(Featured image: Irish salt workers about 1870)
This page is a collection point for information about the Martin Hogan family in Syracuse. Martin was the grandfather of David Joseph Hogan (1910-1975). Martin was born in Ireland around 1825. His parents and county/parish of birth in Ireland are unknown at this time.
Martin was likely part of a substantial mid-19th century wave of Irish immigrants drawn to Syracuse in the wake of the Irish Potato Famine by the city’s burgeoning salt industry and economic activity along the Erie Canal. Irish workers settled in the city’s First Ward on the far north end of the city and in the town of Geddes, now known as Tipperary Hill, where they had proximity to the industry that was built around the naturally occurring salt springs at the southern end of Onondaga Lake, known as the Onondaga Salt Reservation. It contained an estimated 50,000 solar sheds and 300 boiling blocks, where water was evaporated or boiled out of brine pumped from wells around the lake. The Irish played a crucial role in shaping Syracuse’s growth and cultural landscape.
About 1854, Martin married Mary (maiden name unknown). We don’t know if they were married in Ireland and crossed the Atlantic together, or if they met in Syracuse. In 1855 they were in Geddes, then they settled in the First Ward. Martin’s brother Patrick lived with them initially, but has not been tracked in records after 1855.
Children of Martin and Mary Hogan
- Mary A. Hogan
- Born about 1858 in NY state (presumedly in Syracuse)
- Died 24 Aug 1894, Syracuse (NY certificate #34416), age 36
- No marriages or children.
- Obituary published 25 Aug 1894 in the Daily Standard, Syracuse NY.
- Julia E. (Hogan) Carroll:
- Born about 1859 in Syracuse
- Died 2 Dec 1949, age 88, Syracuse (NY certificate #73365)
- Buried 6 Dec 1949 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt; section 3; lot 134, grave 2A.
- Married Peter William Carroll (1859-1921) about 1885; their children were:
- Julia Carroll
- Born about 1887
- Died 6 Feb 1898, Syracuse (NY cert. #4653 and #33184), age 12
- Mary “Mamie” Agnes (Carroll) Carbone
- Born about 1888
- Died 30 Jul 1947 in Syracuse (NY certificate #43070), age 59
- Buried 1 Aug 1947 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY, section 3, lot 134, grave 7A.
- Married John Carbone 29 Jun 1927 in Syracuse (NY certificate #15829)
- Francis Peter Carroll
- Born 10 Aug 1889, Salina NY (NY cert. #29776)
- Died Mar 1963
- Buried 27 Mar 1963 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 134, grave 4C.
- Charles Joseph Carroll
- Born 16 Aug 1891, Salina NY
- Died 1 Oct 1983
- Buried 3 Nov 1983 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 134, grave 1C.
- Lucille “Lucy” Lillian (Carroll) Sommers
- Born 23 Nov 1894 in Syracuse (NY certificate #49871)
- Died 9 Oct 1954 in Salina NY, age 59 (NY certificate #63835)
- Buried 12 Oct 1954 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 141, grave 2A.
- Married Frederick J. Sommers 30 Nov 1922 in Syracuse (NY certificate #41784)
- Fredrick “Fred” H. Sommers
- Born 10 Aug 1924, Salina (NY certificate #89469)
- Died 18 Nov 1998
- Buried 23 Nov 1998 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 140, grave 3A.
- Obituary published 20 Nov 1998, Syracuse Herald-Journal, page B4 (view on Find-A-Grave)
- Married Marie A. Boyle
- Frank C. Sommers
- Born 4 Sep 1930, Salina (NY certificate #69067)
- Died 28 Mar 2009
- Buried 31 Mar 2009 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 140, grave 2A.
- Fredrick “Fred” H. Sommers
- Julia Carroll
- Margaret “Maggie” Theresa Hogan
- Born about 1865 in Syracuse
- Died 4 Dec 1941 in Clay, NY, age 82 (NY certificate #71615)
- Buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt; section 3, lot 141, grave 6A.
