Jack Reagan
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John Edward Reagan (July 13, 1883 – May 18, 1941) was an American salesman. He was the father of future
Ancestry
Jack's paternal grandfather, Michael O'Regan, was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland. O'Regan worked as a tenant farmer during his early years in Ireland, before he moved to London in 1852. Whilst living there, O'Regan married an Irish refugee named Catherine Mulcahey, and anglicised his family surname to "Reagan". The couple emigrated to Carroll County, Illinois in 1856.[1] John Michael, their son, became a grain-elevator farmer, and married Jenny Cusick in 1878. Cusick was born in Canada, but like John Michael, her parents came from Ireland. Their son, John Edward "Jack," was born five years later, in 1883.[2]
8. Thomas O'Regan | |||||||||||||||
4. Michael O'Regan (Reagan) | |||||||||||||||
9. Margaret Murphy | |||||||||||||||
2. John Michael Reagan | |||||||||||||||
10. Patrick Mulcahey | |||||||||||||||
5. Catherine Mulcahey | |||||||||||||||
1. John Edward "Jack" Reagan[3] | |||||||||||||||
12. Patrick Thomas Cusick | |||||||||||||||
6. Patrick Cusick | |||||||||||||||
13. Jean Gabbert | |||||||||||||||
3. Jennie Cusick | |||||||||||||||
7. Sarah Higgins | |||||||||||||||
Life and career
At the time of his second son Ronald's birth in 1911, the 27-year-old Jack was working at a store in
Reagan died on May 19, 1941, at the age of 57 after a series of heart attacks. It has been suggested[6] that he might have survived if a nearby ambulance had been allowed to cross out of their service territory. This possibility may have been one reason that Ronald Reagan, as governor of California, signed into law the Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act of 1970, authorizing the first paramedic program in the United States.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Gullan (2001), p. 320
- ^ The New Yorker, Volume 57, Issues 37-41, 1981, p. 45
- ^ Reitwiesner, William Addams and Michael J. Wood. "The Ancestors of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Vaughn, Stephen (1992). "Ronald Reagan and the Struggle for Black Dignity in Cinema". The Journal of Negro History. 77 (1): 1–16.
- ^ "President Reagan's remarks via Satellite to Knights of Columbus on August 5, 1986" (video). youtube.com. Reagan Library.
- ^ a b EMERGENCY! 50! The Show that Saved Your Life (FULL LENGTH). Event occurs at 8m30s. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
General
- Angelo, Bonnie (2001). First Mothers: The Women who Shaped the Presidents. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-093711-4.
- Gullan, Harold I. (2001). Faith of our mothers: The stories of presidential mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush. New York: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-4926-1.
- Kengor, Paul (2004). God and Ronald Reagan. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-057142-X.
- Pemberton, William E. (1998). Exit with honor: The life and presidency of Ronald Reagan. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-0096-X.
- Reagan, Ronald (1990). An American Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-0025-9.