Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families

The Genealogy of the Following Families:

  • The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America

  • The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago

  • The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland

  • The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America

  • The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William James Dolan

William James Dolan

Male 1891 - 1940  (49 years)

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  • Name William James Dolan 
    Born 25 Feb 1891  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 1 Mar 1891  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Feb 1940  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Feb 1940  Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 9 siblings 
    Person ID I1945  Simon and Related Families | All Dolans from Seegronan Townland, Descendants of Patrick Dolan (1859-1933)
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2020 

    Father Patrick Dolan,   b. May 1859, Seegronan Townland, Killeter, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1933, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Anna Lynch,   b. Jan 1860, County Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1905, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1881  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Dolan, Patrick | Lynch, Anna - Marriage
    Dolan, Patrick | Lynch, Anna - Marriage
    1881 marriage record from the church records of St. James the Greater RC Church, West Philadelphia, available on findmypast.com.
    Family ID F591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Loretta J. Krowl,   b. Abt 1890, Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 15 Dec 1930  Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2020 
    Family ID F2993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Dec 1930 - Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 27 Feb 1940 - Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Dolan, William James (1891-1940) - Baptism
    Dolan, William James (1891-1940) - Baptism
    1891 baptismal record for William J. Dolan from the church records of Our Mother of Sorrows RC Church, Philadelphia.

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH:
      Full date of birth given as 25 February 1891 in baptismal record for William J. Dolan in the church records of Our Mother of Sorrows RC Church, Philadelphia, available on findmypast.com. Parents named as Patrick Dolan and Anna Lynch.
      A municipal birth record has not yet been found; there is no entry for any Dolan-surnamed birth in the City of Philadelphia Birth Index for February 1891. As there is a contemporary birth record in the church records, it may be that a city record may have been mis-indexed.
      Month and year of birth given as February 1891 in 1900 U.S. Census for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, E.D. 660, Sheet 2A, Line 56. Place of birth given as Pennsylvania. Enumerated as the son of Patrick and Annie Dolan.
      Full date of birth of 25 February 1891 given in World War I Draft Registration Card for William James Dolan in World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 on www.ancestry.com. Place of birth given as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      Month and year of birth given as February 1892, however, in Pennsylvania Death Certificate. Age given on the death certificate was 48 years.
      Consistent with age (48 years) at death in February 1940, as reported in the records of Holy Cross Cemetery and listed on the "Lot Inquiry List" for his gravesite provided to Robert M. Simon on 9 August 2011.

      CHRISTENING:
      Full date of baptism given as 1 March 1891 in baptismal record for William J. Dolan in the church records of Our Mother of Sorrows RC Church, Philadelphia, available on findmypast.com. Witnesses--Owen Lynch and Mary Lynch.

      MARRIAGE: Listed as a widower in his 1940 Pennsylvania Death Certificate.

      OCCUPATION:
      Carpenter Foreman, Berger Company, New York, New York (World War I Draft Registration Card)
      Carpenter (1940 Death Certificate)

      ADDRESS:
      461 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York (World War I Draft Registration Card)
      211 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1940 Death Certificate)

      MILITARY SERVICE: Shipwright, U.S. Navy, 1910-1916 (World War I Draft Registration Card)

      DEATH:
      Month and year of death estimated as February 1940, according to date of interment (27 February 1940) in the records of Holy Cross Cemetery and listed on the "Lot Inquiry List" for his gravesite provided to Robert M. Simon on 9 August 2011.
      Full date of 25 February 1940 and location of Philadelphia given in Pennsylvania State Death Certificate No. 11886 (1940). Parents named as Patrick Dolan and Ann Lynch, both of Ireland. Cause of death was lobar pneumonia. Died at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Informant was Leonard R. Dolan, 42 Mansion Terrace, Cranford, New Jersey.

      BURIAL:
      Full date of burial of 27 February 1940 and location in the records of Holy Cross Cemetery and listed on the "Lot Inquiry List" for his gravesite provided to Robert M. Simon on 9 August 2011. Buried in Section 4, Range 7, Lot 53, Grave 3 at 6 feet depth.
      Full date of burial of 29 February 1940 given in Pennsylvania Death Certificate.


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