Thomas Patrick Meehan (1898 - 1935)

Born 2 Jul 1898 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Died 26 Oct 1935 at age 37 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

1898 Birth, Thomas Patrick Meehan was born 2 Jul 1898 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. Thomas was the son of Francis Meehan, born in Ireland and Sarah Higgins also born in Ireland. ^[1]

1900 US Census, Thomas is about 3 years old living with his parents Frank and Sarah Meehan, siblings and Aunt Agness at 129 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY. Frank and Sarah have been married for 7 years with 4 of 4 children living. Sarah indicates she immigrated 1891, husband Frank immigrated in 1886, Frank's sister Agness immigrated in 1898, all three were born in Ireland. Both parents of everyone listed below were also born in Ireland. Family # 345 lines 49 to 55. ^[2]

1905 NY Census, Thomas is about 7 years old, the Meehan family is still living at 129 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY, USA. His father Francis age 36 occupation is listed as a Foreman, Sarah's is listed as housework. Sarah indicates she immigrated 20 years ago (1885) and her husband Frank immigrated 18 years ago in (1887), both are from Ireland. Thomas's brother Patrick James Meehan born 16 September 1899, age 4 has passed away on 18 Oct 1903. Lines 45 through 50. ^[3]

1910 US Census, Thomas is about 11 years old and the Meehan family has moved to Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. Thomas's father Frank is employed as a miner in the Iron Ore Industry. Thomas's parents Frank and Sarah are married 17 years. Sarah has had 8 children, 7 of them living at this time. Family No. 12 Lines 31 to 39. ^[4]

1918 US WWI Draft Registration, Thomas is listed as 20 years old, under the name of Tom Albert Meehan registers for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Pike County, Kentucky. Thomas gives his birth date as 2 July 1898 and his nearest relative as Sarah Meehan residing in Northville, Milford, Connecticut. Thomas is working at this time as a laborer in the Lumbering Industry for Paris Chorles? in McVeigh, Pike County, Kentucky. Thomas signed his name as Tom Meehan, being of medium height and build with gray eyes, dark hair and missing one joint of his right index finger .^[5]

1920 US Census, Thomas is about 21 years old and the Meehan family has moved back to Brooklyn and is living at 364 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Thomas's father Frank Meehan is not listed here with his family, his mother Sarah is listed as married. Thomas's sister Sarah is now going by the name of Sallie. Thomas's brother Patrick James (aka James) Meehan, age 9, born 2 September 1905 has passed away on 27 June 1914. All the people listed in this census state their parents were all born in Ireland. Family #30 Lines 33 to 38.^[6]

YEAR Marriage, No source for Marriage documentation has been discovered at this point. ^[7] I suspect Thomas and Belle Slone apparently meet when he was working in the Pike County, Kentucky area as a laborer for a company in the lumber industry in late 1918 or later, Belle Slone had recently lost her husband Lewis Slone ^[8] and 2 daughters Lena Slone ^[9] and Lakie Slone ^[10] during the influenza epicdemic in the fall of 1918, all 3 within 5 days, Fishtrap, Pike, Kentucky.^[11]

1922 Birth of Daughter, Belle Williamson has a daughter, Sadie Meuham born in 1922 in Pike, Kentucky. No father is listed on this birth record (actual image not available, text only) but as you read on in later years things will begin to fit together. Over the course of her lifetime she will become known as Sadie, Sarah and later yet Marilyn Meehan and when married Marilyn Walsh. ^[12]

1925 Birth of Son, Bell Williams has a son, Thomas F. Meehan born 1925 in Pike, Kentucky. Again no father is listed on the birth record (actual image not available, text only), but stay with me, I realize the names do not match as one might expect they should. ^[13]

1926 Birth of Son, George Meehan was born 4 May 1926 in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky. Extraction from George Meehan's Obituary: Born in Pikeville, Kentucky he was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth (Fallon) Meehan; parents, Thomas and Belle Meehan; brother, Thomas; sisters, Joan Church and Marilyn Walsh and two grandsons. ^[14]

1928 Birth of Daughter, Belle Williamson has a daughter, Ruby Mekan born in 1928 in Pike, Kentucky. There is no evidence linking Thomas as the father of this child. No father is listed on this birth record as well once again (actual image not available, text only). ^[15] In 2 years this child will be listed as Ruby Stone on the 1930 US Census ^[16]. With this child Ruby along with her sister Lillian and mother Belle allowed me to find them on the 1930 US Census in Pike, Kentucky. Then on the 1940 US Census I was able to find Thomas F and George living with Belle, Lillian, and Ruby in Pike, Kentucky. It appears the boys had returned to Kentucky with their mother after the death of their father Thomas. ^[17].

1930 US Census, Thomas Meehan is about 30 years old, claiming divorced and living with his mother Sarah at 424 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY Sarah is listed as widowed and head of household. Thomas's daughter Sadie (Marilyn), and his 2 sons, Francas Thomas (Thomas) and George from Kentucky are there with him and are listed as Sarah Higgins Meehan's grandchildren. This is a boarding house with both boarders and roomers. My maternal Grandmother, Elizabeth Gill, 24 years old is listed as a boarder, born in County Donegal, Ireland. ^[18]

YEAR Marriage, No source for Marriage documentation has been discovered at this point. ^[19] I assume Thomas would have met Elizabeth Gill at his mother Sarah's boarding house in Brooklyn after he had returned from Kentucky, divorced with his 3 children he had with Belle. Apparently they hit it off.

