My Family Story : March 2015

So before our Ellen Pierce Cooney marries Patrick Hogan, he first married Julia Coughlan.

Patrick and Julia Hogan's daughter, Ellen, married Denis Driscoll, and they had a son named after his father - Denis Driscoll. We saw that I had no other information about this family.

Denis Driscoll died, and Ellen Hogan Driscoll then married John McCarthy.

We saw the children of Ellen and John were Ellen McCarthy, Jerry McCarthy, Julia McCarthy, James McCarthy, Margaret McCarthy, Norah McCarthy, and Minnie McCarthy. We also saw that Alice Taylor wrote a bit about Nonie and Ellen in her book about Innishannon - "The Village."

It is certainly difficult to keep everyone straight! And we haven't even gotten to our Pierces!!

Mary Betty

Charles Pierce = Leary Edmond Hogan = Collins

Patrick | / Julia

Cooney = Ellen Pierce Patrick Hogan = Coughlan

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Patrick Cooney Ellen Hogan and Edward Hogan

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1st marriage to Denis Driscoll Annie McSweeney

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Denis Driscoll Patrick Francis Hogan
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2nd marriage to John McCarthy Lena Hogan
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Ellen McCarthy John McLaughlin = Julia Hogan
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Jeremiah McCarthy Mary McLaughlin
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Julia McCarthy Margaret McLaughlin
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James McCarthy John McLaughlin
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Margaret McCarthy James McLaughlin

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Norah McCarthy
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Minnie McCarthy

Innishannon from the Lawrence Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

Jimmy McCarthy was born 28 November 1902 in Innishannon. I wrote away for his baptismal record when we were having a family reunion in 2006.

"Parochial House
Innishannon, Co. Cork
Dear Ms. Murphy,

I enclose Baptismal Certificate for James McCarthy - no date of birth given - you can assume a day or two prior to Baptism in 1902.

I have also attended to remembering your family at Mass.

Yours sincerely,
John Kingston P.P."

His baptismal record states Diocese of Cork And Ross, Parish of Inishannon Knockavilla, Postal Address Inishannon, Co. Cork.

“I certify that, according to the Register of Baptisms kept in this parish, James McCarthy … was baptized according to the Rites of the Catholic Church on the 30^th of November, 1902.
Given this 29 of March 2006.
Signed : Rev. John Kingston"”

Parents were John McCarthy and Ellen Hogan; sponsors were Dan Reilly and Margaret Walsh.

We saw in the 1911 Irish Census that Jimmy was 8 years old and was going to school. I wonder where the school was? There are so many threads that we could pick up.

I just found James McCarthy on www.ancestry.com in the Massachusetts Passenger and Crew list for 1 November, 1923 - he is 21 and is headed to Cambridge. He is sixth from the bottom.

Then I found the passenger listing for S.S. Franconia sailing for Boston from Cobh on 25 October, 1923.

List B14 has our Jimmy McCarthy listed on line 7. He is 21 years old and single. Interestingly, his occupation is a groom! I haven't run across this before! A groom is someone who takes care of horses. We know that there was a bridge over the Bandon River where horses and carts crossed. There were houses of "very superior description" in Innishannon so I presume many of them had stables and horses. I wonder if a groom was a good job? If so, why did Jimmy emigrate? Very interesting to think about, but let's keep moving.

Jimmy reads, writes, and speaks English. He is a British citizen - his last permanent residence was Innishannon in Ireland. His nearest relative in Ireland is his father, John McCarthy, of Cork Road in Innishannon. His final destination is Cambridge, Massachusetts.

So let's take a look at page 2. The Franconia arrives in Boston on 1 November 1923. The manifest says that Jimmy has a ticket to his final destination and that his cousin paid for it. But the word brother is handwritten above his name - so did Jimmy's brother pay his fare or does that belong to the entry above him? Looks like there may be a faint line through "cousin." In any case, it says that he has $25.

Jimmy is going to his uncle, Mr. E. Hogan, at 37 Royal Avenue in Cambridge, Mass. (This is our Ned Hogan that Jimmy is coming to - Ned's sister, Ellen Hogan Driscoll McCarthy, is Jimmy's mother.)

Jimmy does not intend to return to Ireland, but like so many of our other relatives, intends to remain permanently in the United States and become a citizen.

