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Morris James MCCARTHY

Male 1898 - 1979  (80 years)


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  • Name Morris James MCCARTHY 
    Born 31 Aug 1898  Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Mar 1979  Boynton Beach, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I403  Sturgis
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2012 

    Father Timothy MCCARTHY,   b. 12 Jul 1850, Burlington, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1931, 2690 17th St., Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Marie Victoire BINCET DITE BASSETT,   b. 11 Apr 1852, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1929, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 09 Oct 1876  Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Minnetta LITTLE,   b. 24 Jun 1900, Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1980  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 02 Sep 1921  Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Margaret Ruth MCCARTHY
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Registered with Social Security as Maurice McCarthy
      Social Security number: 365-68-9240

      Residence in 1917: 186 15th St., Detroit, Mich. (Also shown as 1500 15th St. in Canadian army records.)

      Joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, May 28, 1917. Served in the 3rd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery in France. Discharged April 24, 1919, with rank of Gunner.

      Had sisters Mary and Lizzie, brother David (died as a child in an accident with a gaslight maintenance platform), John ("much older - married to Martha, lived in Savannah, Illinois"), Timothy, and "another brother who died when the great lakes iron ore ship he served on, sank." Timothy was "A little slow. His mother (Victoria) fell down the cellar stairs when she was pregnant and Timothy was injured in utero. He played the violin beautifully when he was a child."

  • Sources 
    1. [S181] Ann Arbor News, (21 mar 1979).

    2. [S115] 1900 Census.

    3. [S180] Timothy McCarthy Death Certificate.

    4. [S182] McCarthy - Little Marriage Certificate, (2 sep 1921).