Joseph A. McCarthy (abt. 1901 - abt. 1965)

Born about 1901 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Florence (Driscoll) McCarthy — married 1928 in Manhattan, NY

Died about 1965 at about age 64 in New York or New Jersey

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Biography

Joseph McCarthy is believed to be the son of Mary Downey-905, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Downey-905

He is believed to have been the only child of Mary Downey and Eugene McCarthy.

Census reports give different locations regarding where he was born. The 1940 census gives his birth location as NJ, whereas his marriage document for his marriage to his wife Florence gives the location as LIttle Falls, NY. Considering that his supposed mother lived in Little Falls, NJ during the 1900 census, there is room for contention here.

By 1920, Joseph and his mother "Mary Boles", were living in NYC with the family of William Downey, the brother of Mary Boles. The household consisted of William and wife Margaret, the couple's children Daniel, William, John, Francis, Martha and Margaret, (William's? Margaret's?) uncle Patrick Flannigan, Joseph's mother Mary Boles and Joseph himself.

In 1928, Joseph married his wife Florence Driscoll. She was the daughter of Michael Driscoll and Bridget Nagle. They had two daughters both of whom are deceased.

Joe is believed to have owned a gas station in either NJ or NY or may have worked at one. In the 1940 NY census he was a " chauffeur" for a trucking company.

Joseph McCarthy died in either NJ or NY some time after 1965 but his exact date of death is not known.

Sources

• living relative ANON by email, July 2016

New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24WR-9KY : 20 March 2015), Joseph A. Mccarthy and Florence Driscoll, 08 Sep 1928; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,653,417 -- this transcript states that he was born in Little Falls, NY. There is a Little Falls NY but his mother was living in Little Falls NJ about the time she might have become pregnant with him.

United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBF-PN5 : 14 December 2015), Joseph Mccarthy in household of William Downing, Manhattan Assembly District 13, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet 28A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,209

United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X76V-VHZ : 8 December 2015), Joseph Mccarthy, 1930

United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3YL-J56 : accessed 14 September 2016), Joseph Mccarthy, Assembly District 21, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1824, sheet 7B, family 163, 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 2668

United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X76V-VHZ : accessed 30 December 2016), Joseph Mccarthy, Bronx (Districts 501-750), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 627, sheet 6A, line 40, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1487; FHL microfilm 2,341,222