Mercedes Hurley

Birth Name Mercedes Hurley
Gender female
Age at Death 75 years, 7 months, 3 days

Narrative

1932

Mercedes Hurley, wearing an elegant curved-brim hat, and William McManus, her future husband, were on a date at the 1932 National Air Races. Hurley, one of Cleveland's first policewomen, and McManus, a police detective, had come to see Al Williams' red and gray Curtiss Hawk shoot straight down toward the stands and then straight up, fly upside down, loop and roll. Or maybe they came to watch 57 Army fighter planes buzz through the sky and scream down at four 5-ton bombers in mock aerial combat.

Good thing Hurley's sister, Loretta Devine, and Devine's friend Mary Gallagher, on the left, brought those parasols. The temperature reached 94 degrees at Cleveland's airport on Aug. 30, and the emergency field hospital treated more than 30 of the 25,000 spectators for heat exhaustion.

Hurley's beats as a policewoman included juvenile cases — an abandoned baby, runaway teenage elopers — and visiting the burlesque revue near East Ninth Street to decide if it should be censored. Three years after this picture, McManus shot and killed a robber behind the Cleveland Museum of Art. He rose to the rank of sergeant before his career ended. The couple were together for 48 more years, until they passed away within a month of each other in 1980.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth September 27, 1904 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States at 2445 Elmo 1a
Event Note

Return of a Birth, Cleveland
September 27, 1904
at 2445 Elmo
female Hurley
mother: Ann Durkam, 42, born in Ireland
father: Michael Hurley, 44, born in Ireland
medical attendant or midwife: H M Miller, 1641 Harvard

Census (Daughter) April 21, 1910 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 3878 East 89th 2a
Event Note

1910 Census, Ward 18, Cleveland
April 21, 1910
at 3878 East 89th

Anna Hurley, head (ot), 43, married 1x for 25 years, 11 children, 9 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1888, no occupation
Thomas Hurley, 24, single, born in England, parents in Ireland, arrived 1888, conductor, street railroad
George Hurley, 21, single, born in Ohio, brakeman, steel mill
Anna Hurley, 19, inspector, electric light bulbs, born in Ohio
Edward Hurley, 18, born in Ohio, salesman, retail groceries
Joseph Hurley, 16, born in Ohio
Loretta Hurley, 13, born in Ohio
Raymond Hurley, 11, born in Ohio
James Hurley, 8, born in Ohio
Marceda Hurley, 5, born in Ohio

Census (Sister) January 6, 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 4156 East 110th 3a
Event Note

1920 Census Ward 15, Cleveland
January 6, 1920
renting at 4156 East 110th

Anna Hurley, head, 27, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, telephone operator
Loretta M Hurley, sister, 22, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, clerical work, brass foundry
Raymond M Hurley, brother, 21, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, clerical work, city
James B Hurley, brother, 18, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, recoiler, steel mill
Mercedes Hurley, sister, 15, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, no occupation

Census (Sister in law) April 15, 1930 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 4301 East 116th 4a
Event Note

1930 Census Ward 15, Cleveland
April 15, 1930
renting at 4301 East 116th

Cornelius Devine, 29, married 1st at 26, born in Ohio, parents also, electrician, police department
Loretta Devine, 28, married 1st at 25, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
Anna Hurley, 32, sister in law, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, telephone operator, aluminum office
Mercedes Hurley, 24, sister in law, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, clerical, coal company
James Hurley 26, brother in law, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, automobile salesman

Death April 30, 1980 South Euclid, Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   5a
Event Note

 

Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Name: Mercede Mcmanus
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Apr 1980
Event Place: South Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Registration Place: Home
Residence Place: South Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 75
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birth Date: 1905
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Autopsy Performed: Yes, used for certification
Certificate Number: 034281

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Michael HurleyOctober 1862January 6, 1932
Mother Anna Durkinabout 1864September 12, 1915
    Brother     Thomas Francis Hurley January 1886 about November 1, 1957
    Brother     George Anthony Hurley April 13, 1889 about April 30, 1957
    Sister     Ann Hurley June 6, 1890 March 1, 1967
    Brother     Edward John Hurley January 30, 1892 September 15, 1953
    Brother     Joseph Patrick Hurley January 21, 1894 October 30, 1967
    Sister     Loretta Hurley July 12, 1896 April 28, 1985
    Brother     Raymond Hurley December 1898 before March 1967
    Brother     James B Hurley September 13, 1901 September 14, 1951
         Mercedes Hurley September 27, 1904 April 30, 1980

Families

Family of William McManus and Mercedes Hurley
Married Husband William McManus ( b. d. ... )

Source References

  1. Ohio County Births
      • Page: female Hurley, September 27, 1904, Cleveland
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDR9-RYZ : 13 March 2018), Michael Hurley in entry for Hurley, 27 Sep 1904; citing Birth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,852,668.

  2. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Ward 18, Cleveland, ED 269, sheet 9B, family 155
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8P-ZSK : accessed 9 August 2018), Edward Hurley in household of Anna Hurley, Cleveland Ward 18, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 269, sheet 9B, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1173; FHL microfilm 1,375,186.

  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1920 United States Census
      • Page: Ward 15, Cleveland, ED 305, sheet 5b, line 60
      • Citation:

        United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRY-5Q7 : accessed 10 August 2018), James B Hurley in household of Anna Hurley, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing ED 305, sheet 5B, line 60, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1367; FHL microfilm 1,821,367.

  4. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Ward 15, Cleveland, ED 302, sheet 23A, line 30, family 33
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X436-KD8 : accessed 13 August 2018), Anna Hurley, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 302, sheet 23A, line 30, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1771; FHL microfilm 2,341,505.

  5. Ohio Death Records
      • Page: Mercedes McManus, 30 Apr 1980, South Euclid