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Lucinda Mary Cota, (daughter of Nelson Cote and Maria Philomena Morris, from Canada)born in 1862 in Grass Valley married James F. Gallagher, place born unconfirmed, married 05/04/1887 in Nevada City. Lucinda and James had five children named Mamie, Peter , Josephine, Adelle and Emma. Lucinda died in Gold Flat at the age of 33. James died in 1926 in Grass Valley. The 4 living children went to live at the Catholic orphanage home. Mamie Gallagher, my grandmother married Alfred Marcellus Stone at the Precidio in San Francisco. They changed their last name to Reed. Peter went into the Navy or Marines or Merchant Marines when he was 17 and was never heard from again. Josephine married Frederick Bawden. Adelle married William Burgess. Emma died in infancy.
James Gallagher had an Uncle Peter who also died in Grass Valley. He also had an Uncle Frank and Aunt Ann Gallagher. Do not know what happened to Frank or Ann. Also do not know who their father was.
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