O'Malley Family History
Boston
US Census Records 1910 - 1950
As best I can tell in 1910 John and Bridget lived at 107 West 3rd St, South Boston with their 4 children (Mary Ellen and my father John were not yet born). Also living there were great uncles Bartley and Joseph Conneely (though the spelling the census taker used was Connelly). I'm assuming Patrick and Michael are cousins. Their name appears to be Herman, but could be Hernon (my great grandmother's maiden name)
Line 61 John O'Malley
Line 62 (wife) Bridget
Line 63 (son) Patrick
Line 64 (daughter) Bridget
Line 65 (son) Matthew age
Line 66 (brother in law) Bartley Connelly
Line 67 (brother in law) Joseph Connelly
Line 68 (cousin ?) Patrick Herman (Hernon)
Line 69 (cousin ?) Michael Herman (Hernon)
In 1920 John and Bridget were living at 116 Third St South Boston with their 4 children. Not listed is Mary Ellen who was born in April 23 1912 and died April 13 1913. The cause of death was pertussis, whooping cough. RIP Mary Ellen. John and Bridget owned the house at 116 Third St and had several renters.
Grandfather John O'Malley's occupation is listed as Fireman in a Powerhouse. One of the few stories I know is both my grandfathers, John O'Malley and Michael Gavin were fireman (worked in a boiler room) at the Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont St in downtown Boston. On November 5th 1915, Mike Gavin had to fill in for John O'Malley because John's wife was having a baby (my father). Several weeks later on Dec 30th John O'Malley had to fill in for Mike Gavin because his wife was having a baby, my mother.
Line 28John O'Malley
John O'MalleyLine 29(wife) Bridget
(wife) BridgetLine 30(son) Patrick
(son) PatrickLine 31(daughter) Bridget
(daughter) BridgetLine 31(son) Matthew
(son) MatthewLine 32(son) John F
(son) John FLine 33(brother in law) Bartley Connolly age 35
(brother in law) Bartley Connolly age 351910 Census
Historical events 1900 - 1910
US events:
1901: President William McKinley Shot / Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th U.S. President
1903: First modern World Series, Red Sox won
1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight
1907: San Francisco Earthquake
1908: Ford introduces the Model T
1909: NAACP formed
Irish events:
1901: Queen Victoria died, ruler of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901
1904: Abbey Theatre opened
1907: Marconi Sends First Wireless Transmission from Cape Breton to Galway
1920 Census
Historical events: 1911 - 1920
US events:
1911: Manhattan Sweatshop Fire, Triangle Shirtwaist Company
1912: Sinking of the Titanic
1913: Ford Introduces Assembly Line
1914: First US Income Tax
1914: The Panama Canal Opens
1915: First U.S. Transcontinental Telephone Call
1915: Lusitania Sunk By Torpedo
1915: America enters World War I
1918: Influenza Epidemic / Spanish flu
1918: World War I - Allies Sign Armistice Ending War
1919: 18th Amendment / Prohibition
1919: 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Woman's right to vote)
Irish events:
1912: Sinking of the Titanic
1914: Irish Home Rule
1914: Start of World War 1
1915: Lusitania Sunk By Torpedo
1915: Easter uprising
1916: Start of War of Independence.
1918: Influenza Epidemic / Spanish flu
1918: World War I - Allies Sign Armistice Ending War
1919: Dáil Éireann issued a Declaration of Independence
age 42(note the age progression, in 1910 age 37) .
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age 7 months
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1930 Census
Historical events: 1921 - 1930
1921:U.S. Congress passes Cable Act, preventing American women from losing their citizenship after marrying aliens.
1921:Emergency Quota Act is passed to restrict immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
1922:The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is created.
1924:J. Edgar Hoover appointed as the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1925:The Scopes Monkey Trial
1927: Charles Lindbergh flies first solo transatlantic flight.
1928:Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin in 1928 which changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics.
1929:The Wall Street Crash of 1929 started the period of The Great Depression in the United States
Irish History
1921:Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in London, establishing the Irish Free State.
1922: Start of Irish Civil War (Michael Collins & Sinn Fein supported Irish Free State within the British Empire vs. Eamon de Villa & IRA supported an independent Irish Republic)
Note: Place of Birth on Census Form: John, Bridget , Bartley and James Conneely list Irish Free State
1923:Irish Free State admitted to the League of Nations.
1923:W.B. Yeats is the first Irish Nobel Prize laureat.
1928:Irish tricolour flag raised for the first time at the Olympic Games
Line 33 John O'Malley
Line 34 (wife) Bridget
Line 35 (son) Patrick
Line 36 (daughter) Bridget
Line 37 (son) Matthew
Line 38 (son) John F
Line 39 (brother in law) Bartley Connolly
Line 40 (brother in law) James Connolly
Line 41 (son) Matthew T
Line 42 (son) Michael A
Line 43 (daughter) Teresa B
Line 43 (son) John F
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Line 8 Bridget
Line 9 (daughter) Bridget
Line 10 (son) Matthew
Line 11 (son) John F
Line 12 (renter) James Leary
age 65
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age 30
age 25
age 55
1940 Census
Historical events: 1930 - 1939
1930: Great Depression begins.
