their own household. He is listed as “Mitchel” Reagan in 1880 and 1900,^[11] and “Mitchell” in that of 1910,^[12] and on his tombstone. He m. by 1880, Johannah (“Hannah”) (Ryan?), b. ca. 1854 in England or Ireland, of Irish-born parents, d. 17 June 1912, aged 57 years, and buried with her husband. The 1900 census calls him a farmer, and that of 1910 specifies that he owned his farm. A rather unusual farmer’s directory published in 1913 or 1914 lists his family on section 19 of Manannah Tp., gives the name of the only child then living with him as “Mike,” and states that they had been in the county for 49 years, suggesting that he arrived in the U.S. about 1864.^[13] The obituary of his daughter, Anna (Reagan) FitzPatrick, reveals that his daughters Catharine and Mary married Sidney Scribner and Oscar Anderson, but do not indicate which daughter married which man. However, Mary is known from her husband’'s obituary (see below) to have been the wife of Sidney Scribner; therefore Catharine must have married Oscar Anderson. Issue, all born in Minnesota:
      1. Catharine Reagan, b. 1877-80 (census ages inconsistent, or there was more than one child of this name), living 11 Nov. 1922 as she survived her sister Anna. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1900, but was not longer in their household in 1910. As noted above, she must have married Oscar Anderson.
      2. Dennis Arthur Reagan, b. 16 Jan. 1881, d. April 1978. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1910, when he is called a farm laborer. He m. Margaret (“Maggie”) Mae Wood, d. 1980, daughter of Clement and Dosha Mae (Roach) Wood, of Eden Valley, Manannah Tp. They homesteaded in Canada for one year and then moved to Crosby, Minnesota. They had five children, including a son, Thomas Richard Reagan, still living (aged 75), whose daughter, Kathleen Margaret (Regan) Young, has supplied the information on his parents’ family.
      3. Mary Reagan, b. 1882 (?), d. 1976. She was living unmarried with her parents in 1900, but was no longer in their household in 1910. As noted above, she married Sidney Scribner, b. 1880, d. 1956, whose obituary, dated 19 Jan. 1956, mentions her as his survivor.^[14] They are buried together at Our Lady of Manannah, where there is also a Michael J. Scribner (1919-1978), possibly their son?
      4. Anna Reagan, b. 27 March 1886 in Manannah Tp., d. 11 Nov. 1922, apparently at Sturgis, Saskatchewan. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1910, but subsequently m. ____ FitzPatrick, probably explaining the Reagan-Fitztrick connection alluded to without explanation in Harvest of Memories, p. 622. An obituary published in the Eden Valley Journal of 30 Nov. 1922 reads, in part: “Mrs. Anna Reagan FitzPatrick passed away on Nov. 11th after a short illness. She died in the hospital at Kanora [recte Canora], Canada. Her early life was spent in Manannah. She lived in this vicinity until six years ago when she, her husband and children moved to Sturges [recte Sturgis]. She was born in Manannah on March 27, 1886, and was a little over 36 years of age when she died. She leaves to mourn her death her husband and children, Joseph, Jary, Margaret and Michael, two sisters and two brothers Mrs. Sidney Scribner, Mrs. Oscar Anderson and Michael Reagan of Manannah and Dan [i.e. Dennis] Reagan of Crosby, MN. She was a kind and loving wife and mother and a devoted and loyal sister … and all her many old friends near her former home in Manannah regret her early death.”^[15]
      5. Michael Reagan, of Manannah Township, b. 28 July 1888 [or 1889], d. 5 July 1930, and buried in the churchyard of Our Lady of Manannah. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1910, when he is called a farm laborer. He m. before 1915, Anna Neidermeier, b. 1 March 1890 in Minnesota, of parents both born in Germany, d. 6 April 1983,^[16] and buried with her husband. He is enumerated in the 1920 census of Mannanah Tp., in which he is called a farmer,^[17] and again in that of 1930, in which he is also called a farmer.^[18] There is serious disagreement between the two records respecting the children, and we have given greater weight to the evidence of the 1930 census, which seems more careful in this instance, and accounts satisfactorily for the five children mentioned in the 2001 death notice of Michael Reagan Jr.^[19] Known issue:
         1. Philip Michael Reagan, of Eden Valley, b. 20 April 1914, d. 4 June 2007 in the Koronis Manor nursing home, Paynesville, Minnesota, aged over 93 years, and buried in the Roman Cathollic parish cemetery.^[20] He m. by 1946, but divorced on 7 June 1984 in Hennepin Co.,^[21] Mavis Catherine Mobley, who apparently predeceased him. His death notice, which names his parents, mentions that he was survived by three children and their spouses, as well as four grandchildren (not named) and three great-grandchildren. The children are:
            1. Kathleen Joy Reagan, b. 15 Dec. 1946 in Meeker Co.;^[22] m. Dan Kraus, of Wadsworth, Ohio.
            2. Lindsey Reagan, of New Hope; m. Mary ____.
            3. Maureen Reagan; m. Terry Young, of Wayzata.
         2. John Reagan, of St. Cloud, b. 1915-16 (aged 4½ in 1920, 14 in 1930), alive on 4 June 2007, as he survived his brother Philip.
         3. Lucile Reagan, b. 10 April 1913, d. 10 Feb. 1917, and buried with her parents.
         4. Lucile Reagan (called Mary in 1920 but Lucile in 1930), b. probably in 1918-19 (aged 11 in 1930), alive on 4 June 2007, as she survived her brother Philip. She m. ____ Dillon, of Eden Valley.
         5. Michael Peter Reagan, Jr. (see photo below), also of Manannah, b. 14 July 1921 in Manannah Tp., d. s.p.s. and possibly s.p. 19 Nov. 2001 at Watkins, Meeker Co., aged over 80 years, and buried in the churchyard of Our Lady, Manannah.^[23] He m. (as her second husband) 6 July 1963 in the Church of Our Lady, Manannah, Margaret E. Hanley, b. 15 Oct. 1922, who d. 5 Jan. 1998 at Grove City, Meeker Co.,^[24] who had been previously married to ____ Hanley, by whom she had issue.
            
         6. Margaret Reagan, b. 1924-25 (aged 5 in 1930), alive on 4 June 2007, as she survived her brother Philip. She m. ____ Snyder, of Mantua, Ohio.
   2. John Reagan, b. 1856-57 in Canada West; a farm laborer in 1870. Between 1870 and 1875 he and his brother Michael moved into their own household.
   3. Thomas Reagan, b. 1857-58 in Canada West; a farm laborer in 1870, still living unmarred with his father in 1880. He is pretty surely the Thomas J. Reagan, b. May 1859 in Canada, who m. before 1884, Elizabeth McGrath,^[25] b. July 1857 in Canada, and was enumerated in the 1900 census of Manannah Tp.^[26] If so, he was the father of the following children, all except the first born in Minnesota:
      1. John Reagan, b. Jan. 1884 in Canada.
      2. Elizabeth A. Reagan, b. 21 Feb. 1886 at Glen Eden, Manannah Tp., grandmother of Luana Cowan.
      3. Leo Reagan, b. April 1888, died in a glass factory accident.^[27]
      4. Mary J. Reagan, b. Dec. 1890.
      5. Thomas Reagan, b. July 1891. Luana Cowan, a granddaughter of his sister Elizabeth, writes, “Thomas O. Regan moved to Seattle, WA … and … bought 80 acres of land in Napavine (Southern Washington State) on which property my grandmother lived with her eight children. I do not know what he did for a living.”
2. Thomas Reagan (Jr.), b. 15 Aug. 1836 (aged “16 at next birthday — 15 August” in 1852) in Ireland, single and living with his parents in 1852. We consider it almost certain that he was identical with the following man:^[28]
   

