George Andrews Moriarty Jr. FASG (1883 - 1968)

Born 14 Feb 1883 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Olga Andrews Gillming — married 17 Mar 1908 (to Nov 1911) in London, England

Husband of Louise Dittemore — married 20 Sep 1930 in Ogunquit, York Co., Maine

Died 12 Jul 1968 at age 85 in Ogunquit, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, Jr., of Ogunquit Village, Wells, Maine, was born in Newport, R. I., 14 Feb. 1883. He m. first, in London, England, 18 March 1908, Olga Gillming, dau. of Joseph Gillming, rentier of Ludbreg Castle, Croatia and Budapest, Hungary (divorced in November 1911); and secondly in York, Maine, 20 Sept. 1930, Louise (Dittemore) Alfau, dau. of John Valentine and Edith Louise (Bingham) Dittmore of Indianapolis, Ind., and Boston, Mass., former wife of Alfonso Alfau of Spain, Santo Domingo, and New York City and Washington, D. C.

George Andrews Moriarty Jr. was educated at St. George's School, Newport and by private tutors. He received the degree of A.B. (Harvard 1905 as of 1906) cum laude, A. M. (ibid., 1907), Gentleman Commoner of Christ Church College, Oxford, 1905-06, LL.B. (Harvard 1916).

He was USA Consular Agent and Vice and Deputy Consul, Fiume, Hungary, 1907-09, third and second secretary of the American Embassy, Mexico City and secretary of the US Legation at Guatemala City, 1909-11; an attorney, he was a member of the bars of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; captain of Military Intelligence, U.S.A., 1918-19; assisted the Overman Committee of the United States Senate in its investigation of enemy and Communist propaganda, 1918-19, served as special policeman during the Boston police strike, 1919, [A SCAB!-JBKaherl] and in the Anti-Aircraft Warning Service in Wells, Maine, 1941-1944. He practiced law in Providence, R. I. and Boston, 1916-1928. He resided in Bristol, 1929-1938 and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Rhode Island Senate from Bristol, R.I., in 1936.

He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (F.S.A.); Corresponding member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; member of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Virginia Historical Society, the Society of Genealogists of London and the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists.

Mr. Moriarty was Vice President for Rhode Island of the New England Historic Genealogical Society [NEHGS] and is the writer of numerous monographs upon genealogical and historical subjects published in the United States and England.

George Andrews Moriarty, Jr., died at his home in Ogunquit, York, Maine, on July 12, 1968.

Sources

• See NY Gen & Bio Society e-library file for member George Andrews Moriarty b.1883. Record created 1932-05-17.

• Descendants of Francis Littlefield - George Andrews Moriarty. Cites many primary & secondary sources.

See also:

FASG #9