John Noel Dempsey (1915 - 1989)

Born 3 Jan 1915 in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland

Died 16 Jul 1989 at age 74 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

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Preceded by 80th Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff

John N. Dempsey 81st Governor of Connecticut 1961—1971

Succeeded by 82nd Governor Thomas Joseph Meskill

Biography

John Dempsey is Notable.

John Dempsey was born in Ireland.

He was born on 03 Jan 1915 in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland and was the only son of a career British Army officer named Edward (occupation labourer) and Ellen (Looby) Dempsey. ^[1]

In 1925, the family emigrated from Ireland and settled in Putnam, Connecticut, in the northeastern corner of the state.

John Noel Dempsey married in Warren, Rhode Island to Mary Frey (daughter of Carl Frey) who was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. ^[2]

John Noël Dempsey WW2 Draft Registration 16 Oct 1940 Putnam, , Connecticut, United States ^[3]

He was the first foreign born Governor of Connecticut.

He passed away on 16 Jul 1989 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut and was buried at Saint Mary Cemetery in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1915/01385/1569570.pdf
2. ↑ News for, by and about Women: "Mrs. John Dempsey, The First Lady of Connecticut" published in the "Bridgeport Post" of Bridgeport, Connecticut on 10 Mar 1963 on page B8 on ancestry.com.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDW-X2Y?cc=2695954&wc=86ZZ-829%3A1590143441 : 14 August 2019), 102700414 > image 205 of 1062; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing "Draft Registration Cards for Connecticut, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 7644724. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. (National Archives and Records Administration at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.).

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6166245

• John N. Dempsey on Wikipedia

• "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZGJ-STR : 9 December 2014), John N Dempsey, 16 Jul 1989; from "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Health, Hartfort.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWMD-NWY : 15 March 2018), John Dempsey in household of Edward Dempsey, Ward 4, Putnam, Putnam Town, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-31, sheet 13B, line 80, family 289, 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 528.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMR9-XBQ : accessed 28 January 2019), John Dempsey in household of Edward Dempsey, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 6B, line 79, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 285; FHL microfilm 2,340,020.