Martha Mary (Healy) Cashman (1840 - 1920)

Born 1840 in Jones County, Georgia, USA

Wife of Jeremiah Cashman — married 25 Jul 1865 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Died 18 May 1920 at about age 80 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Martha (Healy) Cashman is a part of US Black heritage.

Martha was born in Georgia in 1840. She was the daughter of Michael Healy and Eliza Clark. Her father was an immigrant from Ireland who became a large plantation owner. Her mother was an enslaved woman who had become the common-law wife of the slave owner.

Martha M. Heal(e)y of Newton, Massachusetts, married Jeremiah Cashman (Cushman on one record) of Boston, Massachusetts, on July 25, 1865 at St. Mary (Roman Catholic), Waltham, Massachusetts. They were married in the presence of Rev. Jas. A. Healy and Rev. S. Healy (both brothers of the bride) and others.^[1][2][3] Jeremiah was 32 years old, a son of Timothy and Mary Cashman, and worked as a salesman. His birthplace was not recorded. Martha was 27 and born in Georgia, a daughter of Michael and Eliza Healy.^[2][3] Another version of the record gives the place of marriage as Boston, Massachusetts.^[4]

Jeremiah Cashman (Cushman on one record) of Boston, Massachusetts, married Martha M. Heal(e)y of Newton, Massachusetts, on July 25, 1865 The 1870 U.S. Census recorded Jere Cashman, age 36, described as "works in trunk store," and Martha Cashman, age 32, in Boston, Massachusetts, Ward 14, with one-year-old Mary A. Cashman, their daughter, and 50-year-old domestic Mary Buckley. The record says that Jere was born in Vermont and Martha in Georgia. Martha had $4500 of real estate and $500 personal estate.^[5]

In 1900 the U.S. Census recorded Jeremiah Cashman, age 62, a salesman, in Newton, Massachusetts, with wife Martha, 60, and daughters Mary S. Cashman, 25, and Elizabeth Cashman, 21. Martha had had eight children, of whom only four were living.^[6]

The 1920 U.S. Census recorded Martha Cashman, age 80, a widow, sharing a home at 16 Broadway in Watertown, Massachusetts, with her daughters Mary A. Gallagher, age 42 and also a widow; and May S. Cashman, 38 and single. ^[7]

She died in Watertown on 18 May 1920 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, per death record.^[8] Boston Catholic Cemetery Association records indicate that she was buried on 19 May 1920 in Mt. Cavalry Cemetery, Hawthorn Path Section, Lot 10, Grave 1.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019 (From records supplied by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston). St. Mary (Waltham) Marriages, 1864-1890, Page 4.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XS9-SPD?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DT-7M9%3A353350601%2C353368801%2C353470501 : 21 October 2020), Middlesex > Newton > Marriages 1905-1908 > image 1440 of 1718; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4SP-TH1 : 24 May 2018), Jeremiah Cushman and Martha M. Healy, 25 Jul 1865; citing Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,022.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-SKPB : 29 November 2018), Jeremiah Cashman and Martha M Healy, 1865; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011051.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63FS-3DP?cc=1438024&wc=KPX3-FM9%3A518657101%2C519510801%2C519607201 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Suffolk > Boston, ward 14 > image 104 of 288; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TD-SLY : accessed 3 September 2018), Martha Cashman in household of Jeremiah Cashman, Newton city Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 893, sheet 20A, family 383, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,664.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1V-GXM : accessed 3 September 2018), Martha Cashman in household of Mary A Gallagher, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 510, sheet 22B, line 77, family 496, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 720; FHL microfilm 1,820,720.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23Y6-3H2 : 13 March 2018), Mary Martha Cashman, 18 May 1920; citing Death, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 117, page 278, State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ Boston Catholic Cemetery Association, Online Burial Search, accessed 11 February 2021.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCK-L3K : 1 June 2018), Martha Healy in entry for Bell Hodges, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3Y-W1S : 12 April 2016), Martha Cashman in household of Jere Cashman, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 104, family 880, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,147.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXT-4HZ : 14 August 2017), Martha M Cashman in household of Jeremiah Cashman, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 746, sheet 130B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0560; FHL microfilm 1,254,560.
• Jim Goulding; The Healys: One Extraordinary Family, Posted by on March 10, 2014