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Catherine Leahey
This entry is about Catherine Leahey (about 1905 – 1970). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Catherine Agnes Tobin Leahey (25 October 1873 (compiled) – February 1901 (compiled)), Catherine Meaney Leahey (13 November 1871 – 16 August 1939), Catherine Theresa Leahey (about 1874 (compiled) – 25 April 1955).
about 1905 – 1970
Catherine Leahey was a daughter of James D. Leahey and Barbara Brennan, born in New Jersey about 1905. Her married name was Chambers — the 1950 census finds her at 45 in her mother's house at Bayonne, entered as Catherine Chambers. Her husband has not been identified.
Family story - not yet proved
Catherine Leahey was a daughter of James D. Leahey and Barbara Brennan, born in New Jersey about 1905. Her married name was Chambers — the 1950 census finds her at 45 in her mother's house at Bayonne, entered as Catherine Chambers. Her husband has not been identified.
Born at New Jersey
Recorded as: Catherine Chambers
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's parent's sibling (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s parent's sibling
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:
Catherine Leahey is your grandparent’s sibling.
Life
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Places listed on this page
- New Jersey
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey
- Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
- United States
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Died
[COMPILED] The year comes from her mother's Find a Grave memorial. She is not among the eleven Leahey burials at Holy Cross, which is consistent with her being buried as Chambers. [2]
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Barbara Murphy household, 1950 United States census, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Barbara Murphy | Head | Widowed | age 62 | born New Jersey | 10 April 1950 | Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey | Enumeration District 23-102, page 24, line 22 || Catherine Chambers, Daughter, F, 45, New Jersey | William Murphy, Son, M, 32, New Jersey | John Lahey, Son, M, 42, New Jersey | Marion Murphy, Daughter, F, 33, New Jersey || also in the household: Antonette Shotell, F, 49
Record exhibit
Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington — Leahey burials, searched by cemetery
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Eleven Leahey burials. Blk-64 Sec-A Gr-718: 1A Barbara Brennan Leahey Murphy 1886–1961; 2A John Joseph Leahey 1907–1980; 2B James Francis Leahey 1911–1983. Blk-62 Sec-A Gr-1207: 1A Julia Veronica Leahey 1914–1965; 1B Infant Leahey d. 26 Oct 1933; 1C George Edward Leahey 1909–1983; 2A Baby Leahey d. Sep 1968; 2C Barbara E. Spirko 1935–2018. No William Leahey is buried at Holy Cross.
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…
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
- [HER MARRIED NAME IS CHAMBERS] She had no dates and no married name in this archive — the family obituaries named her among the surviving children and gave nothing else. The 1950 census supplies both: Catherine Chambers, 45, in her mother's household. A marriage record under Chambers should now be findable.
- [PRIVACY FLAG CORRECTED] This person was marked as possibly living, which suppressed everything about them. Nothing in their record refers to any year after 1887, so they cannot be alive: even somebody born in that year would be over a hundred and ten now. The flag was a default that had never been revisited, and it was hiding a nineteenth-century person as though they were a contemporary.