M.E. married R.D. Astumian [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. J.L. Astumian
2. J.D. Astumian

J.E. married J.A. Campbell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Church janitor
• Research Notes: It is unclear which spouse of John Anthony Whalen was Tom’s mother. His birth certificate lists her name as “Mary Gurley,” but lists her birthplace as Scotland. Harriett Gurley was born in Massachusetts, but Mary Dunlop was born in Scotland. According to the Social Security Applications and Claims Index, his mother’s name was Mary J. Dunlope.
• Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 20 May 1941, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
• Residence: 1965, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA

Notes:

Worked at Glenn Crest Woolen Mill in Bellingham in October 1940. Lived in San Francisco. Served in US Army in WWII. Met Josephine about a half year out of high school. Retired from CalTrans. Navy veteran of WWII, USS Panamint. Played guitar and accordion.

Birth:
Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital

Census:
Myrtle Street

Residence:
Pine Street

Residence:
61 Haradan Way, Mission Hill

Census:
234 Whitney

Thomas married Josephine Mary Glowka in 1940 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, and was divorced about 1945. Josephine (daughter of Józef Piotr Główka and Katarzyna Ziemba) was born on 11 Mar 1918 in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; died on 3 Jun 1980 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA; was buried on 5 Jun 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Domestic
• Research Notes: Her mother’s Petition for Naturalization gives Josephine’s birthplace as Central Falls, Massachusetts. Central Falls is actually in Rhode Island. Confirmed to be Central Falls, Rhode Island in email message from Joseph Whalen, quoting her birth certificate. Listed in the 1930 census as “Joseph Jr.”
• Census: 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jul 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1979, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Notes:

According to Joseph Whalen, Josephine met Tom Whalen in high school(?) in Milford, Massachusetts (there was no high school in Bellingham at the time). Married shortly after high school. Family did not want her to marry Thomas because he was Irish and from Milford. She was going to name her son Tom, but her family would not allow it. Josephine was excommunicated from The Church because of her divorce from Thomas. Their children were raised by her parents. Worked as a live-in maid in Boston family for a time (for the Gilman family, owners of a large liquor store). Moved to Florida suddenly and bought a triplex.

Residence:
Pine Street

Census:
15 Park Avenue

Residence:
251 Manchester NE

Notes:

Married before October 1940.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: St. John’s High School, Worcester (1931)
• Occupation: Business agent, Railway Express Co.
• Occupation: Truck driver, Railway Express Co.
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1980, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

WWII Draft Card lists undated subsequent address: 55 Burncoat Terrace.

Census:
5 Bedford Avenue

Census:
14 Florence

Residence:
14 Florence

Census:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Residence:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Henry married Marion Bernadette McGrath on 25 Jan 1941 in St. Peter’s, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Marion (daughter of David Joseph McGrath and Ellen A. Kiely) was born on 6 Apr 1919 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Jan 2016 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 2 Feb 2016 in St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: St. Peters High School (Worcester)
• Occupation: Rockwood Sprinkler, Vellumoid Corporation, David Clark Company, Diocese of Worcester (switchboard operator)
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: The 1940 census lists her occupation as a “Comtomery Operator” for the US Forest Service. It is not clear whether this refers to a “comptometer,” which is like an adding machine or a “Comtometer,” a soil-testing apparatus.
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1980, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Dec 2005, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Nov 2011, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jan 2016, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Listed in 1920 census as Marion, 9/12 years old.

Birth:
St. Vincent Hospital

Census:
22 Euclid Ave

Census:
10 Hollis Street

Census:
221 Dewey

Census:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Residence:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Residence:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Residence:
55 Burncoat Terrace

Notes:

Married by Rev. Joseph M. Donahue. Best man: Edward Hackett. Maid of honor: Marguerite McGrath (Marion’s sister).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chauffeur
• Occupation: Lineman
• Occupation: Mechanic
• Occupation: Traffic manager, paper company
• Research Notes: I originally recorded a single wife for John (Mary Dunlop), with whom he had all five children. However, Thomas Whalen’s birth certificate lists his mother’s maiden name as “Gurley,” not “Dunlop.” Also, Thomas and William were born before John’s marriage to Mary Dunlop. John’s WWI draft card indicates that he was already married as of 1917, which would indicate an earlier marriage. Finally, I found a marriage in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1909 between John Anthony Whalen and Harriett L. Gurley. I now believe Harriett is the mother of William (William’s birth register entry gives his mother’s name as “Mary H L Girlie”), but also possibly Thomas. I have since found a record for a subsequent marriage between Harriett and Israel Marion which indicates that Harriett had been divorced. This is reflected on John Whalen’s marriage certificate to Mary Dunlop. At the time of the 1920 census, there was another Whalen family living at the same address as John and Mary. Annie, aged 58, was widowed and worked as a cook at the State House. Florence Black (listed as “partner”), aged 46 and single. Both were born in Canada.
• Census: 1891, Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1909, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1915, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1917, Revere, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Sep 1917, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jan 1919, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Aug 1919, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1935, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

From Irish-Canadian community. Married a Scottish woman in Boston, Massachusetts. Moved to Milford, Massachusetts. Worked for Huntley Garage, 21 Hawkins St, Boston in June 1917. John’s brother Edward was working there as an automobile washer at the same time.

