1918 - 1980 (62 years)
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| Name |
Josephine Mary Glowka |
| Birth |
11 Mar 1918 |
Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1920 |
Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA [7] |
| Census |
1930 |
Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA [8] |
| Residence |
Jul 1940 |
Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA [3] |
| Residence |
Oct 1940 |
Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA [9] |
| Census |
1950 |
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [6] |
| Residence |
May 1979 |
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA [10] |
| Occupation |
Domestic [6] |
| 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.” [3, 4, 8] |
| Death |
3 Jun 1980 |
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA [1, 5, 11] |
| Burial |
5 Jun 1980 [5] |
| Person ID |
I40 |
Mohr-Whalen | Branches: Blood relatives of K. Whalen |
| Last Modified |
7 May 2022 |
| Father |
Józef Piotr Główka
b. 1 Nov 1893, Celinów, Mazowsze, Poland
d. 11 Apr 1984, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Katarzyna Ziemba
b. 29 Dec 1899, Marki, Tarnobrzeg, Galicia, Austria
d. 8 Jan 1971, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Family ID |
F56 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Thomas Henry Whalen
b. 3 Jan 1919, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
d. 1 Dec 2001, South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
1940 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA [12] |
| Divorce |
Abt 1945 [2, 6] |
| Notes |
- Married before October 1940. [9]
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F26 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 May 2022 |
| Family 2 |
George Leighton Colson
b. 29 Jul 1900, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
d. 4 Dec 1977, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (Age 77 years) |
| Family ID |
F211 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Feb 2015 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 11 Mar 1918 - Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA |
 | Census - 1920 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Census - 1930 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
 | Marriage - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk 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 |
| Death - 3 Jun 1980 - Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA |
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| Pin Legend |
 : Address
 : Location
 : City/Town
 : County/Shire
 : State/Province
 : Country
 : Not Set |
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| 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. [2, 6]
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| Sources |
- [S6] U.S., Social Security Death Index.
- [S11] Personal conversation with Joseph Whalen.
- [S4423] Petition for Naturalization for Catherine Glowka.
- [S5280] Joseph E. Whalen, Family Morphed Memories.
- [S6151] Obituary of Josephine M. Colson.
- [S7948] 1950 US Census - Household of Cecelia Gilman.
- [S17] 1920 US Census - Household of Joseph Glowka.
- [S191] 1930 US Census - Household of Joseph Glowka.
- [S5741] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Thomas Henry Whalen.
- [S3326] Josephine M. Colson, Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bourgosis [Bourgeois] (envelope only).
- [S948] Ancestry.com (Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records), Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, Certificate # 48837.
- [S2729] Ancestry.com (Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics), Massachusetts Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, Volume 16, Page 134.
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