I'm still trying to figure out how to best share family tree charts online. Click on the link under that image below, and it should bring you to an enlarged (and much more easily readable!) PDF chart of a portion of the McGlew/Chase branches of Grampy McGlew's parental family tree. If this doesn't work, send me an email or Facebook message, and I can forward the file to you.
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| Click HERE for a larger image of this chart. |
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Grampy's father, Winfred Thomas McGlew, was born in Mar 26, 1890 to Jeremiah Thomas and Martha Luella (Chase) McGlew. Uncle Charlie loaned me copies of some of his extensive research with me when I was originally working on my college assignment in 1997, and shared that Winfred had attended the Governor Dummer School, and later became a carpenter and supervisor for the contracting firm of Ashman Bro. Construction Company in Newburyport, MA. He worked on the Water Street Fire Station in Haverhill, the wall at the entrance to the Riverview Cemetery in Groveland, and bridges on routes 1 and 1A.
Winfred's first wife was named Helen Rogers, and they had three children together: Edith, Marion, and Winfred. Helen passed away on Oct. 6, 1918 from influenza, during the Spanish Flu pandemic.
Winfred eventually remarried, to Grace Gertrude Fairbanks, and they had four children together: Alice, Donald, Charles, and Winnifred, who was not yet born when Winfred passed away suddenly in June of 1929.
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| Winfred and Grace Gertrude (Fairbanks) McGlew in Newburyport, MA Photo shared by Ruth McGlew |
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| Grace (holding Charles) and Winfred (with Donald) Photo shared by Judy Dirks |
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Jeremiah Thomas McGlew was born in Newburyport to Patrick and Winnefred (Brodick) McGlew on July 2, 1859. He was named after a younger brother, also named Jeremiah, who was born in November of 1848 and passed away in January of 1855. Jeremiah married Martha Luella Chase on Dec 2, 1889, and they went on to have nine children together. Jeremiah was a farmer, and owned quite a bit of property in Rowley, MA. He passed away in 1941.
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| Martha Luella (Chase) and Jeremiah McGlew photo shared by Ruth McGlew |
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Patrick McGlew was born on March 17, 1821, in Stamullin Parish, Co. Meath, Ireland, to Hugh and Catherine McGlew. He immigrated to America with his parents sometime between 1822 and 1824, arriving first in Salem MA before settling in Newburyport. He married Winfred Brodick in 1842. On the 1850 and 1855 censuses, Patrick is listed as being a blacksmith by trade.
The Civil War broke out in April of 1861, and Patrick enlisted with the Union Army on November 8 of the same year, along with his two teenaged sons, Hugh (b. 1845) and Samuel (b. 1846). Patrick served with the 4th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery. His job title was an artificer, a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man who was a skilled craftsman or specialist of some kind, who was responsible for working on artillery in the field. Patrick's division went with General Butler's expedition to New Orleans; however he became ill with dysentery, was discharged for disability on July 5, 1862, and passed away in New Orleans on July 23, 1862.
U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865
Patrick McGlew is listed about 2/3 of the way down the page
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Hugh McGlew was born in Co. Meath, Ireland, on August 15, 1801. He married Catherine (maiden name unknown) in Ireland, and later immigrated with his family to Massachusetts. Hugh passed away on May 8, 1846 in Newburyport, MA, and he was buried in Newburyport's Highland Cemetery.
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A Hugh McGlew played a role in establishing the first Catholic Church in Newburyport, MA. While it's unconfirmed as to if this is our direct ancestor Hugh (b. 1801) or Patrick's brother Hugh, but with the dates given I'm thinking that it is a pretty safe bet that this is referring to Hugh Sr. (as his son - and Patrick's brother - would have been in his early 20s at most).
| Excerpt from the book "Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts, Volume 2" edited by Benjamin F. Arrington |
