Jeanne & Susi's Biological Father, Joseph Gallagher
Scroll down to see how I found Jeanne and Susi's biological father, what happened to him, and some other surprises...
Joseph Michael Gallager
Brothers:
John (Jack) Francis Jr.
Mark
Paul
Brothers:
John (Jack) Francis Jr.
Mark
Paul
Born in 1937
Born in 1937
Lincoln High School
Philadelphia, PA
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Marines
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Lebanon 1959
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Gas Station
Becker Florist Shop
(Fox Chase section of Philadelphia)
Search for obituary of Joseph Gallagher
Search for Lillian Gallagher
Google search:
joseph m. gallagher "Lincoln High" marine
Found Facebook entry for Lincoln High Alumni
Correct age and other information
Correct details
Correct details
Next step is to find out the original source of this post, the Washington Times in 1996
The Washington Times Archive Search tool
The search turned up the story. Time to purchase the article
Got the full obituary from 1996
More consistencies from what I knew from my mother-in-law, (Jeanne and Susi's mother, Jean Ochs.
Great and unexpected find: Joseph had two daughters from another marriage! Joanna of Stroudsburg, PA and Megan from Willow Grove!
Search for
JoannaGallagher
and
Megan Gallagher
Found Joanna Niven who confirmed my assumptions.
Joe Gallagher had a second family after Jean and him broke up.
Both Joanna M. Niven (Stroudsburg) and Megan M Bitterlich (from Willow Grove and Warminster) are both step-sisters to Jeanne and Susan.
Here is a little history on the last names of Jeanne and Susan (a.k.a. Susi):
1. Jean Ochs marries Joe Gallagher. Jean changes her name to Gallagher.
2. 1959, 1961: Jeanne and Susi are born and have the last name Gallagher.
3. Jean Ochs divorces Joe Gallagher in the early 1960s and instead of changing her last name back to Ochs, she decides to take her Father's (Ray Ochs) Father's (Charles Ochs) wife's maiden name (Katherine Kraft). So Jean and Jeanne and Susan all have last name Kraft.
4. Jean Kraft marries Hank Gritz. Hank does not adopt Jeanne or Susan and therefore their names remain as Kraft.
5. 1986 Jeanne marries Barry Schickling and keeps her maiden name for most purposes
6. Jean divorces Hank Gritz and changes her name back to Kraft
7. 1996 Jeanne divorces Barry and marries Ken Keiser and changes her name to Keiser.
8. 2001 Susan marries Lindsay Robb but keeps her maiden name for most purposes
Jeanne Keiser dies on August 29, 2010 in Lansdale, PA , aged 51. (born May 19, 1959)
Susan Kraft dies on August 16, 2016 in Livingston, MT aged 54. (born January 30, 1961)