FAMILY HISTORY: MADDEN

THE MARRIAGES OF JAMES EDWARD MADDEN:

 

GROOM:
Name: James Edward Madden
Father: William W Madden
Mother: Mary A Marbey
Birthdate: 13 August 1882
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, USA

 

FIRST MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Ida Regina Creegan
Father: Michael Creegan
Mother: Mary Ida Kinslow
Birthdate: 10 May 1889
Birthplace: Virginia, USA

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 4 October 1910
Place: St Mary's Catholic Church
Location: Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Minister: Rev. L.F. Kelly
Witnesses: Francis P.J. Cleary and Helen Elizabeth Creegan

 

THEIR FOUR CHILDREN:
Mary Regina Madden Born: 8 Jun 1911 Her Family
Madonna Madden Born: c. 1913 (infant)
Helen May Madden Born: 28 May 1915 (infant)
James Edward Madden Jr. Born: 20 Aug 1917 His Family

 

DEATHS:
Helen May Madden [  3 yrs] Died: 26 Apr 1919
Ida Regina Madden (Mrs) [30 yrs] Died: 5 Jan 1920
Madonna Madden [10 yrs] Died: 28 Jul 1923

 

NOTES:
1: Ida Regina (Creegan) Madden died after a two week illness. I have not yet found the exact cause of her death, or that of her daughter Helen May.
2: Madonna Madden was killed after being run down by a truck. The driver was indicted for manslaughter.

 


THE MARRIAGES OF WILLIAM MADDEN

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

GROOM:
Name: James Edward Madden Sr, widower
Father: William W Madden
Mother: Mary A Marbey
Birthdate: 13 August 1882
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, USA

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE:
Name: Evalyn Mae Mason-Gray, divorced
Father: Thomas Nelson Murphy
Mother: Harriet Brashears
Birthdate: c. July 1895
Birthplace: Maryland, USA

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: c. 1926
Place:
Location:
Minister:
Witnesses:

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
James Edward Madden Sr [77 yrs] Died: 9 Jan 1960
Evalyn Mae Madden (Mrs) [66 yrs] Died: 24 Dec 1962
James Edward Madden Jr [52 yrs] Died: 29 Sep 1969
Mary Regina Neely-Morrell (Mrs) [83 yrs] Died: 30 May 1995

 

NOTES:
1: I have not yet found the record of James Edward's second marriage.
2: Evalyn (Murphy) Mason-Gray had been married at least twice before she married James Edward Madden. I cannot find any record of her first marriage, to John Franklyn Mason, with whom she had two sons. He died in 1914. She then married Samuel Gray on 10 November 1915. By the time of his death in 1958 he had also remarried.
3: The above information is taken from a variety of on-line sources, including census and newspaper records at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 


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Updated: 26 Feb 2017