Jennie Leonard McGovern

F, (1864 - 1952)
FatherJohn Leonard (c 1820 - 1893)
MotherCatherine Clancy Leonard (c 1835 - 1912)
Relationship1st cousin 1 time removed of Helen Frances Gerber McCarthy
Name Variation Jane A. 
Birth*Oct 1864 Ireland1 
Married Name2 Jun 1906 McGovern [Leonard] 
Marriage*2 Jun 1906 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US); Groom=Francis McGovern2 
Death*27 Jun 1952 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)3,4 
Burial*Jun 1952 Mount Pleasant cemetery, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)3 
Biography* Jennie Leonard McGovern, 1864-1952:
There is no direct evidence of Jenny's birth. Her tombstone lists her birth year as 1871, yet the cemetery record lists her age at death as 86 which does not compute. She immigrated to the U.S.A. circa 1879 and was living with her sister Margaret and brother-in-law Joseph Green in Woburn, Massachusetts in 1880. Naturalized in 1906, Jennie worked as a servant and lived at 36 Salem Street, Woburn in 1900. Jennie married Francis McGovern in 1906. His first wife died in 1905. Jennie and Francis had no children. The McGovern home was at 34 Lewis Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts. Francis died in 1936 and Jennie was still living in the Lewis Street home in 1940. In 1950 she was living with the widow Elizabeth Peck at 15 Medford Street in Arlington.

Jenny, age about 87, died on a Friday. She was buried in the McGovern family plot with her husband, his first wife and others. 
Last Edited17 May 2022

Citations

  1. [S387] 1900 Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,.
  2. [S1975] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
  3. [S642] Cemetery record.
  4. [S1975] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980.

Mary Anne Leonard Farmer

F, (1874 - 1952)
FatherJohn Leonard (c 1820 - 1893)
MotherCatherine Clancy Leonard (c 1835 - 1912)
Relationship1st cousin 1 time removed of Helen Frances Gerber McCarthy
Birth*23 Sep 1874 Abocurragh, Cleenish, Fermanagh, Ireland1 
Marriage*27 Nov 1902 St. Mary's chapel, Arney, Cleenish, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Groom=James Farmer2 
Married Namec 1903 Farmer [Leonard] 
Death*6 Feb 1952 Sligo, Sligo, Ireland3,4 
BurialFeb 1952 Mullaghdun, Cleenish, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland5 
Burial*Feb 1952 Ballincar, Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland6 
Biography* Mary Anne Leonard Farmer, 1874-1952:
Mary Anne's civil birth record lists her birth date as 25 November 1874. Unlikely since she was christened two months earlier. She was christened in Cleenish parish on 24 September 1874 by the Rev. L. Keenan, and sponsored by Hugh Farmer and Bridget Lally. After her marriage, she and James lived in Gortatole. At some time prior to 1952, they moved to Rathgean, Ballintogher in County Sligo where they lived with their son Patrick.

Mary Anne, age 77, died in Surgical hospital, Sligo on a Wednesday. She died of shock caused by extensive burns accidentally recieved while using petrol near a lighted candle in her bedroom at her son's house.

(the following article was reprinted w/o permission from The Sligo Champion, Saturday, 09 Feb 1952, pg.01 [Vol. 115, No. 6]):
MOTHER DIES FROM BURNS
SON IN HOSPITAL
A verdict of death from shock caused by extensive burns accidentally received while using petrol near a lighted candle, was recorded at an inquest held at Sligo County Hospital on Thursday on Mrs. Mary Ann Farmer, aged 77, of Rathgean, Ballintogher, Co. Sligo, who died eleven hours after being admitted to hospital.
Her son, Patrick Farmer, stationmaster at Ballintogher, is confined to bed in the hospital suffering from burns which he sustained when he went to the assistance of his mother.
Giving evidence from his bed, he said his mother had been confined to bed for the past fortnight. At about 3.30 on Wednesday morning he was awakened by a noise and went to his mother’s room which was in flames. His mother was in the middle of the floor with her nightdress on fire. He wrapped a blanket round her and carried her to the kitchen. With his father’s help he then quelled the flames.
His mother kept bottles of Holy Water in her room. Last November he got her a small quantity of petrol as a rub for rheumatism. He believed that she mistook the petrol bottle for a Holy Water bottle and that when she sprinkled it in the room the petrol was ignited by a lighted candle which she had on the table. 

Family

James Farmer (13 Sep 1872-20 Nov 1963)
Children
Last Edited2 Mar 2018

Citations

  1. [S268] Cleenish christening record.
  2. [S187] Ireland civil marriage record.
  3. [S167] Ireland civil death record.
  4. [S1597] Newspaper item.
  5. [S1795] James Farmer e-mail to Tom McCarthy. Dated 06 December 2009.
  6. [S1694] Interview of John and Mrs Clarkson, at their home in Ballintogher, Co Sligo, by Tom McCarthy, on 16 april 2008.

William Henry Ahern

M, (1861 - 1944)
FatherDavid Ahern (1825 - 1907)
MotherEllen Dillon Ahern (1827 - )
Birth*28 Dec 1861 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)1 
Marriage*6 Jun 1897 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US); Bride=Mary A. Igoe Ahern2 
Marriage*3 Nov 1909 Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US); Bride=Catherine T. Leonard Maguire Ahern, priest=D. F. McGrath Rev2 
Death*18 Dec 1944 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)3,4 
Burial*Dec 1944 Saint Mary's Cemetery, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)3 
Biography* William Henry Ahern, 1861-1944:
William was a first generation Irish-American. He was the fourth of six children and the youngest of four sons. His father David was a laborer. William grew up in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was educated through the 6th grade. He married twice. His first wife, Mary Igoe, was born in Rhode Island, also of Irish parents. William and Mary were married in 1897. In 1900, they were renting at 82 Spruce in Milford and William was working as a stone contractor although he had been unemployed for three months that year. Wife Mary died in 1906 and in 1909 he married Catherine Leonard. At that time, William owned a house free of mortgage at 19 Cherry Street in Milford. He was working as a millwright in a machine shop. By 1920, William was a machinist in a textile plant. In 1939, at the age of 77, he worked 41-weeks and had wages of $1,428.

William, 82, died on a Monday, ten-days before his 83rd birthday. 
Last Edited15 May 2022

Citations

  1. [S1975] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  2. [S1975] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915.
  3. [S8] Tombstone.
  4. [S270] Annual Town Report (Milford City, Massachusetts),.

Mildred Johnson Davis

F, (c 1887 - )
FatherGeorge C. Johnson
MotherHelen Gibbs Johnson
Birth*c 1887 Portland, Maine (ME), United States (US)1 
Marriage*14 Nov 1914 Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York (NY), United States (US); Groom=Edward Clancy Davis1 
Married Name14 Nov 1914 Clancy [Johnson] 
Death*  
Biography* Mildred Johnson Davis, c1887-????:
At the time of her marriage, Mildred did not have an occupation. 
Last Edited12 Jun 2018

Citations

  1. [S1611] Montgomery county marriage record.