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Josephine Mary Glowka

Female 1918 - 1980  (62 years)


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  • Name Josephine Mary Glowka 
    Born 11 Mar 1918  Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1930  Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Jul 1940  Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Oct 1940  Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Pine Street
    Residence May 1979  Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 251 Manchester NE
    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, 7] 
    Died 3 Jun 1980  Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 10] 
    Buried 5 Jun 1980  [5] 
    Person ID I40  Mohr-Whalen
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Father Józef Piotr Główka
              b. 1 Nov 1893, Celinów, Mazowsze, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Apr 1984, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Katarzyna Ziemba
              b. 29 Dec 1899, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Jan 1971, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas Henry Whalen
              b. 3 Jan 1919, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Dec 2001, South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 1940  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Divorced Abt 1945  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Married before October 1940. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2020 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 George Leighton Colson
              b. 29 Jul 1900, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Dec 1977, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Mar 1918 - Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jul 1940 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Oct 1940 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1979 - Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jun 1980 - Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • 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. Was going to name son Tom, but her family would not allow it.

      Excommunicated from Church because of divorce from Thomas. 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.

      1920 Census lists her age as 2 and 11/12 years, born in Massachusetts. She is the only child listed. [2, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] U.S., Social Security Death Index.
    2. [S11] Personal conversation with Joseph Whalen.
    3. [S4423] Petition for Naturalization for Catherine Glowka.
    4. [S5280] Family Morphed Memories, Joseph E. Whalen.
    5. [S6151] Obituary of Josephine M. Colson.
    6. [S17] 1920 US Census - Household of Joseph Glowka.
    7. [S191] 1930 US Census - Household of Joseph Glowka.
    8. [S5741] WWII Draft Registration Card of Thomas Henry Whalen, Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration).
    9. [S3326] Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bourgosis [Bourgeois] (envelope only), Josephine M. Colson.
    10. [S948] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, Ancestry.com (Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records), Certificate # 48837.
    11. [S2729] Massachusetts Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, Ancestry.com (Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics), Volume 16, Page 134.