Family Tree 20241015 (privacy filtered) - Person Sheet
Family Tree 20241015 (privacy filtered) - Person Sheet
NameMartin Joseph Conlon 
Birth6 Jan 1887, N. Brookfield Mass105,578,577,980, family search lists 2 Jan, record appears to be 5 Jan,1076,1313
Residence13 Jun 1900, 67 ?, N. Brookfield, MA30
ResidenceJul 1904, Ware, MA132
Memoobituary of his father
Residence1906, 124 Lincoln, Brockton, MA934
Memoboarding with sister Theresa
Residence1907, 124 Lincoln, Brockton, MA935
Memoboarding
Residence1909, 154 Warren Avenue, Whitman, MA941
Memoboarding
Residence20 Apr 1910, 154 Warren Avenue, Whitman, MA20, CONLIN, MARTIN J (1910 U.S. Census)-MASSACHUSETTS , PLYMOUTH, WHITMAN-Age: 23, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MA-Series: T624 Roll: 613 Page: 201
Memoboarder with Mahoney’s
Residence1912, 605 Washington Street, Whitman, MA942
Residence1917, 54 Broad Street, Whitman MA943
MemoWW I draft registration
MemoEnlistment
Residence13 Apr 1918, Boston, MA946
MemoEmbark Karoa, Rank of Wagoner
Military Service14 Oct 1918, Meuse-Argonne814
Memowounded in action. shrapnel in ankle
MemoDischarge from service
Military Service4 Jun 1919, KofC, Whitman, Plymouth, Mass1307
Memowelcome home reception
Residence1920, 52 Broad Street, Whitman MA944
MemoShipper
Residence6 Jan 1920, 52 Broad Street, Whitman MA115
Residence1922, 14-1/2 Temple Street, Whitman, MA945
MemoVulcanizer
Residence23 Nov 1921, 52 Broad Street, Whitman MA1264
Birth17 Jan 1923, 9 Elm Place, Whitman, Plymoth, Massachusetts
MemoBirth of first son William Martin - Occupation Merchant
MemoOccupation: Vulcanizer
Residence15 Apr 1930, 9 Elm Place, Whitman, MA
Residence1932, 903 Washington Street, Whitman, MA444
Residence18 Apr 1940, 18 Temple Street, Whitman MA138
Residence1942, 18-1/2 Temple St, Whitman, MA202
MemoWW II Draft Registration
MemoOccupation: Service station proprietor
BurialSt. James Cemetary, Whitman, MA
OccupationMerchant. Sold AtwaterKent radios with Humphrey Bros/Whitman; Tydol gasoline & Goodyear tires/18 Temple St. Whitman
Soc. Sec. #132-05-9928 1314
OccupationShipper in 1917, and 1920 upon return from WWI 943
OccupationVulcanizer in 1922
ReligionRoman Catholic
FatherThomas Conlon (1842-1904)
MotherCatherine (Kate) Connelly (1856-1896)
Spouses
Residence19 Apr 1910, 20 Elm Place, Whitman, MA40
Residence1912, 20 Elm Place, Whitman, MA1058
Memolisted as clerk
Residence1917, 20 Elm Place, Whitman, MA1094
MemoOccupation: clerk
Residence7 Jan 1920, 20 Elm Place, Whitman, MA13
Residence23 Nov 1921, 20 Elm Place, Whitman, MA1264
Birth17 Jan 1923, 9 Elm Place, Whitman, Plymoth, Massachusetts
MemoHousewife -- birth of first son
Residence1926, 9 Elm Place, Whitman, MA482
Memobreast cancer according to Barbara Conlon Resch
OccupationHousewife294
EducationWhitman High School
ReligionRoman Catholic
NicknameLena
FatherWilliam H. Fogarty (1853-1928)
MotherAlice R. Lyons (1862-1947)
ChildrenWilliam Martin (1923-2009)
Joseph Francis (1926-2007)
Birth23 Jun 1894, Coolagarronroe Wood, Skeheenarinky, Tipperary, Ireland670, birthday June 23 1894,679, birthday 1891
Immigrationabt 1909670
Memoaboard Samaria
Residence25 Apr 1910, 21 South Union Street, Rockland, Massachusetts894
Memoservant
Residence1911, 21 Union Street, Rockland, Mass1103
Memoemployee and boarder
Immigration4 Aug 1923, Boston, MA670,671, vessel name
Memoarrival aboard Samaria
Immigration8 Jun 1929, Boston, MA670
MemoDeclaration of Intent
Residence8 Jun 1929, 48 Union Street, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts670
Memohousekeeper
Immigration30 Sep 1929, Boston, MA1102
Memoaboard Scythia. returning to Rockland, working as domestic, local contact is Aunt Alice Fogarty at 20 Elm Place, Whitman
Residence7 Apr 1930, 162 Morraine Street, Brockton, Ma1065
Memoservant in household of Leavit family.