Jimmy answers "no" to the regular questions about being a polygamist, an anarchist, etc. He has not been deported within the last year. He is in good health with no deformity. He is 5'6" with a fair complexion, fair hair and blue eyes. He has no marks of identification. His birth place was Innishannon, Cork.

We know that Jimmy was going to his Uncle Ned Hogan in Cambridge, but I haven't found any definite sign of him in the Cambridge directories for 1924 to 1926. He was a groom in Ireland, but I wonder what work he got when he first arrived in Cambridge?

I found a listing for 1927 in the Cambridge directory. The listing is for James and Margaret McCarthy. James is a chauffeur, and they live at 16 Foster Street. I knew Jimmy McCarthy and his wife Peg. I knew from my mother and Aunt Nellie Keohane that Jimmy had worked as a chauffeur. So I think this is our family. I've always wondered where he learned to drive.

Below is a map of the Foster Street neighborhood - the red icon indicates where #16 is located. Foster Street runs parallel to and between Mt. Auburn Street and Brattle Street. Johnny Murphy's relatives from Sneem lived nearby on Sparks Street - they had a butcher shop. I wonder if the McCarthys knew them! Maybe they bought their meat from them!

Foster Street neighborhood from Google maps - #16 may have been across the street.

I found an index to a marriage for Margaret Twomey in Cambridge in 1926 - volume 9 page 410. I couldn't find it online so I guess we would have to send for it or take a trip to Cambridge to see if this is our Margaret.

The McCarthys are still at 16 Foster Street in 1928 - Jimmy is still driving.

I couldn't find the McCarthys in 1929, but they were living in Watertown for the 1930 U.S. Census.

The census was taken April 9 by Lewis or Francis Brown. I can't quite make out his first name. Our family is living at 18 North Beacon Court which is off North Beacon Street not far from Watertown Square. The house was the 227th visited; the McCarthys were the 351st family visited. Jimmy was paying $16 monthly rent and even had a radio. It looks like 4 out of the 5 families listed on the street were renting.

This says that Jimmy was 25 years old and Peg was 28. They have been married for 3 years. The census asks what the age at first marriage is - Jimmy was 22, and Peg was 25. They both can read and write. They and their parents were born in the Irish Free State. They both speak English. It says that Jimmy immigrated in 1922, and Peg came out in 1921 - they both have papers taken out to become U.S. Citizens.

Jimmy is a chauffeur for plumbing supplies. He worked yesterday. (They must be asking that because of the Depression.) He is not a U.S. veteran.

Their children are babies - James Jr. is 2 and baby Ellen is less than a year old. Both were born in Massachusetts.

Map of the McCarthy neighborhood.

I think the yellow house in the center is #18. The left side of the white house with green shutters is #14; the house on the other side is #22.

From the census, I think I was able to find Peg's immigration information. She actually left Queenstown on 11 July 1920 on board the S.S. Caronia. Look at the difference in 10 years - Ireland was still under British control in 1920 when she left Queenstown; but Ireland was the Irish Free State in the 1930 census, and in Ireland, Queenstown had changed to Cobh.

Peg was #27 at the bottom of the page. She is a 20 year old single domestic servant. She reads, writes, speaks English. She is a British citizen. Her last destination was Macroom, County Cork. Her nearest relative in Ireland is her mother Ellen Twomey of Carregenenimie, Macroom. Her final destination is New York City in New York, but this is crossed out and replaced with Boston, Mass.

Page 2 tells us that the Caronia reached New York on 19 July 1920. I wonder how the weather was in the middle of the summer?

Margaret's sister paid for her ticket to Boston. She has $25 and has never before been to Boston. She is joining her sister Mrs. Bullock at 16 Hill Street in Lexington. As with Jimmy, Peg does not intend to return to Ireland but plans to remain in the United States and become a citizen.

Peg is 5'5" with fair hair, brown hair, and brown eyes. She has no distinguishing marks. She was born in Macroom, Ireland.

Map of Lexington neighborhood where the Bullocks lived.

I think 16 Hill Street is the house in the middle.

The McCarthys had moved to 20 North Beacon Court in 1931 - I wonder if that was next door in another house or upstairs or downstairs in the house they were living. The Gregorys had lived in #20 in 1930.

