Descendants of John McGarry

Third Generation


4. John McGarry (James , John ) was born 1 on 29 May 1848 in Birmingham, England.

Worked in a shoe store and lived in 37th district 13ward, Philadelphia, Penn. 1870 census he lived with Henry and Charles Webb. He married sarah Jane web in april 1875 in phil. in the city hall. Died june 23 1914 in Franklinville New jersey. He worked as a gunsmith he also lived on a farm in NJ. They raised chickens. Children John, James, gnes Jane, Henry, 1882 liv"d about 11 months. then they had twins lost them in miscarriage at about 5 months boy ad girl.

John married Agnes Sarah Jane Webb on 22 Apr 1872 in Philadelphia. Agnes was born in 1855.

They had the following children:

+ 7 M i John McGarry
+ 8 M ii Charles McGarry
+ 9 M iii James McGarry
+ 10 F iv Agnes Jane McGarry
  11 M v Henry McGarry was born in Lived 11 months.

6. James McGarry [image] (James , John ) was born 1 on 30 Nov 1851 in Birmingham. He died on 7 Sep 1934 in 35 Lillington Street westminster london. The cause of death was bee sting.

In 1865 nearly ten thousand workers were employed in Birmingham's gun industry. It was of great importance throughout the century, from the Napoleonic wars when the town supplied two-thirds of the arms used by the British. In times of peace it proved less successful, weapons being required mainly for field sports. Kelly's directory for 1874 lists 329 names connected with the gun trade in Birmingham, 210 of which had premises in the Gun Quarter.

The Birmingham Small Arms Company had an influential factory in Small Heath from 1862 which spanned twenty-six acres between the Great Western Railway line and Warwick Canal. This thrived in the First World War. The factory was supported by independent gunsmiths, who supplied the parts for the finished weapons, and who were concentrated in the district around Steelhouse Lane. Only two manufacturers (William Powell and Son and Westley Richards and Co.) from this area are still in evidence, and these have moved from the city centre.
james worked for Westley Richards and Co for some time.james worked for westley richards and co...and bsa

The slum area of nineteenth and early twentieth century Birmingham consisted largely of back-to-back terraced housing, with several two or three storey houses sharing a common yard, wash house ("brew 'us") and amenities, such as a water pump, which hundreds of people may have had to share, and a privy, usually uncovered, which was shared by as many as fifteen families. The situation offered little opportunity for privacy. A single roof covered both rows of the terrace. Little light was available, as the houses were built very close together to accommodate the increasing population, and migrants from the countryside who flocked to the cities to find work in the growing factories.

At time of 1880 census James live at Ct 1 7 Moseley St Birmingham, Warwick, England He was the head of the household and his parent lived with him

James married 1 Amelia Ellen Hone [image] daughter of Henry Hone and Matilda Livy on 12 Oct 1891 in Kilburn. Amelia was born 2 on 5 Apr 1870 in hatch end. She died 3 on 13 Aug 1965 in Minster.

lived at 18 beaford road enfield at time of grandads birth

They had the following children:

+ 12 M i Henry James McGarry
+ 13 M ii Arthur McGarry
  14 M iii john edwin McGarry was born on 18 Jul 1895 in died an infant. He died in Jul 1895 in Harrow Weald, Middlesex, England.

died at birth or shortly after
Birth:Fulham:Vol 1a page 200:
death:Hendon Vol3a page 124 3rd q 1895
  15 F iv Eva Matilda McGarry [image] was born 1 on 20 Jan 1897 in Westminster. She died on 4 Jul 1977 in Putney, England.

1897 Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
        Eva married George Hollowel [image] in Aug 1918. George was born on 1 Sep 1895 in Clapham. He died 1 on 15 Dec 1968 in Fulham.
+ 16 M v John henry (jack) Mcgarry

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