Joseph Cuthbert DWYER (O'DWYER) b. 18 Mar 1921 Ballymacady, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland d. 1 Jul 1989 Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1921 - 1989 (68 years)

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Name	Joseph Cuthbert DWYER (O'DWYER) [1]
Birth	18 Mar 1921	Ballymacady, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Christening	20 Mar 1921	Golden, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland [4]
Gender	Male
_UID	445D656B9153504CBACA33922A7D1BEFEB77
Immigration	14 Sep 1930	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [6, 7]
Transcription: SS Laconia departing from Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland Sep 7, 1930: Line 3) Mary O'Dwyer, age 42 yrs, f, married, Occupation: H.wife, Able to read and write English, Nationality: Irish F.S.[Free State], Race: Irish, Place of birth: Fathard, Tipperary, Irish FS, Immigration Visa #11187 issued at Cobh, 1 Aug 1930, Last permanent address: Kilmacow, Waterford, Irish FS; Nearest relative or friend in country of origin: no one, Kilmacow, Waterford; Final destination: Boston, Mass., Husband purchased ticket; Joining relative: Husband Thomas O'Dwyer, [11 Cherry St., Boston, crossed out]300 Belgrade Ave, Roslindale, Mass.; Intends to be permanent resident and citizen of the U.S.; In good health; 5'3" fair, dark hair; grey eyes. [Children's information where different from Mother; All born in Ballymacady, Tipperary, Irish FS] Line 4) Helena O'Dwyer, age 6, f, single, child, Cannot read or write, Visa #11188, child, fair, fair hair, blue grey eyes. Line 5) Catherine O'Dwyer, age 7, f, single, Cannot read or write, scholar, Visa #11193, 3'8", fair, dark brown hair, grey eyes Line 6) Joseph O"Dwyer, age 9, m, single, Visa #11191, 3'10", fair, fair hair, grey eyes. Line 7) Patrick O'Dwyer, age 10, m, single, Visa #11189, 3'6", frsh, brown hair, blue brown eyes. Line 8) Mary O'Dwyer, age 12, f, single, Visa #11192, 4'0", frsh, lt brown hair, grey brown eyes. Line 9) John O'Dwyer, age 13, m, single, Visa #11190, 4'1", freckled, brown hair, grey brown eyes. Line 10) Annie O'Dwyer, age 14, f, single, Visa #11194, 4'7", frsh, light brown hair, blue eyes. Microfilm Roll Number: 363
Naturalization	23 Sep 1935	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Education	1938	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [8]
Graduated from Mission Church High School
Census	1940	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [9]
15 Delle Avenue, Roxbury [a four-family house] rented $24/mo 1) Dwyer, Thomas, head, m, w, age 63, married, 6th grade edu, b. Eire, Naturalized citizen, lived same house 1935, Laborer/ Brewery, $800/yr 2) Dwyer, Mary, wife, f, w, age 52, married, 6th grade edu, b. Eire, Naturalized citizen, lived same house 1935 3) Dwyer, Thomas, son, m, w, age 27, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Butcher/Retail Grocery 4) Dwyer, Ellen P., daughter, f, w, age 25, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Waitress/restaurant, $500 5) Dwyer, Anne, daughter, f, w, age 23, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Typist/Retail store, $640 6) Dwyer, John, son, m, w, age 22, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Unemployed 7) Dwyer, Mary J., daughter, f, w, age 21, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Sales Clerk/Retail Store, $640 8) Dwyer, Joseph, son, m, w, age 19, single, 4 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Unemployed 9) Dwyer, Catherine, daughter, f, w, age 17, single, 3 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Attended school 10) Dwyer, Helena, daughter, f, w, age 16, single, 1 HS edu, b. Massachusetts, lived same house 1935, Attended school
Residence	From 1941 to 1956	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
15 Delle Avenue, Roxbury Boston Directory listing: 1941 Dwyer Jos C clk First National Stores Inc r 15 Delle av Rox p. 698 1943 Dwyer Jos C mach opr r 15 Delle av Rox p. 648 ;1944, 514 ;1946, 558 ;1951, 558 1955 Dwyer, Jos C slsmn r 15 Delle av Rox p. 723; 1956,713
Military	From 5 Oct 1942 to 4 Oct 1945	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [17, 18]
Enlisted in the Army Air Corps Name: Joseph C Dwyer Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: New Jersey, Limited Service or Irish Free State State of Residence: Massachusetts County or City: Suffolk Enlistment Date: 5 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Massachusetts Enlistment City: Boston Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Machinists Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 69 Weight: 145
Military	From 1943 to 1945	, , , England [19]
Eighth Army Air Force; Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters
Residence	From 1957 to 1975	Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [20]
Stoughton High School senior yearbook portraits of sons William (1973) and Daniel (1975)
Residence	From 1975 to 1989	Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [21, 22]
160 Copeland Street
Residence	1989	Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [3]
Last
Occupation	1989	Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [1]
Mechanic/ Medical Supply Co.
Death	1 Jul 1989	Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [2, 3, 4, 18]
Burial	3 Jul 1989	East Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States [23]
	Joseph and Mary Dwyer: Memorial, Saint James Cemetery, Taunton, Mass. Plot: Gauthier, Lot 66
	Joseph and Mary Dwyer: Memorial, Saint James Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
Person ID	I5405	Our Family Tree \| Ancestors and Descendants of Nancy Dwyer Nowell
Last Modified	4 Mar 2023

