Person in this family
Michael Leahey
about 21 July 1883 – 29 January 1938
Michael Leahey, a married crane operator of 182 Orient Street, died from pulmonary tuberculosis on 29 January 1938; the funeral record does not support an industrial-accident death.
Proved by a record
Michael Leahey, a crane operator of 182 Orient Street, died from pulmonary tuberculosis on 29 January 1938—not from an industrial accident.
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:
Michael Leahey is your 2× great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
A Dempsey funeral-home transcription identifies Michael Leahey through an unusually detailed combination of facts: "Michael Leahey L000 01/29/1938 182 Orient St." It names his parents as "Dennis/Ire Ann Galvin/Ire," describes him as aged 54 years, 6 months and 8 days, born in the United States, married, and employed as a "crane operator." Mrs. Ann Flanagan Leahey ordered the funeral.
Most importantly, the same record gives the cause plainly: "Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis." Michael’s occupation may sound hazardous, but this evidence does not describe a crane accident or any other workplace injury. His death on 29 January 1938 was from tuberculosis.
The age in the transcription points to a birth about 21 July 1883. That calculated date is useful but should be confirmed by a birth or baptism record. The parent and spouse names are documented in the funeral entry, but they have not been linked to other archive identities without a separate connecting record.
How we know this: The funeral-home transcription documents Michael’s address, age, marital status, occupation, parents, wife, and pulmonary-tuberculosis cause of death; the calculated birth date and links to other family pages still need original records. [1][2][3]
Death and burial
Evidence distinction: [RECORD] means text read from the photographed stone. [COMPILED] means volunteer-typed memorial information and is only a lead.
Find a Grave memorial 201788375
Why this memorial is attached
Matched by exact death date and named parents Dennis and Ann; the different birth year is retained as a conflict. Find a Grave memorial 201788375 (findagrave.com).
29 Jan 1938 | Parents Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919
[COMPILED] Volunteer-typed memorial fields
These fields are leads, not civil or church records, and do not replace documented dates. Find a Grave memorial 201788375 (findagrave.com).
Name: Michael Joseph Leahey Birth: 21 Jul 1880 Death: 29 Jan 1938 (aged 57) Cemetery: Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Blk-T Sec-M Gr-14 1G Family links: Parents: Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919. Spouse: Ann T Flanagan Leahey 1891–1951 (m. 1908). Siblings: John Leahey 1861–1887; James J Leahey 1864–1947;Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
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. Children: Charles Leahey 1912–1946; Helen Leahey 1913–1913; Alice Leahey Daniels 1915–1957; Margaret Leahey Walling 1919–1996.
Photograph status: a cemetery-area photograph was downloaded, but it is not a readable headstone record for this person. Find a Grave memorial 201788375 (findagrave.com).
[RECORD] No readable inscription for this person is visible in the fetched photograph.
The fetched photograph shows the grave area, not a readable marker for Michael. The memorial says: ‘No marker for Michael or his wife Ann.’ Find a Grave memorial 201788375 (findagrave.com).
Conflicts retained
Conflict: The volunteer-typed memorial birth is 21 July 1880; Michael’s contemporary funeral age yields about 21 July 1883. The funeral-derived date remains the archive’s record-based value. Open the memorial evidence (findagrave.com).
21 Jul 1880
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- crane operator — 1938
Occupation crane operator
Citation: Dempsey Funeral Home Burials, 1937–1948 [1]
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Cemetery or burial place
- New Jersey
- Ireland
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery or burial place
- United States
- Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Conflicting compiled birth date
The memorial types 21 July 1880; the funeral-derived value remains about 21 July 1883. [3]
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Died of tuberculosis
The Dempsey funeral-home entry records Michael at 182 Orient Street, a married crane operator aged 54 years, 6 months and 8 days, and gives his cause of death as pulmonary tuberculosis. It does not describe an industrial accident. [1]
Proved by a record
Original records
Tap to open a larger copySt. Mary Star of the Sea baptism register, Anna Elizabeth Flanagan, 1885
This is an entry in a church book, often naming a child, parents, and godparents. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Michael Leahey.
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Original source (hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org)
Machine-read text (may contain errors) · Good machine reading
Automated reading aid only. The human-verified quotations elsewhere in the archive remain authoritative.
No. Name of Date and Date of Father’s Sponsors Priest Marriage,
Person Place of Baptism Name etc.
