Mary Josephine (Coughlin) Capone (1897 - 1986)

Born 11 Apr 1897 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Alphonse Gabriel Capone — married 30 Dec 1918 in New York, United States

Died 16 Apr 1986 at age 89 in Broward County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Mary "Mae" Josephine Coughlin was born April 1lth, 1897.

She was considered to be very beautiful. She kept away from the media and press because her husband, Al Capone, was such a famous American gangster.

Mae worked as a sales clerk in a neighborhood department store when she met Al Capone.

Their son Albert ‘Sonny’ Francis Capone was born Dec. 4, 1918. She married Al Capone on Dec. 30, 1918. In 1930 they lived in Chicago with Al Capone’s mother, Theresa.

Mae died on April 16, 1986 in Hollywood, Florida.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSFZ-RSB : accessed 18 May 2020), Mamie Coughlin in household of Mike Coughlin, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 15 New York City Ward 6, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 4A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,045.
• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVW9-Z42 : 25 December 2014), Mae J Capone, 16 Apr 1986; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 36050, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.