Claude Gallagher
- Born: 4 Dec 1898
- Information source: Birth index entry
Location: 76 Arden Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Information source: Birth index entry
- Died: 14 Jul 1982 (Aged 83yrs)
- Location: Southern Memorial Hospital, South Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Father: Henry William Gallagher
- Mother: Anne Jane Elizabeth Boraman
- Brother: Henry William John Gallagher
- Brother: Frederick Edward Gallagher
- Brother: Clarence George Gallagher
- Brother: Horace Alfred Gallagher
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Own Family
- Spouse: Doreen Williamson
- Married: 22 Apr 1938 (Aged 39yrs)
- Daughter: Marlene Claudette Gallagher, born 3 Feb 1940, died 28 Nov 1940 (Aged 0yrs)
Occupations
- Pitcher Setter in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Notes
His mother said that he was "sent by heaven to replace the lost one". A 'Pitcher Setter' was responsible for setting bluestone pitchers (square stone blocks) in place in roadsides and gutters around Melbourne. His wife Doreen was a widow with a young son. Doreen separated from Claud after the death of Marlene, and sued him for maintenance – he was ordered to pay 'thirty shillings a week for the complainant and ten shillings a week for the said child' (Thomas). Doreen claimed that Claud was her son’s father, but Claud obtained the birth certificate naming the father as her previous partner. The maintenance order was annulled when evidence was brought showing that Doreen had been married twice before - and not widowed or divorced!