more than 24% of Americans were unemployed. German's unemployment rate was 30%
1931: US suffers worst ever drought in its history, leading to the Dust Bowl years
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the President of the United States
1933: 21st Amendment is passed repealing the 18th Amendment ending prohibition of alcohol
1933: Hitler appointed German Chancellor on 30 January 1933
1934: Due to poverty around the world,
political extremism including Fascism, Nazism, and extreme Communism gains followers
1935: Boulder (Hoover) Dam is completed
1935: Emergency Relief Appropriation Act creates the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide millions of jobs
1935: U.S. Social Security Act is signed into law
1936: Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold medals at the Berlin Olympics
1936: Spanish Civil War begins
1937: Japan invades China
1938: "Superman" comic is issued by Action Comics
1939: Germany attacks Poland starting World War II
Irish History
1930: Economic depression
1932: Fianna Fáil win general election
1935: Nine die in Belfast amid brutal rioting sparked by an Orange parade
1936: Aer Lingus inaugural flight, from Baldonnell military airport, Dublin, to Bristol.
1937: New constitution was formulated.
1938: Eamonn De Valera elected President of the League of Nations.
1939: Germany attacks Poland starting World War II.
Republic of Ireland announces it will remain neutral
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My grandfather John O'Malley died May 23, 1937
116 W Third St South Boston
116 W Third St South Boston
James Connolly's (my grandmother's brother) married Annie O'Malley (my grandfather's sister).
Annie died in 1924. James and the children were living with my grandparents in 1930.
Line 42 Michael A is the Mike Connolly who lived around the corner from us on Whitridge St.
Michael's niece, Colleen Connolly (daughter of the youngest James) told me James and Annie actually had 6 children:
Patrick
Matthew
Michael
Theresa
John
James
1950 Census
Historical events: 1940 - 1949
US history 1940 - 49
•1940 Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Netherlands during World War II
1940 Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Netherlands during World War II•1940 – Selective Service Act, establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
1940 – Selective Service Act, establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. history•1940 – Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts
1940 – Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts•1941 – Dec 7th Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan and three days later against Germany and Italy.
1941 – Dec 7th Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan and three days later against Germany and Italy.•1942 – Japanese American internment begins, per executive order by President Roosevelt
1942 – Japanese American internment begins, per executive order by President Roosevelt •1942–1945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted.
1942–1945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted.•1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards
1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards•1944 – D-Day (also known as Operation Overlord)
1944 – D-Day (also known as Operation Overlord)•1944 – U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term,
1944 – U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term, •1945 – Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa
1945 – Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa•1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd President
1945 – President Roosevelt dies, Vice President Truman becomes the 33rd President•1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe
1945 – Germany surrenders, end of World War II in Europe•1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Days later, Japan surrenders, ending World War II
1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Days later, Japan surrenders, ending World War II•1945 – Nuremberg Trials begins
1945 – Nuremberg Trials begins•1947 – The Marshall Plan
1947 – The Marshall Plan•1947 – Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball
1947 – Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball•1948 – Israel is created as an independent Jewish state.
1948 – Israel is created as an independent Jewish state.•1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed
1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed•1949 – Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb
1949 – Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb•1949 – Germany divided into East and West
1949 – Germany divided into East and WestIrish History 1940 – 1949
1940s was dominated by World War II (1939-1945) and the reconstruction of Europe under the Marshall Plan. Ireland remaining neutral and emergency powers in force lasted throughout the war.
•1941 - Germany bombed Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wexford and Wicklow.
1941 - Germany bombed Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wexford and Wicklow. oApril, more than 700 people were killed by Nazi bombing in Belfast.
April, more than 700 people were killed by Nazi bombing in Belfast. oMay, German bombs fell on Dublin, killing 34.
May, German bombs fell on Dublin, killing 34.•1944 – The Irish transport company Córas Iompair Éireann was set up.
1944 – The Irish transport company Córas Iompair Éireann was set up.•1945 – The Second World War, known in Ireland as the Emergency, came to an end. In a radio address, Winston Churchill criticized Ireland for its neutrality. De Valera responded strongly.
1945 – The Second World War, known in Ireland as the Emergency, came to an end. In a radio address, Winston Churchill criticized Ireland for its neutrality. De Valera responded strongly.•1947 – (21 April) Shannon airport established as first duty-free airport in the world.
1947 – (21 April) Shannon airport established as first duty-free airport in the world.•1948 – (8 September) Taoiseach, John A. Costello, visiting Canada, confirmed that Éire will become a Republic.
1948 – (8 September) Taoiseach, John A. Costello, visiting Canada, confirmed that Éire will become a Republic. •1949 –(18 April) the Irish Republic was declared.
1949 –(18 April) the Irish Republic was declared.
Line 12 John F
Line 13 Mary (wife)
Line 14 John F (son)
Line 15 Mary J (daughter)
Line 16 Ann (daughter)
32 Rev Burke St Apt 56 South Boston
(Old Colony St Projects)
age 34
age 34
age 7
age 5
age 2
1950 Census blank form
My father's 1943 Military Registration card listed his address as 816 E 3rd St. He shipped out to Germany in 1945 where he served as an Army Captain, leaving my mother with Jack age 3 and Mary Jane 3 months old. He returned 2 years later.
