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Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood

about 1905 (compiled) – about 1953 (compiled)

Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood is named in Matthew and Catherine Leahey’s survivor lists; the supplied Find a Grave family links provide volunteer-compiled years.

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Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood is named in Matthew and Catherine Leahey’s survivor lists; the supplied Find a Grave family links provide volunteer-compiled years.

Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
Death: From our family tree - no record found yet

How is this person related?

Andrew John Leahey’s first cousin three times removed

Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.

How this person is related to Andrew:
Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood is your first cousin, 3 times removed.

Life

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References for this account: [1][2][3][4]

Family

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Where they lived

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Places listed on this page

  • Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Cemetery or burial place
  • New Jersey
  • Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
  • United States
  • 9 Cottage Street, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Cottage Street, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
  • Bergen Point, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

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Timeline

Named as surviving child

Matthew’s death notices name this child among his survivors. [1]

Proved by a record

Possible January 1953 death-index match [INFERENCE]

The married name, middle initial and compiled year agree, but the index does not name parents or spouse; the certificate is required before assignment. [4]

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What the records say

4 records transcribed.

Record exhibit

“Heart Attack Kills Uncle Of Bride at Wedding Fete” — death of Matthew Leahey, 18 July 1934

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Matthew Leahey, an old resident of Bayonne, of 9 Cottage street, died suddenly last night, collapsing shortly after he had finished dancing at a wedding reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, 99 East Forty-first street. Mr. Leahey is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine Leahey, two sons, Dennis and Matthew, four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Quinlan, Mrs. Thomas McNelis, Mrs. Sylvester Blackwood and Mrs.
Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 wordsWalter Leary, five brothers, James, Malachy, Dennis, Michael and Peter, and two sisters, Miss Catherine Leahey and Mrs. Patrick Gorman. Mr. Leahey was a member of Court Bergen Point, I. O. F., Star of the Sea Council No. 371, Knights of Columbus, and the Holy Name Society of St. Andrew's R. C. Church. The funeral will take place Saturday morning with a solemn high mass at St. Andrew's Church at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Holy Name Cemetery.
Citation: “Heart Attack Kills Uncle Of Bride at Wedding Fete” — death of Matthew Leahey, 18 July 1934. Held by Family-held clipping; Bayonne Times, Thursday, 19 July 1934; paper and issue date identified by correlation with the 1934 Bayonne Times death-notice index and the 1934 Smith–Kiley bride-index entry. View source · Open document (research file not published)

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Obituary — Mrs. Catherine Leahey

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Mrs. Catherine Leahey, a resident of this city for 60 years, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas McNelis, 135 Lexington avenue, with whom she lived. In addition to Mrs. McNelis, Mrs. Leahy is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Thomas Quinlan, Mrs. Sylvester Blackwood and Mrs. Walter Leary; two sons, Dennis and Matthew Leahey; three sisters, Mrs. Louis Smith, Mrs.
Show the full articleHide the full articleFull article, about 150 wordsHarry Smith and Mrs. Paul Aldbeck; three brothers, Thomas Meaney, Detective Daniel Meaney and Patrolman James Meaney, both of the Bayonne police force; 25 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The late Matthew Leahey was her husband. She was a member of the Rosary Society and Sacred Heart League of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be made in Holy Name Cemetery.
Citation: Obituary — Mrs. Catherine Leahey. Held by Family-held clipping; unidentified Bayonne newspaper; issue date not printed. View source · Open document (research file not published)

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Find a Grave memorial 184119510 and photographed Leahey monument

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Partly proved

Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.

Matthew Sylvester Leahy | 3 Jun 1866 | 18 Jul 1934 (aged 68) | Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | Blk-F Sec-JA Gr-38 1D | Parents Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919 | Spouse Catherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy 1871–1939 | Family links: Parents: Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919. Spouse:
Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 200 wordsCatherine Elizabeth Meaney Leahy 1871–1939 (m. 1888). Siblings: John Leahey 1861–1887; James J Leahey 1864–1947; Dennis Charles Leahey Sr 1867–1957; Francis John Leahey 1868–1913; Anna Bridget ‘Annie’ Leahey Collins 1870–1905; Malachy Leahy 1870–1960; Catherine Theresa Leahey 1874–1955; Mary Ellen H Leahey Gorman 1875–1944; Peter Vincent Leahey 1876–1950; Hanorah Matilda Leahey Hedley 1879–1917; Michael Joseph Leahey 1880–1938. Children: Dennis C Leahey 1890–1968; Catherine Elizabeth Leahey Quinlan 1893–1940; Anna Estelle Leahey McNelis 1895–1964; Ellen Teresa Leahey 1897–1933; Helena Veronica Leahey 1900–1900; Thomas F Leahey 1902–1906; Bertha Marie Leahey Blackwood 1905–1953; Jean Cecilia Leahey Leary 1907–1981; Matthew Sylvester Leahey Jr 1912–1984; Matthew Leahey 1914–1914. | Inscription: LEAHEY
Citation: Find a Grave memorial 184119510 and photographed Leahey monument. Held by Find a Grave; photograph credited to Glenn Blank. View source (findagrave.com) · Open document (research file not published)

Record exhibit

New Jersey death index — Bertha M. Blackwood, January 1953

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BLACKWOOD BERTHA M | 04368 | 20486 | 20486 | 01 53.
Citation: New Jersey death index — Bertha M. Blackwood, January 1953. Held by Internet Archive / New Jersey death index. View source (archive.org)

Historical context

These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.

Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920

The Bayonne in these family records was a new city built around water, rails and heavy industry. Bayonne Township was formed only in 1861, uniting older settlements on Bergen Neck; it became a city in 1869. The…

What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us

Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…

A Train Operator in Bayonne, 1914

James D. Leahey’s funeral entry records a compact working life: married, American-born, age twenty-eight, living at 83 West 12th Street in Bayonne, occupation “train operator.” He died on 1 June 1914, twelve da…

What we still don't know

  • Confirm the volunteer-compiled birth and death years in civil, church, funeral or cemetery records.

References

  1. [1] “Heart Attack Kills Uncle Of Bride at Wedding Fete” — death of Matthew Leahey, 18 July 1934Back to citation 1a Back to citation 1b
  2. [2] Obituary — Mrs. Catherine LeaheyBack to citation 2
  3. [3] Find a Grave memorial 184119510 and photographed Leahey monumentBack to citation 3
  4. [4] New Jersey death index — Bertha M. Blackwood, January 1953Back to citation 4a Back to citation 4b

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