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James J. Leahey
This entry is about James J. Leahey (27 February 1864 – 10 April 1947). For other family members with the same first and family name, see James D. Leahey (29 January 1940 – 18 September 2007), James D. Leahey (about 1886 – 1 June 1914).
27 February 1864 – 10 April 1947
James J. Leahey, a Syracuse-born son of Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin, died at 135 West Ninth Street on 10 April 1947. He belonged to the Bayonne Exempt Firemen’s Association, the Bayonne Wheelmen and St. Mary’s parish.
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James J. Leahey, a Syracuse-born son of Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin, died at 135 West Ninth Street on 10 April 1947. He belonged to the Bayonne Exempt Firemen’s Association, the Bayonne Wheelmen and St. Mary’s parish.
Born at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States Died at Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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:
James J. Leahey is your 2× great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
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Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- John Leahey
- James J. Leahey (this person)
- Matthew S. Leahey
- Dennis C. Leahey
- Francis John Leahey
- Malachy J. Leahy
- Anna Bridget Leahey Collins
- Catherine Theresa Leahey
- Mary H. Leahey Gorman
- Peter Vincent Leahey
- Hanorah Matilda Leahey Hedley
- Michael Leahey
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See this family in the family treeWhere they lived
- 1947: 135 West Ninth Street, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Places listed on this page
- Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
- New York
- United States
- 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
- 135 West Ninth Street, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Historical insurance map, 1912 — a footprint or site plan, not a photograph.
This map shows the address area, but no building footprint is drawn on the relevant lot.
Building survival: not established by this map.
Credit: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection. Cropped from sheet 34.
Licence: Public domain
Timeline
Compiled memorial family link
Find a Grave’s volunteer family links name James J. Leahey (1864–1947) among the children of Dennis and Ann. [1]
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Born in Syracuse
The obituary directly states Syracuse, New York, as his birthplace; its date is not printed. [2]
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Born at Syracuse
His Social Security application record gives his birth as 27 February 1864 at Syracuse, New York, and names his parents as Dennis Leahey and Anna Galvin. This is the first exact date for any of the Syracuse-born children, and the first record — rather than an obituary — to place the family in Syracuse. [9]
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Married Mary Mullins at Bayonne
New Jersey marriage index: married 7 April 1890 at Bayonne, the bride indexed as “Mariam Mullin”. His parents are named as Dennis Leahey and Anna Galvin. [8]
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Married Mary Mullins
The 1900 census records them as married ten years. She was born in April 1873, so she was about seventeen at the wedding and he twenty-six.
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West Ninth Street block not yet built
Sanborn sheet 34 shows block 433 as subdivided lots without mapped buildings. This predates the compiled 1920 construction year for 135 West Ninth Street. [6]
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Current house’s compiled construction year
A compiled property page describes the present building as a 2½-storey frame Colonial single-family house built in 1920. Together with the vacant 1912 map and James’s 1947 funeral address, it is a strong but unproved candidate for the same house. [7]
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Widowed, with seven grown children at home
Bayonne, sheet 12B. He was 66 and a widower, and every one of his seven children was still under his roof — James 38, Agnes 36, John 34, William 32, Dorothy 27, Anna 25 and Frank 23. Not one of them had married or moved out. The enumerator entered his parents' birthplace as **"Irish Free State"** — the country's name in 1930, not the one it had when Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin were born in it.
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Died at 135 West Ninth Street
The paid death notice fixes the date to Thursday, 10 April 1947. The earlier about-1950–1951 inference was wrong and has been removed; the obituary’s ‘past 70 years’ phrase is loose and would imply about 1877, earlier than the family’s separately evidenced 1880–1881 arrival. [4]
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Firemen’s association and parish
James was a member of the Bayonne Exempt Firemen’s Association and a parishioner of St. Mary’s Church. [2]
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Wife and seven children named
His late wife was Mary Mullins. The notice names sons James Jr., John and Fire Capt. William, and daughters Agnes, Dorothy, Anna and Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson. [2]
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Four siblings remained
The surviving-sibling snapshot names only Dennis, Malachi, Peter and Catherine. [2]
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Funeral and burial
The Monday funeral left 135 West Ninth Street at 9:30 a.m.; solemn high requiem mass followed at St. Mary’s at 10, then burial in Holy Name Cemetery under Thomas F. Dempsey’s arrangements. [4]
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Firemen and Wheelmen attended the funeral
The funeral report names the clergy and records delegations from the Bayonne Exempt Firemen’s Association and Bayonne Wheelmen; Rev. Richard Roth, S.A., offered graveside prayers. [3]
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Duplicated Anna in paid notice retained
The fuller supplied reading of the damaged paid notice lists ‘James, John, Anna, William, Agnes, Dorothy and Anna Leahey and Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson.’ The second Anna is retained [sic]; it is not treated as an eighth child and no resolution is invented. [4]
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Undertaker register supplies parents, age and birthplace
The Dempsey transcription names Dennis and Anna Galvin, gives Syracuse as birthplace, and records age 83 years, 1 month, 11 days. That age implies about 28 February 1864, retained as a lead rather than a proved birth date. [5]
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Original records
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey bride index, Barbara Brennan and James Leahey, 1904
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Find a Grave memorial, James Dennis Leahey
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James Dennis Leahey memorial; burial-area photograph but no marker
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What the records say
11 records transcribed.
