John Foster Furcolo (1911 - 1995)

Born 29 Jul 1911 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jul 1995 at age 83 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Preceded by
Christian Herter

Governor of Massachusetts
1957 - 1961

Succeeded by
John A. Volpe

Biography

Foster Furcolo is Notable.

John Foster Furcolo was an American lawyer, writer, and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He was the state's 60th governor, and also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the first Italian-American governor of the state.

John Foster Furcolo is born in New Haven, Connecticut, on 29 July 1911, the son of Dr. Charles Lawrence Furcolo (sometimes spelled "Furcolowe") and Alberta Foster Furcolo.

His father is an Italian immigrant and a doctor. While Wikipedia claims that Foster's mother is an Irish immigrant, she was born in Connecticut.^[1] In the 1920 federal census of Longmeadow, MA, taken 13 January, Charles L. Furcolo heads a household at 187 Longmeadow St. He owns his home. Charles is 32 (b. 1887), married. He immigrated in 1900. His wife, Alberta, is 28 (b. 1891). Their children are Charles L. Jr., 10 (b. 1909), and Foster, 8 (b. 1911). Charles is a physician and surgeon. He was born in Italy. Alberta was born in Connecticut of an English father and a mother born in New York. The children were born in Connecticut.^[2]

Charles L. Furcolo arrives at Ellis Island on 22 August 1923. He is married, 34 years old (b. 1889), a US citizen, residing in Springfield, Massachusetts. Charles was naturalized in May 1913 in the Hampden County Court House, Springfield, Massachusetts. He departed Kingston Jamaica (according to FamilySearch; the manifest says Cristobal, C.Z.) on the Cartago. Traveling with him are Alberta M. Furcolo, 30 (b. 1893); Charles L. Furcolo Jr., 10 (b. 1913), and Foster Furcolo, 10 (b. 1913). Alberta and the children were all born in New Haven, Connecticut: Alberta on 6 January 1893, and the boys on 29 August 1912. They live at Longmeadow St., Springfield, Massachusetts.^[3]

In 1933, Foster is admitted to the bar and opens a law practice in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Foster Furcolo serves in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

John Foster Furcolo is a Democrat, elected governor of Massachusetts in 1956.

On his website, former Springfield mayor Mike Albano relates a time when close family friend and state governor John Foster Furcolo hand delivered the family automobiles' license plates to their home at 408 Maple Road in Longmeadow in 1959. Mike's father, Jack, was head of the local AFL-CIO.^[4]

Foster dies of heart failure at age 83, on 5 July 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Foster Furcolo Wikipedia entry.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6G-2Q9?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-TXZ%3A1036470801%2C1037423801%2C1037521501%2C1589332317 : 14 December 2015), Massachusetts > Hampden > Longmeadow > ED 74 > image 27 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN6R-55M : 30 January 2018), Charles L. Furcolo, 1923.
4. ↑ Rowland, Christopher. “Governors - A Satire (1959-1978). Dated 25 June 2012. http://www.mayormike.com/facts-and-opinion.html Accessed 31 May 2017.
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 7252542

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q880342