- No spouse/children.
- Obituary published in the Syracuse Herald-American, 7 December and Herald-Journal, 5 December.
- Edward C. Hogan (twin)
- Born Oct 1861
- Died 19 Dec 1952 in Syracuse, age 92 (NY certificate #76675)
- Buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Baldwinsville, plot 133.
- Married Hannah Costello (1860-1934) about 1893;
- Bessie Marie Hogan
- Born 25 Jun 1894
- Died 30 Oct 1970
- Buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Baldwinsville NY
- No marriages or children.
- Frank Costello Hogan
- Born 27 May or 28 May 1896 in Syracuse (NY certificate #22657)
- Married Harriet Evans 12 May 1925, East Syracuse (NY certificate #8436)
- Howard Edward Hogan
- Born 1899
- James Leo Hogan
- Born 23 Apr 1902, Syracuse (NY certificate #15636)
- Bessie Marie Hogan
- Owen H. Hogan (twin)
- Born Oct 1861
- Died 22 Feb 1950, Syracuse (NY #10253)
- Buried 25 February 1950 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dewitt; section 3, lot 165, grave 2A.
- Married Bridget C. Mahon (1874-1957) about 1901 (9 children)
- Edward M. Hogan
- Born 13 Nov 1901, Syracuse (NY #49055)
- Died 21 Nov 1962, Syracuse, age 61
- No marriages/children.
- John “Jack” W. Hogan
- Born 3 Mar 1903, Syracuse (NY #52900)
- Died 9 Jul 1937, Syracuse (NY #43805), age 34
- No marriages, children.
- Anne E. Hogan
- Born 9 Sep 1904, Syracuse (#37315)
- Died 19 Aug 1964, Syracuse, age 59
- No marriages, children
- Charles Henry Hogan
- Born 30 Jun 1906, Syracuse
- Died 13 Apr 1959, Black Rock, Erie County (NY #24821)
- Married Grace C. Giertz 3 Jun 1939, Buffalo (NY #12979)
- Judith “Judy” Ann Hogan
- Born 5 May 1942, Cohoes (NY #34444)
- Judith “Judy” Ann Hogan
- Myles Francis Hogan
- Born 5 Nov 1907, Syracuse (NY #53264)
- Died 1 Oct 1946, Syracuse (NY #59666), age 38
- No marriages/children.
- David Joseph Hogan
- Born 23 Jan 1910, Syracuse
- Died 21 Jul 1975, Syracuse
- Married Katherne (Wright) Sembach 16 Jul 1940 in Cohoes (NY #19720)
- Married Catherine Rose Grogan 18 Sep 1948, Syracuse (NY #58823)
- Francis James Hogan
- Born 10 Jan 1912
- Died 16 May 1986
- Married Helen M. Long 4 Jan 1950, Syracuse
- Helen M. Hogan
- Born 21 Mar 1913
- Died 5 Oct 2009
- Lucille A. (Hogan) Tompkins
- Born 31 Dec 1919, Syracuse
- Died 14 Oct 2008
- Married Howard W. Tompkins 14 Apr 1949, Vernon
- Kathleen Mary (Tompkins) Pisiak
- Born 25 May 1949, Syracuse
- Died 6 Nov 2021, Syracuse
- Married Robert John Pisiak
- Kathleen Mary (Tompkins) Pisiak
- Edward M. Hogan
- Martin J. Hogan
- Born about Nov 1864, Syracuse
- Died 28 April 1926, Syracuse (NY# 25925), age 69
- Buried 30 April 1926 at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Dewitt NY; section 3, lot 141, grave 4A.
- No spouse/children.
- Francis Hogan
- Born about 1867
- died 2 Nov 1904, age 37
- Burial unknown
- Obituary published 3 November 1904 in the Syracuse Journal. (Note: A NY death index exists for the same name and date for a death that occurred in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY. However Frank’s obituary states he died at the home of his sister at 620 Teall Ave in Syracuse.)
- No spouse/children
