Edward Lee Cahalan1,2

#15447, (January 1875 - 30 September 1945)
Father*Patrick Cahalan1 (1830 - )
Mother*Catherine Coughter1 (1835 - )

Family

Mary J Tyne b. 1880, d. 1927
Children 1.Edward Tyne Cahalan+11 (1913 - 1963)
 2.Rita Agnes Cahalan12 (1915 - 2006)
He was a meat cutter at Pollard's Market.3 
Birth*January 1875He was born in January 1875 at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.4 
4 June 1880He appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 in the household of Patrick Cahalan and Catherine Coughter at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.5 
8 June 1900He appeared on the census of 8 June 1900 in the household of Patrick Cahalan and Catherine Coughter at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG, age 25, b. MA Jan 1875, farm laborer.6 
Marriage*30 August 1911He married Mary J Tyne, daughter of John Tyne and Bridget Young, on 30 August 1911 at Becket, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.1 
12 September 1918He registered for the military draft on 12 September 1918 at Lee, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.2 
9 January 1920He and Mary J Tyne appeared on the census of 9 January 1920 at Housatonic Street, Lee, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.3 
16 April 1930He appeared on the census of 16 April 1930 at Prospect Street, Lee, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.7 
11 April 1940He appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 280 Prospect Street, Lee, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG.8 
Death*30 September 1945He died on 30 September 1945 at Prospect Street, Lee, Berkshire Co., MassachusettsG, at age 70.9,10 
Obituary1 October 1945Obituary for Edward Lee Cahalan was published on 1 October 1945 at The Berkshire Eagle.10 

Citations

  1. [S1427] Massachusetts Marriages 1841-1915 (images of registers), online FamilySearch.org, Marriages 1911: v. 602, Barnstable to Lynnfield. Town of Becket, 1911, p. 49, no. 6. Edward L Cahalan, age 37, res. Lee, clerk, b. Tyringham, son of Patrick Cahalan and Catherine Coughter; Mary J Tyne, age 31, res. Becket MA, b. Becket, dau. of John Tyne and Bridget Young; marr. 30 Aug 1911, Becket MA, by James O'Malley, Catholic priest.
  2. [S1278] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, image viewed online FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com. ser. no. 2537, order no. 1136, Local Board 3, Lee MA. Edward Lee Cahalan, age 44, b. 8 Jan 1874, res. Housatonic, Lee, Berk. Co. MA; clerk, S J Curran, Main Street, Lee; contact Mrs. Minnie Cahalan, same res.
  3. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Edward L (46), b. MA, parents b. Ireland, meat cutter; Minnie (39), b. MA, parents b. Ireland.
  4. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
  5. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (50), b. and parents b. Ireland, farmer; Catherine (45), b. and parents b. Ireland, housekeeping.
  6. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Patrick (70), b. Ireland Mar 1830, parents b. Ireland, farmer, imm. 1852, naturalized; Catherine (65), b. Ireland May 1835, parents b. Ireland, imm. 1852, 7 children, 6 living; marr. 39 yrs.
  7. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Edward (55), wid., b. MA, parents b. Irish Free State, meat market salesman.
  8. [S346] 1940 U.S. Federal Census. Edward (65), wid., b. MA, grocery store clerk, same house in 1935.
  9. [S1428] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Lee 1844-1892, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Deaths 1940-1947, p. 112, 1945 no. 36. Edward L Cahalan, age 69, found dead 30 Sep 1945, coronary thrombosis; b. Tyringham, meat cutter, husb. of Mary Tyne, son of Patrick Cahalan and Kartherine Coughter; bur. St. Mary's, Lee; rec. 27 Nov 1945.
  10. [S2631] The Berkshire County Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Berkshire Evening Eagle, Mon., 1 Oct 1945, p. 8. Edward J Cahalan, meat cutter at Pollard's Market, b. Tyringham MA, son of Patrick Cahalan and Catherine Coughter; wid. of Mary Tyne, father of Rita (res. with her father) and Edward (res. Chicago), brother of Patrick, John) both res. Lee), and Mrs. Isabelle Carey; d. "this morning" at res. on Prospect St., Lee; funeral St. Mary's 2 Oct 1945, bur. in family plot, St. Mary's Cemetery.
  11. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census.
  12. [S772] Massachusetts Births 1841-1915, online FamilySearch.org (index and images), Town of Lee, 1915, sh 71, no. 118 [entry at end of year]. Rita Agnes Cahalan, b. Lee 15 Sep 1915, dau. of Edward L Cahalan (b. Tyringham, clerk) and Minnie Tyne (b. Becket), both res. Lee.