Thomas J McNamara

Errand Boy-Drug Store, 1920; Chauffeur-Cleaning & Dyeing, 1930

United ca. 1942 in [New Jersey] with Myrtle S Parsons
Daughter of Louis Parsons and Melvina Grinage
Born ca. 1902 in [Trenton], Mercer Co., New Jersey
Died 09 Aug 1972 in Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

No children

Notes

• Son of Simon and Katherine (Cleary) McNamara, both of New Jersey.
• Thomas' age in the census records: in 1910, age 4; in 1920, age 14; in 1930, age 25.
• Thomas enlisted in the U.S. Army 11 Mar 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
• News report, Sunday Times-Advertiser (Trenton, NJ), 05 Apr 1942:
  Trentonians at Camp Polk
    Many more Trentonians have arrived at Camp Polk, La., for a period of training with the 3d Armored (Bayou Blitz) Division. Those listed by camp authorities are:
    Thomas J. McNamara, brother of Mrs. Myrtle Metzler, of 67 Ward Avenue.
• News report, Trenton Evening Times, 17 Sep 1945:
  Among Arriving Troops
  Aboard the E. B. Alexander which arrived yesterday in New York:
    Technical Sergeant Thomas J. McNamara of Trenton.
• Obituary, Sunday Times Advertiser (Trenton, NJ), 18 Sep 1966:
  Thomas McNamara
    Thomas J. McNamara, 61, of 518 Schiller Avenue died yesterday in Veterans Hospital, East Orange, after a lengthy illness.
    Mr. McNamara was a native of Trenton and is survived by one step daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sirolli of Trenton; three stepsons, Edward Metzler of Seattle, Wash.; Earl T. Metzler and Thomas N. Metzler, both of Trenton; four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Magney of Lakeside, Calif.; Mrs. Eleanor Tash and Mrs. Miriam Johnson, both of Princeton and Mrs. Margaret Laufer of Elmhurst, N. Y.; one brother, Walter S. McNamaa [sic] of Hamilton Square; 12 step grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
    The funeral will be held Tuesday at 8 a.m. from the M. William Murphy Funeral Home, 149 North Warren Street.
    Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in the Church of the Sacred Heart. Interment will be at St. John's Cemetery.
    Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Sources

• 1910 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 3, E.D. 55, Sheet No. 1A [=256], 7-8, 453 S. Broad St., 18 Apr 1910
• 1920 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 10, E.D. 90, Sheet No. 8A [=178], 144-168, 111 Walnut Ave., 08 Jan 1920
• 1930 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 10, E.D. 11-41, Sheet No. 15A [=207], 105-117, 130 Hanford Pl., 15 Apr 1930