Owen McLaughlin II (1863-1931)

Owen McLaughlin II (1863-1931) Emigrated from Ireland to USA around 1883; Owner of Coal and Ice Delivery Business in Jersey City, New Jersey (b. July 1863, Ballinalee, County Longford, Ireland - d. March 29, 1931, 5:40 am, Polyclinic Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, USA)

Parents
Bridget and Owen McLaughlin I (c1840-?).

Birth
Owen was born in County Longford, Ireland in July of 1863.

Emigration
He emigrated to the US around 1883 with his brother: James McLaughlin I (c1875-?).

Marriage
Owen married Margaret Agnes Conboy (1866-1951) around 1890 or 1891 and the oral tradition has been that they were married at Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan, New York but no record has not been found. It is possible they were married at St. Patricks in Jersey City.

Children

 * James Alyosius McLaughlin (1892-1964) who never married
 * Katherine Agnes McLaughlin (1893-1989) who married William Thomas Rankin I (1890-1970)
 * Margaret Mary McLaughlin (1897-1985) aka Marge McLaughlin, who married Christopher Aloysius Enright I (1888-1980)
 * Grace McLaughlin (1899-?)

Jersey City, New Jersey
In 1890-1892 they were living at 105 Danforth Avenue in Jersey City and in 1893 they had moved to 532 Ocean Avenue in Jersey City. Owen worked as a laborer until the year 1900, when he started a coal and ice delivery business in Jersey City. In 1900 he was living at 152 McAdoo Avenue in Jersey City. In the 1910 US Census he was indexed as "Owen Mcloughlin". On August 07, 1910 he returned to New York from a trip to Ireland aboard the ship "Celtic". He was still living at 152 McAdoo Avenue in 1917 when his son registered for the draft.

Death
Owen was living at 28 McAdoo Avenue in Jersey City when he died of shock during ulcer surgery at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York in 1931. His death certificate was number "9078", and he was 67 years old.

Burial
He was buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City on April 01, 1931. In the family plot are his wife Margaret, and son James. Also buried there are his wife's father, James Conboy (1837-1902); and his wife's brother, Patrick Conboy (1864-1927).

Memories of Owen McLaughlin

 * Christopher Aloysius Enright II (1927- ) remembers that: "He lived in New York and he would row across the Hudson River to work in Bayonne for a coal dealer. He left the coal business to become a motorman for the trolley. When he married Margaret he started his own coal business. He would take empty sacks and fill them from a chute on the back of the wagon and carry them on his back, and empty them into the coal chute that led to the customer's basement. When Owen died his brother Jimmy took over the business. Owen would always send a few dollars home to Ireland and his daughter, my mother, would write the letters. She remembered sending the money to Ballinalee, County Longford, Ireland."
 * Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) remembers that: "He had a coal business in Jersey City and he would deliver coal to my house. I would watch them load the bags into the basement. My father made me count the bags they dumped into our coal bin, even though he was family."