Joseph Wilfrid Laurier McNamara

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

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Date: 2 MAR 1897

Place: West Toronto Junction, Toronto, Canada

Death

Death:

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Date: 4 MAR 1982

Place: St. Francis Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y.

Cause: Colon cancer

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Burial

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Note: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda, N.Y.

Event

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Note

Note: Joseph Wilfrid Laurier was born at 4:30 P.M. On March 2, 1897 on Medland St., West Toronto Junction. He died on March 4, 1982 in St. Francis Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y. For many years he was a foreman at the old Direct Sales Company of Buffalo, which specialized in making medicine tablets. After leaving Direct Sales, he opened up his own machine shop on Young Street in the City of Tonawanda, N.Y. He also maintained a machine shop in his garage behind his home, where he made dies necessary to produce medicine tablets.

On November 15, 1922, Joseph married Ruth Estelle Looby, the daughter of John Joseph Looby and Carrie Martley of St. Louis, Missouri. Joe & Ruth were married in Holy Angels Church in Buffalo, N.Y. with their sponsors being (Teresa) Loretto McNamara and Louis Hille.

Joe and Ruth moved into the Moore Avenue house around 1926. The first child born while living in the Moore Avenue house was either Veronica or Mary, according to Joe's son Joseph.

Joseph's last residence before he died was 25 Moore Avenue, Kenmore, (actually Town of Tonawanda) N.Y.

(According to Broderbund Family Archive # 110, Vol. 2, S.S. records S.S. # is #106-07-7166)

Buried in the new section of MT. Olivet Cemetery, Lot #105, Gr. 1, Shrine of the Miraculous Medal.

Ruth Estelle McNamara:

Ruth was born on October 26, 1902, died on September 18, 1987 in Roswell Park Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. Joe and Ruth had twelve children, two of whom, died in infancy.

According to Broderbund Family Archives, Ruth's S.S. # is #106-28-4902 internal reference # 1.112.3.14357.79. These records have her birth date as October 26, 1899.

Buried in the new section of MT. Olivet Cemetery, Lot #105, Gr. #2, Shrine of the Miraculous Medal.

Dorothy McNamara:

The Certificate Of Baptism lists Dorothy as " Dorothy Helen Mariane McNamara", child of Joseph W. L. McNamara & Ruth E. Looby, born in Buffalo, N.Y. on the 17th day of September 1923 & baptized on the 30th day of September, 1923 by Rev. Michael J. Campbell and sponsors were Loretto J. McNamara & Louis W. Hille and appears from the Baptismal Register of this Church dated March 22, 1989.

Buried in MT. Olivet old section Lot # 91, Grave # , Section D with Patrick John & Ellen Jane McNamara.

Died from a navel infection. 6 week's old.

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Sources

• WikiTree profile McNamara-280 created through the import of McNamara Genealogy.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Richard McNamara. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Richard and others.