JAMES
FRANCIS MCCARTNEY AND MARY ANNA "ANNIE"
MCKEE
JAMES
FRANCIS MCCARTNEY AND MARY ANNA "ANNIE"
MCKEE
James F. McCartney
Catherine Mooney
John Joseph McKee
Mary A. Giblin
HUSBAND
JAMES FRANCIS MCCARTNEY
Nickname: The Old Gentlemen
Born
1872 Orange New Jersey or
3/12/71 from Death Certificate
Passed Away
February 14, 1953, West Orange NJ
Interred
St. John's Cemetary Orange NJ
Residences
69 Ashland Avenue, West Orange, NJ 2/14/53
Occupations
Hatter
Boxer
Gandy Dancer Erie RR
Speakeasy/Innkeeper
Hobbies
Hunting
Breeder of Hunting Dogs
MARRIAGE
Date: c.1894
Place: Probably a Catholic Church in Orange NJ, St Johns or Our Lady of The Valley
WIFE
MARY ANNA "ANNIE" MCKEE
Born
Lanchshire, England, c. 2/14/1871-72
Passed Away
January 22, 1943 West Orange NJ
Interred
St. John's Cemetary Orange NJ
Immigration to U.S.A.
c.1872
Residences
poss. Lanchshire, Eng. c.1872
Globe Street, Orange, NJ 1880-81
43 Ashland Ave. West Orange NJ 1915-16
Occupations
Housewife & Mother
Hobbies
Sewing
Gardener
CHILDREN
Helen Louise "Our Helen", B. 8/22-23/94-95, Married Frank Keckeissen, 8/14/24, Bloomfield NJ, Occupation Westinghouse?
James F. B. 1/1896 Married Margaret Hill (PHOTO)
John B. 1896 Passed Away 10/22/01 Ashland Ave., West Orange, Interred St. John's Orange NJ
William Henry B. 8/2/1898 (PHOTO)
Katherine E. B. 11/20/1899
Hugh Lincoln B. 2/12/01 Passed Away 7/20/01
John J. B 4/1902 Passed Away 11/3/24, Married Lillian Hoffman 5/30/24, Painter
Mary Elizabeth B. 8/23/03 Passed Away 10/20/03 30 Ashland Ave. West Orange interred St. John's
Susan Loretta B 9/10/05 married Harry E. Ryder 6/30/26
Elizabeth B. 01/07 Passed Away 8/10/07 Mount Pleasant Ave. West Orange interred St. John's
Joseph B 2/09 Passed Away 7/19/09 Mt. Pleasant Ave, West Orange, interred St. John's
Anna B. 5/11
Edward B. 6/13
Comments: James Francis McCartney, son of a stone mason and born and raised in Orange, met and married Annie McKee, an Irish girl "fresh off the boat" as was the family tradition. They had a large family and James McCartney proceeded to work hard to provide a comfortable living for his family. His promising boxing career ended with a badly broken hand in an accident while working for the Erie Railroad. After that he lived the life of a gentleman, owning a speakeasy and Inn while hunting and breeding dogs. His Wife meanwhile, besides raising many children, was decorating and gardening a pretty home which they owned at 43 Ashland Avenue in West Orange. She not only raised her own children but helped raise her grand children as well. The family has many fond memories of the pretty house with the grape arbor and rose garden, and the two kind and gentle people who lived there.
Photographs:
Mr. and Mrs. James and Annie McCartney in their yard, West Orange, NJ c.1940
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