THE FOOTNOTES

This is Mrs. Maria Agnes Nolan Noonan, Bob's grandmother, at her home at 72 South Division Street, New Rochelle, NY, about 1940. She supplemented her income in New Rochelle by taking-in boarders and foster children.

Maria was born in 1867 in Dublin, Ireland and came to the US with her parents (Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Dean Nolan) in 1872. One sibling reportedly died during the voyage. Upon their arrival, the Nolan family settled in New Britain. Maria lived there until 1926.

Maria married Jeremiah "Jerry" J. Noonan on 13 February 1893 at St. Mary's Church, New Britain. Maria and Jerry had three children: John Joseph "Mickey," Mary Elizabeth "Lil" and Thomas Henry "Harry." All these children were born in New Britain.

Jerry deserted the family in New Britain sometime around 4 July 1899 (when Harry was six weeks old). He moved to NYC, where he died alone and unclaimed on 8 May 1941. He is buried at the "City Cemetery" (Potter's Graveyard) on Hart Island.