Patrick McTygue : Short Biography

Patrick McTygue 1838

Shrule (Mayo)

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Patrick McTygue born 11 May 1838 Shrule, County Mayo, Ireland. Parents were Michael Tigue and Bridget Purcell.

The family lived Cloonbanaun Townland. Patrick was the youngest of the five children. Michael 1827, Anna 1831, Catherine 1833, Bridget 1835, and Patrick in 1838.

The Tygue family left about 1847. There was no record of his father after Patrick's baptismal record.

Patrick said on his civil war records that his mother told him he was born in 1844. Patrick is buried in Eddyville, Dawson County, Nebraska.

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Additional Information
Date of Birth	11th May 1838
Date of Death	1st Feb 1923	VIEW SOURCE

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In 1990 I visited Ireland for the first time. We went to Shrule. We were driving into Shrule. My husband's comment was, "I know now why your family ended up in Nebraska. It looks like Shrule!" We didn't find any living McTigue/McTygue/Tighe in Shrule. We did find some in the cemetery. My family has spelled the name in many different ways. Patrick's older brother Michael changed Tygue to Tighe in 1905 in Rock County Wisconsin. I am very lucky that I found 3 of the McTigue baptismal records in Shrule. They gave me the townland where the family lived. Using the Tithe Applotment records I have been able to find Patrick's grandfather , Thomas McTige in Cloonbanaun in 1827.