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   Thomas Reagan, of Manannah, whose reported age of 32 in the 1870 census would suggest a birthdate of 1837-38, d. 5 Nov. 1930 at Seattle, Washington. He m. by 1858, perhaps in Canada, Agnes Elizabeth McLean, said to have b. 20 Nov. 1830 in Scotland (although her age as reported in the 1870 census would suggest a birthdate of 1836-37), alive in 1870, said to have been a daughter of John McLean and Christina McKennahan. They were still in Canada in 1858 or 1859 at the birth of their eldest son, but by early 1860 at the latest they were in Meeker County, Minnedosa, where they are enumerated in Forest City Township in the censuses of 1860,^[29] and in Manannah Township in that of 1870.^[30] The 1860 census calls him a laborer. He was enumerated in Meeker County in 1870, but was no longer there in 1875. According to a descendant, Bob Gerrish, “Thomas and family moved from Minnesota to Deadwood [in Lawrence Co., in what is now South Dakota] after Indians destroyed their farm, between 1870 and 1878. They stayed in Deadwood until 1883, when they left for Seattle in a freight wagon.”^[31] They were enumerated at Elizabethtown Tp., Lawrence County, Dakota, in 1880.^[32] Despite the fact that the latter man consistently reported his birthplace as Ireland in census records (at least in 1860, 1870, and 1880), the account of his early life as a supposed 12-year-old runaway which he transmitted to descendants is implausible.^[33] There are several reasons (admittedly circumstantial) for believing that he was in fact connected with the other Reagans treated in the present page: (1) his land in Manannah Tp. was close to that of the other Reagans; (2) his family and theirs used similar given names, including the uncommon name of Bernard; and (3) his descendants eventually moved from Minnesota to Seattle, Washington, where Kathleen Margaret (Reagan) Young, a descendant of John Reagan (b. 1831?) above, says her grandfather visited relatives. We hope further research will clarify this matter. Issue:
   1. Thomas Reagan (III?), b. ca. 1858 in Canada, d. v.p. 18 Aug. 1930 at Seattle, Washington. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1870. He m. before 1894, Gertrude Rodland. Issue:
      1. Bernard James Reagan, b. June 1894.
      2. Thomas C. Reagan, b. Aug. 1896 in Washington.
      3. Alice Mable Caroline Reagan, b. Sept. 1898.
      4. Robert Emmett Reagan, b. 1900.
      5. Mary Grace Reagan, b. 1904; m. Lee Whitson.
      6. Lee Andrew Reagan, b. 1906, d. in Norway.
   2. Ann Reagan, b. 1859-60 in Minnesota, d. 1 Nov. 1925 at Los Angeles, California, and buried at Seattle, Washington. She m. (1) John White, b. 1858, d. 20 June 1901 at Seattle. She m. (2) Thomas Dervin. Issue by first husband.
   3. Christina Ellen Reagan, b. 7 June 1862 at St. Paul, Minnesota, d. 4 Feb. 1937 at Upper Meadowdale, Washington, and buried in Calvary Cemetery, Washington. She m. (1) 15 April 1883, Henry Rosenberg, from Stutgart, Germany, alive in 1889. She (2) by 1904, Milton Smith Bowen, b. 21 April 1866 at Le Roy, New York, d. 1 Nov. 1942 at Omaha, Nebraska. In 1890 they took up a homestead in South Snohomish County, about 3 miles northeast of Bothell, Washington. In 1895 they sold the farm and returned to Washington. Issue by both marriages.
   4. Alice M. Reagan, b. 1864-65 in Minnesota, d. 22 Nov. 1944 at Seattle, and buried in Calvary Cemetery.
   5. John Reagan, b. 1866-67 in Minnesota.
3. 2Patrick John Reagan, said to have been born 17 March 1841 in Ireland, the place being given variously as Dublin or as co. Cork.
4. Bernard Reagan, b. perhaps 2 Jan. 1843 (aged “10 at next birthday — 2 January” in 1852, aged 26 in 1870) in Ireland, d. 1875-80. He is erroneously called “Bryan” in the 1852 census. He m. before 1862, perhaps in Canada, Mary ____, b. 1834-35, alive in 1880. Although we have not found him in the 1861 census, the birthplaces of his two older children show that he must have been in Canada between 1862 and 1863. However, he came to the U.S. by 1865 at the latest. He is enumerated in the 1870 and 1875 censuses of Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota. On 10 June 1872 he was granted the northeast quarter of lot 8 in township 121N 31W in the 5^th Principal Meridian, in Meeker County, consisting of 160 acres of land, while the southwest corner went to Patrick Reagan the same day and the southeast quarter to John Reagan a few months later. His widowed wife appears as the head of their family in the 1880 census, but we have not located her or any of her children in that of 1900. Issue (all alive in 1880):
   1. Thomas Reagan, b. 1861-62 in Canada West; a farm laborer in 1880.
   2. Patrick John Reagan, b. 1863-64 in Canada West.
   3. Catherine Reagan, b. 1864-65 in Minnesota.
5. Alice M. Reagan, b. ca. 1845 (aged “7 at next birthday” in 1852, aged 23 in 1870), in Ireland, according to family tradition at Cork, almost certainly the one of this name who d. 3 May 1921 of a cerebral hemorage, and buried 5 May following at Surrey, Ward Co., North Dakota. If so, she m. (1) 7 June 1867 at Richmond, Stearns Co., Minnesota, by licence issued in Meeker County, John Joseph Breen, b. 19 March 1832 in co. Cork, Ireland, d. 25 Oct. 1917 at Williston, Williams Co., North Dakota, and buried 27 Oct. following in Riverview cemetery, Williston, son of Hugh Breen and Mary O’Brien. Both parties were recorded as of Meeker County in the licence, and the witness to the marriage was (her brother) Patrick Reagan, who attested by mark rather than by signature. This couple was enumerated in the 1870 census of Manannah Tp. They were enumerated at Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., North Dakota, in 1900, where, according to Linda Thank, “they lost two female older children and maybe a few smaller ones to a diptheria epdemic.” They were enumerated at Williston, Williams Co., North Dakora, in 1910. They were apparently separated before his death, and her second marriage followed a month afterward. John Breen’s widow m. (2) Nov. 1917, by licence, Josiah D. Benell,^[34] then of Williston, b. ca. 1859-60, who had been previously married with issue. In the application for the licence, his age was given as 56 years and hers as 57 years, which in her case would appear to be a considerable understatement. In 1920 they jointly purchased land in Williams County.
       The onomastic evidence for placing this Alice M. Reagan here is strong. Out of her first four children, two were clearly named for her parents, and two for her husband’s. Issue:^[35]
   1. Hugh Bernard Breen, b. 19 March 1868 in Mannanah Tp., d. 8 Aug. 1932 at Williston, Williams Co., North Dakota, and buried there in Riverview Cemetery. He m. 5 Jan. 1905 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Annie Elizabeth Regal (or Reagle), b. 23 March 1890 at Huntingdon, Indiana, d. 21 Feb. 1930 at Williston. The lived in Saskatchewan until some time between 1909 and 1912, when they moved to Williston. They had ten children.
   2. Margaret A. Breen, b. 1869 in Manannah Tp., d. (unmarried) 15 March 1889 at Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., North Dakota, and buried there in Devils Lake Cemetery.
   3. Thomas Breen, b. 19 Aug. 1871 in Manannah Tp., d. 15 Nov. 1872.
   4. Mary Ellen Breen, b. 20 May 1873 in Manannah Tp.
   5. Catherine Breen, b. 14 Feb. 1875 in Manannah Tp., d. [unmarried] 5 Jan. 1892 at Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., North Dakota, and buried there in Devils Lake Cemetery.
   6. Joseph Breen, b. 3 Jan. 1877 in Manannah Tp., d. 11 Sept. 1877 in Manannah Tp.
   7. John Breen, b. 1879, d. young.
   8. Patrick S. Breen, b. June 1880 in Manannah Tp., d. young.
   9. John Thomas Breen, b. 16 Sept. 1882 [recte 1881?] in Manannah Tp., d. 4 April 1923. He m. Mary E. ____, b. 4 June 1885, d. 2 July 1956 at Argyle, Minnesota. They had three children.
   10. Alice Isabella Breen, b. 5 June 1883 in Manannah Tp., d. young.
   11. Sarah J. Breen, b. 6 June 1885, d. young.
   12. Lucy (“Lu”) Theresa E. Breen, b. 1 Oct. 1877 at Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., N.D., d. 18 May 1959 at Reno, Nevada, and buried there 21 May following in Mountain View Cemetery. She m. (1) 31 July 1902 at Bottineau City, Bottineau Co., N.D. John Joseph Thank, b. 25 Aug. 1879 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, d. 12 Feb. 1959 at Sandpoint, Bonners Co., Idaho. She m. (2) 27 May 1922 at Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho, Edward Borland, and they lived at Reno, Nevada, from 1938 until her death. By her first husband she had five children, of whom John Thomas Thank was the father of Thomas Bernard Thank, husband of Linda (Sinrud) Thank, who has contributed this family record.

