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Estelle Marie "Belle" Birch Leahy
25 December 1906 (compiled) – 16 September 1978 (compiled)
Estelle Birch married John Joseph Leahy Sr. in 1932 and is buried with the family at Saint Joseph's, Toms River.
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Estelle Birch married John Joseph Leahy Sr. in 1932 and is buried with the family at Saint Joseph's, Toms River.
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Andrew John Leahey’s first cousin three times removed's spouse (by marriage)
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- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- New Jersey
- Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey
- United States
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
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Find a Grave memorial 78826758 for John Joseph Leahy Sr.
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[COMPILED] John Joseph Leahy Sr. | Birth — 7 Jan 1905 — Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | Death — 26 Dec 1988 (aged 83) — Island Heights, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA | Burial — Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums — Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey | Plot — Section C: Row 25 Grave 39 | Parents — Malachy Leahy 1870–1960; Margaret Jane Murphy Leahy 1882–1942 | Half Siblings — Helen Bridget Veronica Leahy 1899–1903
Historical context
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Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
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What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
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A Train Operator in Bayonne, 1914
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