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John Joseph Mulvey
Male 1868 - 1916

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  • Birth  22 Jul 1868  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1900  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1910  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence  Winter Street, West Brookfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  7 Jan 1916  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried  Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery, West Brookfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I2920  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  01 Feb 2023 
     
    Father  Peter Mulvey,   b. Abt 1836, Parish Moore, Roscommon, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1884, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Hannah Ford,   b. Abt 1835, Sligo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1900, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  4 Mar 1862  Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1494  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Julia G. McCarthy,   b. 7 Feb 1873, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1952, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  13 Sep 1893  North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Nellie Genevieve Mulvey,   b. 5 Jul 1894, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1983, Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Esther G. Mulvey,   b. 5 Apr 1896, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1988, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John J. Mulvey,   b. 22 Nov 1897, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1978
     4. William Francis Mulvey,   b. 26 Aug 1900, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1986, Sterling Heights, Macomb, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Edward Ford Mulvey,   b. 22 May 1902, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1922, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary B. Mulvey,   b. 19 Sep 1904, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1985, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Loretta Jean Mulvey,   b. 8 May 1908, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1990, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. George Mulvey,   b. 22 Feb 1912, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1939, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F870  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • John Mulvey's July 22, 1868 birth was recorded in West Brookfield Vital Records as John Joseph Mulverhill, son of Peter and Hannah, both born in Ireland. His father, Peter, was a Currier by trade, and a Winter Street property owner, by 1865.

      John married Julia McCarthy in North Brookfield on September 13, 1893 and they raised their family of eight children in the family home on Winter St. John learned the shoe making trade as a young man and later he became a travelling salesman for E. E. Angell Company of Boston. (1900 census lists occupation as provision dealer, 1910 census says travelling salesman - Bank Stamps) He also worked for the Olmstead Corset company for a time, resigning from his position there in order to return to sales.

      Active in the community, Mr. Mulvey was a member of the Quaboag Tribe of Red Men, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He served the town of West Brookfield as chief of the fire department from 1913 until his death. He was also just a few months into a three year term as selectman, having been elected in the spring of 1915. John became ill on Christmas day of 1915 and died of pneumonia on January 7, 1916 at the age of 47. His obituary appeared in the Springfield Daily Republican on Saturday, January 8, 1916 on page 15.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S201] 1900 United States Census, West Brookfield, Massachusetts, (Name: June 1, 1900;).

    2. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Massachusetts, Worcester, West Brookfield, Births, 1868, Vol. 207: Page 291.
      Mulverhill, John J., son of Peter, and Hannah, both b. Ireland, was born in West Brookfield, MA on July 22, 1868.

    3. [S415] A History of West Brookfield, 1675-1990, Jeffrey H. Fiske, (Name: West Brookfield Historical Commission, 385pp; Location: West Brookfield, Massachusetts; Date: 2009;), p. 197.
      Fire Chiefs - John Mulvey 1913, 1914, 1915. He died in office January 1916.

    4. [S1554] Selectman Mulvey Dead, (Name: Springfield Daily Republican ; Saturday, January 8, 1916; p. 15;).
      "...died at his home on Winter street yesterday morning..."

    5. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Vol: 435 ; Page: 462.

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