2. Patrick John Reagan, of Sturgis, Saskatchewan, son of Thomas and Margaret (____) Reagan, of Normanby Tp., Grey Co., Ontario, and of Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, is said to have been born 17 March 1841,^[36] the place being given variously as Dublin or as co. Cork, Ireland,^[37] d. 18 Dec. 1913 at or near Sturgis, apparently aged 71 years, and was buried in St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery. He m. 10 Feb. 1865 in Grey Co.,^[38] Catherine Heaney, said to have been b. 10 May 1841,^[39] in Ireland, perhaps at Dublin, d. 11 Jan. 1916, at or near Sturgis, apparently aged 74 years, and buried with her husband, daughter of Owen Heaney (Sr.), of Normanby Tp., Grey Co., Ontario, by his wife Mary Smith.^[40] A directory published in 1865 lists “Patrick Ragan” at lot 41, concession 2 of Normanby Tp., only two lots away from his father.^[41] At the time of their marriage both parties were of Normanby Tp.; the record names both sets of parents in full, recording those of the bride correctly but giving those of the groom as Timothy Regan and Mary McEasten (or McEnter, depending upon the transcription).^[42] Because this information is so seriously garbled we cannot accept McEasten or McEnter as the surname of the groom’s mother without corroboration. The actual parentage of Patrick Reagan is, we feel, sufficiently borne out by the discussion given earlier in these pages; there is no such man as Timothy Regan or Reagan in early records of Grey County such as the 1852 census, nor is it credible that there could have been two men named Patrick Reagan living in Normanby Tp. at the same time who were both born in March of 1841.
    Family tradition states that Patrick Reagan and his wife were living at Mount Forest, Arthur Tp., Wellington Co., Ontario, when their eldest child, Thomas, was born in 1866; but while they may well have been there at an earlier date, U.S. census records show Thomas as having been born in the Minnesota.^[43] Patrick and Catherine moved shortly afterward to Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, where they were enumerated in the censuses of 1870,^[44] 1875,^[45] 1880,^[46] and 1900^[47] (the 1890 census is lost for most of Minnesota). On 10 June 1872 Patrick Reagan was patented the southwest quarter of section 8, in township 121N, 31W of the 5^th Principal Meridian, in Meeker County, consisting of 160 acres of land,^[48] while the northeast corner went to Bernard Reagan the same day and the southeast quarter to John Reagan a few months later. Patrick and Catherine Reagan attended St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church at Eden Valley (which town lies partly in Manannah Tp., on the county line of Stearns and Meeker), and their names are inscribed in one of the stained-glass windows there.^[49]
    In Harvest of Memories it is stated that in 1903,

Timothy Gibney, a nephew of Catherine O’Reagan, went up to Canada (Saskatchewan wasn’t a province yet) and investigated homesteading. The next year the Gibneys, Fitzpatricks and Reagans, all related, sold their farms, and moved up to what is now the Sturgis area to homestead. Two of the Patrick O’ Reagan children, Anne and Elizabeth, with their husbands, remained at Eden Valley. The rest loaded up all their cattle, machinery, and other possessions and took the train to the outpost of Yorkton. The next fifty to sixty miles to their homestead, probably by horses and wagon, was a nightmare. They came in one of the wet cycles where every low spot was full of water. Black flies and mosquitoes were everywhere. The bridge over the Whitesand River had gone out. Story has it that Earl Laing helped them out by taking eighteen loads of furniture and belongings across the river in his boat. In all, they were about seventeen to eighteen days trying to get to their new land. The Reagan clan lived in sod houses for the first few years, probably on the quarter of land Patrick bought in 1903…. Patrick began working his homestead quarter [NE 26-34-4-W2] and by 1909 he had sixty-seven acres broke and in crop. He had proved up his homestead and received his patent on October 28, 1905. He built a 25×18 foot lumber house as well as some out-buildings. He and his family moved in April 1907.^[50]

At least one, and probably several, of the Reagan daughters, were already married, and remained behind in the U.S. Patrick Reagan’s lands were the northwest quarter of section 13, in township 34, range 4 of the second meridian west of the Principal Meridian (NW 13-34-4-W2), and the northeast quarter of section 26 in the same township (NE 26-34-4-W2), where as noted above he built his homestead. He is found as “Patrick Ragen” at NE 26-34-4-W2 in the 1906 census, which gives the year of his immigration to Canada as 1904, and shows his livestock holdings as 3 horses, 15 “milch cows,” and 15 “other cattle.”^[51] A map of the Sturgis area issued ca. 1907 (?) by the Scandinavian Canadian Land Co. gives his name as Patrick Reagan.^[52] Patrick and his wife are found at the same location in the 1911 census.^[53] As noted in Harvest of Memories, “the group that came in 1904 were for the most part all living in the same vicinity,” and Patrick Reagan’s children mostly remained close by.
    A photograph of his family, almost certainly taken in the U.S. before the family’s migration to Canada, is reproduced in Harvest of Memories, p. 622.
    Patrick and Catherine Reagan had the following issue (they are all accounted for because the 1900 census states they only ever had ten children; in other words, that none died young):

1. 3Thomas Peter Reagan, of Sturgis, said to have been b. 6 Jan. 1866 at Mount Forest, Arthur Tp., Wellington Co., Ontario (although in all the extant censuses of Minnesota he is said to have been born in that state).
2. Mary Reagan, b. 1867-68 in Minnesota. She was a member of her parents’ household in 1880 but not in 1900, and we know of no evidence that she ever came to Canada. She is said to have m. Robert MacNamara, but we cannot find anyone of this description in the 1900 census of Minnesota.
3. Margaret (“Maggie”) Reagan, b. probably in 1870 (per family records, although the 1901 census says March 1901) near Manannah, alive in 1919. She is said by a grandchild to have worked for some time at a hotel at Paynesville, Minnesota.^[54] She m. in 1888, Joseph Marshall George Durham, b. in 1864 (per family records) or in Dec. 1865 (per 1900 census) in New York State, also alive in 1919, who at the time of their marriage was working as a butter-maker at Paynesville. Margaret and her husband were enumerated in the 1900 census of Meeker Tp., in which he is called Joseph M. Durham; the record is badly faded but he appears to be called a farmer.^[55] In 1904 they came to Canada, homesteading near Pike Lake, not far from Crystal Lake, near Sturgis, Saskatchewan. Issue:
   1. George Edward Durham, b. in July 1889 (per 1900 census), alive in 1933. He m. (1) 1916, Julia Foley, from Eden Valley, Minnesota, b. 1893, d. 1928; and (2) 1931, Flora Walker Ganong, having seven children by his first wife and one by his second.^[56]
   2. Mary Etta Durham, b. in Feb. 1892 (per 1901 census), d. 1905 in Canada, of typhoid fever, and buried on the family farm near Pike Lake.
   3. John Patrick Durham, b. in Jan. 1893 (per 1900 census), d. 10 years at Manannah, of meningitis.
   4. Catherine Durham, d. in infancy in 1895.
   5. Thomas Marshall Durham, b. in Sept. 1897 (per 1900 census), d. 1978. He m. in 1919, Dehlia Jarbeau, b. 1900 at Field, Ontario, d. April 1974, and they had ten children.^[57] An interview with him, recorded in 1975, is printed in Harvest of Memories, pp. 822-25.
4. Annie Reagan, b. 1871-72 in Minnesota, living 1930. She was a member of her parents’ household in 1880 but not in 1900. She remained in the U.S., and m. (as his second wife) in 1900-05, Manus O’Keefe, b. June 1859 (according to the 1900 census; aged 70 in 1930) in New York State, of Irish-born parents, d. 17 June 1949 in Stearns Co., Minnesota,^[58] and buried in Our Lady of Mannanah Cemetery, Mannanah, plot 6, plausibly said to have been a son of Manus O’Keefe, Sr., and Julia Maloney, who were very close neighbors of Annie Reagan’s parents; his first wife is said to have been Mary M. Rafts.^[59] Manus O’Keefe appears as a widower, of no stated occupation, in the 1900 census of Mannanah Tp., with his sons John and Patrick by his first marriage.^[60] He and his second wife, Annie, appear in the 1930 census of Saint Cloud Tp., Stearns Co., Minnesota, in which his occupation is given as “none” (he being presumably retired).^[61] Three known children, all born in Minnesota and all unmarried at the time, were living with them:
   1. Florence O’Keefe, b. ca. 1904-05, a sales-lady in a department store in 1930.
   2. Gen…. [illegible] O’Keefe (daughter), b. ca. 1907-08, a finisher in a laundry in 1930.
   3. Sheridan O’Keefe, b. ca. 1911-12, a garage laborer in 1930. He is very likely the one of this name who was b. 13 Oct. 1911, and d. in June 1986 at Minneapolis.^[62]
5. Alice Reagan, b. 1873-74 in Minnesota. She was a member of her parents’ household in 1880 but not in 1900. She m. Bill Wood, but it is not clear whether this was in the U.S. or Canada. We cannot find anyone of this description in the 1900 census of Minnesota.
6. 4Patrick Reagan, Jr., b. 20 Dec. 1876 in Minnesota.
7. 5William John Reagan (twin to Elizabeth), b. 23 June 1877 in Minnesota.
8. Elizabeth (“Lisa”) Reagan (twin to William), b. 1878 in Minnesota. She m. (possibly by 1900, when she was no longer a member of her parents’ household) Michael Mahoney. It is not clear whether this was in the U.S. or Canada. We cannot find this couple in the 1900 or 1910 censuses of Minnesota.
9. 6Christopher Reagan, b. 5 Aug. 1880 at Eden Valley.
10. Catherine (“Katie”) Reagan, b. ca. 1883 (aged 23 years in 1906, 46 in 1930) in Minnesota, alive in 1952. She came to Canada with her parents, and m. some time between 27 Aug. 1906 (when she was still living unmarried with them) and 1911, Leo F. Martell,^[63] b. 1879-80 (aged 50 in 1930) in Wisconsin, d. in 1930-37. They are found in the Mackenzie district of Saskatchewan in the 1911 census, in which they were enumerated next door to a Bert Martell, who was only slightly older than Leo.^[64] They were living in Kansas at the birth of their daughter Alice around 1920. However, they later moved (as did many of her family) to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where they are enumerated on Lakeside Avenue in the 1930 census; he is called a “labour[er] [in] woods.”^[65] A city directory for 1936-37 lists “Mrs. Catherine Martell (wid. Leo F.), 1321 Lakeside Ave.”^[66] Similar listings appear in later directories through 1952.^[67] In 1949, the only year for which an occupation is mentioned, she is described as an employee of New Home Hospital. Known issue:
    1. Catherine Leona Martell, b. 1912-13 (aged 17 in 1930). She m. 5 April 1934 in St. Thomas Church, Coeur d’Alene,^[68] Clarence Vedder, b. 1903-04 in Wisconsin, son of Ed. Vedder and Ella ____. See the photograph of him at right with his daughter Darlene, from the Spokane Daily Chronicle, 26 Feb. 1938, p. 5, col. 4. Only known child:
       1. Darlene M. Vedder, b. about June 1936 (aged 20 months in Feb. 1938). She m. 30 Oct. 1956 at Coeur D’Alene,^[69] Donald B. Moorman, son of Henry Moorman and Mary M. Beste.
    2. Gerard J. Martell, b. 7 Jan. 1914, probably of Sturgis, where he was residing at the time of his marriage. He was still living in the same household as his mother about 1936, as a city directory for 1936-37 lists “Gerard J. Martell, lab., 1321 Lakeside Ave.”^[70] But in 1938 he is listed with his wife at 607 Front Ave., his occupation being given as a laborer for the Ohio Match Company.^[71] In 1940 they were living at Apt. 11, 623 Military Drive.^[72] He does not appear in the city directory of 1947. He m. 6 Sept. 1937 in St. Thomas Church, Coeur d’Alene,^[73] Dorothy Stratton, b. 26 July 1917, possibly at Craigmont, Idaho, where she was residing at the time of her marriage, daughter of William Stratton and Mellie Hensley.
    3. Gertrude Martell, b. 24 Oct. 1915, probably of Sturgis, where she was residing at the time of her marriage. She m. 22 Jan. 1938 in St. Thomas Church, Coeur d’Alene,^[74] Weaver Cotton, b. 29 May 1912, possibly at Kellogg, Idaho, where he was residing at the time of his marriage, son of Archie Cotton and Pearl Nearing. A newspaper announcement of their wedding reads:

