Hi all, Looking for 2 obits in Lowell. John Michael Hurley.Died 6-13-1947 in Lowell and his father John A or E Hurley. Died abt 11-29-1943 in Lowell

I did not find an obit, but a death notice, for John A. Hurley in the Lowell Sun on Nov. 29, 1943, and a write-up of the funeral on Nov. 30, 1943, with his middle initial listed as E.

Lowell Sun - November 29, 1943

Hurley - Died Nov. 27, at his home, 34 West Fifth St., John A. Hurley. Funeral Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock from his home. Solemn high funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock at St. Michael's Church. Burial in the family plot in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Arrangements in the charge of funeral Directors James W. McKenna Sons

Lowell Sun - November 30, 1943

John E. Hurley

The funeral of John E. Hurley, a resident of the Centralville section, took place at 9 o'clock from his home 34 West Fifth Street. The cortege, headed by a car filled with floral offerings, proceeded to St. Michael's Church where a solemn high funeral mass of requiem was celebrated at 10 o'clock by Rev. John L. Crowley, assisted by Rev. LLewellyn Chadborn, as deacon, and Rev. John T. Sheehan, S.T.L., as sub deacon.

The choir, under the direction of Miss Irene Lawler, organist, sang Terry's mass, soloists being Mrs. Joseph Maguire, Miss Margaret Griffin, and Rep. Daniel Sullivan. Bearers were Fred Laurila, F. Raymond Grosser, James R. Roache, James L. Hurley, Arthur Richardson, and James Russell Hurley. Burial took place in the family lot in St. Patrick's Cemetery where prayers were read by Rev. Fr. Crowley. Arrangements were in the charge of Funeral Director James W. McKenna Sons.

I could not find an obit for John Michael Hurley. I did find an article in the Lowell Sun in which a John Hurley was critically injured in a car accident in early June of 1947, but it lists his address as Leominster.

Hope this helps.

John E. Hurley published in Lowell Sun-Saturday Nov 27 1943 pg 27.

Mabel Hurley Roache published in Lowell Sun Wednesday Nov 3, 1943 pg.1

I also couldn't find John Michael Hurley

Thank you very much. Both of you have been a great help. As always it answers a few questions and raise many more. Thanks again

Just in case.... here is the link to St. Patrick's cemetery "H" listings

http://www.stpatrickcemetery.com/PatPDF/Genie4-H-H.pdf

You can sometimes trace through the burials/plots. Btw, you can call over to them for additional detail (owners/others buried in the plot/etc...). They are quite ehlpful.

Good luck.

Thank you. Will diffently look into them. I knew his son John is buried there but never knew anything about my ggrandfather other then his name. Thanks again!

Wow. Ok. So if you look at the cemetery listing, you'll see an Agnes and an Alice. After I read your note, I did a quick check of the 1920 Census. I suspect Agnes is the wife of John A/E, and that Alice is the daughter of son John.

Ignore the John L reference below. The census itself lists them as John Sr and John Jr, which honestly only means father/son.

1920 United States Federal Census
about John L Hurley
Name: John L Hurley
[John Hurley]
Home in 1920: Lowell Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 55 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Agnes
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
John L Hurley 55
Agnes Hurley 51
John Hurley 29
Anges Hurley 17
Alice Hurley 14
Josephine Hurley 12

An Alice P Hurley appears at the same address as John A Hurley in the 1938 Lowell Directory, which I suspect is the daughter Alice from the 1920 Census. Since the Alice in the cemetery was an infant, I suspect it to be a granddaughter.

If you notice the Census record, it indicates that John was born in NY. FYI, Agnes and all of the children were listed as born in MA.

Since you originally asked for the obit, I think you limited the info available to you. I just did some quick/easy searches and found the following…

From NEHGS
Hurley John Lowell 1888 389 168 Marriage
May 8, 1888, John Hurley, age 23, born in Amboy, NJ, parents Michael and Ellen – m – Agnes Perry, age 19, born in Lowell, parents Thomas and Mary.

1900 United States Federal Census
about John Hurley
Name: John Hurley
Home in 1900: Lowell Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 36
Birth Date: Apr 1864
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Spouse's Name: Agnes G
Marriage Year: 1888
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 12
Residence : Lowell City, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Hurley 36
Agnes G Hurley 31
John M Hurley 10
Mabel Hurley 6
William L Hurley 3

1910 United States Federal Census
about John Hurley
Name: John Hurley
Age in 1910: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Spouse's Name: Agnes
Home in 1910: Lowell Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Hurley 46
Agnes Hurley 41
John M Hurley 19
Mary I Hurley 16
William L Hurley 13
Agnes Hurley Jr. 8
Alice Hurley 4
Josephine Hurley 2

Feel free to ask for more info, if you are interested. I didn’t want to spend too much time if not needed. Good luck.

John

Found Obit of Agnes Perry Hurley. She died Sept 12 1929. Published Lowell Sun Friday Sept 13 1929 pg 27.
In skimming the old newspaper archive also found these so let me know if you need any of them:
Daughter Agnes Hurley Benoit died Oct 3 1960 (pbl Oct 4)
her husband Arthur Benoit died March 31 1937 Tewksbury.
Agnes Perry and John Hurley had an infant daughter Helen Hurley that died Feb 6 1900 (pbl Feb 7)
Leo Hurley died June 13 1969 (pbl Jun 14)

Another I don't know if relevant to same family.
A photo and announcement of marriage of John Hurley son of Mrs John Hurley of Providence . R.I. and Miss Ann Malone married Nov 21 1936. Attendants were his brother Bernard Hurley and a Miss Katherine Wilson. The photo is of all 4 and they were going to reside in Providence.

Linda

Wow!! Talk about some excellent info. I greatly appreciate it all. If possible i could use the obits on Leo, Alice, Mabel and Helen. Mabel and Helen are 2 g aunts I was never aware of so those are big revelations to me. The last ones from RI don`t appear to be related. Again many many thanks!

Jim

Thank you John. I really appreciate your help. I started with the obits as a way to try and get information on my ggrandfather, mainly his dob and any children other then my grandfather John M. I was aware there were other children but never knew their names and such. Guess I made the mistake of not asking enough questions of my mother before she passed away and her living siblings are either to old to remember or their memories are to vague. You have provided more then enough info to keep me busy for awhile, but I would like to ask how ya`ll came about the information you have. I love to be able to look up more like it without depending on the kindness of others.
Many thanks again!

Jim W