Came to the US in 1889,1892 or 1908.

Birth:
Fairmont

Census:
4 Champney Place

Residence:
30 Blossom Street

Residence:
3 Cross Street

Residence:
2 Temple Street

Residence:
29 Parkman Street

Residence:
29 Parkman Street

Census:
Myrtle Street

Census:
Millville Street

Residence:
Millville Street

John married Mary Jordan Dunlop on 8 Aug 1919 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hendry Dunlop and Elizabeth Watson) was born about 1887 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1954 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Weaver
• Research Notes: Age is listed as 50 in 1940 census.
• Residence: 1901, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Residence: Aug 1919, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1935, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Came to the US in 1910 or 1900.

Residence:
Glasgow Dennistoun (“source: Scottish Census”)

Residence:
29 Parkman Street

Census:
Myrtle Street

Census:
Millville Street

Notes:

Family lived at 29 Parkman St., Boston at the time of the 1920 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Joseph Peter
• Cause of Death: Bladder cancer
• Occupation: Card stripper, woolen mill
• Occupation: Cobbler, gardener, chicken farmer, textile worker (carder)
• Occupation: Laborer (WPA waterworks project)
• Occupation: Mill hand (woolen mill)
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Various records give his birthplace as Celinów, Mińsk Mazowiecki, or Warszawa. It is likely he was born in Celinów, but gave Mińsk Mazowiecki (the nearest town of any size) or Warszawa (the nearest major city) for convenience. Celinów was in the Mińsk, Mazowiecki parish. A Josef Glowka passed through Ellis Island in July 1913, coming from Nowominsk, Russia, which is now Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland (pronounced “Ma-zo-vyet-ski”) and is located a short distance southeast of Warsaw. It appears he was accompanied by Maryanna Glowka. Perhaps this is his sister. Death certificate gives birthdate of 13 November 1890. WWI Draft Registration gives 1 September 1894. Other records give 1 November 1894. His indexed birth record gives 1893 (with a relatively high record number, meaning late in the year), so I have recorded it as 1 November 1893. 1950 census lists age as 58.
• Immigration: 1913
• Residence: Jun 1917, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Naturalization: 29 Sep 1927, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Aug 1946, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1951, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Nov 1952, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Feb 1953, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1954, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Arrived in US through Ellis Island just before WWI (1913?). In Warsaw, he worked as a cobbler and as a city park service gardener. Left Poland to get away from a bad political situation (perhaps to avoid conscription). Probably lied about his age when he entered the country (or when he got married).

Had several siblings, including one sister in Poland and two (?) in US. Known as “Pa.” Had a big vegetable garden. Was fond of blackberry brandy. Name is pronounced “Gloof-ka” in Polish; means “head” or “big head.”

In 1942, he worked for City Mills in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Residence:
575 High

Census:
Ray Street

Residence:
Maple Street

Naturalization:
Certificate #2496341

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Died:
Melrose Wakefield Hospital

Józef married Katarzyna Ziemba on 11 Jun 1916 in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Katarzyna was born on 29 Dec 1899 in Poland; died on 8 Jan 1971 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Jan 1971 in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Catherine
• Also Known As: Katie
• Occupation: Helper, cotton mill
• Occupation: Home maker
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Joseph Whalen gives name as “Katerina Zieba.” Husband’s death certificate and obituary of son Victor give “Katharzyna Zemba.” Massachusetts Death Index lists Katharzy M. Glowka. Birth certificate of daughter Amelia lists “Katie Zaba.” Social Security Applications and Claims Index entry for son Edward lists surname as “Ziemba.” Obituary of son William gives surname as “Zenbia.” I have chosen to use “Ziemba” as this is the name on her Petition for Naturalization, which she herself would have completed. Joseph Whalen gives birthplace as Kraków, Poland (but not in Kraków proper). Her Naturalization Petition lists Morki (or Marki), Austria. Marki is just northeast of Warsaw, about 40km from the birthplace of her husband. On the other hand, this area was under Russian, rather than Austrian control from before her birth until the end of the WWI. If there was another Marki/Morki in Austrian-controlled Poland (Galicia), I have been unable to find it.
• Immigration: 23 Apr 1913, New York, New York County, New York, USA
• Census: 1915, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Census: 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jul 1940, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1951, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Feb 1953, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Jun 1954, North Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Before coming to US, lived in a thatched-roof house in dire poverty. Met Joseph Glowka in Fall River (MA/RI) and probably married there. Had relatives there before coming to US. One of her children was a twin, but the other child died at birth.

At the time of the 1915 Rhode Island Census, Katie was a boarder in the household of Mary Hefman.

