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John Henry Donovan
Male 1892 - 1944

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  • Birth  10 Dec 1892  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1910  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MILT  1917  D. Co. 327th Infantry, Vannes, France, Army Medical Corps Find all individuals with events at this location 
    World War I 
    Died  1 Apr 1944  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Obituary  3 Apr 1944  Springfield Daily Republican Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation  Barber 
    Buried  Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery, West Brookfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I4291  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  Jeremiah S. Donovan,   b. Jul 1867, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1928, Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Harrington,   b. 22 Jul 1864, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1957, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  23 Jan 1889 
    Family ID  F847  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Served for 2 yrs. in World War I, a Private in the Army Medical Corp at the base hospital 136 in Vannes, France. He originally served in Co. D. 327 Inf.
      Charter member and financial officer of the American Legion Post organized in West Brookfield on Dec. 30, 1919.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Vol: 423 ; Page: 580.

    2. [S1662] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005; Location: Provo, UT, USA:;), Registration State: Massachusetts; Registration County: Worcester; Roll: 1684525; Draft Board: 11, Draft Card D; West Brookfield, 5 June 1917.
      John Henry Donovan, born 10 Dec 1892 in West Brookfield, Mass., barber,employed in West Brookfield by Jeremiah S. Donovan, single.

    3. [S1027] John H. Donovan Dies Suddenly, (Name: Springfield Daily Republican ; 4/3/1944; p. 2;).
      West Brookfield - April 2 "...died suddenly in the office of a Springfield physician last night."

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