       Miss Gertrude Martell of Coeur d’Alene and Weaver Cotton of Kellogg were married Saturday at Coeur d’Alene. Mr. Cotton is the son of Mrs. Pearl McKinnis. He is a graduate of the Kelloff high school and is employed by the Bunker Hill. They will make their home in Kellogg.^[75]

    4. Alice A. Martell, b. 1920-21 (aged 9 in 1930).

3. Thomas Peter Reagan, of Sturgis, son of Patrick John Reagan, of Eden Valley, Minnesota, and of Sturgis, by the latter’s wife Catherine Heaney, is said to have been b. 6 Jan. 1866 at Mount Forest, Arthur Tp., Wellington Co., Ontario (although in all the extant censuses of Minnesota he is said to have been born in that state), and d. 10 Feb. 1952, aged over 86 years. He m. in 1896-97 in Eden Valley, Minnesota, Bridget Madden, b. 29 Sept. 1879 in Minnesota of Irish-born parents, d. in early 1935, and buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Sturgis, sister of his brother William’s wife Mary Elizabeth, and daughter of John Madden, Jr., by his wife Margaret Dillon.^[76] They are found with their first child in the 1900 census of Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, in a household probably very close to that of his parents.^[77] In 1903, they went with the rest of his family to Saskatchewan, his homestead being NW 14-34-4-W2, four miles east of Sturgis; the application calls him Thomas Patrick Reagan, which does not agree with family records. The 1906 census calls him “Thomas P. Reagan,” so does not settle the question.^[78] They are also found there in the 1911 census.^[79] Thomas P. Reagan, along with his brother Christopher and two other members of the Reagan family, was one of the ten founders of the Sturgis Credit Union in 1939.^[80] His granddaughter, Caroline (Reagan) Wilde, daughter of his son Robert, says that he never entered a hospital until the month before his death at the age of 86. Issue:

1. Patrick Reagan, b. 1898 at Eden Valley, drowned 1913 in May Lake, Saskatchewan.
2. John Reagan, b. 1900 at Eden Valley, d. 1944 of lukemia. He m. (as her first husband) in 1930, Ilene Berry, b. 13 Oct. 1905, living 1988, daughter of Fred and Alice (____) Berry, of Devil’s Lake, near Sturgis, Saskatchewan, formerly of Huddersfield, Yorkshire; she married secondly, John Kalenchuk, and had further issue. John Reagan and his wife lived on a farm northeast of Sturgis, and she moved to Sturgis after his death. They had two daughters: Doreen Reagan, who m. Ray Wood; and Evelyn Reagan (d. 20 Nov. 1986), who m. ____ Carr.^[81]
3. Margaret Reagan, b. 28 Feb. 1902 at Eden Valley, d. 1997. She m. 1926, Herbert Desroches, of Stenen, and had seven children.^[82] Their daughter, Yvonne (Desroches) Hawkins, contributed much of the information appearing here.
4. George Reagan, b. probably in 1903 (aged 3 in 1906 census), either d. young, or else the son George said to have been b. 1907 is misdated in family records.
5. Leo Thomas Francis Reagan, b. 29 Aug. 1904 near Sturgis, d. 28 Feb. or 1 March 1971. He m. Anne Homeniuk, d. 1965. They had six children,^[83] including Gary Reagan, whose wife, Janice (née Starling), contributed some of the information appearing here.
6. George Reagan, said to have been b. 1907 (but see above), d. 1922 of complications arising after a fall from a horse.
7. Katherine (“Katie”) Reagan, b. 1909, d. 1982. She m. 16 Jan. 1934 at Sturgis, Alois (“Al”) Hauber, who came from Munich, Germany, in 1928, and they had two children.^[84] Katie Hauber was one of the charter members of the Sturgis Council of the Catholic Women’s League in 1949, and appears in a group photograph thereof taken at the time; she served as its President from 1969 to 1970.^[85]
8. Robert Reagan, b. 22 Nov. 1912 near Sturgis, d. 1987. He m. 18 July 1939 in St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Sturgis, Bertha Lande, b. 29 June 1915 at Moose Jaw. They had nine children.^[86]

4. Patrick Reagan, Jr., son of Patrick John Reagan, of Eden Valley, Minnesota, and of Sturgis, by the latter’s wife Catherine Heaney, was b. 20 Dec. 1876 in Minnesota, and d. 17 Sept. 1951 at Hawthorne, California. He m. about 1899 (in 1900 he is recorded as having been married for one year), presumably at or near Eden Valley, Julia Etta O’Brien, b. 31 Aug. 1881 in Minnesota, d. 29 March 1946, daughter of Cornelius O’Brien and Mary Mullins or Mullens.^[87] He and his wife are found in his parents’ household at Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, in 1900.^[88] In 1903, they went with the rest of his family to Saskatchewan, and his father made application for land for him at SE 24-34-4-W2, on 4 Nov. 1903. Patrick and his family are found at 24-34-4-W2 in the 1906 census, which shows their livestock as consisting of 3 horses, 2 milk-cows, 2 other cows, and 8 hogs.^[89] They are also found there in the 1911 census.^[90] In 1923 he left Saskatchewan and moved to California. He is found in the 1930 census of Hawthorne City, Long Beach Tp., Los Angeles Co., which calls him a loader in a chair factory.^[91] Issue:^[92]

