Eight Brothers and Sisters Together After 30 years

Date: Jul 1936 to 28 Jul 1936
Location: Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Surname/tag: Glasgow

Eight Brothers and Sisters Together After 30 years

A photograph appeared in The Herald-News (Passaic, New Jersey) 28 July 1936 , page 6; showing eight siblings of the same family, originally from Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. The caption reads:

• Silas Glasgow of East Orange
• William, of Alhambra, Cal.
• Henry, of Livingston
• Robert, of Clifton
• Dr. Thomas M. Glasgow, of Passaic
• Mrs. Hadley Urquhardt, of Livingston
• Mrs. Charles Zehnder, of Newark
• Mrs. Harry Pfeffer, of Newark

An article about this reunion was published in the Mid-Ulster Mail (August 1936) back in Northern Ireland, giving the following information:

• Mary Jane Hopper's parents lived at "The Island", Drumshanbo.
• Nine children emigrated to the US, the first being Thomas Glasgow of Passaic NJ, and the last being Robert.
• Robert lived in Scotland for 25 years with a wife and 4 children; emigrating to the US around 1927. Lives in Clifton, NJ.
• William also described as "the last to emigrate" in contradiction to the previous paragraph!
• William went to Alhambra, California where he is in the painting business. The other children all went to New Jersey.
• William and his youngest brother Silas were in Wyoming when war broke out.
• Silas raised a cavalry regiment in Wyoming. He received the Governor's Cup. After the war he married and moved to East Orange, NJ.
• The eldest brother is Henry, a building contractor in Livingstone NJ.
• The three daughters all married.
• Sarah graduated as a nurse in 1913 and is the widow of Harry Pfeffer, Newark.
• Eleanor is married to Dr Hadley Urquahart of Livingstone NJ.
• The third is the wife of Charles Zehder(sic), an eye specialist in Newark.

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• "A New Jersey Reunion - The Glasgow Family", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 29 August 1936, Page 3