The McCarthys are still listed at 20 North Beacon Court in 1933, but they move to 6 Church Hill Street by 1935. This is down in Watertown Square - it is the street that leads up to the old St. Patrick's Church/later the school hall and the former St. Patrick's grammar school. The house was set back on the left hand side.

16 Church Hill Street is the small house in back on the right - you can just see the Town Hall on the far upper left. I used to walk up this street to go to St. Pat's Grammar School.

The family is still there in 1939, and Jimmy is still chauffeuring.

The 1940 U.S. Census taken April 18 by (?) J. D. Coholan(?) tells us that the McCarthys are still at 6 Church Hill Street in Watertown. They are the 67th household visited. They are paying $19 monthly rent. In this census Jimmy and Peg are the same age - 37. Jimmy finished 4th grade; Peg finished 3rd. They were in the same house in 1935. Jimmy answered yes to the question asking if he had been at work the week of March 24-30, 1940; but he only worked 16 hours as a truck driver. He only worked 27 weeks in 1939 and made $870. He answered yes to the question "Did this person receive income of $10 or more from sources other than money wages or salary?" I wonder where that money came from?

Jimmy and Peg had 5 children: James - 12 years old, Eleanor - 11, Margaret - 9, Mary - 7, and Katherine - 5. All but Katherine attended school since March 1, 1940.

The Frains are still at 14 Church Hill Street.

Before our family reunion in 2006, I went to the National Archives in Waltham and obtained Jimmy and Peg's naturalization papers.

It was interesting to learn that Peg was naturalized a few months before Jimmy. Her Certificate of Arrival #1-346049 states that her name is Margaret Twomey, her port of entry was New York on July 19, 1920 on the S.S. Caronia. It was issued June 21, 1941.

Peg's Declaration on Intention is No. 306511 and is invalid for all pruposes seven years after the date hereof. It is filed in the United States District Court of Mass. at Boston. It has a photograph attached to it.

"1) My full, true, and correct name is Margaret McCarthy.
2) My present place of residence is 6 Church Hill St., Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
3) My occupation is housewife.
4) I am 39 years old.
5) I was born on July 22, 1902 in Macroom, Ireland.
6) My personal description is as follows: Sex female, color white, complexion light, color of eyes gray, color of hair blonde, height 5 feet 5 1/2 inches, weight 130 pounds, visible distinctive marks none, race white, present nationality British.
7) I am married; the name of my wife or husband is James; we were married on 9/27/26 at Cambridge, Mass.; he or she was born at Imnishannon, Ireland on Nov. 8, 1904; and entered the United States at Boston, Mass. on 1925 for permanent residence in the United States, and now resides at Watertown, Mass.
8) I have 5 children and the name, sex, date and place of birth, and present place of residence of each of said children who is living, are as follows: James (M) 8/27/27 Cambridge, Mass; Eleanor (F) 5/8/1929 Watertown, Mass; Margaret (F) 12/25/31 Watertown, Mass; Maureen (F) 2/4/33 Watertown, Mass; Katherine (F) 1/13/35 Watertown, Mass; All living in Watertown, Mass.
9) My last place of foreign residence was Macroom Cork, Ireland.
10) I emigrated to the United States from Queenstown, Ireland.
11) My lawful entry for permanent residence in the United States was at New York, N.Y. under the name of Twomey, Margaret on July 19, 1920, on the S.S. Caronia.
12) Since my lawful entry for permanent residence I have NOT been absent from the United States, for a period or periods of 6 months or longer."
"13) I have not heretofore made declaration of intention."
"14) It is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States and to reside permanently therein.
15) I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which at the time of admission to citizenship I may be a subject or citizen.
16) I am not an anarchist; nor a believer in unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property, or sabotage; nor a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government; nor a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government.
17) I certify that the photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate thereof is a likeness of me and was signed by me.
I do swear (affirm) that the statements I have made and the intentions I have expressed in this declaration of intention subscribed by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief: SO HELP ME GOD.

Mrs. Margaret McCarthy

(Original and true signature of declarant without abbreviation. also other name if used.)

Subscribed and sworn to (affirmed) before me, in the form of oath shown above in the office of the Clerk of said Court, at Boston, Massachusetts this 15th day of December, anno Domini 1941. I hereby certify that Certification No. 1 346049 from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, showing the lawful entry for permanent residence of the declarant above named on the date stated in this description of intention, has been received by me, and that the photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate hereof is a likeness of the declarant.

