Person in this family
Francis John Leahey
about 1868 (compiled) – about 1913 (compiled)
Francis John Leahey is linked to Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin by compiled memorial data and is independently named as their surviving son Francis in Dennis’s 1907 funeral account.
Partly proved
Francis John Leahey is linked to Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin by compiled memorial data and is independently named as their surviving son Francis in Dennis’s 1907 funeral account.
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How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s great-grandparent'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:
Francis John Leahey is your 2× great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
A written life story has not been added for this person yet.
Death and burial
Evidence distinction: [RECORD] means text read from the photographed stone. [COMPILED] means volunteer-typed memorial information and is only a lead.
Find a Grave memorial 184188835
Why this memorial is attached
Matched by the memorial’s named parents, spouse and child, plus the Holy Name cemetery and photographed joint monument. Find a Grave memorial 184188835 (findagrave.com).
Parents Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919 | Spouse Margaret Mahoney Hennessey 1867–1910 | Children James Dennis Leahey 1886–1914
[COMPILED] Volunteer-typed memorial fields
These fields are leads, not civil or church records, and do not replace documented dates. Find a Grave memorial 184188835 (findagrave.com).
Name: John Leahey Birth: Oct 1861 Death: 27 Aug 1887 (aged 25) Cemetery: Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Blk-Y Sec-A Gr-18 1A Family links: Parents: Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919. Spouse: Margaret Mahoney Hennessey 1867–1910 (m. 1885). Siblings: James J Leahey 1864–1947; Matthew Sylvester Leahy 1866–1934;Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
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. Child: James Dennis Leahey 1886–1914.
Photograph status: a photographed inscription is available and shown below. Find a Grave memorial 184188835 (findagrave.com).
[RECORD] Photographed inscription, transcribed verbatim
JOHN LEAHEY DIED AUG. 30, 1887 DENNIS C. LEAHEY SR. DIED APR. 26, 1907
Citation: Find a Grave memorial 184188835 (findagrave.com); monument photograph credited below.
Conflicts retained
Conflict: The photographed stone says 30 August 1887, while both the volunteer-typed memorial date and the New Jersey civil death index say 27 August 1887. The conflict is unresolved; the archive does not replace either record silently. Open the memorial evidence (findagrave.com).
27 Aug 1887 | JOHN LEAHEY / DIED AUG. 30, 1887
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- John Leahey
- James J. Leahey
- Matthew S. Leahey
- Dennis C. Leahey
- Francis John Leahey (this person)
- Malachy J. Leahy
- Anna Bridget Leahey Collins
- Catherine Theresa Leahey
- Mary H. Leahey Gorman
- Peter Vincent Leahey
- Hanorah Matilda Leahey Hedley
- Michael Leahey
Spouse
See this family in the family treeWhere 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
- New York
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
- United States
- Port Johnston coal pier, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Compiled memorial family link
Find a Grave’s volunteer family links name Francis John Leahey (1868–1913) among the children of Dennis and Ann. [1]
The records themselves
Find a Grave memorial, John Leahey
John Leahey memorial with photographed joint Leahey stone
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Named as surviving son Francis
Dennis’s fullest funeral account names Francis among the ten children who survived him in 1907. [2]
Proved by a record
Original records
2 further records are shown in the timeline, beside the event each one documents.
What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Find a Grave memorial 184188835 and photographed Leahey monument
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
John Leahey | Oct 1861 | 27 Aug 1887 (aged 25) | Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | Blk-Y Sec-A Gr-18 1A | Parents Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919 | Spouse Margaret Mahoney Hennessey 1867–1910 | Children James Dennis Leahey 1886–1914 | Family links: Parents: Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919. Spouse:Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
Margaret Mahoney Hennessey 1867–1910 (m. 1885). Siblings: James J Leahey 1864–1947; Matthew Sylvester Leahy 1866–1934; 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. Child: James Dennis Leahey 1886–1914. | Inscription: JOHN LEAHEY / DIED AUG. 30, 1887 / DENNIS C. LEAHEY SR. / DIED APR. 26, 1907
Record exhibit
Third and fullest account of Capt. Dennis Leahey’s funeral
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
The funeral of Capt. Dennis Leahey, who died on Friday afternoon of last week, took place on Monday with requiem mass at St. Mary's church. Captain Leahey was an old and highly respected resident of Bayonne for many years. He was formerly engaged in boating between the Port Johnson docks and New York. He was the father of fourteen children, ten of whom with his widow survive him. They are Mrs. Patrick Gorman, Misses Catherine and Nora Leahey, James, Matthew, Dennis, Francis, Malachi, Peter and Michael Leahey. Six of his sons acted as pallbearers. Interment was in Hudson County Catholic cemetery.
Historical context
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Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
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A Train Operator in Bayonne, 1914
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What we still don't know
- Confirm the volunteer-compiled birth and death years in civil, church, funeral or cemetery records.