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John Shea
Male 1847 - 1937

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  • Birth  1845  Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Birth  Jun 1847  Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Male 
    Immigration  Between 1851 and 1853 
    Arrival  1 Nov 1855  Boston, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 8 
    Naturalization  Oct 1869  Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    unknown  25 Oct 1869  Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 22 
    Census  1880  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation  1880 
    Works in shoe factory 
    Census  1900  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1910  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1920  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1930  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name  John Shea  [2
    Died  Mar 1937 
    Buried  St. Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I5649  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  Jeremiah Shea,   d. 27 Mar 1890, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Leary 
    Family ID  F3494  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Margaret Harrington,   b. 20 Oct 1849, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1930, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  3 Aug 1867  North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Dennis Shea,   b. 31 Jul 1868, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1868, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Daniel Shea,   b. 31 Jul 1868, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1868, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Jeremiah Shea,   b. 20 Feb 1870, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1881
     4. William Francis Shea,   b. 22 Oct 1873, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1943, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John James Shea,   b. 2 Jan 1875, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1946, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Jane Shea,   b. 20 Dec 1876, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1948, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Juliette Shea,   b. 21 Apr 1878, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1883, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Philip Shea,   b. 7 Apr 1880, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1880, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Margaret C. Shea,   b. 4 Apr 1885, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1964, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Edward Arthur Shea,   b. 8 Oct 1886, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1940
     11. Joseph Shea,   b. 13 Jul 1891, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1906
    Family ID  F487  Group Sheet
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S977] Temple , J. H., History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts: Preceded by and Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783, J. H. Temple, (Name: Town of North Brookfield ; Location: North Brookfield, Massacusetts; Date: 1887;), p. 737.
      John, son of Jeremiah Shea and Mary Leary, born Cork County, Ireland 1845

    2. [S2212] Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Copies of Petitions and Records of Naturalization in New England Courts, 1939 - ca. 1942; NAI Number: 4752894; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: RG 85.
      Record for John Shea
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2361&h=1725575&indiv=try

    3. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Vo. 201:p. 245; AmericanAncestors (http://www.americanancestors.org.).
      John Shea, Farmer, born Ireland, son of Jeremiah and Mary, and Margaret Harrington, age 18, b. Ireland, dau of Philip and Julia Harrington were married 3 Aug. 1867 by E. Turpin, Catholic Pastor.