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John Joseph "Jack" Leahy Jr.
20 July 1933 – 15 March 1999
John Joseph “Jack” Leahy Jr. was born at Bayonne on 20 July 1933 and died at Island Heights, Ocean County, on 15 March 1999. He was a veteran. He married Josephine DeCrescenzi in 1956. Although he lived and died at the Jersey Shore like his father, he was brought back to be buried at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City — the ground this family has used since the 1880s — in Block 6, Section B, Grave 103, at depth 2B.
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John Joseph “Jack” Leahy Jr. was born at Bayonne on 20 July 1933 and died at Island Heights, Ocean County, on 15 March 1999. He was a veteran. He married Josephine DeCrescenzi in 1956. Although he lived and died at the Jersey Shore like his father, he was brought back to be buried at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City — the ground this family has used since the 1880s — in Block 6, Section B, Grave 103, at depth 2B.
Born at Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Andrew John Leahey’s second cousin twice removed
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Abigail Ann Leahey’s second cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s spouse's second cousin once removed (by marriage)
Kevin Leahey’s second cousin once removed
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
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John Joseph "Jack" Leahy Jr. is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
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- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Cemetery or burial place
- New Jersey
- Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
- United States
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
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Marked as a veteran
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Buried back at Holy Name, Jersey City
His father and his brother Walter lie under one stone at Saint Joseph's in Toms River, but Jack was taken back to Holy Name in Jersey City, where Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin were buried in the 1900s. Two generations at the Shore and he still went home to be buried.
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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
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
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