Person in this family
Mary Arata
3 May 1908 – 26 March 1977
Mary M. Arata in the New Jersey death index; possibly the Mary/Mae O’Connor who married Peter Arata, but the index does not prove that identity. Mary M. Arata’s state row establishes a precise March death date, but not which of our family tree's conflicting Mary/Mae identities she represents.
Proved by a record
Mary M. Arata died in New Jersey on 26 March 1977; her reported birth and connection to the O’Connor family remain unproved.
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary O'Connor, who is a great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Abigail Ann Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary O'Connor, who is a great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Mary O'Connor, who is a grandparent's sibling
Kevin Leahey’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
Mary M. Arata is documented in the New Jersey death index as having died on 26 March 1977. The row reads “ARATA | MARY | M | 14403 | 1372 | 1358 | 03/26/77,” giving state file number 14403 and coded place fields that this archive does not expand.
Our family tree records her birth as 3 May 1908 and names Patrick O’Connor and Mary Condon as her parents, Peter Arata as her husband, and Maureen Patricia Arata as her daughter. The index itself names none of those relatives and gives no birth date, so those claims remain unconfirmed. It is also unsettled whether Mary was the same person as the separate Mae O’Connor entry, which carries a conflicting birth date.
How we know this: Moderate for the death date; weak for Mary’s birth, parents, marriage, and proposed identity as Mae O’Connor. [1][2]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Mary Arata (this person)
- Mae O'Connor
- Gerard O'Connor
Spouse
Children
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
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Timeline
Born
3 May 1908
From our family tree - no record found yet
Died
Death: 26 March 1977; state file 14403; coded death place 1372 and residence 1358. [1]
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Original records
Tap to open a larger copyNew Jersey death index, Mary M. Arata, 26 Mar 1977
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
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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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Reading Irish Civil Registration
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The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
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What we still don't know
- Whether Mary M. Arata was the Mary or Mae O’Connor in the family tree
- Whether 3 May 1908 was her birth date
- Her parents and place of birth
- Her husband and children
- The municipalities represented by death-index codes 1372 and 1358
- Order death file 14403 and locate the obituary/cemetery record. Compare its birth date and relatives with the separate Mae O’Connor entry before merging anything.