My great-uncle, Halstead J. Day and two others were caught in a battle with Mrs. Whitford over painting of her neighbor's house.
A garden hose was her weapon!
Day Family from Paterson, New Jersey and Related Families
Day Family from Paterson, New Jersey
and Related Families
PART 1
Chapter 1 Day Family
First Generation
Family of Ira Reese DAY and Ruth Catherine DUNN
Ira Reese DAY(1921-1970)
Ira R DAY, about 22. Ira wrote on the photo, To Ruth, With Love.
Born: January 13, 1921 in St Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, NJ. Marriage: April 15, 1944 St. Mary's Church, Paterson, NJ. Died: June 27, 1970, age 49.
Ira’s Parents.
Father: Ira Martin DAY (1889-1955)
Mother: Mary Agnes Connell DAY (1894-1987)
[DAYs- DUNNs - Connells]
Wife: Ruth Catherine DUNN (1916-1971)
Ira R Day, left to right - FRANCES (Babe) Dunn, Ruth’s sister and her future husband -Marty Baron at Pennington Park Paterson NJ -c. 1942. Ruth took the photo.
Ruth Catherine Dunn and Ira Reese Day wed April 15 1944
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left to right- Bill Maher's father and mother, Elizabeth-Bill sister and her husband, standing left side-Janice Day and Doris Ann Day -standing in back, DJ and Ike Day, LR and Bill, her parents-Ruth and Ira R Day
left to right- Bill Maher's father and mother, Elizabeth-Bill sister and her husband, standing left side-Janice Day and Doris Ann Day -standing in back, DJ and Ike Day, LR and Bill, her parents-Ruth and Ira R Day
Sources:
Date 1940 Web Page, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K419-DJD(Citation) "United States, Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K419-DJZ : Fri, Jan 10 03:49:06 UTC 2025), Entry for Ira Day and May Day, 1940. Indexed Information Jr Ira Day, Age • 19 Birth Date • 1921. Birthplace: New Jersey. Residence Date • 1935. •Relationship to Head of Household • Son. Event Place (Original) • Paterson City, Paterson City, Paterson, Ward 8, Paterson, 26-99, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Jr Ira Day's Parent: Father: Ira Day, Father , M, 50, New Jersey.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9Y-VVVZ] Census • United States, Census, 1950. Name: Ira Day. Birth Year (Estimated)1930. Marital Status: Married. Race: White. Relationship to Head of Household: Head. Event Date: 10 April 1950. Event Place: Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Event Place (Original) Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. Enumeration District: 32-155. Line Number, 27. Page Number, 16. Ira Day's Spouses and Children: Doris Day, 1 years. Ruth Day, Wife, 33 years. L Day, 3 years.
Ira Reese Day (1921-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial
Ira Reese Day. BIRTH: 13 Jan 1921 Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA. DEATH: 27 Jun 1970 (aged 49) Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA. BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA . Map GPS-Latitude: 40.8997362, Longitude: -74.1363905 MEMORIAL ID 242055799 · Family Members: Parents: Ira M. Day 1889 – 1955. Mary "May" Connell Day 1895 – 1987. Spouse: Ruth Catherine Dunn 1916 – 1971.Find a Grave , database and images:( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242055799/ira_reese-day : accessed May 20, 2024 ), memorial page for Ira Reese Day (13 Jan 1921–27 Jun 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 242055799 , citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by J. Day (contributor 51253809 ).
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A heartfelt words of sympathy from George Washington to Mrs. Stephen Day
From A Brief history of Chatham Morris County, New Jersey by Charles A. Philhower - pg. 21.
