Thomas C. Cleary

b. May 1867, d. between 1920 and 1930
  • Thomas C. Cleary was born in May 1867 in New York.
  • He married Ellen Moorhead, daughter of Isaac Moorhead and Bridget Sweeney, circa 1896.
  • Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 240 Plymouth Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Moorhead.
  • Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, New York, at 240 Plymouth Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Moorhead. Ellen is enumerated as Hellen, and her sister Mary is identified as their daughter Mary Morehead, age 18.
  • He was employed by the railroad as a bookkeeper, according to the 1900 census.
  • He was a railroad clerk, according to the 1905 census.
  • Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 229 Whitney Street.
  • He was employed as a dry-dock watchman, according to the 1910 census.
  • John Simpson Wilson and Margaret E. Moorhead appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 751 Seventh Street. Other members of the household included Thomas C. Cleary, Ellen Moorhead.
  • He was employed as a porter in a drygoods store, according to the 1915 census.
  • Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 130 Vermont Street.
  • He was employed as a clerk by a tailor company, according to the 1920 census.
  • Thomas C. Cleary died between 1920 and 1930.
  • Ellen Moorhead became a widow at his death.
  • The following appeared on 18 October 1944 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Ellen M. Cleary, October 16, 1944, wife of the late Thomas C. Cleary; sister of Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Charles Armbruster and Mrs. Bernard Sheehan. Funeral from her late residence, 355 Massachusetts Ave., Thursday at 8:30, and at the Church of Nativity at 9 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
  • Last Edited: 25 Aug 2015

Family: Ellen Moorhead b. December 1865, d. 16 October 1944