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- ↑ Ike Dorgan and his siblings:
The Children of Thomas J. and Anna R. Dorgan née Tobin Name Nickname Birth Death Thomas Aloysius Dorgan Tad 29 April 1877 2 May 1929 San Francisco CA Great Neck NY John Leo Dorgan Ike 15 April 1879 27 December 1960 San Francisco CA Bayside NY Catherine Dorgan 13 November 1880 San Francisco CA Marie Helen Dorgan 20 February 1882 20 May 1939 San Francisco CA Cincinnati OH Charles James Dorgan 16 June 1883 28 September 1922 San Francisco CA Colfax CA Edwin Joseph Dorgan 27 November 1885 31 October 1956 San Francisco CA Flushing NY Anna Loretta Dorgan Nan 14 January 1888 1 June 1967 San Francisco CA Bayside NY Irene Dorgan Eileen / Eile 12 September 1890 5 October 1945 San Francisco CA Flushing NY Richard William Dorgan Dick 24 September 1892 5 May 1953 San Francisco CA Bayside NY Joseph Vincent Dorgan Joe 25 December 1894 8 August 1945 San Francisco CA Bayside NY Alice Anita Dorgan 19 April 1898 15 November 1963 San Francisco CA Bayside NY - ↑ Twelfth Census of the United States
- ↑ Roberts, Randy. Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2003, p. 140. ISBN 0-252-07148-4, ISBN 978-0-252-07148-5
- ↑ "Ike Dorgan" in BoxRec (Boxing Records Archive) Boxing Encyclopaedia
- ↑ International Boxing Hall of Fame: Observers