Person in this family
Mae O'Connor
4 July 1909 – July 1977
A probable duplicate or variant-name entry involving Mary/Mae O’Connor and Peter Arata, but the two birth dates recorded here—4 July 1909 and 3 May 1908—conflict and cannot be silently merged.
Partly proved
Mae O’Connor was reportedly born in 1909 and married Peter Arata, but she may be a conflicting duplicate of Mary M. Arata.
Born at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Died at Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Recorded as: Jersey City, NJ, United States, Red Bank, NJ, United States
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
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:
Mae O'Connor is your first cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Mae O’Connor appears in our family tree with a birth date of 4 July 1909, a reported death in July 1977, and relationships to Patrick O’Connor, Mary Condon, Peter Arata, and Maureen Patricia Arata. None of those details is independently established in this archive.
A New Jersey index instead records “ARATA | MARY | M” as dying on 26 March 1977 under state file 14403. Because Our family tree assigns Peter Arata to both Mae O’Connor and Mary Arata, that row may concern the same woman, but the different names, birth dates, and death dates cannot be silently merged.
How we know this: Weak: Mae is a family-tree identity, while the Mary M. Arata death row is only a possible match. [1][2]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Mary Arata
- Mae O'Connor (this person)
- Gerard O'Connor
Spouse
See this family in the family treeWhere they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- New Jersey
- Ireland
- United States
- Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Died
The 1977 New Jersey death-index row reads “ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77.” The printed headings identify the fields as surname, given names, state file number, death place, residence, and death date. [1]
Proved by a record
Life event
Mary M. Arata’s 26 March 1977 row is a plausible candidate because Our family tree records Mae the same spouse as Mary Arata, but identity is unproved. [1]
From our family tree - no record found yet
Died
Jul 1977
From our family tree - no record found yet
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey death index, Mary M. Arata, 26 Mar 1977
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 Mae O'Connor.
What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Index image
An index is a list that points to where the full record can be found.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
MARY M | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77. | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77. | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77. | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77. | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77. | ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77.
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
- Whether Mae O’Connor and Mary M. Arata were the same woman
- Her correct birth and death dates
- Her parents
- A marriage record naming Peter Arata
- A record naming Maureen as her daughter
- Obtain New Jersey death file 14403 and Peter Arata’s marriage record(s). The certificate should distinguish Mary/Mae, establish birth date and parents, and determine whether the alleged July 1977 death is a bad merge.