In the 1930 census he is recorded as being employed as a police officer. In 1940 he is employed as a truck driver.
Thomas passed away in 1949 of pneumonia at only 44 years of age, leaving four children behind and his widow, Ellen. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, MA.
Sources
"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXFT-HTP : 9 August 2017), Thomas Francis Galvin, 29 Aug 1905, , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; citing reference ID #p 341, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,531.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPL-TR6 : accessed 14 July 2021), Thomas Galvin in household of James J Galvin, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 429, sheet 4A, line 18, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 928; FHL microfilm 2,340,663.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VW-JKR : accessed 14 July 2021), Thomas F Galvin in household of James Galvin, Cambridge Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 771, sheet 16B, family 344, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 596; FHL microfilm 1,374,609.
"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM3-7T2C : 10 February 2023), Thomas F Galvin in entry for Helen Elizabeth Galvin, .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: