Patrick J. Hennessy Jr

#656, (2 August 1866 - 22 July 1918)
RelationshipUncle of Estelle Rose Roche
Father*Patrick J. Hennessy1 (c 1820 - 1889)
Mother*Catherine O'Brien1 (1830 - 1918)

Family

Julia Purtell b. 1879, d. 1968
Children 1.Catherine Hennessy16 (1906 - 1917)
 2.John Michael Hennessy+ (1911 - 1980)
 3.Patrick J Hennessy III (bt 1913 - 1914 - 1968)
He was a grocery merchant.2 
Birth*2 August 1866He was born on 2 August 1866 at St. Louis, Missouri.3,1 
between 1866 and 1882He lived with Patrick J. Hennessy and Catherine O'Brien between 1866 and 1882 at 2001 Biddle Street, St. Louis, Missouri.4,5 
5 July 1870He appeared on the census of 5 July 1870 in the household of Patrick J. Hennessy and Catherine O'Brien at 9th Ward, St. Louis, Missouri, age 3.6
5 June 1880He appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of Patrick J. Hennessy and Catherine O'Brien at 2003 Biddle Street, St. Louis, Missouri, age 13, clerk in lawyer's office; (nei. Ambrose J Roche (as Roach), fam. 172, 2025 Biddle.)7
8 November 1880He appeared on the census of 8 November 1880 in the household of Catherine O'Brien and Patrick J. Hennessy at 2005 Biddle Street, St. Louis, Missouri, age 13; (neis. John Roche (28), fam. 19, 2001 Biddle; Ambrose J Roche (26), fam. 16 2005 Biddle.)8 
25 February 1889In Patrick J. Hennessy's will dated 25 February 1889, Patrick J. Hennessy Jr was named as an heir.9 
6 June 1900He appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 in the household of Catherine O'Brien at 1903 Biddle Street, St. Louis, Missouri, age 34, b. MO Aug 1866, grocery salesman; (dau. Mary Roche at 1905 Biddle.)10 
Marriage*circa 1908He married Julia Purtell, daughter of Patrick Purtell and Margaret Naegle, circa 1908.11,12 
Lived in Wellston City. Wellston was incorporated as a city in 1909. During the early 1900s, the Wagner Electric Company, a manufacturer of small motors for appliances and transformers, began development along Plymouth Avenue in Wellston. Patrick was a trucker for Wagner Electric at the time of his death. 
31 May 1910He and Julia Purtell appeared on the census of 31 May 1910 at 6178 Bertha Avenue, Wellston City, St. Louis Co., MissouriG.2 
Death*22 July 1918He died on 22 July 1918 at 2507 Howard Street, St. Louis, Missouri, at age 51.1
Obituary22 July 1918Obituary for Patrick J. Hennessy Jr was published on 22 July 1918 in the.13 
Burial*24 July 1918He was buried on 24 July 1918 at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.14,1 
Death13 October 1955He reported the death of Margaret Purtell on 13 October 1955 at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.15 

Citations

  1. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), Mo. State Board of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics, Cert. of Death; Reg. Dist. 791, Primary Reg. Dist. 1003, File 24993, Reg. 7061; Patrick J. Hennessy, d. 22 Jul 1918, age 51y 11m 19d, Lobar Pneumonia; b. St. Louis 2 Aug 1866, father Patrick Hennesy, mother Catherine O'Brien, both b. Ireland; occ. trucker, Wagner Electric Co.; inf. Mrs. Julia Hennessy, 2507 Howard St., undertaker Arthur J. Donnelly, 2039 Wash. St., bur. Calvary 24 Jul 1918, online http://s1.sos.mo.gov/mdh
  2. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (43), grocery merchant; Julia M. (29); marr. 2 yrs., both b. MO, parents b. Ireland.
  3. [S92] Missouri Certificate of Death, Mo. State Board of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics, Cert. of Death; Reg. Dist. 791, Primary Reg. Dist. 1003, File 24993, Reg. 7061; Patrick J. Hennessy, d. 22 Jul 1918, age 51y 11m 19d, Lobar Pneumonia; b. St. Louis 2 Aug 1866, father Patrick Hennesy, mother Catherine O'Brien, both b. Ireland; occ. trucker, Wagner Electric Co.; inf. Mrs. Julia Hennessy, 2507 Howard St., undertaker Arthur J. Donnelly, 2039 Wash. St., bur. Calvary 24 Jul 1918.
  4. [S318] Edwards' Annual Director in the City of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO.: Richard Edwards, published annually.
  5. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (38), grocer, b. Ireland; Catherine (38), b. Ireland; Mary (3); Margt (9/12). From the City Directory for 1860, this would be 274 N. 13th St. (at Olive).
  6. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (50) as "Henisey", grocery merchant, b. Ireland; Catherine (40), b. Ireland; Mary (13); John (8); Patrick (3); William (1). Also William O'Brien (25), Thomas Conder (25), Michael Norman (22), Lawrence Lamey (30), Dennis O'Brien (30), John Rock (22) all laborers, b. Ireland.
  7. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick J. (60), retail grocer; Catherine (50), (cannot read or write); both b. Ireland.
  8. [S91] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, 2nd Enumeration. Patrick J. (60), grocer; Catherine (50), (cannot read or write); both b. Ireland.
  9. [S1385] Missouri Record of Wills, 1816-1928; (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984), 35 microfilm reels, FHL Film 1405575, Book T, p. 378; St. Louis County Library record CIWI-8.
    I Patrick Hennessy, being ill in body though sound and disposing mind do, on this 25th day of February 1889 in the City of St. Louis and State of Missouri, make this my last will and testament.
    I give, bequeath and devise all my real estate in said City and State, and known more particularly as 67 feet front on Biddle Street, with all the improvements thereon situated, to my children Mary Roach, John Hennessy, Patrick Hennessy, William Hennessy and Catherine Hennessy, subject though to the following modifications and reservation:
    That whereas I have heretofore advanced the sum of ($1500.00) Fifteen hundred dollars, and which sum now bears eight years interest, to Mary Roach my eldest daughter and the wife of Ambrose Roach and whereas I desire that she continue to live in her present habitation known as No. 1905 Biddle Street, it is my will that in lieu of the share of my estate that would fall to her as above, she have said (1500.00) Fifteen hundred dollars and the interest thereon and that she have rent free the habitation that she now resides in so long as she may continue to occupy the same.
    And I further will that the business now carried on in the house known as No. 1901 Biddle Street be carried on by my two sons John and William, though under the superintendence and control of their mother Catherine Hennessy, with the further modification and reservation that should either of them desire to quit said business and hold himself apart from its care and management, then if he elects, he may receive the sum of $2000.00 Two thousand dollars, the same to be in lieu of and in full of his share of my said estate, and it is my further will that my Executors pay over to my son Patrick Hennessy the sum of One thousand dollars and that to be the full share and in lieu of said sons share in my said estate, and it is my further desire that all the personal property of my estate at the time of my demise go to my beloved wife Catherine, that is not otherwise mentioned in this my last will and Testament, and I further desire that my beloved wife Catherine Hennessy and my oldest son John Hennessy be made, without bond, Executors of this my last will and Testament.
                                                 Patrick Hennessy

    In witness whereof I Patrick McDonough of St. Louis City and State of Missouri and F. O. C. Macmanus of St. Louis City and State of Missouri have herewith signed our names as witnesses to the signing of the within will by Patrick Hennessy and in the presence of each other, and after having heard the same read to the said Hennessy and in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other we have hereunto signed our names as witnesses thereto to the last will and testament of said Patrick Hennessy of the City of St. Louis and state aforesaid this 25th day of February 1889.
                             Patrick J. McDonough 1903 Biddle Street
                             Frank O. C. Macmanus 3737 Cote Brialliant Ave.

    Proved March 18, 1889.
  10. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Catherine (70); b. Ireland May 1830, imm. 1847, widow, 9 children, 4 living; John J (39), b. Sep 1861; Patrick J, b. Aug 1866.
  11. [S92] Missouri Certificate of Death, cert for husband Patrick 1918.
  12. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. marr. 2 yrs.
  13. [S62] St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri.
  14. [S65] Archdiocese St. Louis Cemetery Records, online https://cemeteries.archstl.org/Burial-Search, Burial 24 Jul 1918, age 51. Section 13, Lot 168, includes Catherine Hennessy (1918, age 88), John Joseph Hennessy (1916, age 55), John M Hennessey (1980, age 68), Julia M Hennessy (1968, age 88), Catherine Hennessy (1917, age 6), Patrick J Hennessy (1918, age 55), Patricj J Hennessy (1968, age 55), William J Hennessy (1899, age 33), Catherine Purtell (1965, age 87) and Anne C Hennessy (1990, age 77).
  15. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), State File No. 35084, Reg. No. 8944. Margaret Elizabeth Purtell, b. St. Louis MO 7 Mar 1884, dau. of Patrick Purtell and Margaret Nagle; single, at home, res. 5831 Highland Ave., St. Louis MO; d. Barnes Hospital, St. Louis MO, 13 Oct 1955, age 71, uremia and carcinoma of urinary bladder; inf. Patrick Hennessy, same res.; bur. Calvary Cemetery, 15 Oct 1955.
  16. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), Reg. Dist. 791, Primary Reg. Dist. 1003, File 3890, Reg. 938. Catherine Hennessy, age 6 yr, 3 mo, 19 da; school girl; d. 21 Jan 1917, diphtheria, 1430 N 23rd; b. MO 2 Oct 1916 [sic, for 1906], dau. of Patrick J Hennessy and Julia Purtell, both b. St. Louis; bur. Calvary Cemetery, 22 Jun 1917.