James Meara

Birth Name James Meara
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 1896 Ohio, United States   1a
Census (Grandson) June 1, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 1626 Harvard 1a
General

1900 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 27th Ward of Cleveland.
Series T623, Roll 1257, page 309, ED 144, Sheet 1B, family 13
June 2, 1900
owns the home at 1626 Harvard

[Note: this is the old street number. this corresponds to about 86th and Harvard after 1906.]

Thomas Bolen, 52, head, born March 1848, married 30 years, born in Scotland, parents in Ireland, arr 1872, naturalized, laborer
Thomas Bolen, 17, son, February 1883, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, laborer
Susan Bolen, 49, wife, December 1850, married 30 years, 10 children, 4 alive born in Scotland, parents also, arrived 1872
Peter Bolen, 29, son, single, Nov 1870, born in Scotland, parents also, arrived 1872, clerk, out of work all last year
John Bolen, 25, son, single, March 1875, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, laborer

Anna Meara, 23, daughter, May 1877, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, no occupation
James Meara, 3, grandson, July 1896, born in Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Iowa

John Coughlin, 60, boarder, Jun 1839, married 22 years, born in Ireland, parents also, married 22 yrs, arrived 1871, naturalized, laborer
William O'Rourke, 23, boarder, Jan 1877, single, born in Ireland parents also, arrived in 1899, been here 1 year, laborer

[The initial "O" in William's name was written over by a "W". He was indexed as Rourke at heritageQuestOnline.com and at familysearch.org.]

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZF-J2R : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Wm Rourke in household of Thos Bolen, Precinct G Cleveland City Ward 27, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 13, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241257.

Census (Head) January 1, 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 9018 Harvard 2a
Event Note

1920 Census Ward 15, Cleveland, ED 297, sheet 10a
owns the home at 9018 Harvard

James Mara, head, 23, single, born in Ohio, parents also, fireman, fire department
Anna Flynn, mother, 42, widowed, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland (Scotch), keeper of a boarding house, working on her own account
Thomas Flynn, brother, 12,
John C Flynn, brother, 4
John J Bolan, uncle, 43, single, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland (Scotch), no occupation

11 boarders

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRY-7ZQ : accessed 6 March 2016), John C Flynn in household of James Mara, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 10A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,367.

Death        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thomas J Mearaabout 1859June 2, 1898
Mother Susan Anna BolanMay 1877before January 26, 1956
         James Meara July 1896

Families

Family of James Meara and Gertrude Agnes Knopp

Married Wife Gertrude Agnes Knopp ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage September 2, 1922 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   3a
Event Note

Marriage Record, Cuyahoga County
married September 2, 1922

James Thomas Meara, 26, born in Cleveland, an auto mechanic, residing at 9018 Harvard. father: Thomas J Meara, mother: Ann Bolan

Gertrude Agnes Knopp, 29, born in Cleveland, a housekeeper, living at 11118 Clifton Blvd. father: Fred W Knopp, mother: Elizabeth Barrett.

first marriage for both, planned to be married by _ Stewart, W 116th and Detroit. married by R J Patterson, September 2, 1922

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZFN-J3Q : accessed 6 March 2016), Ann Bolan in entry for James Thomas Meara and Gertrude Agnes Knopp, 02 Sep 1922; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference P 402 Ap 172010; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,889,008.

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Ward 27, Cleveland, ED 144, Sheet 1B, family 13
  2. National Archives and Records Administration: 1920 United States Census
      • Page: James Mara, Ward 15, Cleveland, ED 297, sheet 10a
  3. Ohio County Marriages
      • Page: Meara-Knopp, September 2, 1922, Cuyahoga Co