Bernard Francis Harrington (1891 - 1950)

Born 12 May 1891 in New York City, New York, New York, USA

Ancestors

Son of John Timothy Harrington and Mary Ellen O'Neil

Husband of Mary Ellen (Green) Harrington — married 13 Apr 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, USA

Husband of Bertha Rita (Klopp) Harrington — married 19 Jun 1931 in New York City, New York, USA

Died 28 Feb 1950 at age 58 in New York, Nassau County, New York, USA

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Biography

Bernard was born in 1891. He was the son of John Harrington and Mary O'Neil. He passed away in 1950. When Bernard Francis Harrington was born on May 12, 1891, in New York, his father, John, was 40 and his mother, Mary, was 37. Bernard was a member of the FDNY. In 1922 he married Mary Greene. It is believed they had one child, Dennis. Mary passed away shortly after his birth. In 1931 he married Bertha Rita Klopp Murphy. He became the stepfather of James and fostered three sons and two daughters with Bertha (Murphy) Klopp between 1933 and his death. During the WWII era Bernard worked for the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in New Jersey. He died on February 28, 1950, in Nassau County, New York, at the age of 58. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, New York, beside Bertha.

Sources

• Census, Personnel and Military documents, Cemetery documents, Family History

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXY8-3YP : 13 March 2018), Barnard F Harrington, 1917-1918; citing New York City no 39, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,754,305.

"New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9RC-23P : 8 November 2014), Bernard F Harrington, New York, Kings, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 27, line 32, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X454-22M : accessed 18 November 2018), Bernard F Harrington in household of Chatherine Harrington, Queens (Districts 1251-1500), Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1266, sheet 10A, line 22, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1601; FHL microfilm 2,341,336.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7Y-P4DC : 27 September 2018), Bernard Francis Harrington, ; Burial, Woodside, Queens, New York, United States of America, Calvary Cemetery; citing record ID 179026977, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQY3-YJN : 13 March 2018), Bernard Harrington, Hempstead Town, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-195, sheet 14B, line 73, family 517, 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 2690.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5QT-CG1 : accessed 18 November 2018), Bernard Harrington in household of John T Harrington, Manhattan Ward 7, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 9A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1008; FHL microfilm 1,375,021.