1. Beatrice Reagan, b. 25 Aug. 1901 at Eden Valley, d. 6 Jan. 1878 at Mount Vernon, Washington. She m. Joseph L. Chase, b. 9 June 1897 in Iowa, d. 17 Dec. 1992; according to the 1930 census his parents were both born in Iowa also. He was a brother of her sister Mary’s husband. In 1930 they were living at Inglewood City, Los Angeles County, California, in the same household as her sister Mary and the latter’s husband; at the time he was a salesman at an oil station.^[93] In 1946 they were living at Burlington, Skagit Co., Washington. Known issue:^[94]
   1. Marie Lenaya Chase, b. 7 Dec. 1925 in Siskiyou Co., California.
   2. Gordon Wilfred Chase, b. 14 Feb. 1927 in Siskiyou Co., California.
2. 7Edward Glenn Reagan, b. 22 Nov. 1902 at Eden Valley.
3. Raymond Patrick Reagan, b. 21 April 1904 at Sturgis, Saskatchewan,^[95] d. 13 Aug. 1993 at Rancho Palos Verdes, California. He m. ca. 1923 (as when he was then 19 and she 16) at Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho, Hope Martha Griffie, b. 17 June 1908 in Iowa, d. 3 Jan. 1991; according to the 1930 census her father was born in Kentucky and her mother in Iowa. At the taking of the 1930 census they were living at Inglewood City, Los Angeles County, California, and Raymond was a laborer in an oil field.^[96] Known issue (besides a daughter who d. “soon after birth”:^[97]
   1. Duane Raymond Reagan, b. 30 April 1928 in Los Angeles Co., California.
   2. Burton Ronald Reagan, b. 9 March 1934 in Los Angeles Co., living at Palos Verdes, California (2003). He m. Mary JoAnne (“Joan”) Cronin, of Youngstown, Ohio. They have two sons:^[98]
      1. Michael Brian Reagan (twin), d. “shortly after birth.”
      2. Sean Raymond Reagan (twin), now (2003) of Spokane, Washington. Issue:
         1. Michael Patrick Reagan.
         2. Liam Thomas Reagan
         3. Connor Seamus Reagan
         4. Aidan Bryan Reagan, b. 20 Feb. 2005.
         5. Evelyn Patricia Reagan, b. 14 Aug. 2006.
4. Catherine (“Kate”) Anastasia Reagan, b. 26 Feb. 1906 at Sturgis, d. Nov. 1979 at Burlington, Skagit Co., Washington. She m. 25 July 1926 at McCloud, Siskiyou Co., California, Marcel Rochefort, b. ca. 1900-01 in Minnesota, living 1930; according to the 1930 census his parents were both born in French Canada (presumably Québec). They were enumerated close to her parents in the 1930 census of Hawthorne City, which calls her husband a mechanic in a creamery.^[99] In 1946 they were living near Burlington, Skagit Co., Washington. Known issue:^[100]
   1. Robert Aloysius Rochefort, b. 13 Nov. 1926 in Siskiyou Co., California; presumably d. young as he is not found with his parents in the 1930 census.
   2. Betty June Rochefort, b. 28 June 1928 in Siskiyou Co.
   3. Marcel Rochefort, Jr., b. 27 Jan. 1930 in Los Angeles Co., California.
   4. Alice Loretta Rochefort, b. 25 Aug. 1932 in Los Angeles Co.
5. Mary Frances Reagan, b. 15 Jan. 1909 (month and year supported by 1911 census) at Sturgis, d. 17 Oct. 1974 at Mount Vernon, Washington. She m. 4 April 1926 at Redding, Shasta Co., California (?), Claude William Chase, b. 28 Nov. 1903 in Minnesota, d. 8 Oct. 1990; according to the 1930 census his parents were both born in Iowa. He was a brother of her sister Beatrice’s husband. In 1930 they were living at Inglewood City, Los Angeles County, California, in the same household as her sister Beatrice and the latter’s husband; at the time he was (like his brother) a salesman at an oil station.^[101] In 1946 they were living near Burlington, Skagit Co., Washington. Only known child:^[102]
   1. Clyde Emmet Chase, b. 10 Jan. 1928 in Los Angeles Co., California.
6. Cornelius (“Neilly”) Reagan, b. 23 March 1911 at Sturgis, d. March 1969 at Hawthorne, California. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1930, when he was a factory-worker. He m. ca. 1936,________.
7. Ignatius Reagan, b. 28 April 1913 at Sturgis, d. 30 June 1971 at Los Angeles or at San Diego, California. He was still living with his parents in 1930. m. 19— at Inglewood, California, Leona Theresa Totta. Known issue (all born in Los Angeles Co., California):^[103]
   1. Patrick Anthony Reagan, b. 1 May 1936.
   2. Donald Gene Reagan, b. 30 Sept. 1938.
   3. Robert Neal Reagan, b. 15 Feb. 1944.
   4. Jolene Marie Reagan, b. 30 Dec. 1955.
8. Juliette (“Etta”) Reagan, b. 7 Aug. 1914 at Sturgis, living 3 July 2004.^[104] She m. 4 March 1935 at Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., California, Herbert Wilson. Issue:
   1. Charlene Marie Scott, b. 21 Dec. 1938; m. 8 April 1961, Paul Scott. Issue:
      1. Jennifer Marie Scott b. 21 July 1963.
      2. Steffanie Diane Scott, b. 17 Oct. 1969; m. 30 March 1996, Gary Lynn Edwards. She is our informant for our record of her grandmother’s descendants. Issue:
         1. Cameron Wilcott Edwards, b. 8 April 1997.
         2. Coleman Michael Edwards, b. 22 Oct. 2001.
   2. James Jay Wilson, b. 9 July 1943. He m. (1) ________. He m. (2) 22 Dec. 1984, Louise Joan Corriou. By his first wife he has two children:
      1. Ian James Wilson, b. 24 March 1977.
      2. Michelle Lovanna Wilson, b. 12 Dec. 1980.
9. Aloysius Reagan, d. in infancy in 1917.
10. Loretta Marie Reagan, b. 16 Jan. 1917 at Sturgis, d. 13 Dec. 1991 at Garden Grove, Orange Co., California.^[105] She m. 21 Feb. 1935 at Hawthorne, California, Chester J. Lickteig, b. 3 June 1914 in California, d. 15 March 1973 in Orange Co., California.^[106] Known issue (all born in Los Angeles County):^[107]
    1. Barbara Ann Lickteig, b. 9 May 1936.
    2. Lenaya Mae Lickteig, b. 4 April 1939, d. unmarried 22 June 1955 in Los Angeles Co., California.^[108]
    3. Josephine Loretta Lickteig, b. 13 June 1941.
    4. Thomas Charles Lickteig, b. 28 May 1943.
    5. Patricia Catherine Lickteig, b. 24 Nov. 1944.
11. Thomas Reagan, b. 18 May 1921 at Sturgis, d. 28 Sept. 1965 at Hawthorne, California. He m. (1) in April 1947, Eva Ramsey. He m. (2) Dolores Johns. Known issue (both born in Los Angeles Co., California):^[109]
    1. Dennis Neal Reagan, b. 10 Nov. 1949.
    2. Julia Ann Reagan, b. 9 Sept. 1952.

5. William John Reagan, of Sturgis, son of Patrick John Reagan, of Eden Valley, Minnesota, and of Sturgis, by the latter’s wife Catherine Heaney, was b. 23 June 1877 in Minnesota, and d. probably on 4 Oct. 1935 at Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho, aged 58 years^[110] and buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene.^[111] He was living unmarried with his parents at Manannah Tp., Meeker Co., Minnesota, in 1900. He m. 27 Sept. 1901 at Brainerd, Minnesota,^[112] Mary Elizabeth Madden, b. 23 March 1885 (?) at Litchfield, Minnesota,^[113] d. 18 Jan. 1970 at Kootenai Memorial Hospital, Coeur d’Alene,^[114] and buried with her husband, sister of his brother Thomas’s wife Bridget, and daughter of John Madden, Jr., by his wife Margaret Dillon. In 1903, they went with the rest of his family to Saskatchewan, his homestead being NW-22-34-4-W2. As “Willie J. Reagan” he is shown there on the Scandinavian Canadian Land Co. map of about 1907 (?). They are found at 22-34-4-W2 in the 1906 census, which shows their livestock as consisting of 2 horses, 2 milk-cows, one other cow, and 4 hogs.^[115] They are also found there in the 1911 census.^[116] Later, in 1924, they went to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where at least seven of their children were schooled at the Academy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM Academy).^[117] Under the name “Reagen” this family was enumerated there at 801 Lakeside Avenue (a rental property) in the 1930 census, in which William is called a laborer in the wood industry.^[118] At the time of his death he was a night watchman, residing at 905 Garden Street, Coeur d’Alene. A death notice for his widow Mary reads, in part:

Mrs. Reagan, 84, who lived at 821 Coeur d’Alene Ave., died Jan. 18, 1970 … after an illness of seven weeks. Reciting the Mass will be the Rev. Benedict J. Reagan, C.Ss.R. [Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris], a son of Mrs. Reagan, and the Rev. Timothy Reagan, a grandson. Mrs Reagan … moved here from Saskatchewan, Canada. Mrs. Reagan was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and St. Thomas Altar Society.
    Survivors are five sons, the Rev. Benedict J. Regan, C.Ss.R., San Leandro, Calif., Thomas, Lawrence, and William A. Reagan, Coeur d’Alene, and Patrick J. Reagan, Seattle; four daughters, Mrs. Alice Reinhardt, Seattle, Miss Agnes Reagan, Spokane, Mrs. Warren E. Thorpe (Gertrude), Bellevue, Wash.; and Mrs. Richard Clements (Theresa), Boise; two sisters, Mrs. V.M. McKinnon (Helena) and Mrs. John Dahl, Tacoma; 30 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. One son and two daughters preceded Mrs. Reagan in death.^[119]