After the battle of Springfield, General Washington on his return to Morristown sent word ahead to Mrs. Stephen Day (2nd wife of Captain Stephen DAY) that he would stop off to see her on his way through Chatham. Accordingly, Mrs. Day dressed herself in a fine black silk gown with a large white scarf about her neck and awaited the coming of her distinguished visitor. A small mahogany table
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| (Not the Caldwell attack.) Battle of Long Island, an 1858 painting by Alonzo Chappel |
was placed on the lawn in front of the house, and a pleasing repast was prepared for the General. The call was made and heartfelt words of sympathy were extended to Mrs. Day in behalf of the horrible murder of her sister Hannah (Ogden) Caldwell at Connecticut Farms. Much appreciation was shown by the General for her hospitality and often afterword's it is said the Washington called at the Day Mansion. Captain Stephen Day, the husband of Mrs. Jeremiah Ogden Day was on of the staunchest patriots. He was justice of the peace under both the British and Continental rule, served in the army, and was on of the first to aid the Continentals when requisitions for supplies were made. It is said the he gave a whole beef when the first call was issued.
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| Historic Stephen Day House c. 1936 |
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Captain Stephen Day was my 5th Great-uncle. -Jan
Born about in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Son of Joseph Day and Hannah Sargeant Day. Stephen Day commanded a company under Colonel Ford, Eastern Battalion, Morris County, New Jersey Militia, at the Battle of Springfield, Union Co., New Jersey, June 23, 1780. This was one of the last major engagement of the Revolutionary War in the North and it effectively put an end to the British "ambitions" in New Jersey. General Washington praised the New Jersey Militia in this battle, writing later, "They flew to arms universally and acted with a spirit equal to anything I have seen in the course of the war."
Hannah (Ogden) Caldwell. Hannah, wife of Rev. James CALDWELL & daughter of John OGDEN of Newark, was killed at Connecticut Farms by a shot from a British soldier, 25 Jun 1780.
Recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as a female patriot.
htps://www.americanrevolution.org/hannah-caldwell-biography/
Grave Inscription
"was killed at Connecticut Farms by a shot from a British Soldier. Cruelly sacrificed by the enemies of her husband and her country"
Historic Stephen Day House image:This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Pvt John Craig, who died in World War 1.
Pvt John Craig, who died in World War 1.
John Craig was my 1st cousin twice removed sharing with him grandparents John Craig b. 1834 and Mary McQuillan b.1835. John was born on 26 Apr 1892 in Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.
He was a Private in WW1 and died in battle of Flanders Belgium on 31 Mar 1917, age 25 and buried in Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension Aix-Noulette , Departement du Pas-de-Calais , Nord-Pas-de-Calais , France. He was in D Company, 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment. And the son of Patrick and Agnes Craig, of 22 Lady St., Cullingtree Rd., Belfast.
His father and mother received pension after his death. They are listed on the pension.
Family relationships
Family relationships
First-degree family links are those between parents and children.
Second-degree links include brothers and sisters, and grandchildren and grandparents.
At the third degree, there are great-grandparents, uncles and aunts, and nieces and nephews.
At the fourth degree, we find a person’s first cousins.
MORE in the diagram.
In short, the degree of kinship represents the number of intermediaries between two people, going back to the common ancestor, then returning to them.
A Prescription from Winston Churchill’s Doctor, 1932.
A Prescription from Winston Churchill’s Doctor, 1932.
How Poor was Poor.
How Poor was Poor.
There were times in history when urine was used to tan animal skins. AND, when a whole family would pee in one pot and the contents sold to a local Tannery.
These were poor families. Once a day they would take the pot and sell the urine to live on the money.
These people were said to be, “piss poor.” And worse than that, there were families that could not afford a pot, there for “didn’t have a pot to piss in”.
History from McGee Equine & Livestock Farrier Service, Rescue, and Rehabilitation
History from McGee Equine & Livestock Farrier Service, Rescue, and Rehabilitation
Found at: Mc Gee Equine & Livestock Farrier Service, Rescue, and Rehabilitation – The Horse Manure Problem of 1894
The 15 to 30 pounds of manure produced daily by each beast multiplied by the 150,000+ horses in New York city resulted in more than three million pounds of horse manure per day that somehow needed to be disposed of. That’s not to mention the daily 40,000 gallons of horse urine. Read the rest and check out their posts. https://www.facebook.com/McGeeEquineLivestockFarrierServiceandrescuecenter
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