Marriage:
Occupation:
Mary Mahon
Margaret Elizabeth Murphy
November 1, 1870
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Engineer [1880 U.S. Federal Census]
Watchman in a woolen mill [1910 U.S. Federal Census]
| Parents:
Marriage: Occupation: |
Michael Hennessy Mary Mahon Margaret Elizabeth Murphy November 1, 1870 Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Engineer [1880 U.S. Federal Census] Watchman in a woolen mill [1910 U.S. Federal Census] |
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| Children: | Mary | 1872 | † 1875 |
| Anna M. | Aug. 10, 1873 | † Feb. 5, 1955 | |
| Margaret | 1876 | ||
| Thomas Joseph | Abt. 1878 | ||
| James P. | Mar. 7, 1880 | † Nov. 6, 1956 | |
| Catherine | June 14, 1884 | † Feb. 1963 | |
| Genevieve | Abt. 1885 | ||
| Helen "Nellie" | Abt. 1887 | ||
| John Gabriel | Aug. 4, 1889 | † June 10, 1955 | |
| William E. | Sept. 1, 1891 | ||
| Male infant | Abt. 1895 | † Abt. 1895 | |
| Ethel | Nov. 1896 |
| Notes: | James immigrated to New York from Liverpool, England on the ship City of Manchester on Sept. 16, 1863 when he was 20 years old. |
James was married to Margaret Elizabeth Murphy on November 1, 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was 27 years old. At the time of the June 7, 1880 federal census, James was 36 years old and living with his wife Margaret, their four children and his sister-in-law, Mary Murphy (age 19), in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was working as an engineer and Margaret was keeping house. When he was 47 years old in 1890 James and his family were living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the April 18, 1910 U.S. Census, James was 66 years old and living with his wife Margaret and their five children in Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was working as a watchman in a woolen mill. As of June 5, 1917, James was 73 years old and living with his wife Margaret at 320 Rector, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the U.S. federal census on January 28, 1920, James was 76 years old, widowed and living with his 29-year-old son William and 32-year-old daughter Nellie at 320 Rector St. in Ward 21, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a naturalized citizen who had immigrated to the U.S. in 1867. Neither he nor his daughter had a job however his son was working as a telephone operator. James was 79 years old, widowed and living at 320 Rector in Philadelphia with his daughter Nellie when he died of chronic heart failure on Oct. 18, 1922. |
| Ancestry: | The Hennessy Line |
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