Baltimore's City Directory lists the John J. Burgan family as living in Homestead in 1885. The address is vague, but would continue to be a bit more specific until they are firmly listed as living at 426 Madison Avenue in 1890. Dad was listed as a grocer and hostler in various years.
In 1885, The Irish Matriarch had three children in her home, ages 10, 15 and 18. They had moved to a village that had its own churches, schools, grocers, doctors, space for a future library and firehouse, and open space which became Clifton Park just a few years later (http://www.friendsofcliftonpark.org/History%20of%20the%20Park.htm). The family preoccupation with being photographed did continue, and Annie Jane is pictured here, being her pious self. I suspect that this studio pose was taken around the time of the family move.
Their new neighborhood had a family that affected the Burgans in notable ways. These were the Bambergers, who had been in Baltimore for 75 years, and were listed as Homestead residents by 1870. Several of them worked at the Bamberger Brothers firm on nearby York road. Their occupations at the time are listed as wheelwrights, coach builders and painters, and blacksmiths. This rugged bunch lived in homes right around the Burgan place, and all this intimacy led to the inevitable.
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