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Find a Grave memorial 184188835 and photographed Leahey monument
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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
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“James Leahey Dies at Residence”
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James Leahey, of 135 W. 9th St., a Bayonne resident for the past 70 years, died yesterday at his home after a short illness. Mr. Leahey was a parishioner of St. Mary's Church and a member of the Bayonne Exempt Firemen's Association. He was born in Syracuse, N. Y. The husband of the late Mary Mullins, he is survived by three sons, James, Jr., John and Fire Capt. William Leahey;Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
four daughters, the Misses Agnes, Dorothy and Anna and Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson; three brothers, Dennis, Malachi and Peter; a sister, Miss Catherine Leahey, and a grandchild. The funeral will be held Monday morning from the home, and a solemn high requiem mass will be offered at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's Church. Interment will be in Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City.
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“Funeral Services Held For James Leahey, Sr.”
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The funeral for James Leahey, Sr., who died last Thursday, was held yesterday morning with a solemn high requiem mass at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's Church with Rev. Richard E. Wall, as celebrant; Rev. Patrick Fitzpatrick, as deacon; and Rev. Daniel O'Reilly, as subdeacon. Interment was in Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, with Rev. Richard Roth, S. A., offering prayers at the graveside. Delegations from the Bayonne Exempt Firemen's Association and the Bayonne Wheelmen attended the mass as did City Commissioner and Mrs. Edward F. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzmaurice, James H. Murphy, [text damaged] and Joseph Minton.
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Leahey — James paid death notice, 10 April 1947
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LEAHEY—On Thursday, April 10, 1947, James, beloved husband of the late Mary (nee Mullins) and devoted father of [text damaged] William, Agnes, Dorothy and Anna Leahey and Mrs. Edwin Hendrickson. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 135 West Ninth street, Monday, April 14, at 9:30 a. m. Solemn high requiem mass at St. Mary's R. C. Church at 10 a. m. Interment in Holy Name Cemetery. Arrangements by Thomas F. Dempsey. 4-11-2t
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Dempsey register entry for James Leahey, 10 April 1947
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James Leahey … 04/10/1947 … Dennis/Ire Anna Galvin/Ire … Aged 83y,1m,11d, Born US (Syracuse, NY).
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Sanborn fire-insurance map — block 433 at West Ninth Street, Bayonne (1912)
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Block 433 between Avenue A and Hudson Boulevard is shown as subdivided lots with no mapped buildings.
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Compiled property record — 135 West Ninth Street, Bayonne
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135 W 9th St | 2.5 story | frame | Colonial | Single Family | Year Built: 1920 | parcel 0100275 00002
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New Jersey Marriages index — three sons of Dennis Leahey and Anna Galvin
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Mathew Leahey, marriage 10 June 1889, Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, Parents Dennis Leahey, Anna Galvin, Spouses Catherine Meaney | James Leahey, marriage 7 April 1890, Bayonne, Parents Dennis Leahey, Anna Galvin, Spouses Mariam Mullin | Dennis Leahey, marriage 7 June 1891, Bayonne, Parents Dennis Leahey, Anna Galvin, Spouses Anna Meaney
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US Social Security NUMIDENT — James Leahey, born 27 February 1864, Syracuse
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James Leahey, Birth 27 February 1864, Syracuse, New York, United States, Parents Dennis Leahey, Anna Galvin
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James J. Leahey household, 1930 United States census, Bayonne
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Bayonne, Hudson County, sheet 12B, line 65. James J Leahey, head, 66, widowed, born New York; father and mother born Irish Free State. Children at home: James 38, Agnes 36, John 34, William 32, Dorothy 27, Anna 25, Frank 23, all born New Jersey.
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Mary Leahey in the 1900 United States census, Hudson County
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Hudson County, New Jersey, 1900. Mary Leahey, born April 1873 in New Jersey, married 1890; spouse James Leahey; children James, Agnes, Mary, John, William.
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 year in a civil or church record.
- [CONFLICT] The obituary’s ‘Bayonne resident for the past 70 years’ wording would imply arrival about 1877, while other family evidence places the arrival about 1880–1881. The arrival year remains open within 1877–1881; the phrase must not be used to redetermine James’s documented 1947 death.
- [CONFLICT] The paid notice’s fuller child-list reading duplicates ‘Anna’ [sic]. Determine whether this is a typesetting or transcription issue; do not add or identify another child without evidence.
- The undertaker age implies birth about 28 February 1864, but no baptism or civil birth has been located; retain the exact-day calculation as a lead, not a birth fact.
- [INFERENCE] The present 1920-dated house at 135 West Ninth Street is a strong candidate for James’s 1947 home because the lot was unbuilt on the 1912 map, but an assessor card is needed to prove identity.
References
- [1] Find a Grave memorial 184188835 and photographed Leahey monumentBack to citation 1a Back to citation 1b
- [2] “James Leahey Dies at Residence”Back to citation 2a Back to citation 2b Back to citation 2c Back to citation 2d Back to citation 2e
- [3] “Funeral Services Held For James Leahey, Sr.”Back to citation 3a Back to citation 3b
- [4] Leahey — James paid death notice, 10 April 1947Back to citation 4a Back to citation 4b Back to citation 4c Back to citation 4d
- [5] Dempsey register entry for James Leahey, 10 April 1947Back to citation 5a Back to citation 5b
- [6] Sanborn fire-insurance map — block 433 at West Ninth Street, Bayonne (1912)Back to citation 6a Back to citation 6b
- [7] Compiled property record — 135 West Ninth Street, BayonneBack to citation 7a Back to citation 7b
- [8] New Jersey Marriages index — three sons of Dennis Leahey and Anna GalvinBack to citation 8a Back to citation 8b
- [9] US Social Security NUMIDENT — James Leahey, born 27 February 1864, SyracuseBack to citation 9a Back to citation 9b
- [10] James J. Leahey household, 1930 United States census, BayonneBack to citation 10
- [11] Mary Leahey in the 1900 United States census, Hudson CountyBack to citation 11