Citizenship15 Dec 1931, 903 Washington Street, Whitman, MA671, witnessed by brother Thomas Fox and husband Martin Conlon
Memopetition for citizenship (granted post mortem)
MemoAuto accident, car hit auto driven by Martin J. Conlon.
BurialSt. James Cemetary, Whitman, MA102
Occupationhousekeeper670
ReligionRoman Catholic
FatherEdmund Fox (1831-)
MotherJohanna Fogarty (1854-1940)
ChildrenMartin Edward (1932-2009)
Notes for Martin Joseph Conlon
U.S. Army Company F, 306th Infantry, 77th Division.
Purple Heart awarded for shrapnel wound in leg at Argonne , France 1918
basic training at Camp Upton (Long Island)
Purple Heart awarded for shrapnel wound in leg at Argonne , France 1918
basic training at Camp Upton (Long Island)
Military notes for Martin Joseph Conlon
Name:
KAROA
Type:
Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched:
03/12/1914
Completed:
03/1915
Builder:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:
Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:
946
Dimensions:
7009grt, 3607nrt, 425.0 x 55.6 x 31.4ft
Engines:
2 x T3cyl (25.5, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 1410nhp
Engines by:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:
2 x Screws, 15.5knots
Construction:
Steel
Reg Number:
137791
History:
03/1915
British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
05/1950
Broken up
Comments:
Accommodation for 44 x 1st Class, 64 x 2nd Class & 1471 x others
03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop transport
1919: Returned to owners
09/1940: Requisitioned as a Personnel & Military Store ship
03/1944: Converted into a hospital ship
10/1946: Returned to owners
03/05/1950: Delivered to Bombay for breaking up by Steel Corp of Bombay
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo courtesy of John Crossland
Above photo courtesy of the Allen collection
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KAROA
Type:
Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched:
03/12/1914
Completed:
03/1915
Builder:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:
Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:
946
Dimensions:
7009grt, 3607nrt, 425.0 x 55.6 x 31.4ft
Engines:
2 x T3cyl (25.5, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 1410nhp
Engines by:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:
2 x Screws, 15.5knots
Construction:
Steel
Reg Number:
137791
History:
03/1915
British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow
05/1950
Broken up
Comments:
Accommodation for 44 x 1st Class, 64 x 2nd Class & 1471 x others
03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop transport
1919: Returned to owners
09/1940: Requisitioned as a Personnel & Military Store ship
03/1944: Converted into a hospital ship
10/1946: Returned to owners
03/05/1950: Delivered to Bombay for breaking up by Steel Corp of Bombay
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo copyright of Allan Green
Above photo courtesy of John Crossland
Above photo courtesy of the Allen collection
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Military notes for Martin Joseph Conlon
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011
306th REGIMENT
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division
Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Upton, New York
Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division)
Organized in August 1921 with Headquarters at New York, New York
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan
Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at New York, New York
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 77th Infantry Division
Reorganized 26 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 77th Infantry Division
1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division
306th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 306th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
(1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved 15 December 2007 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I Oise-Aisne Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorraine 1918
World War II Western Pacific Leyte (with arrowhead) Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
1st Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IE SHIMA
3d Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO Director, Center of Military History
Source: http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/regt/0306rgt.htm
306th REGIMENT
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division
Organized 26 August 1917 at Camp Upton, New York
Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 306th Infantry and assigned to the 77th Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division)
Organized in August 1921 with Headquarters at New York, New York
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 15 March 1946 in Japan
Activated 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at New York, New York
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 77th Infantry Division
Reorganized 26 March 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 77th Infantry Division
1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 December 1965 and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division
306th Infantry withdrawn 17 October 1999 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, redesignated as the 306th Regiment, and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 87th Division (Training Support); 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
(1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions relieved 15 December 2007 from assignment to the 87th Division [Training Support])
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I Oise-Aisne Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorraine 1918
World War II Western Pacific Leyte (with arrowhead) Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
1st Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IE SHIMA
3d Battalion additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO Director, Center of Military History
Source: http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/regt/0306rgt.htm
Notes for Margaret Elena (Spouse 1)
Classmate of Francis J. Spellman (Cardinal Spellman of New York)
known as Elena
known as Elena