John Joseph Powers (1899 - 1975)

Born 18 Oct 1899 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Elizabeth (Mellen) Powers — married 22 Jul 1927 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1975 at age 75 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Joseph Powers was born 18 Oct 1899 at 252 Paris Street in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the son of James H. Powers (1858-1903) and Mary A. McGrath (1865- ). From marriage certificate (family copy) John Joseph Powers is the son of James Powers born Massachusetts and Mary A. McGrath born Irish Free State.^[1][2][3]

John "Joannem Josephum Powers" was baptized 29 Oct 1899 in Boston.

John married first Ruth Elizabeth (Mellen) Powers (1906-1966) on 22 Jul 1927 in Boston and they had four children:

1. Barbara Ruth (Powers) Goddard (1928-1989)
2. John James "Jake" Powers (1930-2005)
3. Joan L. (Powers) Hooper (1931- )
4. Richard Eliot Powers (1938-2015)

John married second Mary Ellen (O'Hern) Hannon (1905-1977)^[4] after Ruth's sudden death in a building explosion/conflagration.

John Joseph Powers enlisted for WWI (mother: Mary A. Powers) in 1917, residing at 127 Princeton, East Boston, Massachusetts.^[5]

John also enlisted for WWII at age 43 on 15 Feb 1942, a policeman and resident of 11 Carlotta Street, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, wife Ruth E. Powers.

John, a retired Boston police officer, passed away in 1975 at a nursing home i n Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (residence was at Marlboro Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts).^[6] SSN: 013-36-4298.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXF7-Q5T : 11 March 2018), John Powers, 18 Oct 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 487 p 301, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,713.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM2-TJF : 11 March 2018), John Powers, 18 Oct 1899; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 13540; FHL microfilm 740,451.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXF7-Q55 : 1 March 2016), James Powers in entry for John Powers, 18 Oct 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 487 p 301, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,713.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q249-F31R : 22 July 2020), Mary Ellen O'Hern Powers, 1977; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN2-KCH : 1 January 2022), John Joseph Powers, 1917-1918.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ5X-CB2 : 13 June 2019), John Powers, 1975.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMX5-DTB : 7 January 2021), John Powers, Jan 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y9-G9S : accessed 28 October 2018), John Powers in household of J James Powers, Precinct 6 Boston city Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1163, sheet 12A, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K2-TKR : accessed 28 October 2018), John J Powers in household of James H Powers, Boston Ward 8, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1372, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 616; FHL microfilm 1,374,629.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFMX-LQK : accessed 28 October 2018), John J Powers in household of James W Powers, Boston Ward 5, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 137, sheet 27A, line 12, family 520, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 731; FHL microfilm 1,820,731.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQRX-9P6 : accessed 29 August 2017), John J Powers, Boston (Districts 251-500), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 442, sheet 22A, line 14, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 953; FHL microfilm 2,340,688.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VQ-KJD : accessed 29 August 2017), John Powers, Ward 16, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-560, sheet 1B, line 55, family 19, 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 1675.