Person in this family
Gerard O'Connor
2 November 1910 – 29 March 1994
Gerard P. O’Connor, a Monmouth County resident; the claimed parents Patrick O’Connor and Mary Condon are not named in the state row. Gerard’s state row resolves both disputed years: he was born in 1910 and died in 1994. The alternative 1911–1977 family-tree entry is therefore a bad duplicate unless evidence emerges for a second Gerard. Duplicate/bad-merge version of the Gerard P. O’Connor above, not a second established son.
Proved by a record
Gerard P. O’Connor (1910–1994) was a Monmouth County, New Jersey, resident whose parentage remains unconfirmed.
Born at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Died at Leonardo, Monmouth County, New Jersey
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s first cousin twice removed
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's first cousin twice removed (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s first cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s first cousin once removed
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's first cousin once removed (by marriage)
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:
Gerard O'Connor is your first cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Gerard P. O’Connor was born on 2 November 1910 and died on 29 March 1994 at age 83. His New Jersey death-index row reads “O’CONNOR, GERARD. P” and gives state file number 0014914. The locality fields read “MONM R3ANB” and “MONM MIDDT”; without the 1994 code key, this archive does not expand them into municipalities.
Our family tree records Jersey City as his birthplace and Leonardo as his place of death, and attaches Patrick O’Connor and either Mary Condon or Mary O’Connor as parents. The state row does not name parents or spell out those places.
A second tree version gave Gerard the years 1911–1977. This archive’s search of the 1977 volume found no supporting entry, while the precise month and day belong to the man who died in 1994. The earlier version is therefore treated as a bad duplicate unless evidence for a second Gerard appears.
How we know this: Strong for Gerard’s birth and death dates; weak for his exact municipalities and claimed parents. [1][2][3]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Mary Arata
- Mae O'Connor
- Gerard O'Connor (this person)
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- New Jersey
- Ireland
- United States
- Leonardo, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Born
Born 2 November 1910; died 29 March 1994, age 83. The locality fields read “MONM R3ANB” and “MONM MIDDT” and are not expanded without the 1994 code key. [1]
Proved by a record
Died
Born 2 November 1910; died 29 March 1994, age 83. The locality fields read “MONM R3ANB” and “MONM MIDDT” and are not expanded without the 1994 code key. [1]
Proved by a record
Died
The exact month/day combination in the bad entry belongs to the man indexed in 1994. The 1977 year appears to be a duplicate-tree corruption, not a second death record. [2]
Proved by a record
Died
Leonardo, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
From our family tree - no record found yet
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey death index, Gerard P. O’Connor, 29 Mar 1994
An index is a list that points to where the full record can be found. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Gerard O'Connor.
What the records say
2 of 3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
1994 index image
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Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
O’CONNOR, GERARD. P | 140 03 3828 | 0014914 | MONM R3ANB | MONM MIDDT | 03/29/94 | YEARS 83 | 11/02/10. | O’CONNOR, GERARD. P | 140 03 3828 | 0014914 | MONM R3ANB | MONM MIDDT | 03/29/94 | YEARS 83 | 11/02/10. | O’CONNOR, GERARD. P | 140 03 3828 | 0014914 | MONM R3ANB | MONM MIDDT | 03/29/94 | YEARS 83 | 11/02/10. | O’CONNOR, GERARD. P | 140 03 3828 | 0014914 | MONM R3ANB | MONM MIDDT | 03/29/94 | YEARS 83 | 11/02/10. | O’CONNOR, GERARD. P ... 03/29/94 ... YEARS 83 | 11/02/10. | O’CONNOR, GERARD. P ... 03/29/94 ... YEARS 83 | 11/02/10.
Record exhibit
1977 O–Z volume
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
The exact words from this record have not been typed out yet.
Record exhibit
Patrick O'Connor household, 1920 United States census, Jersey City Ward 2
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Jersey City Ward 2, ED 123, sheet 6A, household 122. Patrick O'Connor, head, 43, born Ireland, arrived 1900, father and mother born Ireland. Mary O'Connor, wife, 38, born Ireland. Mary O'Connor, daughter, 11, born New Jersey. Gerord O'Connor, son, 9, born New Jersey.
Historical context
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What we still don't know
- His parents
- His exact birth and death municipalities
- His occupation, spouse, and burial place
- Independent confirmation that the 1911–1977 entry is only a duplicate
- Order death file 0014914 and find an obituary or cemetery record naming his parents; do not attach Patrick and Mary solely from the tree.
- Merge this duplicate only at the tree-data level while retaining a note about the rejected 1977 claim; obtain file 0014914 or an obituary to prove parents and exact municipalities.
- Gerard’s maternal identity remains provisional: the unsourced Mary Condon (born 1882) edge was removed, while Mary O’Connor (born 1878) remains only as the better-evidenced candidate pending a record naming his parents.