See attached naturalization index card for James McMenemy, resides Massachusetts; born 22 Sept 1906; naturalized 13 May 1963. Cites petition no. 355907; registration no. 10212956.
I prefer to work from the known to the unknown, I typically only…
Hi Maggie:
You wrote, "I have no way of knowing if the James McMenemys in the death index "
Do you have a record of his full birth date from either family or Scotish records? --GJ
Thanks again for your help Gene. Well obviously he stopped working for the Transit company in 1926 when he left. His father,Mother and siblings all came to America permanently in 1926....his sister Margaret was my mother. That was before Social…
Hi Margaret:
Thank you for the additional information, it really helps.
Here is a wiki for Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Reports BRT went BK in 1923, was restructured as Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation. According to the Wiki for the latter,…
Thanks Gene. This is his arrival. I was not able to find it on Ancestry but you got it. James was the first of my mother's immediate family to come to Brooklyn. I believe an Aunt Mary was here first. Mary Hutcheson. James worked as for Brooklyn…
Hi again Margaret:
Do you have a full date of birth for James McMenemy?
SSDI reports that one James McMenemy, b. 22 Sep 1906, died Mar 1980, "of" Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
SSDI reports that one James McMenemy b. 29 Jul 1903, died…
Are you able to access the Ancestry.com database, "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957"; images of the manifest are available there. --GJ
Name: James McMenemy; Arrival Date: 1 Aug 1923
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1905 ; Age: 18
Port of…
born 1906 johnstone, renfrewshire, Scotland parents John and Mary McMenemy. He came to America about 1923 landed in Brooklyn and disapeared 1926 never to be heard from again