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| Birth: | 11 Mar 1865 |
| Death: | 8 Feb 1957 in Woodland Township, Wright County, Minnesota |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Denis Galvin b. 1819 in Kerry County, Ireland |
| Mother: | Johanna Casey b. 15 Aug 1831 in County Cork, Ireland |
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Individual:
1870 Census: Washington Lake, Sibley County, Minnesota. At home.
1875 Census: Washington Lake, Sibley County, Minnesota.
1880 Census: Marysville, Wright County, Minnesota. Works on farm.
1900 Census: Marysville, Wright County, Minnesota
1920 Census: Marysville, Wright County, Minnesota. Buffalo Road.
Patrick Galvin purchased his parents' log house and 116 acres in 1890. The interest rate was then 8%. His parents, Dennis and Johanna, built a house on the remaining land. That house was later moved and is now the home of Leonard Galvin. In 1891 he married Ellen Grattan of Watertown.
In 1907 Pat rented the farm to Peter Valetzek and moved to a farm near Buffalo where they were able to rent a much larger farm and house. They had seven children at this time: Chris, Owen, Jim, Jack, Eileen, Edna and Ethel. Montrose had no complete high school then so the boys finished high school in Buffalo. That farm is now Shoehagen Addition.
In 1911 Pat purchased an additional 45 acres from his brother Tom, but the family did not return to the farm until 1916. They were now a family of nine children with the addition of Robert and Helen. It was this year, also, that Pat built his wife a big white house.
Chris and Owen , who were attending St. Thomas College, left to join the Marine Corp. Shortly after their enlistment they were shipped overseas. Jack enrolled at the University of Minnesota and joined the ROTC and Jim who had stayed home to help his father farm, was drafted. The big house seemed empty with four sons serving in World War I.
In late March 1918 Eileen received a birthday letter from her brother. Chris. It was the first letter received from any of the boys in months. It was also the first uncensored letter. On March 28, 1918, Eileen died of diphtheria. No one knew its true source. She would have been 16 on April 6th. The family was immediately quarantined except for Pat who had survived the disease as a child, but who had lost three members of his family by then. Because of the quarantine, Eileen's casket was placed in the front room so friends and relatives could pass by the window to pay their respects. The body was taken straight to the cemetery.
Pat had immediately moved into the log house so that he could continue the farm business. Only with the help of God and good Neighbors like the Volkenants, Louisiana, Mulherns, and Duskes did they survive this ordeal. On July 4th the quarantine was lifted. Pat hired Riar Stevens to take his family on their first car ride. What a celebration!!!!!
At the end of the war Chris returned to work in Minneapolis and Owen and Jack returned to college. Jim came home to help farm. It was at this time the gravel pit was opened..
In 1922 the state contracted the gravel for the building of Highway 12. It turned out to be a big social event with people coming from miles to see the first steam shovel used in this area and to watch the horses at work. Fifty-nine years later, in 1981, the state will again use gravel from the same pit for the rebuilding of a section of Highway 12.
In 1947 Jim became ill and required hospitalization calling Edna and her family home to help farm. They stayed until their move to Maple Lake.
Pat and Ellen were active members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waverly. Pat was an officer of the Montrose Creamery, the shipping Association and the county school board. Ellen was active in the Altar Rosary, the Royal Neighbors, and the V.F.W. Auxiliary.
In 1956 after selling the farm to Helen and her husband, Clarence Kespohl, they moved to Buffalo. Ellen died November 24, 1945 at the age of 74. Mr. Galvin remained in Buffalo a number of years before returning to the farm to live with Helen until his death February 8, 1957, at the age of 93. Four of his children are still living: Edna Steman of Maple Lake, Ethel Effertz of St. Pau, Bob of New Richmond, Wisconsin and Helen Kespohl of Montrose.
Excerpt taken from the book, Montrose Minnesota 1881 to 1981.
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