Josephine Mary Glowka

1918 - 1980  (62 years)

• 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	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

  
  

  Family 2	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]
  Children	+ 1. J.E. Whalen + 2. J.E. Whalen
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2022

  
  

• Event Map		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
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• 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.