John Joseph Hogan (abt. 1863 - 1947)

Born about 1863 in Aghada, County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Teresa (Ryan) Hogan — married 18 Oct 1903 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1947 at about age 84 in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Hogan was born in approximately 1865 in Cork, Ireland. He served in the British Royal Navy aboard the HMS Cleopatra from November 1880 until 27 June 1887 when he jumped ship.^[1] In July of 1892 he enlisted in the Boston Fire Department. On 23 Oct 1897, John was awarded Medal for Gallantry while a horseman attached to Engine 4. He married Alice Ryan on Oct 18 1903 at St. Joseph's Church in Boston^[2]. He received the Distinguished/Special Service Award from Boston Fire Department in 1904. John and Alice had four children who survived to adulthood: Mary Josephine, born on 19 Mar 1906, Alice Theresa, born on 10 Jun 1907, and Gertrude Eileen born on 7 Apr 1910, and John Jr. born on 7 Aug 1912. Sadly the twin boys, Edward and Lloyd, died as infants in 1913. The family moved around Boston as John was transferred between fire stations. In 1935, they were living with their daughter Mary and her family on Elmlawn Road in Quincy. John retired from the Boston Fire Department with the rank of Lieutenant on 2 Nov 1936 after 44 years of service. He doted on his grandchildren and told them (slightly exaggerated, I'm sure) tales of his adventures at sea. John died on 6 Oct 1947 in the Jamacia Plain neighborhood of Boston and was buried in lot #129, Fireman's Lot, at Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.

• Fact: Served on HMS Cleopatra from November 1880 until 27 June 1887
• Fact: Joined Boston Fire Department 8 July, 1892
• Fact: Awarded Medal for Gallantry while a horseman attached to Engine 4, 23 Oct, 1897, Boston, MA
• Fact:1903, Married at St. Joseph's Church, West End, Boston, MA
• Fact: 1904, received Distinguished/Special Service Award from Boston Fire Dept. Was attached to Engine 4.
• Fact: Lt. in Boston Fire Dept. in 1907
• Fact: Lt. in Boston Fire Dept in 1910
• Fact: Residence (1910) 112 Regent St., Boston MA
• Fact: Attached to Ladder 4 of Boston Fire Dept. at 198 Regent St.
• Fact: Boston Fire Dept. 1920
• Fact: Residence (1920) 238 Warren St., Boston MA
• Fact: Boston Fire Dept. 1930
• Fact: Residence (1930) 3 Gaylord St., Boston MA
• Fact: Residence (1932) 52 Charme Ave., Roslindale, MA.
• Fact: Residence (1935) 107 Elmlawn Rd., Braintree MA. Living with daughter Mary and her family.
• Fact: 2 Nov 1936, Retired from Boston Fire Dept.
• Fact: Residence (1940) Same address or maybe he was spending time with his daughter Gertrude and family as he's listed as living there on the Census as well.
• Fact: Buried in plot #128 in Firemen’s Lot at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/18878868?h=2fffb9
2. ↑ *"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W2S-LDW?cc=1469062&wc=3PMS-L2S%3A1063295302 : 24 May 2018), 004332430 > image 312 of 1045; State Archives, Boston.

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• National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04990 / 06. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
• The Boston Transcript - Oct 19 1903
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• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVD-56?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-ZFB%3A133638101%2C141688201%2C142131701%2C1589219211 : 24 June 2017), Massachusetts > Suffolk > Boston Ward 21 > ED 1584 > image 3 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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• Sampson & Murdock Company Directory of Boston, Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, 1932. Page 1033
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-H3PX?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-W3T%3A790102901%2C798664201%2C794685001%2C952956601 : accessed 15 May 2019), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Braintree Town > 11-10 Braintree Town bounded by (N) Town Line; (E) Commercial; (S) Elm; (W) Washington, Independence Av; also South Braintree-East Braintree-Braintree (part) > image 5 of 36; citing 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.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VH-LLW : 5 December 2019), John Hogan in household of Dante Brebbia, Ward 18, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-652, sheet 2B, line 42, family 32, 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 1678.