James S. Allen

Clerk of the U.S. District Court

By Agnes M Farrell Deputy Clerk"

Her petition for naturalization as an American citizen is # 271655.

"To the Honorable the U. S. District Court of Mass. at Boston, Mass. This petition for naturalization, hereby made and filed, respectfully shows:
1) My full, true, and correct name is Margaret McCarthy.
2) My present place of residence is 6 Church Hill Street,
Watertown, 72, Mass.
3) My occupation is housewife.
4) I am 41 years old.
5) I was born on July 22, 1902 in Macroom Cork, Ireland.
6) My personal description is as follows: Sex Female, color White, complexion Light, color of eyes Grey, color of hair Auburn, height 5 feet 5 1/2 inches, weight 130 pounds, visible distinctive marks - none, race - white, present nationality - British.
7) I am married; the name of my wife or husband is James - we were married on 9-27-1926, at Cambridge, Mass. - he was born at Innishannon, Ireland, on Nov. 20, 1903 and entered the United States at Boston, Mass. on 1923 for permanent residence in the United States and now resides with me.
8) I have 5 children, and the name, sex, date and place of birth, and present place of residence of each of said children who is living, are as follows:
James (m) 8-27-27; Eleanor (f) 5-8-1929; Margaret (f) 12-25-13 (I presume this is a typo and should be 12-25-31;) Maureen (f) 2-4-33; Katherine (f) 1-13-35; James was born in Cambridge, Mass; All others in Watertown, Mass.
9) My last place of foreign residence was Macroom Cork, Ireland.
10) I emigrated to the United States from Queenstown, Ireland.
11) My lawful entry for permanent residence was at N.Y. N.Y. under the name of Twomey, Margaret on July 19, 1920 on the S.S. Caronia as shown by the certificate of my arrival attached to this petition.
12) Since my lawful entry for permanent residence I have not been absent from the United States, for a period or periods of 6 months or longer.
13) I declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States on Dec. 15, 1941 in the USD court of Mass. at Boston, Mass.
14) It is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which at this time I am a subject or citizen, and it is my intention to reside permanently in the United States.
15) I am not, and have not been for the period of at least 10 years immediately preceding the date of this petition, an anarchist; nor a believer in the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property or sabotage; nor a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government; nor a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government.
16) I am able to speak the English language (unless physically unable to do so.)
17) I am, and have been during all of the periods required by law, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.
18) I have resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of 5 years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since July 19, 1920 and continuously in the state in which this petition is made for the term of 6 months at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, July 19, 1920.
19) I have not heretofore made petition for naturalization.
20) Attached hereto and made a part of this, my petition for naturalization, are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States ( if such declaration of intention be required by the naturalization law), a certificate of arrival from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of my said lawful entry into the United States for permanent residence (if such certificate of arrival be required by the naturalization law), and the affidavits of at least two verifying witnesses required by law.
21) Wherefore, I, your petitioner for naturalization, pray that I may be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, and that my name be changed to … (this was left blank.)
22) I, aforesaid petitioner, do swear (affirm) that I know the contents of this petition for naturalization subscribed by me, that the same are true to the best of my own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and that as to those matters I believe them to be true, and that this petition is signed by me with my full, true name: SO HELP ME GOD.

Margaret McCarthy

( Full, true, and correct signature of petitioner without abbreviation)"

The next page is the "Affidavit of Witness"

"The following witnesses, each being severally, duly, and respectively sworn, depose and say:
My name is Julie M. McLaughlin, my occupation is housewife.
I reside at 37 Royal Ave., Cambridge, Mass and
My name is George Martin, my occupation is welder.
I reside at 12 Churchill St., Watertown, Mass.
I am a citizen of the United States of America; I have personally known and have been acquainted in the United States with said McCarthy, the petitioner named in the petition for naturalization of which this affidavit is a part, since 1934, to my personal knowledge the petitioner has resided, immediately preceding the date of filing this petition, in the United States continuously since the date last mentioned, and at Watertown in the state of Mass. continuously since 1934 and I have personal knowledge that the petitioner is and during all such periods has been a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States, and in my opinion the petitioner is in every way qualified to be admitted a citizen of the United States.
I do swear (affirm) that the statements of fact that I have made in this affidavit of this petition for naturalization subscribed by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief; SO HELP ME GOD.
Julia M. McLaughlin / George F. Martin
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named petitioner and witnesses in the respective forms of oath shown in said petition and affidavit in the office of the Clerk of said Court at Boston, Mass. this 25th day of Jan. Anno Domini 1944. I hereby certify that Certificate of Arrival No. 1 346049 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, showing the lawful entry for permanent residence for the petitioner above named, together with Declaration of Intention No. 306511 of such petitioner, has been by me filed with, attached to, and made a part of this petition on this date.
James S. Allen , Clerk"
(I am unable to make out the name of the assistant clerk.)

"OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the laws of the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: SO HELP ME GOD. In acknowledgment whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.
Margaret McCarthy

Sworn to in open court, this 18th day of March, A.D. 1944.
(I can't make out the clerk's names.)

Note:-In renunciation of title or order of nobility, add the following to the oath of allegiance before it is signed: 'I further renounce the title of (give title or titles) which I heretofore held.' or "I further renounce the order of nobility (give the order of nobility) to which I have heretofore belonged.

Petition granted: Line No. ______ of List No. 849 and Certificate No. 6170379 issued."

Julia McLaughlin – one of the above witnesses – is Ned Hogan’s daughter - Jimmy's first cousin. We just saw that Jimmy came out to his uncle Ned Hogan.

I don’t know who George Martin is – he lives on the same short street as Jimmy McCarthy according to the 1940 census – so he is a neighbor. He is 40 years old, was born in Massachusetts, and works as a clerk at a rubber factory - that is probably the Hood Rubber Company down in East Watertown - but he has not worked in the 52 weeks up to March 30, 1940 - he did not work in 1939 - he had no salary. His wife Alice, who was born in Cuba, is a machine operator at a rubber plant as well - she worked 32 hours in the week March 24-30, 1940. She made $690 working 46 weeks in 1939. They lived in the same place on April 1, 1935 - so George has been a neighbor of the McCarthys for at least 5 years.

The Hood Rubber Company opened in 1896 in East Watertown, Massachusetts. For nearly 75 years it was a major local employer - providing 10,000 people with employment during its busiest period - many of these were Armenians who settled in the Hood Rubber neighborhood. Today the Watertown Mall stands where sneakers, boots, tires, gloves, batteries were produced. B.F. Goodrich bought the plant in 1929 but kept the name. P.F. Flyers were then manufactured at the plant and were popular sneakers along local children.

Perhaps Alice Martin worked in a room like this.

Jimmy McCarthy also filed his intention to become an American citizen. The form was made in triplicate - one copy given to the declarant when originally issued, one copy to be made part of the petition for naturalization when the petition is filed, and one copy to be retained as a part of the petition in the records of the court.

It states that his port of entry was Boston, Mass. on November 1, 1923 on the S.S. Franconia.

The certificate of arrival was issued on March 12, 1942.

Jimmy's declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States is next.

"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DECLARATION OF INTENTION No. 309772

(Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof)

District of Massachusetts - In the United States District Court of Massachusetts at Boston.

1) My full, true, and correct name is James McCarthy.
2) My present place of residence is 6 Church Hill Street,
Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
3) My occupation is chauffeur.
4) I am 38 years old.
5) I was born on Dec. 8, 1903 in Co. Cork Munster, Ireland.
6) My personal description is as follows: Sex Male, color White, complexion Light, color of eyes Blue, color of hair Brown, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 184 pounds, visible distinctive marks - none, race - white, present nationality - British.
7) I am married; the name of my wife or husband is Margaret - we were married on Sept. 27, 1926, at Cambridge, Mass. - she was born at Macrooni Co. Cork Ireland, on July 22, 1902 and entered the United States at New York, NY on July 17, 1919 for permanent residence in the United States and now resides with me.
8) I have 5 children, and the name, sex, date and place of birth, and present place of residence of each of said children who is living, are as follows:
James (M) 8-27-27 - Cambridge, Mass; Eleanor (F) 5-8-30; Margaret (F) 12-25-31; Maureen (F) 2-4-33; Katherine (F) 1-13-35; James was born in Cambridge, Mass; last four born Watertown, Mass. all reside Watertown, Mass.
9) My last place of foreign residence was Ireland.
10) I emigrated to the United States from Queenstown, Ireland.
11) My lawful entry for permanent residence was at bostonm Mass. under the name of James McCarthy on November 1, 1923 on the Franconia as shown by the certificate of my arrival attached to this petition.
12) Since my lawful entry for permanent residence I have NOT been absent from the United States, for a period or periods of 6 months or longer.
13) I have not heretofore made declaration of intention.
14) It is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States and to reside permanently therein.
15) I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which at the time of admission to citizenship I may be a subject or citizen.
16) I am not an anarchist; nor a believer in unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property, or sabotage; nor a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government; nor a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government.
17) I certify that the photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate thereof is a likeness of me and was signed by me.

