James Joseph McDonald

M, (1894 - 1981)
Father*John McDonald
Mother*Julia (Mrs John) (?) McDonald ( - a 1900)
Birth*18 Jul 1894 Columbia, New York (NY), United States (US)1 
Marriage*30 Oct 1916 Saint Mary's, Hudson, Columbia, New York (NY), United States (US); Bride=Jane Cecelia McCarthy McDonald, priest=William E. Keefe Rev, Witness=Mary Elizabeth McCarthy Weinman, Witness=John E. McDonald, Witness=John E. McDonald, Witness=Mary Elizabeth McCarthy Weinman2 
(godfather) Christening2 May 1920 Saint Mary's Church, Hudson, Columbia, New York (NY), United States (US); Christened=Jane Mary McCarthy Hoffman3 
Marriage*c 1922 Bride=Florence (Mrs James) (?) McDonald4,5 
Death*Oct 1981 1 
Biography* James J. McDonald, 1894-1981:
James was one of ten born to a first generation Irish-American father born in New York and a mother who was born either in Ireland or New York. In 1900, nine of the ten children were living and James was the seventh born of these nine and the youngest of four sons. His father John was working in a hotel and the family was living in a house they owned at 42 South Front Street in the 1st ward of Hudson, Columbia County, New York. James' mother Julia died circa 1902 and circa 1904 the father married Mary who had one child by a previous marriage. In 1910, the father John was proprietor of a restaurant. The wife Mary and four of the children worked in the restaurant. James worked as a clerk in a grocery store. In 1916, James married Jennie McCarthy and they had a son two years later. Wife Jennie and the son both died the following year. By 1920, James was renting at 507 Prospect Street in the fifth ward and working as a quarry foreman at a cement mill. Two of his siblings lived with him. James married again circa 1922 and had three more children with his second wife Florence.

James, 87, died in 1981. 
Last Edited9 May 2015

Citations

  1. [S26] Social Security Death Index -1996 edition, version 1.30-.
  2. [S11] St.Mary's (Hudson, New York) marriage record,.
  3. [S14] St.Mary's (Hudson, New York) christening record,.
  4. [S302] Family Group Sheets, 31 March 1997 Pat (Gaffney) Keeler, 5 Wilkeshire Blvd, Randolph, NJ 07869.
  5. [S1720] 1930 Federal Census, Columbia County, New York,.