Hugh Dempsey Farrell

Birth Name Hugh Dempsey Farrell
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 5 months, 25 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth March 3, 1887 Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States   1a 2a
Census (Son) June 11, 1900 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 35 Gist Street 1a
Event Note

1900 Census Ward 14, Pittsburgh
June 11, 1900
at 35 Gist Street

Annie E Farrell, head, widowed, 48, born January 1852, 8 children, 8 alive, janitress
William J Farrell, son, 29, single, born February 1871, hustler, retail
May Farrell, daughter, 29, married 7 years, no children, janitress
Grace Farrell, daughter, 20, single, born April 1880, no occupation
Blanche Farrell, daughter, 18, single, born February 1882, sales lady, gents furnishings
Ada Farrell, daughter, 15, single, born March 1885, wrapper, department store
Hugh Farrell, son, 13, born March 1887, at school

all, including Annie, say "born in West Virginia, parents also"

 

Draft Registration June 5, 1917 Knoxville Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States res: 434 Park, Mt Olin, Pittsburgh 2a
Event Note

WWI Draft Registration
June 5, 1917, Precinct 3, Knoxville Borough, Allegheny Co, PA

Hugh Dempsey Farrell, 30, of 434 Park, Mt Olin, Pittsburgh
born March 3, 1887, Wheeling WV
a clerk for Standard Underground Cable, at 600 Whse Bldg, Pittsburgh
married
dependents: wife and child, mother partially
medium height and build, blue eyes, black hair, no disabilities

 

Residence November 18, 1928 Knoxville Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 221 Moore Ave 3a
Event Note

Hugh was at 221 Moore Ave, Knoxville Borough, when he was the informant on his mother's death certificate.

Death August 28, 1965 Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States   4a 5a
Event Note

The Central New Jersey Home News
New Brunswick, New Jersey
28 Aug 1965

Hugh D Farrell
Metuchen - Hugh D Farrell, 77, of 230 E Chestnut Ave., an organizer and past president of the state Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church, died today at Rahway Hospital after a short illness.
A member of the First Presbyterian Church, he served as an elder 15 years and as superintendent of its Sunday School 10 years.
Born in Wheeling, W. Va., he had lived in this borough 32 years. He retired in 1933 [sic] after 30 years with the Phelps Dodge Co., New York.
Surviving are his wife, the former Caroline Watkins; a son, Hugh G of Chevy Chase, Md; a sister, Mrs Grace Keiser of this borough and a grandchild.
The Rev. George E Chorba will conduct funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.
Interment will follow in Presbyterian Cemetery, under the direction of the Runyon Mortuary, 568 Middlesex Ave.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Matthew FarrellJuly 24, 1843September 6, 1907
Mother Annie Elizabeth Priceabout November 20, 1850November 18, 1928
    Brother     William J Farrell about December 1871 April 28, 1940
    Sister     May Farrell March 13, 1874 November 24, 1941
    Brother     John Farrell December 16, 1875 August 11, 1927
    Sister     Lou Farrell February 27, 1878 January 28, 1952
    Sister     Grace K Farrell April 1880 January 27, 1968
    Sister     Blanche Farrell February 14, 1883 October 8, 1923
    Sister     Ada Farrell November 5, 1885 August 21, 1915
         Hugh Dempsey Farrell March 3, 1887 August 28, 1965

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Ward 14, Pittsburgh, ED 167, sheet 16B, family 323
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS12-CYB : accessed 4 September 2020), Grace Farrell in household of Annie E. Farrell, Precincts 1-2 Pittsburgh city Ward 14, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 16B, family 323, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,360.

  2. World War I Draft Registration Cards
      • Page: June 5, 1917, Precinct 3, Knoxville Borough, Allegheny Co, PA
  3. Pennsylvania Death Certificates
      • Page: Annie E Farrell, November 18, 1928, Pittsburgh
      • Citation:

        https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5164&h=3701636&tid=&pid=&queryId=8a7f757d359523c510c319deeaac4f29&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TpU1940&_phstart=successSource

  4. New Jersey Death Indexes
      • Page: Hugh D Farrell, August 1965, in Rahway NJ
  5. The Central New Jersey Home News, New Brunswick, New Jersey
      • Page: 28 Aug 1965, obituary of Hugh D Farrell