Edward Joseph McGrath (1868 - 1906)

Born 2 Apr 1868 in Granard, County Longford, Ireland

Died 14 Jun 1906 at age 38 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Edward McGrath migrated from Ireland to United States.

Edward was born in 1868 in Leitrim Townland, County Longford. He is the son of Edward McGrath and Ann McKeon.^[1]
Edward married Catherine Maloney on 18 July 1889 in Massachusetts, USA.^[2]
The 1900 United States Census records that Edward McGrath migrated to the United States in 1885.^[3] He became a naturalized American citizen in about 1892 when he provided that he had arrived in the United States through Boston on 12 July 1886.^[4] On 8 August 1888, Peter and Edwin [Edward] McGrath arrived in Boston, Massachusetts aboard the S.S. Iowa.^[5] It is proposed that this is the migration record of brothers, Peter and Edward McGrath. Edward McGrath died on 14 June 1906 of pulmonary tuberculosis in Quincy, Massachusetts.^[6]

Death certificate of Edward J McGrath

Sources

1. ↑ “Civil Records,” database with images, Irish Genealogy (www.irishgenealogy.ie), entry for Edward McGrath, County Longford, born 2 April 1868.
2. ↑ “Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com) entry for Edward McGrath and Catherine Maloney, 18 July 1889; citing Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Norfolk, Massachusetts, population schedule, Quincy, ED 1058, sheet 4-B, household of Edward McGrath; digital image, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org); citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
4. ↑ “Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com) entry for Edward McGrath, 1892.
5. ↑ “Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com) entries for Peter McGrath and Edwin McGrath, arrived 8 Aug 1888; citing Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943, NARA microfilm publication T843, RG085.
6. ↑ “Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com) entry for Edward McGrath, 14 June 1906; citing Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.