| Parents:
Occupation: Marriage: |
James Patrick Hennessy Margaret Elizabeth Murphy Travelling salesman [1920 U.S. Federal Census] Worked for Philadelphia General Hospital [1942 U.S. Draft Registration] Mary Metzler |
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| Children: | Peter | Apr. 12, 1906 | † Mar. 1963 |
| James Stanton | Aug. 18, 1910 | † July 1, 1988 | |
| Howard A. | Aug. 17, 1912 | † Jan. 3, 2004 | |
| William | May 1919 | † Jan. 5, 1999 |
| Notes: | On June 7, 1880, James was 3 months old and living with his parents, his maternal Aunt Mary (single, aged 19), and three elder siblings in Philadelphia, |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was working as an engineer and his mother was keeping house.
At the time of the June 1, 1900 federal census, James was 20 years old, single and living with his parents and seven siblings in Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of the Jan. 30, 1920 federal census, James P. was 39 years old and living with his wife Mary and their four sons ranging in age from 14 years to 9 months old at 4360 Manayunk at Roxbury in Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was working as a travelling salesman. In 1942 at the time of the U.S. WWII draft registration, James was 62 years old and living with his wife Mary at 4360 Manayunk Avenue in Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was working for Philadelphia General Hospital. At the time of his retirement, James was Superintendent of the Laundry at Philadelphia General Hospital. James had been in a doctor's care for a week when he died at the age of 76 on November 6, 1956 at the Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia. |
| Ancestry: | The Hennessy Line |
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