1. Angus William Reagan (called William Angus in the 1911 census), b. in Feb. 1902 (according to the 1911 census), d. (unmarried?) 23 March 1925, aged 22 years,^[121] and buried 27 March following in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene.
2. Lucille Mary Reagan (called Mary Lucille Reagan in 1911), b. in April 1903 (according to the 1911 census), d. 16 Feb. 1962, and buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. She m. ____ Guise, but no husband is buried with her.
3. Alice Reagan, bapt. 8 Oct. 1905 at Sturgis, Saskatchewan,^[122] d. 15 June 1976, and buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. She was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1926, and was still living unmarried with her parents in 1930, when she was a stenographer in an insurance office. She subsequently m. by Jan. 1970, ____ Reinhardt, but no husband is buried with her. Possibly she was the Alice Reinhardt of Seattle, Washington, b. 12 Oct. 1905, d. in June 1976 (per the Social Security Death Index), despite the slight discrepancy in the birthdates.
4. Thomas Leo Reagan, of Coeur d’Alene in 1979, b. 10 April 1908, still living unmarried with his parents in 1930, when he was (like his father) a laborer in the wood industry. He m. 24 Aug. 1930 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Coeur d’Alene,^[123] Mary Drumheller, daughter of Charles Drumheller and Mabel Brown. As Thomas L. Reagan, millworker, he is listed with wife Mary at 805 N 16th Street, Coeur d’Alene, in a 1947 directory.^[124] Thus we can be sure he is the Thomas Reagan, wife not named, listed at that address in the 1946 School Census (taken to identify children of school-age).^[125] He was of Lewiston at the death of his brother William in 1990. Children of school-age in 1946:
   1. Thomas Reagan, Jr., b. 3 Aug. 1930 [?].
   2. Ronald Reagan, b. 15 Aug. 1933.
   3. William Reagan, b. 2 Sept. 1936.
   4. Robert Reagan, b. 18 Aug. 1937.
   5. Jerry Reagan, b. 2 Feb. 1939.
   6. Lanny Reagan, b. 30 May 1940.
5. Margaret Florence Reagan, b. in Jan. 1910 (according to the 1911 census, supported as to the year by her tombstone), d. 23 June 1958,^[126] and buried 27 June following in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. She was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1928, and was still living unmarried with her parents in 1930, when she was a typist for a telephone company. She subsequently m. ____ Johnstone (his name appears both in her death record and on her tombstone), but no husband is buried with her.
6. Agnes M. Reagan, b. 4 Nov. 1912 in Canada, d. (unmarried) in Nov. 1985 at Coeur d’Alene, and buried in St. Thomas Cemetery.^[127] She was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1930, and was still living with her parents at the taking of the 1930 census. She worked for the Shell Oil Company.
7. Patrick John Reagan, of Seattle, Washington in 1979, b. 1 Dec. 1914, bapt. 17 March 1920 at Sturgis,^[128] d. 1990. He was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1932. He m. 15 June 1940 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Coeur d’Alene,^[129] Henny Ferguson, b. 30 Dec. 1915 at Anthony, Kansas, daughter of Richard Ferguson and Goldie Jumper. The marriage witnesses were Edward McMahon and Veronica Healy. They have a son, Kevin Peter Reagan, who m. Rebecca Osborn.^[130]
8. Lawrence G. Reagan, b. 14 Feb. 1917 at Sturgis, bapt. 19 Feb. following, d. 18 Feb. 1979 at Kootenai Memorial Hospital, Coeur d’Alene,^[131] and buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. He m. 16 July 1955 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Coeur d’Alene,^[132] Dorothy Mcafee, daughter of William Mcafee and Ina Mclaughlin. At the time of their marriage both parties were of Coeur d’Alene; the witnesses were William Reagan and Margaret Johnston, and the ceremony was performed by the groom’s brother, Benedict Reagan, C.Ss.R. A death notice reads, in part: “Lawrence G. Reagan, 62, 1611 Boyd Ave. … came to Coeur d’Alene at the age of six. His schooling was in Coeur d’Alene and he subsequently worked for the State Highway Department. During World War II, he served in the Army for four years. He then returned to Coeur d’Alene where he … worked for the highway department for the past 44 years. He was the maintenance superintendent at the time of his retirement on Feb. 14, 1979.”^[133] Issue (order uncertain):
   1. Rob Reagan, of Coeur d’Alene at his father’s death in 1979.
   2. Margaret Reagan, unmarried and of Coeur d’Alene at her father’s death in 1979.
   3. Melina Reagan, unmarried and of Boise, Idaho, at her father’s death in 1979.
   4. Pamela S. Reagan, bapt. 5 Aug. 1956 in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Coeur d’Alene.^[134] She m. 15 Oct. 1977 in the same church,^[135] Robert A. Gregg, son of Paul Gregg andMary Jo Kotalski. At the time of their marriage both parties were of Coeur d’Alene; the witnesses were Jerry Streeter and Margaret Reagan, and the ceremony was performed by the bride’s uncle, Benedict Reagan, C.Ss.R. They were still of Coeur d’Alene at her father’s death in 1979.
9. Theresa F. Reagan, b. 10 March 1919, bapt. 23 March following at St. Patrick’s church, Sturgin,^[136] d. 1 Dec. 2000 at Boise, Idaho.^[137] She was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1937. She m. 26 April 1958 in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Coeur d’Alene,^[138] Richard Clements, Jr., son of Richard Clements Sr. and Hazel Tippon. At the time of their marriage both parties were residing at Boise, Idaho; the witnesses were Robt. Zimmermann and Marie Zimmerman, and the ceremony was performed by the bride’s brother, Benedict Reagan, C.Ss.R. They were also of Boise, Idaho, at the death of her brother Lawrence in 1979, and at the death of her brother William in 1990.
10. Gertrude M. Reagan, b. 21 April 1921 at Sturgis, d. Nov. 1986.^[139] She was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1938. She m. 22 July 1944 at Seattle, Washington, Warren E. Thorpe. They were of Bellevue, Washington, at the time of her mother’s death in 1970, and of Seattle, Washington, at the time of his mother’s death in 1970 and at the death of her brother Lawrence in 1979.
11. The Rev. Benedict (“Ben”) J. Reagan, C.Ss.R. [Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris], b. 9 Oct. 1923, ordained 29 June 1950 (according to his tombstone), d. 12 Sept. 1984 in Multnomah Co., Oregon,^[140] and buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. Benedict Reagan performed the marriage ceremonies of his sister Theresa, uncle Lawrence Reagan, and niece Pamela Reagan. He was of San Leandro, California, at the time of his mother’s death in 1970, and of Great Falls, Montana, at the death of his brother Lawrence in 1979.
12. (perhaps) Gwendolyn Reagan, d. in infancy 24 Sept. 1925,^[141] and buried 26 Sept. following in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene. However, this would raise the count of daughters who predeceased Mary Elizabeth (Madden) Reagan to three, while the latter’s death notice only accounts for two. Her death record does not state her parentage.
13. William A. Reagan, of Coeur d’Alene, b. 7 Dec. 1926 at Coeur d’Alene, d. 27 May 1990, and buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, Coeur d’Alene.^[142] He was a graduate of the IHM Academy in the class of 1944. He m. 28 Dec. 1953, Jean Bales, who survived him. They had retired to Hayden Lake by the death of his sister Agnes in 1985. His death notice reads, in part:

    William A. (“Bill”) Reagan … died Sunday evening at his Hayden Lake home after a year’s illness with cancer. He was 63. Born in Coeur d’Alene, he graduated from the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy and the University of Idaho…. During the Korean War, he was called to active duty with the 149th Idaho National Guard Unit. After his service, he earned his law degree from Gonzaga University Law School.
        A lifetime Coeur d’Alene resident, Mr. Reagan began his law practice with William Hawkins and Eugene Miller. He then served two terms as Kootenai County prosecuting attorney before returning to private practice and specializing in corporate law.
        With Robert G. Templin and the late Joseph Haeger Jr., Mr. Reagan was a co-founder of Wester Frontiers about 30 years ago. They build the original North Shore Motel on the downtown lakefront where The Coeur d’Alene Resort is now located. The North Shore was sold … in 1983.^[143]

    Issue:
    1. Kathy A. Reagan, b. June 1955, a graduate of IHM Academy in the class of 1973. She m. by 1990, Russell Larson; they were of Coeur d’Alene at her father’s death.
    2. Michael E. Reagan, b. Nov. 1956, of Coeur d’Alene at his father’s death.
    3. Mary B. Reagan (twin to Nancy), b. March 1958. She m. by 1990, Kevin Kerr, and they were of Anchorage, Alaska, at her father’s death.
    4. Nancy Reagan (twin to Mary), b. March 1958; unmarried and of Bellevue, Washington, at her father’s death.
    5. William T. Reagan, b. June 1959, of Coeur d’Alene at his father’s death.
    6. Patrick Reagan, of Coeur d’Alene at his father’s death.
    7. Amy L. Reagan, b. Sept. 1960, unmarried and of Coeur d’Alene at her father’s death.
    8. Polly L. Reagan, b. Aug. 1964; m. by 1990, Joe B. Stansell, b. Sept. 1961. They were of San Diego, California, at her father’s death, and have also lived at Redmond, Washington.

