Joseph J Bishop (1919 - 2010)

Born 14 Dec 1919 in Chester Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Aug 2010 at age 90 in Glen Mills, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall.

Joseph was born in 1919, only son of William Bishop and Mary McConnell. He lived with his parents and sister Ethel on Elsinor Street in Chester;^[1], also in the home are his mothers siblings; Sarah 19, Emma 17 and John 10 McConnell. In 1930 they were living at 917 Crosby Street Joseph was 10^[2], Ethel was 11, Emma 8, Margaret 6, Sarah 2 and new baby sister Florence. At 20 he with his parents lived at 818 Elsinore Place^[3] along with siblings; Ethel 21, Emma 18, Margaret 16, Sarah 12 and Florence 10.

Joseph Bishop served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
Service started: 20 Sep 1945
Unit(s): unknown
Service ended: 31 Dec 1946

He married Yolanda Palmonari about 1948.

Joseph J. Bishop, 90, of the Glen Mills section of Concord, died Aug. 9 ^[7]at Crozer-Chester Medical Center.

Born, raised and educated in Chester, Mr. Bishop lived in Brookhaven for several years before moving to the Glen Mills section of Concord in 1989.

Mr. Bishop worked as a foreman for the PECO power plant in Chester for 30 years before retiring. He previously worked at the Baldwin Shipyard in Eddystone, where he met his wife.

A family man, Mr. Bishop enjoyed playing games, cards and solving crossword puzzles. He was an avid sports fan who particularly liked baseball.

Mr. Bishop was the son of the late William and Mary Bishop and the brother of the late Ethel Bishop and Emma Taylor.

Survivors: Wife of 62 years, Yolanda; daughter, Janet M; sisters, Sara, Margaret , Florence; two grandchildren.^[8]

He is interred in the Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFRP-7VL : 14 December 2015), Joseph Bishop in household of Wm Bishop, Chester Ward 5, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 10B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,561.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSH-6FF : 8 December 2015), Joseph Bishop in entry for William Bishop, 1930
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ85-4RY : 17 May 2014), Joseph J Bishop in household of William Bishop, Ward 5, Chester, Chester City, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-24, sheet 3A, family 36, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3488..
4. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 190
5. ↑ Pennsylvania (State). World War II Veterans Compensation Applications, circa 1950s. Records of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Record Group 91, Series 19.92 (877 cartons). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM8L-H61 : 20 May 2014), Joseph J Bishop, 09 Aug 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Wednesday, August 11, 2010, Delaware County Daily Times
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #56916076