Massachusetts Family Group Sheet for the James Edward BOLGER Family

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Husband: James Edward BOLGER (1,2)
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   Birthdate: 21 Jun 1876 - Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (3,4,5,6)
  Death date: 3 Mar 1940 - , Los Angeles, California, USA (7)
      Buried: I didn't find burial places for any of Ray's relatives.
      Father: Raymond BOLGER (1840-1918) (8)
      Mother: Maria MAHONEY (1849-1880) (9,10)
    Marriage: 9 Jul 1902                   Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (11,12)
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Events
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      1. He appeared on the Census in Jun 1900 in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, ED
      134, pg 8B. Ward 4, 598 Second? Third? Street
      Raymond Bolger   Head   M       60   Jan 1840   Massachusetts
      James E Bolger   Son    M       23   Jun 1876   Massachusetts
      Catherine Bolger S-in-l F       65   Apr 1835   Rhode Island  2/0 children
      Raymond is a retired gentleman and James is learning the milk? business.

      2. He appeared on the Census on 16 Apr 1910 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, ED
      1638, pg 4A. Ward 24, 8 Willowwood Street
      James E Bolger   Head   M       33      Massachusetts m. 8 yrs.
      Annie C Bolger   Wife   F       34      Massachusetts 2/2 children
      Raymond W Bolger Son    M        6      Massachusetts
      Regina Bolger    Dau    F     1 7/12    Massachusetts
      Raymond Bolger   Father M       65      Massachusetts
      James is a house painter.

      3. He enlisted in the draft on 12 Sep 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

      4. He appeared on the Census on 2 Jan 1920 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, ED 512,
      pg 2B. Ward 21, 46 Withington Street
      William Donley  Head    M       44      Massachusetts
      Mary Donley     Wife    F       41      Massachusetts
      George Jonel    A-son   M       13      Massachusetts
      Edward T Jonel  Nephew  M       20      Massachusetts
      Bolger          Lodger  M       43      Massachusetts
      Raymond Bolger  Lodger  M       15      Massachusetts
      Sarah Crowley   Lodger  F       19      Massachusetts
      James Farrel    F-in-l  M       76      Massachusetts
      I will assume that the elder Bolger is his father, James, who is a house painter.

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   Wife: Johannah Cecilia WALLACE (13,14,15)
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         AKA: Annie WALLACE
   Birthdate: Jul 1874 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (16,17,18)
  Death date: 27 Jul 1919 - Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (19)
      Buried:
      Father: William WALLACE (1838-1891) (20)
      Mother: Johannah HASSETT (1848-1903) (15,21)
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Children
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1  M  Raymond Wallace BOLGER (22)
   Birthdate: 10 Jan 1904 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (23)
  Death date: 15 Jan 1987 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (24)
      Buried: 18 Jan 1987 - Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
     Address: Holy Cross Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California
      Spouse: Gwendolyn RICKARD (1909-1997) (25)
  Marr. Date: 1929 - , , New York, USA
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2  F  Regina BOLGER (26)
   Birthdate: 1908 - , , Massachusetts, USA (27)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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General Notes: Husband - James Edward BOLGER
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* Married 2nd to Lucy Elise Greenwood, nee Brow, on 10 Jan 1839 in Los Angeles County.
* It looks like Regina went to live with an aunt in Rhode Island after her mother died but I
didn't find any other records for her.


Last Modified: 31 Jul 2017

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Sources
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    1. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.  James E
         Bolger.
    2. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger,
         James Edward.
    3. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.  Fall River.
    4. 1920 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  age 33, Massachusetts.
    5. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger,
         James Edward.  21 Jun 1876.
    6. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James Edward.  18 Jun 1876,
         Fall River.
    7. California Death Index, Bolger, James E.
    8. 1910 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  Raymond Bolger.
    9. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James Edward.  Maria.
    10. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James E.  Maria Mahoney.
    11. 1910 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  married 8 years.
    12. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James E.  to Annie C
         Wallace, 9 Jul 1902, Boston, Suffolk County.
    13. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.  Annie C
         Wallace.
    14. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond
         Wallace.  Annie Cecilia Wallace.
    15. 1880 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Bristol, ED 8, pg 13 (380A).  Johannah Wallace.
    16. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.
         Bridgewater.
    17. 1920 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  age 34, Massachusetts.
    18. 1880 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Bristol, ED 8, pg 13 (380A).  age 6, Massachusetts.
    19. Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Annie.
    20. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James E.  William
         Wallace.
    21. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, James E.  Joanna Hassett.
    22. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.
    23. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (FamilySearch.org), Bolger, Raymond Wallace.  10 Jan
         1904, Boston, Massachusetts.
    24. California Death Index, Bolger, Raymond Wallace.
    25. 1940 Federal Census, New York, New York, ED 394, pg 1B.  Gwendolyn Bolger.
    26. 1910 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  Regina Bolger.
    27. 1910 Federal Census, Massachusetts, Suffolk, ED 1638, pg 4A.  age 1 7/12, Massachusetts.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE - I have no PROOF. If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY.

Child #1 is Ray Bolger - noted actor and dancer who starred as Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He
married once and had no children.
      1. He performed on the Vaudeville circuit as half of Sanford and Bolger in 1926, New York,
      New York, New York, USA. He was known for his "limber body and improvisational dance
      movement." [Wikipedia]
      2. He was a member of the Lambs in 1932 in New York, New York, New York, USA. This
      membership is by election.
      3. He acted in the movie, The Great Ziegfeld, 1936. He portrayed himself.
      4. He acted in the movie, The Wizard of Oz, 1939. He played Scarecrow.
      5. He appeared on the Census in 1940 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, ED 394, pg 1B.
      41-47 West 72nd Street
      Raymond Bolger   Head   M       26      Massachusetts age 25
      Gwendolyn Bolger Wife   F       20      Montana age 19
      Raymond is a Paramount actor.
      6. He performed at the Paramount Theatre in 1941, New York, New York, New York, USA.
      7. He acted in the movie, The Harvey Girls, 1946.
      8. He acted in the movie, Where's Charley?, 1948 (for which he won the Tony Award for Best
      Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical).

 

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