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Re: James Maher, aka Kid Maher of Cambridge, early 20th century
Posted by: Annie Carlile (ID *****3078) Date: April 23, 2012 at 08:45:13
In Reply to: James Maher, aka Kid Maher of Cambridge, early 20th century by James Boucher of 33042

Hi. Here is a marriage for your grandfather:

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," James Joseph Maher (1907)

Name:        James Joseph Maher, b. Newfoundland
Occupation: Piano Fitter
Residence: 33 Portsmouth St, Cambridge
Titles & Terms:        
Event:        Marriage
Event Date:        21 Nov 1907
Event Place:        Cambridge, , Massachusetts
Gender:        Male
Age:        26
Marital Status:        
Race:        
Birth Date:        1881
Birthplace:        , , Newfoundland
Marriage Registration Year:        
Marriage Registration Place:        Cambridge, , Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year:        1881
Father:        John Maher
Father's Titles & Terms:        
Mother:        Annie Connors
Mother's Titles & Terms:        
Spouse:        Caroline Evelyn Ellertson, age 20, b. Cambridge
Occupation: Book binder
Spouse's Titles & Terms:        
Spouse's Race:        
Spouse's Marital Status:        
Spouse's Father:        Emil Ellertson
Spouse's Father's Titles & Terms:        
Spouse's Mother:        Annie Beadie
Spouse's Mother's Titles & Terms:        
Record Number:        747
Film Number:        2315300
Digital Folder Number:        4329358
Image Number:        00048
Number of Images:        1
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4D5-L1C

Here are birth records for two children:

Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," Pearl Emma Maher (1910)

Name:        Pearl Emma Maher
Titles & Terms:        
Event:        Birth
Event Date:        09 Oct 1910
Event Place:        Cambridge, Massachusetts
Gender:        
Race:        
Registration Date:        
Registration Place:        
Christening Date:        
Christening Place:        
Christening Age:        
Death Date:        
Death Age:        
Father:        James Maher, b. Newfoundland - occupation; Piano Action Maker??
Residence: 28 Glenwood Ave, Cambridge
Father's Titles & Terms:        
Father's Birthplace:        
Father's Age:        
Mother:        Caroline E. Ellertson
Mother's Titles & Terms:        
Mother's Birthplace:        
Mother's Age:        
Paternal Grandfather:        
Paternal Grandmother:        
Maternal Grandfather:        
Maternal Grandmother:        
Additional Relatives:        
Volume/Page/Certificate Number:        item 2 p 376
Film Number:        2315295
Digital Folder Number:        4401712
Image Number:        702
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXJG-YQ6

"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," Wendell James Maher (1914)

Name:        Wendell James Maher
Titles & Terms:        
Event:        Birth
Event Date:        02 Oct 1914
Event Place:        Cambridge, , Massachusetts
Gender:        
Race:        
Registration Date:        
Registration Place:        
Christening Date:        
Christening Place:        
Christening Age:        
Death Date:        
Death Age:        
Father:        James J. Maher, occupation- Piano Key Maker, b. Cambridge [sic]
Residence: 164 Pleasant St, Cambridge
Father's Titles & Terms:        
Father's Birthplace:        
Father's Age:        
Mother:        Caroline E. Ellertson
Mother's Titles & Terms:        
Mother's Birthplace:        
Mother's Age:        
Paternal Grandfather:        
Paternal Grandmother:        
Maternal Grandfather:        
Maternal Grandmother:        
Additional Relatives:        
Volume/Page/Certificate Number:        p 403
Film Number:        2409732
Digital Folder Number:        4401719
Image Number:        42
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXVL-3Y9

Here is the family in 1910:

1910 United States Federal Census about James J Maher
Name:        James J Maher
Age in 1910:        28
Birth Year:        1882
Birthplace:        England
Home in 1910:        Cambridge Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race:        White
Gender:        Male
Immigration Year:        1899
Relation to Head of House:        Head
Marital Status:        Married
Spouse's Name:        Caroline E Maher
Father's Birthplace:        England
Mother's Birthplace:        England
Household Members:        
Name        Age
James J Maher         28 b. 1882 Eng[sic], par b. Eng; imm 1899; Key Board Fitter, Piano Factory
Caroline E Maher 22 -wife- b. 1888 Mass, par b. Mass; married 3 years; 2 children
Blanche E Maher 1 8/12 -dau- b. 1909 Mass
Hazel C Maher         5/12 -dau- b. 1910 Mass

And in 1920:

1920 United States Federal Census about James J Marr
Name:        James J Marr
[James J Maher]
Age:        37
Birth Year:        abt 1883
Birthplace:        Canada
Home in 1920:        Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race:        White
Gender:        Male
Immigration Year:        1899
[1898]
Relation to Head of House:        Head
Marital Status:        Married
Spouse's Name:        Caroline E Marr
Father's Birthplace:        Canada
Mother's Birthplace:        Ireland
Home owned:        Rent
Able to read:        Yes
Able to Write:        Yes
Household Members: Living on 42 Grove       
Name        Age
James J Marr        37 b. 1883 Can-Eng, fath b. Can-Eng, moth b. Ireland; imm 1899; Foreman, Piano Factory
Caroline E Marr 32 -wife- b. 1888 Mass, par b. Mass
Blanche E Marr        11 -dau- b. 1909 Mass
Hazel C Marr        10 -dau- b. 1910 Mass
Pearl E Marr        9 -dau- b. 1911 Mass
Wendell J Marr        6 -son- b. 1914 Mass

And in 1930:

1930 United States Federal Census about James J Maher
Name:        James J Maher
[James J Maker]
Gender:        Male
Birth Year:        abt 1882
Birthplace:        Newfoundland
Race:        White
Home in 1930:        Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Marital Status:        Married
Immigration Year:        1899
Relation to Head of House:        Head
Spouse's Name:        Caroline Maher
Father's Birthplace:        Newfoundland
Mother's Birthplace:        Newfoundland
Household Members:        
Name        Age
James J Maher        48 b. 1882 Newfoundland, par b. Newfoundland; imm 1899; Organ Maker, Organ Factory
Caroline Maher        42 -wife- b. 1888 Mass, par b. Mass
Blanch Maher        21 -dau- b. 1909 Mass; operator, telephone co.
Hazel Maher        24 -dau- b. 1906 Mass; operator, telephone co.
Wendel Maher        16 -son- b. 1914 Mass
       
Here is a naturalization record for James:

U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 about James Joseph Maher
Name:        James Joseph Maher
Birth Date:        15 Sep 1881
Birth Location: St John, Newfoundland
Spouse:        Caroline E
State:        Massachusetts
Locality, Court: District of Masssachusetts, U.S. Circuit and District Courts

I'm sorry I couldn't find anything about his boxing career. Annie






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