Jun 24
Co. Westmeath, Ireland
John Henry
Gavigan Born 1825
Gustav Emil
Oscar Janeck Born 1826
Apr 6 to Aug 27
Battle of Wisconsin Heights
Oscar Emil
Janeck Born 1872
1845 to 1852
Great Potato Famine
The Great Hunger
1845 to 1852
John Gavigan and Children
Leave Ireland 1847
John Gavigan and Children
Live in New Jersey
1848 - 1850
Thomas McGilligan Family
Immigrates to US 1851
Thomas McGilligan
Family arrives in Iowa County - 1852
John Gavigan
and children arrive in
Lafayette County WI 1853
Railroad
*see John Robert McGilligan
Railroad Comes
to Madison, 1854
Anthony Albert Rupp
Immigrates to US 1857
Edward Thomas
McGilligan is Born 1857
John Schwartz Sr.
Immigrates to
Darlington Area 1860
William B.
Gavigan is Born 1862
Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 9, 1865
Civil War
Margaret Theresa Murphy
Servant at the Vilas Hotel 1868
Mrs. Johanna Janeck Death
1869
John Gavigan SR is living with son Timothy in Argyle - 1871
1871-1874
Little House in the Big Woods
Larua Ingalls lived in
Pepin, Wisconsin - 1871
Anthony Albert Rupp
Farmer on
Murphy Creek - 1873
1874
John Gavigan SR Death
John Gavigan SR Dies - 1874
Anthony Albert Rupp
Barkeeper
at the Vilas Hotel - 1875
Edward Thomas McGilligan
Family Farms
Iowa County - 1880
Railroad
*see John Robert McGilligan
Railroad Comes
to Dodgeville, July 20, 1881
Railroad Comes
to Argyle, 1887
Passenger service was established in February 1887
Anthony Albert Rupp
Steward at the Vilas Hotel - 1880-81
Dec 4 1881
Darlington, Lafayette County
Lillie Mae Schwartz is Born
1881
Anthony Albert Rupp
Steward at the Park Hotel - 1882
John Edward McGilligan is Born
1888
May 30 1891
Suicide By Taking Poison
Annie "Jennie"
Wurm Schwartz Death
1891
Suicide By Taking Rat Poison
Edward Thomas McGilligan
Proprietor of the Wisconsin House Arena WI
(1882 - 1895)
First Successful American
Gasoline Automobile -1893
Charles Duryea and J. Frank, who were bicycle mechanics at the time, designed the first successful American gasoline automobile
Apr 21, 1898 – Dec 10, 1898
Death
Spanish American War 1898
July 26, 1900
Boating Accident
Ellen Jane Rupp "Jennie" Death
July 26, 1900
Jul 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918
WWI
May 14 1917
John McGilligan JR
John McGilligan JR Born
1917
435 West Main Street
The Furniture Repair Shop
McGilligan's Furniture Founded - 1917
Sep 9 1918
Ruth Arlen Hommerstad
Ruth Arlen Hommerstad Born - 1918
Jan 1 1924
Homer V Gavigan
Homer V Gavigan Born - 1924
Chippewa Flowage was Created
1923
Ethyle V Gavigan Marries
James Farmer - 1926
1928
Biologist Alexander Fleming
Penicillin was Discovered - 1928
Penicillin was discovered by Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming in 1928
Jan 3 1929
Margaret Theresa Murphey Rupp
Margaret Theresa Murphey Rupp Dies
1929
The Great Depression - 1929
The stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply. Sound Familiar fools?
Thomas Gaivgan
Weds Mildred Williams - 1929
Sep 18 1929
John (jack) Gavigan
John Gavigan (Jack)
Born - 1929
Feb 3 1936
Robert Dale Gavigan
Robert Dale Gavigan Born - 1936
Gavigan kids go to
St Michaels Orphanage - 1938
President Roosevelt Cabinet
WWII
Leo Thomas Crowley
Presidential Cabinet Member
William & Marion McGilligan
Apr 26 1939
Patricia Ann McGilligan Birth
Patricia Ann McGilligan Born - 1939
August 17, 1942
Ruby Lund Heydon
Ruby Lund Heydon Murdered - 1942
Nov 30 1942
Buffy Stevens McGilligan Birth
Elizabeth Jean McGilligan Born - 1942
Tupperware Invented - 1946
Jul 1946
John Michael McDermott
John Michael McDermott born - 1946
Jul 1947
Dennis McGilligan
Dennis McGilligan born - 1947
Robert Gavigan Leaves St Michaels - 1951
Elizabeth Janeck Born - 1951
June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
Korea
Korean War - 1950 to 1953
Thomas Gaivgan
weds Ida May Lund - 1953
1951
5106 University Avenue
McGilligans Moves West - 1951
1952
Betty Ellen Gavigan Birth
Betty Ellen Gavigan born - 1952
Nov 1, 1955 – Apr 30, 1975
Vietnam
Vietnam War - 1955 – 1975
Nov 1962
Timothy Michael Gavigan
Timothy Michael Gavigan Born - 1962
Nov 1 1969
Joseph Robert Gavigan
Joseph Robert Gavigan born - 1969
First Humans on the Moon - 1969
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
John & Ruth McGilligan
Puchase Baumgartens Resort 1970
Buffy McGilligan Stevens
1/2 Owner of McGilligans
Dark Side of the Moon Released - 1973
John & Ruth Sell
Baumgartens to Walt Robb - 1976
Aug 16, 1977
The King is Dead
Elvis Presley Death - 1977
May 25, 1978
Rastaman Vibrations
Bob Marley Plays the
Orpheum Theater - 1978
Tim Gavigan, Cam Davidson, Chris Skornika were there
Aug 14 1978
John McGilligan JR
John McGilligan JR Death - 1978
First Space Shuttle Launch - 1981
Band The Concerned Citizens
Play Dane & Iowa County - 1981
- Cam Davidson
- Christian Hartchi
- Tim Gavigan
- Chris Skornika
Spring of 1983
Champions of the State
Madison West Wins Wisconsin
State Hockey Tournament- 1983
1985
Live Aid Relief in Africa
Raised over $100 million for famine
Ruth Sells Aframe
and acres for 85K - 1993
Most foolish move ever by Pat, Buff, and Ruth. The land was the gold bars you fools.
Dot Com Revolution
BBS... AOL..... Internet
Computers and then soon thereafter The Internet
Tim Gavigan Launches OldCabin Internet - 1993
