Biography
McLaughlin, Michael Patrick “Pat”. b. September 24 (27), 1890, Ballyhaunis, Mayo, Ireland, naturalized January 15, 1945, NYC; Father James McLaughlin, mother Mary Nolan; Married Ellen Costello (1894-1974) in 1915, children Margaret Stevens (1916-?), John Thomas McLaughlin (1917-2006), Eileen Jordon (1925-?), and John James McLaughlin (1927-?); Miner; CP 1935; Domicile 1407 Madison Avenue, NYC); Sailed March 10, 1937 aboard the Washington; Arrived in Spain on April 8, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; Served at Brunete and during the Aragon Campaign; WIA in head and hip, Orihella; Returned to the US on October 23, 1938 aboard the Britannic; d. February 1974, Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Siblings: sisters Delia McDonough (1895-1982), brothers Bernhard McLaughlin, James McLaughlin, and Jack McLaughlin.
Sources: Cadre; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 47, ll. 13, Roster of the Lincoln Battalion, June 1, 1937; Opis 6, Delo 941, ll. 22; L-W Tree, Ancestry.com.
Siblings: sisters Delia McDonough (1895-1982), brothers Bernhard McLaughlin, James McLaughlin, and Jack McLaughlin.
Sources: Cadre; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 47, ll. 13, Roster of the Lincoln Battalion, June 1, 1937; Opis 6, Delo 941, ll. 22; L-W Tree, Ancestry.com.