6. Christopher Lawrence Reagan, of Sturgis, Saskatchewan, son of Patrick John Reagan, of Eden Valley, Minnesota, and of Sturgis, by the latter’s wife Catherine Heaney, was b. 5 Aug. 1880 at Eden Valley, d. 1 Nov. 1961 at Sturgis, aged 81 years, and was buried with his wife. Christopher Reagan accompanied his parents to Saskatchewan in 1903. Duplicate and conflicting entries for him in the census taken in the summer of 1906 show him either still living with his parents, or else, more probably, as the head of his own household at 24-34-4-W2.^[144] He m. 19 Jan. 1909 in the Roman Catholic Church, Sturgis, Helen Healy, b. 4 March 1891 at or near Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, d. 16 Nov. 1951 at or near Sturgis, aged 60 years, and buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery on the hill overlooking Sturgis, daughter of John J. Healy, of Sturgis, by his wife Elizabeth E. McCann. Christopher Reagan was living near Sturgis, Saskatchewan, by 18 December 1907, when he was patented the 160 acres of the northeast quarter of section 24, township 34, range 4 of the second meridian west of the Principal Meridian, this land being about 6 miles west of the town.^[145] The name of “C. Reagan” appears on this lot on the Scandinavian Canadian Land Co., mentioned above. Christopher and his family are in the 1911 census.^[146] Christopher Reagan, along with his brother Thomas P. Reagan and two other members of the Reagan family, was one of the ten founders of the Sturgis Credit Union in 1939.^[147] Helen (Healy) Reagan and her daughters “Van” (Reagan) Reed and Alma (Reagan) Lubiniecki were charter members of the Sturgis Council of the Catholic Women’s League in 1949, and appear in the group photograph thereof taken at the time, which has already been mentioned above under the account of Helen’s niece-by-marriage, Katie (Reagan) Hauber.^[148] A photograph of Christopher and Helen (Healy) Reagan, taken in 1950, is reproduced in Harvest of Memories, p. 665. Issue:

1. Gerald Joseph Reagan, b. 5 July 1909, d. 24 March 1970.
2. Bernard Arthur Reagan, b. 5 Dec. 1910, d. 29 Sept. 1977. He is believed to have lived at Flin Flon, Manitoba. A son, Doug Reagan, m. Leona Bedrich, and is of Saskatoon; their eldest child is Terri Reagan, of Calgary, Alberta in 2002.^[149]
3. Mary Evangeline (“Van”) Reagan, b. 18 May 1912 at Sturgis, d. 13 Jan. 1968 at Los Angeles, California, of complications following heart surgery. She took a Registered Nursing Degree at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and afterward went to work in the U.S. She was a charter member of the Sturgis Council of the Catholic Women’s League in 1949.^[150] She m. Allen Reed, b. Aug. 1907 at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, d. Dec. 1945 at Clevland, Ohio. After her husband’s death Van returned to Sturgis to be near her family, and nursed at the Preeceville Hospital until 1960. Due to poor health, she moved with her sons to Hawthorne, California. Harvest of Memories, pp. 665-6, lists their four children, and notes that they have eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
4. Helen Lorraine Reagan, b. 10 Oct. 1913; m. Elmer Olson, b. 1913, d. by 2000, and they had five children:^[151]
   1. Glen Olson.
   2. Mary-Boniface Olson.
   3. Ladonna-Rose Olson.
   4. Lance Olson, d. by 2000.
   5. Christopher Olson.
5. Alma Cecilia Reagan, b. 14 July 1915, d. 21 Sept. 1980. According to Harvest of Memories, pp. 518-19, “She was educated ar Mannanah and Sturgis schools until Grade 8. She then worked at home and farms in the area.” Alma was a charter member of the Sturgis Council of the Catholic Women’s League in 1949, and served as its President from 1959 to 1961 and from 1971 to 1973.^[152] She m. 17 Oct. 1936 in St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Sturgis, Leo James Lubiniecki, b. 1908 at Dauphin, Manitoba, d. 1976 at Sturgis, Principal of the high school at Sturgis, son of Julian Lubiniecki, also of Sturgis.^[153] Alma and Leo are buried in St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, in the north part of the town. They have five children, for whom see the LUBINIECKI page. They were the grandparents of the present compiler.
6. James Lawrence Reagan, b. 11 Jan. 1917. He is believed to have lived at Flin Flon, Manitoba.
7. Eileen Elizabeth Reagan, b. 7 Oct. 1918; m. ____ Lennox.
8. Patricia Rose Reagan, b. 9 Jan. 1921, d. 20 July 1983; she m. ____ Schiefle.
9. John Leonard Reagan, b. 29 July 1922, living 2000.
10. Jean Francis Reagan, b. 1 Aug. 1924, living 2000. She worked at Kamsack, and at Flin Flon, Manitoba, for a few years prior to her marriage. She m. 1946 in the Roman Catholic Church, Sturgis, Glen Sando, b. near Preeceville, d. by June 1998 while on holiday at Crystal Lake, near Sturgis, son of Martin Sando by his wife Emma Carlson. Glen became the owner of a coffee shop at Preeceville in 1946. Later he opened Glen’s Clothing Store at Sturgis. In 1963 they returned to Preeceville, where Glen ran the dry-cleaning plant. Finally, in 1968, they moved to Calgary, where Glen worked for Eaton’s and finished his career as the owner of Palliser Insurance. Jean took her C.N.A. training and worked for a number of years. They have five children (for further details of whom see Harvest of Memories).^[154]
    1. Gerry Sando.
    2. Greg Sando.
    3. Lynda Sando.
    4. Tammy Sando.
    5. Paul Sando.

7. Edward Glenn Reagan, son of Patrick Reagan, Jr., and Etta O’Brien, was b. 22 Nov. 1902 at Eden Valley, and d. 12 July 1982 at Hawthorne, California. This is the “Ed Reagan, Dad’s cousin from Hawthorne, California,” who in Harvest of Memories, p. 663, is said to have come to Sturgis every Sports’ Day (a huge summer event in Sturgis). He m. 25 May 1925 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho,^[155] Rose Elizabeth Trotechaud Riley, b. 26 Oct. 1899 in Wisconsin, d. 3 Dec. 1989, daughter of Joseph Trotechaud and Hildegard Gautsch, and (her parents dying when she was very young) adopted daughter of Matt and Maggie Riley, whose surname she added to her own. The witness at the marriage was Catherine Reagan. In 1930 they were living at Hawthorne City, Los Angeles Co., California, and he was working as an oil worker.^[156] Our record of their family was mainly supplied by their granddaughter, Shawn (Reagan) Harrington. Issue (apart from stillborn twin daughters):^[157]