Emigrated via Bremen, Germany aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II, arriving in New York on 23 April 1913.

1920, 1930, and 1940 censuses all place her birth in 1899. Find-A-Grave entry gives birth year of 1894.

Census:
208 Cross Street

Residence:
Maple Street

Census:
Pine Street

Residence:
39 Pine Street

Census:
Pine Street

Notes:

Family lived in a rented house on Maple Street in Bellingham in 1930.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Police officer, Police Lieutenant, Chief of Police?
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: There were two lodgers (Timothy Sheehan and Batt Callahan) living at the same address in 1920 who were also police officers.
• Residence: Aug 1912, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Sep 1918, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Possibly father was Scottish and his mother Irish. Died before David McGrath. 6 feet tall, 175 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion; cross marked on left arm.

Birth:
R 192 Atwell Ave

Residence:
1 Ives Street

Census:
5 Bedford Avenue

Census:
14 Florence Street

Residence:
14 Florence Street

Residence:
14 Florence Street

Census:
14 Florence Street

William married Maria Agnes Healy on 24 Oct 1911 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Maria (daughter of Denis C. Healy and Mary E. Murphy) was born about 1884 in Kilbrean, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland; died in 1944 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Influenza
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Maria does not appear in her father’s household in the 1901 Irish Census. Emigration and naturalization information given in 1920 census (arrived 1900, naturalized 1911). Name given in 1930 census as “Myra.” Keith MacNeil gives birth year of 1882. Middle initial given as “R” in 1940 census. Birth register entry of son Henry spells maiden name “Healey.” According to initial interview with Marion Campbell, Maria’s maiden name was Kett and she had sister living in Worcester area whose married surname was Healy. This is contradicted by the obituary of her son Rev. William Campbell, which gives Maria’s maiden name as Healy. A fairly comprehensive family tree from another Healy relative also confirms this. Originally found a Maria Kett in the Boston arrival lists, but I now consider this to be incorrect: (First came to the US in 1907, arriving in Boston aboard the Saxonia on 25 October after sailing from Queenstown (now Cobh) on 16 October. After visiting Ireland for some period of time, she arrived in Boston a second time on 20 September 1914 aboard the Arabic, which sailed from Queenstown on 23 September 1914.)
• Residence: Aug 1912, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Sep 1918, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Brother was a priest in Ireland. Died in flu epidemic. Her first name is pronounced Ma-RYE-uh.

Residence:
1 Ives Street

Census:
5 Bedford Avenue

Census:
14 Florence Street

Residence:
14 Florence Street

Notes:

Married by William E. Ryan.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Machinist, repaired money registers on trolley cars
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: Marion McGrath Campbell gave birthplace as “Ballykillballymull?” in Waterford. Judith Whalen similarly gives “Ballinakill Ballinamull.” WWII Draft Card gives birth year as 1888. Name as “Daniel Joseph.”
• Naturalization: 1914
• Residence: Jun 1917, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Met Ellen on boat from Ireland (her second trip to USA, his first). Was a “pol,” or a leader for a neighborhood voting district, democratic party (which J. Whalen says sounded kind of like the Irish mafia). Immigrated in 1909, naturalized 1914.

Tall, medium build, dark blue eyes, brown hair.

Residence:
22 Euclid Ave

Census:
22 Euclid Ave

Census:
10 Hollis Street

Census:
221 Dewey

Residence:
221 Dewey

Census:
34 Shirley Street

David married Ellen A. Kiely on 3 Jun 1913 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Ellen (daughter of John Kiely and Mary Donahoe) was born about 1886 in County Waterford, Ireland; died about 1963 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Nellie Kiely
• Occupation: Maid
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Research Notes: 1920 Census places birthdate in about 1883, but she was 27 at the time of her marriage in 1913. 1950 gives her age as 60 (the same as her husband), which would put her birth year in about 1890. There is an Ellen McGrath in the SSDI: born 23 Feb 1881, died September 1964 in Massachusetts. SSN: 026-10-5799.
• Immigration: 1909
• Naturalization: 1914
• Census: 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1950, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Died at age 85, Nov 4, 19??, sometime while Judith Whalen was in high school. Came over from Ireland twice; on her second trip she met her husband David McGrath on the boat coming over.

Had brothers and a sister in the US as well as in Ireland. Maybe a John Kiely? Family did not keep in touch with his descendants, with the possible exception of Eileen McGrath O’Malley, who was apparently in touch with Kielys in Ireland, and visited several times.

Census:
22 Euclid Ave

Census:
10 Hollis Street

Census:
221 Dewey

Residence:
221 Dewey

Census:
34 Shirley Street

Notes:

Married by John F. Spellman. Family was living at 22 Euclid Ave., Worcester, Massachusetts in 1920. Rented an apartment from Patrick J. Fallon. Also living there was a family called McNamara. Family lived at 10 Hollis Street, Worcester in 1930.