I do swear (affirm) that the statements I have made and the intentions I have expressed in this declaration of intention subscribed by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief: SO HELP ME GOD.

James McCarthy

(Original and true signature of declarant without abbreviation. also other name if used.)

Subscribed and sworn to (affirmed) before me, in the form of oath shown above in the office of the Clerk of said Court, at Boston, Massachusetts this 28th day of March anno Domini 1942. I hereby certify that Certification No. 1 395990 from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, showing the lawful entry for permanent residence of the declarant above named on the date stated in this description of intention, has been received by me, and that the photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate hereof is a likeness of the declarant.

James S. Allen

Clerk of the U.S. District Court

By Anna C. Crowe Deputy Clerk"

Next is Jimmy's Petition for Naturalization - it is #275292.

"To the Honorable the U. S. District Court of Mass. at Boston, Mass. This petition for naturalization, hereby made and filed, respectfully shows:
1) My full, true, and correct name is James McCarthy.
2) My present place of residence is 6 Church Hill Street,
Watertown (72) Mass.
3) My occupation is chaffeur.
4) I am 40 years old.
5) I was born on Dec. 8 1903, in Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland.
6) My personal description is as follows: Sex Male, color White, complexion fair, color of eyes blue, color of hair brown, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 176 pounds, visible distinctive marks - none, race - white, present nationality - British.
7) I am married; the name of my wife or husband is Margaret - we were married on Sept. 27 1927, at Cambridge, Mass. - he was born at Innishannon, Ireland, on Nov. 20, 1903 and entered the United States at New York, NY on July 1921 for permanent residence in the United States and now resides with me and was naturalized on March 18 1944 at USDC Boston, Mass.
8) I have 5 children, and the name, sex, date and place of birth, and present place of residence of each of said children who is living, are as follows:
James (m) 8-27-28 - Cambridge, Mass. others born at Watertown, Mass. Eleanor (f) 5-8-1930; Margaret (f) 12-25-31 - Maureen (f) 2-4-33; Catherine (f) 1-13-35 - all live at Watertown, Mass.
9) My last place of foreign residence was Co. Cork, Ireland.
10) I emigrated to the United States from Cobh, Ireland.
11) My lawful entry for permanent residence was at Boston, Mass. under the name of James McCarthy on November 1, 1923 on the Franconia as shown by the certificate of my arrival attached to this petition.
12) Since my lawful entry for permanent residence I have NOT been absent from the United States, for a period or periods of 6 months or longer.
13) I declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States on March 28, 1942 in the USDC Court of Mass. District at Boston, Mass.
14) It is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which at this time I am a subject or citizen, and it is my intention to reside permanently in the United States.
15) I am not, and have not been for the period of at least 10 years immediately preceding the date of this petition, an anarchist; nor a believer in the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property or sabotage; nor a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government; nor a member of or affiliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government.

16) I am able to speak the English language (unless physically unable to do so.
17) I am, and have been during all of the periods required by law, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.
18) I have resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of 5 years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since Nov. 1, 1923 and continuously in the state in which this petition is made for the term of 6 months at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, Nov. 1, 1923.
19) I have not heretofore made petition for naturalization.
20) Attached hereto and made a part of this, my petition for naturalization, are my declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States ( if such declaration of intention be required by the naturalization law), a certificate of arrival from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of my said lawful entry into the United States for permanent residence (if such certificate of arrival be required by the naturalization law), and the affidavits of at least two verifying witnesses required by law.
21) Wherefore, I, your petitioner for naturalization, pray that I may be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, and that my name be changed to … (this was left blank.)
22) I, aforesaid petitioner, do swear (affirm) that I know the contents of this petition for naturalization subscribed by me, that the same are true to the best of my own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and that as to those matters I believe them to be true, and that this petition is signed by me with my full, true name: SO HELP ME GOD.
James McCarthy
( Full, true, and correct signature of petitioner without abbreviation)"

