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1. MELLEY, Bridget
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QUIGLEY, John McGhee
- Born: 14 July 1901 at 0.05 pm, Orchard Street, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland 2 3
- Marriage (1): MELLEY, Bridget in June 1939 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1
- Died: 26 September 1954, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 3
- Buried: 1954, Our Lady Of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA 3
Other names for John were QUIGLEY, John,2 4 5 QUIGLEY, John M. 3 and QUIGLEY, John W..1
General Notes:
John's birth was registered on the information of his father, Michael, who had been present where the birth occurred. He gave notice on 19 July 1901 at Galston before Thomas White, registrar.
The 1930 US Census recorded John Quigley living at 8 Main Street in Irvington, Westchester, New York. He worked as an electric welder. He was a single man, aged 28 years, born in Scotland, and both his parents were Scots born. He had arrived in the USA in 1926. He was a boarder with a family named Beggs.
In 1940 the US Census recorded John and Bridget Quigley living at 3048 Robins Street in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They owned their home, and had resided there in 1935. John was recorded as 35 years old and born in Scotland. He was a metal plater. 4 5
Noted events in his life were:
1. Arrival: from Liverpool, England, 29 August 1926, in New York, USA. 6 aboard the Adriatic
2. Arrival: in Glasgow, 19 June 1932, from New York, USA. 7 Occupation was nickel plater.
3. Arrival: from Glasgow, 15 October 1932, New York, New York, USA. 6
4. Naturalisation: as American citizen, 27 January 1943, Pennsylvania, USA. 8
John married Bridget MELLEY, daughter of Peter MELLY and Bridget MELLY MS UNKNOWN, in June 1939 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Bridget MELLEY was born on 25 October 1910 in Lettermacaward, County Donegal, Ireland 9 and died on 18 July 1996 in Huntigdon Valley, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA 9.)
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