Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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James Joseph Curran (1864-1910) —
also known as James J. Curran —
of Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., June, 1864.
Democrat. Druggist; mayor
of Holyoke, Mass., 1896; defeated, 1893, 1894.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
In early 1896, he was team captain of the first demonstration game of
"mintonette" (later known as "volleyball").
Died in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., 1910
(age about
46 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick C. Curran and Margaret (Manning) Curran; brother-in-law of
Margaret Elizabeth Tierney (first cousin of William
Laurence Tierney). |
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family of Greenwich, Connecticut. |
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William Laurence Tierney (1876-1958) —
also known as William L. Tierney —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
6, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1931-33; defeated,
1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died April
13, 1958 (age 81 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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William Laurence Tierney Jr. (1907-1989) —
also known as William L. Tierney, Jr. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 4,
1907.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1968-77.
Catholic.
Died, in Greenwich Hospital,
Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
6, 1989 (age 81 years, 216
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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