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Note: !CHR: Baptized May 4, 1879 at St. Peter's Church, Jersey City NJ by Rev. Fr. MCQUADE. Sponsors Daniel F. COONEY and Elizabeth MCCARTEN. !EDUCATION: Graduated at Cuthers School and also Columbia University. !MARRIAGE: Date of marriage is not known, but the below news items would indicate in the fall of the year prior to November 15. If he were around 25 years of age, the year would have been about 1904. Scrapbook of Florence Marie PENDERGAST-7, page 72 - undated newspaper clipping concerning wedding at Mountainside Farm, Mahwah NJ home of bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. George N. GARDINER. Matrons of honor were sisters of bride - Mrs. Alfred E. TOUSSAINT and Mrs. Hugh MILLER. J. Preston MCANERNEY-88 was best man - ushers were Francis B. MCANER- NEY-92, Bentley GARDINER, Walter POWERS, Arthur MCCLURE, Arthur Delano WEEKES, Stanton BROWN, and Henry BEEKMAN. Year is not known to compiler, but "autumn" flowers were mentioned and it was stated that they would sail for Europe on November 15 to pass the winter. !CENSUS: 1880 New Jersey, Hudson Co., Jersey City MC ANERNEY, John 35 Rhode Island MC ANERNEY, Ellen w 32 Virginia MC ANERNEY, Marshall s 13 New Jersey MC ANERNEY, Mary d 2 New York MC ANERNEY, Preston s 4 New York MC ANERNEY, Teresa d 9 New York MC ANERNEY, Francis s 4 New York MC ANERNEY, Florence d 2 New York MC ANERNEY, Joseph s 1 New York !SOURCE(1): Page 65 - SIX CENTURIES OF MOOR DE FALLEY by David Moore HALL, printed 1904 by O.E. FLANHART Printing Co., Richmond, VA - see listing for Ellen Moore MARSHALL-13; also full text has been copied into this compiler's file name A13. !SOURCE(2): Colonel MC ANERNEY's Memoirs (copy on file in folder RIN12 of compi- ler's genealogical files) give full data on dates and place of birth and baptism for all children. In spite of above census, all but one were born in Jersey City, the exception being Gertrude Vincent RIN96 born and buried in Babylon, Long Island - died as an infant.) From above Memoirs: Joseph Augustin - Ninth child born in Jersey City, April 21, 1879. Confirmed by Archbishop CORRIGAN. Graduated at Cuthers School and also Columbia University. !REMARKS(1): Compiler remembers one of the above ushers, Walter POWERS (wife, Be- ssie), good friends of his grandmother, Florence Marie PENDERGAST-7. Compiler as a teenager was fascinated with their daughter, Florence POWERS. She was named for his grandmother who was her God-mother. He attended Florence' wedding to a young Army officer who eventually became a General; he was accompanied by his grandmother. The POWERS family lived in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, where they had raised tomatoes and manufactured tomato catsup.
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