Father	Thomas S. DWYER (O'DWYER), b. Abt 1877, , County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland d. 29 May 1941, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 64 years)
Mother	Mary C. RYAN, b. Abt 1889, Fethard, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland d. Aft 1959, , , Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 71 years)
Marriage	Abt 1912	, , , Ireland
Family ID	F1185	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Josephine SCANLON, b. 10 Aug 1931, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Mar 2002, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 70 years)

Marriage 4 Jul 1953 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [4, 24, 25]

Joseph Cuthbert Dwyer, 1953 Mass. Marriage Index

Children

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Family ID F1186 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Mar 2020

Event Map

	Birth - 18 Mar 1921 - Ballymacady, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
	Christening - 20 Mar 1921 - Golden, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
	Immigration - 14 Sep 1930 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Naturalization - 23 Sep 1935 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Education - 1938 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Census - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Residence - From 1941 to 1956 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Military - From 5 Oct 1942 to 4 Oct 1945 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Military - From 1943 to 1945 - , , , England
	Marriage - 4 Jul 1953 - Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
	Residence - From 1957 to 1975 - Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
	Residence - From 1975 to 1989 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
	Residence - 1989 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
	Occupation - 1989 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
	Death - 1 Jul 1989 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
	Burial - 3 Jul 1989 - East Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I5405&tree=tree1: accessed 4 April 2025), "Joseph Cuthbert DWYER (O'DWYER)."

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[S2000] Dwyer-Scanlon Family Collection. 1953-2002. Privately held by Nowell-Dwyer Family Boulder, Colorado. 2008—., Family Group Report of Joseph C. and Mary J. (Scanlon) Dwyer compiled 2008 by Thomas and Margaret (Johnson) Dwyer
[S1961] "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003," database, FamilySearch , ((https://www.familysearch.org : 18 July 2022. From "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003." Database. Ancestry. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005. Citing Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston.)), accessed 17 Mar 2009), Joseph C Dwyer, 1 Jul 1989, Brockton; b. 18 Mar 1921; citing Brockton Death Certificate: 034571.
[S1409] Social Security Administration, "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014," database, (Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 2014)), entry for Joseph C Dwyer, 1989, SS no. 014167952; issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951), accessed 2008
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[S1974] Social Security Administration, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, (Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 2016)), entry for Joseph Cuthberth Dwyer, 1989, SS no. 014167952, accessed 15 May 2018
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[S2425] Wikimedia Commons., (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page : 2020), accessed 13 Feb 2020), RMS Laconia.jpg; Cunard Line postcard of the RMS circa 1921
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[S1895] Massachusetts, Suffolk County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 1668, Boston [Roxbury], enumeration district (ED) 15-378, sheet A, p. 9, household 158, Thomas Dwyer, accessed 19 Jun 2014
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[S416] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995" , (digital images, Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com : 2011), accessed 15 May 2018), 1951 Dwyer Jos C mach opr r 15 Delle av Rox; 1951 Boston Directory, p. 558 (image 772).
[S416] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995" , (digital images, Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com : 2011), accessed 15 May 2018), 1943 Dwyer Jos C mach opr r 15 Delle av Rox; 1943 Boston Directory, p. 648 (image 598).
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[S1698] "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), accessed 15 May 2018), Joseph Dwyer.
[S2000] Dwyer-Scanlon Family Collection. 1953-2002. Privately held by Nowell-Dwyer Family Boulder, Colorado. 2008—., Joseph Cuthbert Dwyer Family Group Record
[S567] Personal knowledge of., Nancy Nowell.
[S506] "U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1," database, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 2010)), accessed 15 May 2018), 1985 Name:Joseph C Dwyer Address:160 Copeland St, Brockton, MA, 02301-6959.
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[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 Apr 2018); Joseph Cuthbert Dwyer (1921-1989) Memorial #113573057; citing Saint James Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
[S2010] "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://ancestry.com : 2013.), (https://ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2018); Dwyer, Joseph Cuthbert, 1953; Index 1951-1955 Ditata-Fydenkeyes,Vol. 158; citing Lakeville [Marriages] 50:395 and Middleborough [Marriages] 64:337.
[S2010] "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://ancestry.com : 2013.), (https://ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2018); Scanlon, Mary Josephine, 1953; index 1951-1955, Powers-Serre, Vol. 164; citing Lakeville [Marriages] 50:395 and Middleborough [Marriages] 64:337.