The "Affidavit of Witness"is next:

"The following witnesses, each being severally, duly, and respectively sworn, depose and say:
My name is George Martin, my occupation is welder.
I reside at 12 Churchill St., Watertown, Mass., and
My name is Julie M. McLaughlin, my occupation is housewife.
I reside at 37 Royal Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
I am a citizen of the United States of America; I have personally known and have been acquainted in the United States said McCarthy, the petitioner named in the petition for naturalization of which this affidavit is a part, since 1932, to my personal knowledge the petitioner has resided, immediately preceding the date of filing this petition, in the United States continuously since the date last mentioned, and at Watertown in the state of Mass. continuously since 1932 and I have personal knowledge that the petitioner is and during all such periods has been a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States, and in my opinion the petitioner is in every way qualified to be admitted a citizen of the United States.
I do swear (affirm) that the statements of fact that I have made in this affidavit of this petition for naturalization subscribed by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief; SO HELP ME GOD.
George F. Martin / Julia M. McLaughlin
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named petitioner and witnesses in the respective forms of oath shown in said petition and affidavit in the office of the Clerk of said Court at Boston, Massachusetts this 12th day of April Anno Domini 1944. I hereby certify that Certificate of Arrival No. 1-395990 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, showing the lawful entry for permanent residence for the petitioner above named, together with Declaration of Intention No. 309772 of such petitioner, has been by me filed with, attached to, and made a part of this petition on this date.
James S. Allen , Clerk
William J. Lyons, Deputy Clerk"

"OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the laws of the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: SO HELP ME GOD. In acknowledgment whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.
James McCarthy

Sworn to in open court, this (?) 17th day of May, A.D. 1944."
(I can't make out the clerk's names.)

Note:-In renunciation of title or order of nobility, add the following to the oath of allegiance before it is signed: 'I further renounce the title of (give title or titles) which I heretofore held.' or "I further renounce the order of nobility (give the order of nobility) to which I have heretofore belonged.

Petition granted: Line No. ______ of List No. 868 and Certificate No. 6355120 issued."

Jimmy and Peg eventually moved to a house on Patten Street in Watertown - it runs between Mount Auburn and Arsenal Streets. After he retired, Jimmy was a crossing guard for school children in Watertown Square. I visited Peg when I was a visiting nurse in Watertown about 1979. Jimmy was always a jolly man - quick with a smile. He was a good friend to the Keohanes, but more about that in a bit.

The red icon shows the McCarthy location - I lived on Marshall Street - up Mt. Auburn on the opposite side at the blue icon.

The McCarthys lived upstairs in this house when I used to visit Peg.

The Watertown Press had the following obituary for Peg.

"Funeral services for Margaret M. (Toomey) McCarthy, 86, were held from the Donald J. MacDonald and Son Funeral Home, 270 Main St., Watertown on Wednesday, March 12, 1986.
Her funeral Mass followed and was celebrated in St. Patrick Church. Internment was in the family lot in St. Patrick Cemetery, Watertown.
Mrs. McCarthy was born in Macroon (Macroom,) County Cork, Ireland, a daughter of Jeremiah and Ellen (Leary) Toomey. She grew up and was educated in Ireland and came to the United States in 1920. For the past 59 years she was a Watertown resident and at the time of her death she resided at 32 Patten St. Mrs. McCarthy died in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital on Sunday, March 9, 1986, after a long illness.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last September.
She leaves her husband, James F. McCarthy; one son, James McCarthy of Hyde Park; four daughters, Mrs. Walter (Eleanor "Sis") Stoney, Mrs. Eugene (Margaret) Bergin, Mrs. Joseph (Katherine) O'Reilly, all of Watertown, and Mrs. James (Maureen) Welch of Newport Richey, Fla.; a brother, Michael Toomey of Somerville; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. McCarthy was predeceased by a grandson Michael Bergin of Watertown; John Toomey of Ireland and Hugh Toomey of Arlington; two sisters, Mary Bullock of Lexington and Nonie Toomey of Ireland, and by her parents. "

Jimmy died a year later. I'm sure this was the Watertown Press obituary.

