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• Census: 9 Jun 1880, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Obituary: 25 Feb 1887, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI

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Census:
Listed next to John and Bridget Maher.
Maher, Bridget, F, 79, City Poor, cannot read, cannot write, born Ire, parents Ire/Ire.

Obituary:
Saginaw Courier 2/25/1887
Mrs. Bridget Maher died at St. Mary's Hospital yesterday afternoon.

Saginaw Courier 2/26/1887
The funeral of Mrs. Bridget Mahar will take place at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Church.

Bridget married John Richard MAHER in 1832 in County Tipperary, IRELAND. John was born in 1803 in County Tipperary, IRELAND; died on 17 Jul 1879 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ellen married John RYAN about 1855 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. John was born in 1828; died on 22 Jul 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married William Francis MAHER about 1868 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. William was born in 1843 in IRELAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI

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1860 Census, 6/5/1860, East Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, page 39.
John Ryan, age 29, M, Plasterer, born Ireland.
Ellen, age 28, F, born Ireland.
Agnes, age 3, born Michigan
Anna, age 1, born Michigan
Mahar, Bridget, age 24, F, Servant, born Ireland. (This is probably Ellen's sister who married William Mooney several days later.)

Bridget married William MOONEY on 10 Jun 1860 in St. Joseph's Church, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Stone Mason
• Census: 1880, 761 Mason Street, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Obituary: 19 Jun 1885

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Census:
1880 census at East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI shows: John Maher, 34, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND, plasterer; Bridget, 30, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND; James G., 9 and Bridget Maher, 79, city poor, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND.

Obituary:
Passed Away
John Mahar, residing at 719 Mason Street died last evening of inflammation of the bowels, aged 39 years. The deceased has been a resident of this city for the past 24 years, was a stone mason by trade, and leaves a wife and one child. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

Saginaw Courier 6/21/1885
The funeral of the late John Mahar will be held at St. Mary's Church this morning at 8 o'clock.

Saginaw Courier 6/23/1885
At 8:30 am on Sunday occurred the funeral of the late John Mahar. Services were held at St. Mary's Church, and many sorrowing friends were in attendence.

Died:
Cause of death, Inflamation of lung. Parents listed as unknown.

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John married Bridget HENDRICK on 10 Aug 1869 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. Bridget (daughter of Gervase HENDRICK and Mary Ellen FOLEY) was born on 29 May 1840 in Ballyvroge, Co. Wexford, IRELAND; died on 16 Nov 1925 in St. Joseph's Retreat, Dearborn, Wayne, MI; was buried on 19 Nov 1925 in Calvary Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna married Edward PRESTON on 23 Sep 1877 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. Edward (son of Edward PRESTON and Elizabeth WILLIAMS) was born on 22 Mar 1855 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, ENGLAND; died on 22 Feb 1921 in New Orleans, Orleans, LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
The obituary of Anna Ryan Preston in 1905 lists 2 sisters as surviving, it does not list John.

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Ellen married David C. LANDAU about 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1889, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Note: 1890, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Occupation: 1894, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI; Buyer Of Dry Goods
• Note: 15 Dec 1905, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Detroit, Wayne, MI
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, 182 Tennyson Ave, Detroit, Wayne, MI
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, MI
• Obituary: 7 Mar 1934
• Obituary: 8 May 1934

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Note:
The 1889 Saginaw Directory shows Bridget Maher, at 719 Mason Street in East Saginaw, and James G. Maher as a boarder at the same address. James' occupation is shown as a Clerk at Anderson Brothers. Mason Street is the address listed for the family in the 1880 census.

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The 1890 Saginaw Directory shows Bridget Maher, at 721 Meredith Street in Saginaw, and James G. Maher as a boarder at the same address. James' occupation is shown as a Clerk at Anderson Brothers.

Note:
Saginaw Men In Demand
Two Well Known Young Busness (sic) Men Have Been Captured for Outside Concerns
Saginaw men are in demand in the outside business world, as well as a home and sometimes they feel compelled to yield to the alluring offers made them. This has happened to W. E. English and James G. Maher, two well known employes of the Barie Dry Goods company, who will sever relations with that concern to enter upon careers elsewhere about the beginning of the new year.
Mr. English, who has been in charge of a department in the Saginaw house, will go to the Taylor Carpet company, Indianapolis, and will be in charge of drapery, furnishing and contract decorating department of that firm, which is considered a splendid opportunity. Mr. Mahar (sic), who has been for some years in the whole sale department of the Saginaw firm, and also secretary to William Barie, junior, will take up a similar line of work in the wholesale Krolich house at Detroit. Both men regret for personal reasons that they are leaving Saginaw, but they could not afford to decline the opportunities offered them for advancement financially and otherwise.

Census:
1910 census at Detroit, Wayne, MI shows: James G., 39, married 15 years, b. MI, parents b. IRELAND/IRELAND; manufacturer of childrens dresses; Sophia, 37, married 15 years, children born/living, 3/2, b. MI, parents b. GERMANY/GERMANY; Margaret, 14, b. MI; James 7, b. MI.