Baptized Birth Mother’s
Maiden Name
185 Catherine Aug 30 - Sept 6 – William John A. Egan
Connolly 1885 1885 Catherine O’Brien
O’Brien Anna Knox
186 Isabelle Aug 23 – Sept 6 – Lawrence Robert “
Minton 1885 1885 Bridget Talbot
McNally Anna Talbot
187 Joseph Aug 17 – Sept 6 – John John Griffin “ Married
Mundell 1885 1885 Bridget Lynch Joanna Norah
Griffin Dusten
Feb. 21 –
1911
By J.E.
Halton
188 Loretta Aug 26 – Sept 6 – Bartholmew Jeremiah “
Lyons 1885 1885 (sic) Cadigan
Catherine M. Cadigan
McGee
189 Anna Sept 9 – Sept 13 – Andrew Patrick “ Married
Elizabeth 1885 1885 Joanna McNeirney Michael
Flanagan McGuire Helen Leahey
McGuire Apr. 21 –
1908
C. Doyle
190 Louisa Aug 24 – Sept 13 – Andrew Florence “
Roeling 1885 1885 Josephine Oberley
Schifmacher Louisa
Oberley
191 Arthur Sept 9 – Sept 13 – Arthur William “
Kavanagh 1885 1885 Mary Hurley
Partridge Cath.
McCaffrey
192 Hannah Sept 15 Sept 13 – David Thomas “
Crotty – 1885 1885 Margaret Ryan
Holland Margaret
Hogan
193 John Sept 9 – Sept 20 – John Edward “
Kilkenny 1885 1885 Mary Byrne
Connelon Julia Lyman
194 Thomas Sept 15 - Sept 20 - Thomas John “
Reynolds 1885 1885 Hanah Brown Shanahan
Frances
RyanMichael Joseph Leahey same-name memorial rejected
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FamilySearch World War I draft-card image search
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FamilySearch World War II draft-card image search
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What the records say
3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Dempsey Funeral Home Burials, 1937–1948
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Michael Leahey L000 01/29/1938 182 Orient St. … Dennis/Ire Ann Galvin/Ire … Aged 54y,6m,8d, Born US, Married, Occupation crane operator, Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis … Ordered by Mrs. Ann Flanagan Leahey.
Record exhibit
1900 United States census: Dennis and Ann Leahy household
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Bayonne Ward 4, ED 10, sheet 9B, household 187: Dennis Leahy, head, 62, born March 1838 Ireland, married 40 years, arrival 1840; Ann Leahy, wife, 55, born April 1845 Ireland, married 40 years, arrival 1862, 18 children born and 11 living; Peter Vincent 24, Hanora M. 21 and Michael Joseph 20 also in household.
Record exhibit
Find a Grave memorial 201788375 and grave-area photograph
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Michael Joseph Leahey | 21 Jul 1880 | 29 Jan 1938 (aged 57) | Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA | Blk-T Sec-M Gr-14 1G | 29 Jan 1938 | Parents Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919 | Family links: Parents: Dennis C Leahey Sr 1837–1907; Ann Galvin Leahey 1845–1919. Spouse: Ann T Flanagan Leahey 1891–1951 (m. 1908). Siblings:Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 150 words
John Leahey 1861–1887; 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. Children: Charles Leahey 1912–1946; Helen Leahey 1913–1913; Alice Leahey Daniels 1915–1957; Margaret Leahey Walling 1919–1996. | The fetched photograph shows the grave area, not a readable marker for Michael. The memorial says: ‘No marker for Michael or his wife Ann.’
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…
Reading Irish Civil Registration
The year 1864 is the dividing line in this family’s Irish paper trail. Civil registration began in 1845 for non-Catholic and civil marriages, but from 1 January 1864 the law required registration of all births,…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
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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
- Can a birth or baptism record confirm the calculated birth date about 21 July 1883?
- Can marriage and death records securely connect Dennis Leahey, Ann Galvin, and Ann Flanagan to their archive identities?
- Where was Michael buried?
- Obtain Michael’s death certificate and marriage record to confirm his exact birth date and connect the parents Dennis Leahey and Ann Galvin and wife Ann Flanagan to existing family identities without guessing.
- Find a Grave types birth 21 July 1880, while the contemporary funeral age yields about 21 July 1883. Keep the funeral-derived estimate pending a birth record.