"James F McCarthy, 83, well known Watertownite, leaves 45 descendants.
Funeral services for James F. McCarthy, 83, of Watertown were held from the Donald J. MacDonald and Son Funeral Home, 270 Main St., Watertown, on Tuesday, March 24, 1987.
His funeral Mass followed and was celebrated in St. Patrick Church by the Rev. John M. Donelin, pastor. Assisting him were Emma Roche, organist, and Claudette Brennan, soloist. Among the musical selections were Shubert's "Ave Maria" at Communion and "Be Not Afraid" at the Recessional.
Pallbearers were six grandsons: William Stoney, Robert Stoney, James McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Joseph O'Reilly, and Richard O'Reilly. Also participating in the Liturgy as lectors were a nephew, James A. Farrissey, and two grandchildren, Catherine O'Reilly Izzo and Joseph O'Reilly. The Bearers of the Offeratory Gifts were two of the great-grandchildren, Christine Ferrier and Heath Studley.
Among the many in attendance at the funeral were delegations from the Watertown Police Department, Watertown Town Hall, Watertown Fire Department, School Crossing Guards, and the Teamsters Union.
Mr. McCarthy was born in Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland, a son of John and Ellen (Hogan) McCarthy. He came to the United States in 1920, and was a Watertown resident for the past 60 years.
In his career as a truck driver, which spanned 47 years, he was affiliated with the J.J. Minehan Transportation Co. After this retirement in 1969, he became a school crossing guard and supervised the Watertown Square intersection for 17 years. He was a longtime member of the Teamsters Union Local No. 25, Charlestown."

I had emailed these obituaries to myself from Watertown Public Library where I had found it on microfilm. parts of them did not come through - I'll have to go back to the library and try it again.

But I can make out some of the last two paragraphs. "In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Margaret M. 'Toomey' McCarthy, a grandson, Michael Bergin of Watertown, five sisters, Ellie Collins, Julia M. Morrissey, Margaret, Mary, and Nonie McCarthy all of Ireland. And his brothers, Jeremiah McCarthy of Ireland and Denis Driscoll of Michigan.

Internment was in the family lot in St. Patrick Cemetery, Watertown. Committal prayers were offered by Rev. John Cabral of St. Patrick Parish."

Interesting that Jimmy's half-brother, Denis Driscoll, ended up in Michigan. That is another line that we could go down at another time.

Eleanor "Sis" McCarthy Stoney died in 2005. Her obituary follows.

"Eleanor 'Sis' Stoney - Lifelong Watertown resident, 75

Eleanor Marie 'Sis' McCarthy Stoney of Watertown, died Tuesday March 29, 2005 at her home. She was 75.
A daughter of the late James F. and Margaret M. (Toomey) McCarthy, Mrs. Stoney was born in Watertown, graduated from St. Patrick Grammar School and Watertown High School, and had been a life long Watertown resident.
For many years, Mrs Stoney worked at King's Department Store in Newton, and then at Field Premium in Watertown. She enjoyed crocheting and homemaking.
Wife of the late Walter F. Stoney, who died in 1992, she leaves two children, William M. Stoney and his wife, Gina, of Rockville, Md., and Robert T. Stoney, and his wife, Barbara, of Watertown; a brother James McCarthy of Sandwich, three sisters, Margaret Bergin of Mendon, Maureen Welch of Port Richie, Fla and Catherine O'Reilly of Watertown; three grandchildren, Diane Stoney and her partner, Maria Merrill, of Watertown, Brent Stoney of Wilmington, N.C., and Samantha Stoney of Clemson, S.C.
A funeral was held Saturday, April 2, from the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home in Watertown, followed by a funeral Mass at the Church of St. Patrick in Watertown.
Burial was in Ridgelawn Cemetery in Watertown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd, 2024 Beacon St., Newton, Ma 02468.

Walter Stoney died in 1992.

I remember when we were young and taking Irish dancing lessons from Mary Flynn in Watertown, I think it was Sis Stony who helped make our wool dancing costumes. Sis had to line my costume because I was allergic to wool. Then we had to embroider a celtic symbol along the entire length of the dress' hem.

Some of the Bergins took Irish dancing - they were younger than me. I think I had a crush on Billy Stoney who was ahead of me in school!

I think this memorial card was for Margaret Bergin's husband.

So this is it for Jimmy McCarthy for now.

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