Census:
1920 census at Detroit, Wayne, MI shows: James G. 48, b. MI, parents b. IRELAND/IRELAND, garment manufacturer; Sophia, 48, b. MI, parents b. GERMANY/GERMANY, Margaret M., 23, b. MI, social service, government; James, 17, b. MI.

Census:
1930 census at Detroit, Wayne, MI shows: James G. age 58, age 22 at marriage, born MI, parents born IRELAND/IRELAND, occupation Executive at D.S.R; Sophia, age 56, age 23 at marriage (sic), b. MI, parents born GERMANY/GERMANY. They are listed at 2680 Glendale Avenue. Their daughter Margaret and her family are listed at 2682 Glendale Avenue.

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James married Sophia Maria Fredrica TECHENTIEN on 20 Jun 1894 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. Sophia (daughter of Christian TECHENTIEN and Mary SUHR) was born on 1 Sep 1872 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI; died on 7 May 1951 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried on 10 May 1951 in Calvary Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Apr 1919, Puerto Rico
• Census: 15 Apr 1950, Edina, Hennepin, MN

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Birth:
Birth Certificate lists Peg's name as Margueritte Maher. Peg said that the person that recorded the birth preferred the name Margueritte to Margaret.

Baptismal sponsors were James Hendrick and Margaret (illegible).

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Note:
April 5, 1919 - April 21, 1919 aboard the S.S. Brazos. Peg is shown on ship manifests as traveling from the port of New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The family story is that her father sent her on a trip to get over a break-up with her boyfriend, Skin Gadine.

Given that Peg and Mac marry in January of 1920 it seems as if they had a whirlwind romance!

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Margaret married William James MCGOLDRICK, Sr. on 24 Jan 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. William (son of James Henry MCGOLDRICK and Annie Letitia RYAN) was born on 15 May 1894 in Milltown, Charlotte, New Brunswick, CANADA; was christened on 20 May 1894 in Milltown, Charlotte, New Brunswick, CANADA; died on 30 Aug 1969 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Chief Of Detectives, Detroit, MI
• Census: 21 Apr 1930, 8745 Dumbarton Road, Detroit, Wayne, MI
• Census: 2 Apr 1940, 4593 Allendale, Detroit, Wayne, MI

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Note:
Reuther, Victor G. "The Brothers Reuther and the Story of the UAW: A Memoir." Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_G._Reuther"

Obituary:
James J. Maher, Detective
James John Mahre (sic), retired senior inspector of detectives, died Monday in Sanai Hospital. He was 64.
A native of Saginaw, he attended University of Detroit High School and took courses at a Wisconsin college and Highland Park Junior College while working at the Ford Motor Co. and selling real estate.
He left the real estate business in 1928 to become a Detroit policeman. Five years later he became a detective, and in 1947 he was named an inspector and head of the holdup squad.
Maher won 13 precinct citations and the commissioner's citation, the latter for his work in the Victor Reuther shooting case. Details of Victor Reuther case ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_G._Reuther )

He retired from the Police Department in 1953, after 25 years on the force, to re-enter the real estate business. He lived with his wife, Eleanor, at 24400 Schoolcraft, Livonia. He also is survived by a son, John James.
Private services will be at 1 pm Wednesday. Burial will be in Parkview Cemetery.

James J. Maher
A retired senior detective inspector in the Detroit Police Department, James J. Maher, 64, of 24400 Schoolcraft, Livonia, died Monday in Sinai Hospital. During his 25 years as a policeman, he won 13 precinct citations. He also was awarded the commissioner's citation for his work in the Vector Reuther shooting case. Born in Saginaw, he attended University of Detroit High School and later worked at the Ford Motor Co. He also attended Highland Park Junior College and sold real estate. He joined the Detroit Police force in 1928 and five years later became a detective. He was named an inspector and Head of the holdup squad in 1947. He retired in 1953 and returned to selling real estate. Surviving are his wife, Eleanor, and a son, John James. Private services were scheduled for 1 pm today, with burial in Parkview Cemetery.

Census:
1930 census at Detroit, Wayne, MI shows: James J. Maher, 28, married at 25, b. MI, parents b. MI/MI, policeman; Eleanor G., 25, married at 21, b. MI, parents b. MI/MI, saleslady, selling dresses.

Census:
1940 census at Detroit, MI shows James J. Maher, 37, b. MI, 1935 residence, same place, detective, police department; Eleanor, 35, b. MI; John, 5, b. MI

Died:
Cause of death: cerebral infarction, vascular hypertension. Informant Eleanor Maher.

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James married Eleanor C MCKENZIE on 31 Dec 1926 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. Eleanor (daughter of Collin J. MCKENZIE and Mildred FINK) was born on 15 Jan 1905 in MI; died on 1 Nov 1983 in Livingston, Wayne, MI; was buried on 2 Nov 1983 in Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Wayne, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]