Post date: 21-Jan-2010 15:04:51
Douglas Gammon, resident of Windsor at the time of this writing and a strong contributor to genealogy has also contributed some very interesting information. Going on the belief that David may be the father of Benjamin Galerno (1822-1907) he has found obituaries, grave markers and other documents related to David Gallarno, his wife and his children.
Here are the obits he offered until I can place the appropriately
Sycamore True Rebublican
No Date - Friday (1937)
Kirkland Man is Summoned on Thursday
Kirkland, Dec 17 - David Gallarno, a former resident of Kirkland and well
known in this community died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the St.
Joseph hospital in Belvidere. Mr. Gallarno had been a resident of Kirkland
for many years, leaving last February for Belvidere where he has since made
his home.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gallarno and was born on March 18,
1862 in Rochelle. He married Bertha Cline 49 years ago in Freeport. His
passing is mourned by his wife, two sons, Earl of Rockford, and Jacob of
Belvidere, two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Rewerts of Kirkland and Mrs. Vera
Littlejohn of Kirkland, one grandson, a sister, Mrs. Belle Cline of Cherry
Valley and a brother in California.
Funeral services are to be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the Flora church and burial will be in the Flora Cemetery.
Mary Gallano
Mrs. Mary Gallano passed away at the home of her son, Richard Gallano, Friday evening after an illness of about three months. Mrs. Gallano was about 80 years old and had lived in this vicinity the greater part of her life. Her many friends and neighbors will mourn her loss sincerely.
The funeral services were held Monday at the Flora church near Irene, at which time and place was also held the funeral of granddaughter, Mabel Gallano, 11 years old, of Belvidere, who died Friday morning of typhoid pneumonia. The services were conducted by Rev. Rompel of Belvidere and Rev. Griffin of this place. The singers were Mrs. Eva Woodward and Miss Clara Proctor of Fairdale.
Source: Sycamore True Republican, 28 Feb 1914, page 3
Sycamore True Republican
Dec. 15. 1900
FAIRDALE
The death of Charles Gallarno, who passed away so suddenly of lock jaw
Tuesday, November 27, was a great shock to all his friends and relatives.
He was born in Ontario, Canada, January 20, 1829, and came with his parents
to Illinois in 1850, settling on what is known as the McNeal farm. Here he
lived with his parents until March, 1856, when he returned to Canada and on
June 5 of that year was there married to Miss Mary Ann Brown. The young
couple then came to Illinois where they ever since resided. Eleven children
were the fruit of this union, three dying in infancy; the other who survive
are Mrs. Viola Main and Albert, both of Rockford: David, who is a resident
of DeKalb county; James, of Nebraska; Charley and Richard, of Flora, Ill.,
and Mrs. Belle Keline. A daughter, Mrs. Nellie Miller, preceded her father
to the better world last May. Mr. Gallarno had always been a hard working
man, always pleasant with his family, a good neighbor and a firm friend.
His last sickness was very painful, he having had the misfortune to stick a
rusty nail in the palm of his right hand on November 17. The wound was
attended to and seemed to be doing nicely until about a week afterwards when
lockjaw set in and for two days and nights he suffered terribly and passed
away at 8:30 o'clock November 27, surrounded by his loved ones. Besides his
wife and seven children, there are several grandchildren, a brother and
several cousins surviving to mourn their loss. Rev. Pierce of Kirkland,
delivered the sermon taking for his text 1 John 2:17. The remains were
interred in the Flora cemetery on Thanksgiving day.
Nancy O'Roke Gallarno
GALLARNO, OROKE
Another Home Bereft of Mother
Last Tuesday [30 October 1883] morning the sad announcement was made on our streets that Mrs. N. Gallarno had died about five o’clock and the fact that her illness was so little known among our citizen made the shock the more sudden. Mrs. Gallarno had been complaining but a few days, and was not thought by the family to be serious. On Monday evening she was taken worse, and at five o’clock in the morning had breathed her last.
Mrs. Gallarno, whose maiden name was Nancy O’Roke, was born in Herkimer county, New York, Nov. 23, 1828 and in 1850 was married to George Gallarno at Rockford, Illinois. Moving with her husband to this place in 1856, they commenced to work with the few scattering settlers to build up the country, and endeavored to make for themselves a comfortable home in which to enjoy life in the then extreme new country. They lived in peace and happiness here until the war broke out in 1862, when Mr. Gallarno, ever loyal to his country and its welfare, started of the battlefield in the 3rd Iowa Battery. Like many others, who sacrificed their lives, their happiness and their all for the future good of their children and neighbors, Mr. Gallarno never returned to reap the harvest of the seed he had sown in his new home among the most discouraging circumstances, but he was taken with Typhoid fever, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas, Sept. 22nd, 1864. After his death, Mrs. Gallarno met the difficulties and struggles of life single-handed, and with a courage that knew no bounds secured a comfortable home living for herself and orphan children, of which there are six. They are now all grown and living in this vicinity, to them the sympathy of all is extended, in their sad bereavement. There are also a number of relatives of the deceased living about here, and are all bent in sorrow.
The funeral services were conducted by the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock, the friends and relatives walking from the house to the church. The services were conducted by Rev. J. N. Fawcett, and the remains interred in West View Cemetery beside of those of her father.
Card of Thanks
We desire to return our heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors who so kindly aided us during the last and fatal illness of our beloved mother, Mrs. N. Gallarno. ~ Her Children
The LaPorte City [IA] Review; 8 Nov 1883