1. Glenn Edward Reagan, b. 26 March 1926 in Siskiyou Co., California, d. in infancy.
2. George Richard Reagan, b. 15 Sept. 1927 in Los Angeles Co., California, living at Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2010. He m. before 1946, Barbara Lu Palmer, b. at Topeka, Kansas. They had nine children, all born in Los Angeles Co.:^[158]
   1. Richard Thomas Reagan, b. 4 Feb. 1946, apparently d. young.
   2. Monica Lynn Reagan, b. 16 April 1947.
   3. Mark Edward Reagan, b. 29 March 1949.
   4. Melinda Rose Reagan, b. 28 Sept. 1951. She m. ____ Kelly, and they were living at Kensington, Maryland, in June 2011. She is our informant for this family.
   5. Michael George Reagan, b. 24 Oct. 1954.
   6. Mary T. Reagan, b. 18 Nov. 1956, who died in a car accident as a teenager.
   7. Melissa A. Reagan, b. 16 Aug. 1958.
   8. Matthew J. Reagan, b. 14 May 1961.
   9. Myles Reagan, b. 13 April 1964.
3. John (“Jack”) Patrick Reagan, b. 31 July 1929 in Los Angeles Co., d. 28 July 2008 in Los Angeles Co., California. He m. ____ Green, and had four children:^[159]
   1. Rick Patrick Reagan, b. 15 June 1951 in Los Angeles Co.
   2. Shawn LaRee Reagan (female), b. 16 Nov. 1955 in Los Angeles Co.; m. ____ Harrington.
   3. Casey John Patrick Reagan, Jr., b. 15 Aug. 1961 Los Angeles Co.
   4. Riley John Reagan, b. 3 March 1968 in Los Angeles Co.
4. Joseph Ignatius Reagan, of Lawndale, California, b. 24 Oct. 1930 in Los Angeles Co., d. 28 June 2009 in Los Angeles Co. According to his niece Shawn Harrington, “He never married and had no natural children, but he took a family of boys under his care and considered them his children.”
5. James Everett Reagan, b. 16 Sept. 1933 in Los Angeles Co., d. in the early 1980s, hit by a drunk driver when he stopped to help a stranger change a flat tire. He m. ____ Devaney, and had three children:^[160]
   1. Kathleen M. Reagan, b. 14 Nov. 1959 in Los Angeles Co.
   2. Timothy J. Reagan, b. 10 Dec. 1962 in Los Angeles Co.
   3. Christopher E. Reagan, b. 7 Dec. 1965 in Los Angeles Co.
6. Marylyn Elizabeth Reagan, b. 1 Nov. 1934 at Compton, California, d. 10 Nov. 2008 after a long illness.^[161] She was a construction coordinator for several companies, including Sony-Superscope, Coast Savings, and IBM. The last 20 years of her life were spent at Lawndale, California. She reverted to her maiden surname after her divorce. Prior to her marriage she had a son, Arthur Futterman, who was given up for adoption. She m., but subsequently was divorced from, Robert Kunkel, alive on 20 Dec. 2008. They have three children:^[162]
   1. Sharon R. Kunkel, b. 3 Jan. 1958 in Los Angeles Co.
   2. Hugh E. Kunkel, b. 11 Oct. 1960 in Los Angeles Co.
   3. Edy Diane Kunkel, b. 10 Aug. 1963 in Los Angeles Co.
7. Gerald Michael (“Mike”) Reagan, of Phoenix, Arizona, b. 1 Sept. 1936 in Los Angeles Co., d. 19 March 2007 at Los Angeles, California. He m. ____ Duncan, and had three daughters:^[163]
   1. Colleen E. Reagan, b. 27 Jan. 1958 in Los Angeles Co.
   2. Shannon G. Reagan, b. 14 April 1959 in Los Angeles Co.
   3. Maureen T. Reagan, b. 12 Aug. 1965 in Los Angeles Co.; m. ____ Tevis.

Unplaced Reagans

In this section, we list some persons named Reagan in Kootenai County, Idaho, who may be related to the present family but cannot be definitely placed therein. The accounts given here are quite preliminary and are not based upon extensive research.

Bridget Reagan (whose name is known only from the death record of her daughter Ellen, below), m. by 1843, John Finn. Only known child:

1. Ellen Finn, b. 1842-43, who d. 29 Sept. 1922 at Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho, aged 79 years, the name in the record being given as Ellen Weeks.^[164] She m. ____ Weeks.

Ryan Reagan m. ________. His name is known only from the marriage record of a daughter:

1. Gertrude A. Noble Regan, m. 8 July 1919 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai, Idaho,^[165] James/Jacob M. Meagher, son of James/Jacob Meagher.^[166]

T.J. Regan m. Mary A. Hurley. Their names are known only from the marriage record of a son:

1. Thomas Regan. He m. 2 Aug. 1935 in the church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai, Idaho,^[167] Ruth Martin, daughter of R.C. Martin and Catherine Rooney.

Notes

name            age             occupation
------------------------------------------
Thos. Reagan     45             farmer
Margt. Reagan    42
John Reagan      21           
Thos. Reagan     16  15th Augt.
Patrick          12  15th Augt.
Bryan*           10  __ March
Allis             7  2nd Jan.
=====
Entire family born in Ireland; Roman Catholic
* sic; an error for Bernard

1920
Lucile    5, apparently corrected to 6
John      4 1/12
Mary      1 5/12 or 8/12 (numerator of fraction unclear)

1930
Philip   15
John     14
Lucille  11
Michael   8
Margaret  5

Reagan, Thomas  23 m laborer Ireland  FC
   "  , Agnes   22 f         Scotland FC
   "  , Thomas   2 m         Canada   FC

Thomas Reagan  32 m Ireland    farmer
Agnes     "    33 f Scotland   keeping house
Thomas    "    11 m Canada     helping father
Ann       "    10 f Minnesota  attending school
Christina "     8 f    "
Alice     "     5 f    "
John      "     3 m    "

                                    fa.  mo.
Thomas Ragan head M M 43 Ireland   Ire.  Ire.  drives express wagon
Agnes    "   wife M F 43 Scotland  Scot. Scot. keeping house
Thomas   "   son  S M 21 Canada    Ire.  Scot. drives job wagon
Ann      "   dau. M F 19 Minnesota Ire.  Scot. at home
Cristina "   dau. S F 17 Minnesota Ire.  Scot. at home
Alice    "   dau. S F 13 Minnesota Ire.  Scot. at home
John     "   son  S M 12 Minnesota Ire.  Scot. at home

name           gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
--------------------------------------------------
Reagan Patrick        M   head  M   Mar 1841   70
Reagan Catherine      F   wife  M   May 1841   70

name           gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
----------------------------------------------------
Martell Bert        M  head     M  Jan 1872    39
Martell Mary        F  wife     M  Jan 1873    38
Martell Bernice     F  daughter S  Oct 1902     8
Martell Clement     M  son      S  Nov 1904     6
Martell Francis G.  F  daughter S  Jan 1911     4/12
====================================================
Martell Leo F.      M  head     M  Mar 1880    31
Martell Catherine   F  wife     M  Apr 1894    27 

name              relat. age  birthpl.   father           mother   occ.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leo Martell        head  50*  Wisconsin  Canada--French   New York  **
Katherine Martell  wife  46*  Minnesota  Canada--English  Canada--English
Leone Martell      dau.  17   Canada--English  Wisconsin  Minnesota
Gerard Martell     son   16   Canada--English  Wisconsin  Minnesota
Gertrude Martell   son   14   Canada--English  Wisconsin  Minnesota
Alice A Martell    dau.   9   Kansas           Wisconsin  Minnesota
====
* Age at first marriage for him 30; for her 24
** occupation: labour [in] woods

name         gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
----------------------------------------------------

Reagan Thomas V.* M   head    M   Jan 1866   45
Reagan Bridget    F   wife    M   Sep 1879   31
Reagan Patrick    M   Son     S   Feb 1899   12
Reagan John       M   Son     S   Nov 1900   10
Reagan Margaret   F   Dau.    S   Feb 1902    9
Reagan Leo T.F.   M   Son     S   Aug 1904    6
Reagan George     M   Son     S   Jun 1906    4
Reagan Catherine  F   dau.    S   Nov 1908    2 
Maddon John       M   servant -   May 1868   43
====
* sic (really P); possibly misheard by enumerator

name           gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
----------------------------------------------------
Regan Patrick    M  head  M   Feb 1877   34
Regan Julia      F  wife  M   Aug 1881   29
Regan Beatrice   F  dau.  S   Aug 1901    9
Regan Edward     M  son   S   Nov 1902    8
Regan Raymond    M  son   S   Apr 1905    6
Regan Katherine  F  dau.  S   Feb 1907    4
Regan Mary       F  dau.  S   Jan 1909    2
Regan Cornelius  M  son   S   Mar 1911 2/12 

name           gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
--------------------------------------------------
Reagan William John   M   head  M   Jun 1878   32
Reagan Mary           F   wife  M   Mar 1886   25
Reagan William Augus  M   son   S   Feb 1902    9
Reagan Mary L.        F   dau.  S   Apr 1903    8
Reagan Alice          F   dau.  S   Oct 1904    6
Reagan Thomas L.      M   son   S   Apr 1908    3
Reagan Margaret F.    F   dau.  S   Jan 1910    1 

name              gender  relat. cond. birthdate  age
-----------------------------------------------------
Reagan, Christopher L.  M   head   M   Aug 1880    30
Reagan, Helen E.        F   wife   M   Mar 1892    19
=== (page-break) ===
Reagan, Gerald J.       M   son    S   Jul 1909     1
Reagan, Bernard A.      M   son    S   Dec 1910  5/12 

Some Sites of Related Interest

• The Story of Sturgis, 1912-1987 (1987), by Patricia Armstrong
  <http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/documents/ The_Story_of_Sturgis.pdf>
• Harvest of Memories: Sturgis and District …, 1900-2000, by the Sturgis and District History Book Committee (Sturgis, Saskatchewan: the Committee, 2000), for accounts of the Reagan (pp. 622-25, 662-66), Healy (pp. 407-8), and Lubiniecki (pp. 518-21) families
  <http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=6123>
• Bob Gerrish, Thomas Reagan Family History
  <http://www.dlux.net/~bobg/genealogy/thomas_reagan_biography.html>
• Reagan Family Genealogy Forum
  <http://genforum.genealogy.com/reagan/>
• Reagan Group Project [y-DNA study]
  <http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Reagan>

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/ff/Reagan.cfm
This page originally appeared 27 August 1999
Last revised 12 November 2011