1930 Birth of Daughter, Agnes Joan Meehan was born on 13 July 1930 in Brooklyn, NY at LICH. According to Agnes Joan's Birth Certificate she is the daughter of Thomas Aloysius Meehan, age 32, working as an electrician, born in Brooklyn and Elizabeth Gill Meehan, age 25, doing housework, born in Ireland. They are living at 304 7th Ave Brooklyn, NY at the time of Agnes Joan Meehan's birth. ^[20]

1935 Death, Thomas A. Meehan passed away on 26 Oct 1935, age 37, he had been working as a general repairman, Thomas is buried at Holy Cross Cemetry, ^[21] in Booklyn, NY on 29 Oct 1935. Thomas had been living at 429 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY. On his death certificate is listed: Father: Frances Meehan, Mother: Sarah Higgins, Spouse: Belle Meehan, Marital Status: Widowed. ^[22]

Thomas Patrick Meehan’s profile on FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L77F-56M

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W4Z-MQR : 11 February 2018), Thomas Patrick Meehan, 02 Jul 1898; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference 10539 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,984,336
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSF4-Z86 : accessed 18 July 2019), Thomas Meehan in household of Francis Mecham, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 4 New York City Ward 2, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 15B, family 358, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,043.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK9X-F47 : 19 July 2018), Thomas Meehan in household of Francis Meehan, Brooklyn, A.D. 02, E.D. 19, Kings, New York; citing p. , line 49, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,246
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK24-W4X : accessed 18 July 2019), Thomas Meehan in household of Frank Meehan, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 270, sheet 1A, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 135; FHL microfilm 1,374,148.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78N-RHL : 13 March 2018), Tom Albert Meehan, 1917-1918; citing Pike County, Kentucky, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,653,781
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ5T-ZTT : accessed 18 July 2019), Thomas Mechan in household of Sarah Mechan, Brooklyn Assembly District 12, Kings, New York, United States; citing ED 672, sheet 2A, line 35, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1162; FHL microfilm 1,821,162
7. ↑ PasteReferenceTextHere, No source for Marriage documentation has been discovered at this point.
8. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HD-Q8MK : 8 July 2019), , [1918] in entry for Lewis Slone, 1918; citing Death, Fishtrap, Pike, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,870.
9. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N95L-G23 : 1 July 2019), Belle Williams in entry for Lena Slone, 1918; citing Death, Fishtrap, Pike, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,870.
10. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N95L-YZW : 1 July 2019), Belle Williams in entry for Lakie Slone, 1918; citing Death, Fishtrap, Pike, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,870.
11. ↑ PasteReferenceTextHere, No source for Marriage documentation has been discovered at this point.
12. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHP-FFPC : 11 February 2018), Belle Williamson in entry for Sadie Meuham, 1922; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
13. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHG-P4FK : 11 February 2018), Bell Williamson in entry for Ruby Mekan, 1928; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
14. ↑ https://www.bognerfamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/George-Meehan/#!/Obituary
15. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHG-P4FK : 11 February 2018), Bell Williamson in entry for Ruby Mekan, 1928; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF2-HFK : accessed 18 July 2019), Bell Mechan, District 1, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 27A, line 40, family 413, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 775; FHL microfilm 2,340,510.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Y2-X1P : 13 March 2018), Belle Slone, Voting Precinct 56, Pikeville, Magisterial District 1, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-4, sheet 3A, line 33, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1350.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4LV-Q2F : accessed 18 July 2019), Thomas Meehan in household of Sarah Meehan, Brooklyn (Districts 0501-0750), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 610, sheet 8A, line 19, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1515; FHL microfilm 2,341,250.
19. ↑ PasteReferenceTextHere, No source for Marriage documentation has been discovered at this point.
20. ↑ Copy of NYS Certificate of Record of Birth for Agnes Joan Meehan Certificate # 28597, issued on 9 Aug 1946 and in my possesion George Church on 18 July 2019
21. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DK-5RMZ : 6 December 2016), Thomas A. Meehan, 1935; Burial, Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America, Holy Cross Cemetery; citing record ID 170282826, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
22. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WR4-B63 : 10 February 2018), Thomas A. Meehan, 26 Oct 1935; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,079,655.

Research Notes

Alias Discovered: Thomas Patrick Meehan, Thomas Meehan, Thomas A. Meehan, Thomas Aloysius Meehan, Tom Albert Meehan, Thomas Mechan.

Researching this particular person has reminded me of so many times when I was a young boy and would ask my grandmother Elizabeth Gill-Meehan-Foster about her husband, my grandfather, who had passed away long before I was born, what was he like, her reply was always the same " children should be seen but not heard ". 60 plus years later I now know why and still really wish I could have met him. Reference: Personal Recollections on 18 July 2019 of George Church.