A Different Perspective, 20 Years Later

The Hopkins Map of 1877 shows some changes. Thomas Burgan had land further north by then, at the modern day corner of Belair Road and Moravia Road. His previous land was now clearly marked as Laurel Cemetery. I do not know if the Irish Matriarch ever lived on this land with her husband, John J. , and his parents, but by 1870 they are marked on U.S. Census records as living in Baltimore's 7th Ward with two of their 3 existing children. This ward was in the Northeast section of the city, near St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Their youngest son's very fuzzy birth certificate says that his dad was originally from Belair Road, which helps to firm up the link between the Burgan generations.