A Providence, Rhode Island marriage record in the later Dorgan family branch
William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig
Why William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig Matter
William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig are important because they continue the Dorgan family story in Providence, Rhode Island, after the family’s move from East Cork to the United States.
William J. Dorgan was part of the later American branch connected to Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett. His marriage to Jessie Greig at St. Patrick’s Church in Providence on 9 June 1917 helps carry the family narrative into the next generation.
This branch connects the East Cork Dorgan line to later Rhode Island records, including marriage records, census records, family photographs, and related American family lines.
This page brings together the evidence for William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig, their Providence marriage, their family context, and their place in the wider Dorgan Family Archive.
The 1917 Providence Marriage Record
William J. Dorgan married Jessie Greig at St. Patrick’s Church in Providence, Rhode Island, on 9 June 1917.
This marriage record is important because it connects the East Cork Dorgan family story to the next generation in the United States. William J. Dorgan belongs to the American branch descended from Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett, who left Ireland in the 1890s.
The marriage also connects the Dorgan family to the Greig family. Jessie Greig’s parents were Alexander Greig and Catherine Sullivan, adding another related family line to the later Providence branch.
This record should be studied with Rhode Island marriage records, census records, family photographs, church records, and earlier East Cork records connected to Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett.
Later Divorce and Remarriage
William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig later divorced.
This is an important caution for the family narrative. Their 1917 marriage record remains part of the Dorgan Family Archive, but it should not be treated as the continuing direct spouse line in this branch.
William J. Dorgan later married Helen Louise McIntosh, who is part of the later Dorgan family line and is the grandmother of William Dorgan III.
For that reason, the William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig page should be read as a record-based family-branch page for the 1917 Providence marriage, while the later direct family line should be followed through William J. Dorgan and Helen Louise McIntosh.
Connection to Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
William J. Dorgan belongs to the Providence, Rhode Island branch connected to Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett.
Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett carried the Carrigkilter and Cloyne family story into the United States after their emigration from Ireland in the 1890s. William’s later marriage record helps show how that East Cork family line continued in Rhode Island.
This connection is important because it links several layers of evidence: Carrigkilter land records, Cloyne parish records, emigration records, Providence marriage records, census records, and later family documents.
The William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig branch should therefore be read as part of the continuing Rhode Island family story, not as a separate or disconnected line.
Greig and Sullivan Family Connections
The marriage of William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig connects the Dorgan family to the Greig and Sullivan family lines in Providence, Rhode Island.
Jessie Greig was the daughter of Alexander Greig and Catherine Sullivan. These names should be studied alongside the Dorgan records because marriage records often connect families across parish, neighborhood, church, and later census networks.
The Greig and Sullivan connections help expand the later American side of the archive beyond the East Cork Dorgan line. They may also help identify additional records, photographs, witnesses, residences, occupations, and related family branches in Providence.
This branch should be studied with Rhode Island marriage records, church records, census records, family photographs, city directories, cemetery evidence, and family documents.
Providence Records and Later Family Evidence
Providence, Rhode Island records help continue the Dorgan family story after the family left East Cork.
Records connected to William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig may include marriage records, census records, church records, city directories, cemetery evidence, family photographs, and later family documents.
These records are important because they show how the Dorgan family became part of the Providence community while still remaining connected to the earlier Carrigkilter, Cloyne, and East Cork family story.
The Providence evidence should be studied together with the earlier Irish records so the family line can be followed across both places and generations.
Related Records for This Branch
The William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig branch should be studied through several connected records.
1917 William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig Marriage
This Providence marriage record connects William J. Dorgan to Jessie Greig and continues the Dorgan family story into the next American generation.
Rhode Island Census Records
Rhode Island census records can help identify household members, addresses, occupations, ages, and family relationships connected to this branch.
United States Census Records
Federal census records help place the family within the wider Providence community and may show changes in household structure, employment, residence, and related family members over time.
Family Photographs and Documents
Photographs, family papers, church records, cemetery evidence, and later documents may help connect the written records to family memory and later descendants.
These records should be read together with the Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett page, Providence records, East Cork records, and the wider Family Branches page.
Research Cautions and Open Questions
This page should be read as a working family-branch narrative rather than a finished proof of every detail.
The 1917 marriage record is an important anchor for William J. Dorgan and Jessie Greig, but the branch should still be checked against original Rhode Island marriage records, census records, church records, city directories, cemetery evidence, family photographs, and family documents.
Care should be taken when connecting later American records back to the East Cork Dorgan line. Names, ages, addresses, occupations, parents, spouses, witnesses, and household members should be compared across records before conclusions are treated as proven.
Open questions may remain about later residences, children, related Providence families, cemetery evidence, photographs, and how the Greig and Sullivan lines connect to the wider family network.
Related Pages
Patrick Dorgan and Mary Catherine Hartnett
The family-branch page connecting Carrigkilter, Cloyne, emigration, Providence, Rhode Island, and later descendants.
Patrick Dargan / Dorgan of Carrigkilter
The main family narrative for the earlier Carrigkilter generation connected to land records, Johanna / Anne / Nancy Flynn, and later Dorgan branches.
William J. Dorgan and Helen Louise McIntosh
A future family-branch page for William J. Dorgan’s later marriage to Helen Louise McIntosh, the continuing direct Dorgan family line connected to William Dorgan III.
The main records page for parish registers, land records, census records, emigration records, Rhode Island records, photographs, and other evidence used throughout the archive.
A guide to the major surnames and related family lines connected to the Dorgan / Dargan archive, including later American branches.
The visual gallery for family photographs, East Cork places, cemeteries, houses, farms, and later family images.