Showing posts with label 1922. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1922. Show all posts

Friday, January 22, 2010

Marriage of James Mulvaney and Florence Goggin, 3 September 1922

Another of the documents Maureen sent me was this marriage certificate of her grandparents, James J. Mulvaney and Florence M. Goggin. They were married at St. Stephen's Church on 3 September 1922. The officiant was Fr. William A. Fogarty, and their witnesses were Thomas P. Mulvaney, James's brother, and Helen M. Goggin, likely a relative of Florence's. This certificate was dated 28 January 1927.

Update: I heard from Maureen today. She confirms that Helen was in fact her grandmother Florence's sister. Florence and Helen also had sisters named Edna and Violet. What beautiful names for sisters!

Monday, July 13, 2009

James Mulvaney, Hero

I'm embedding another page from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle here, again via Fulton History. On this one, if you'll scroll to the right and down towards the bottom, you'll see an article about firemen receiving medals for heroism on the job. Among these is our own James Mulvaney, Nana's older brother and Maureen's grandfather. Apparently he and several others saved two of their fellow firefighters who had gotten trapped inside a burning building!

James Mulvaney Article