JOSEPH NEVILLE was born on 15 May 1874, a Friday, in Whittyshill Townland, Bannow Parrish, County Wexford, Ireland. He was the eleventh of approximately 13 children born to JOHN NEVILLE and MARGART WALSH. Whittyshill Townland was a tiny rural farming hamlet not far from the “Irish Sea” that separated Ireland from the United Kingdom. At about the age of 21 in about 1895, Joseph Neville sailed from Ireland to Canada.
On 18 Jun 1897 he immigrated from Canada to the United Stated by taking the New York Central Railroad from Montreal to New York City, NY. Joseph was among the 399,065 Irish immigrants to come to America in the 1890’s. In the late 1890’s he worked in the innumerable stables that dotted the street of Manhattan at that time. Being raised on a farm he was already well versed in the care of horses. Concurrently he stayed within the large, but close-knit Irish community in the city.
On 18 Feb 1900, Joseph Neville, age 26, married Frances "Fanny" Jane Corrigan, age 27, in the St Thomas Chapel, an Anglican Church located on 60th St., Manhattan, New York City, NY. Fanny was good Irish girl, having been born in County Carlow on 05 Jan 1873. She and her parents had come to Manhattan about 1888. The newly married Nevilles set up housekeeping in a cold water flat at 214 West 67th St., Manhattan, New York City, NY. In the 1900 Census, Fannie is listed as a “housekeeper” and Joseph’s occupation was “groom” in a nearby stable. Fannie bore Joseph two children. Frances Marion Neville was born on 04 Mar 1901 in the Manhattan Borough of New York City, and Joseph Nathaniel Neville was born on 01 Jun 1903 in the same place.
Grover Cleveland had left the Presidency on March 4, 1897. For an indeterminate length of time Joseph Neville chauffeured for the ex-President, and Fannie Neville took care of the Cleveland children. Also during the first decade of the 20th Century, Joseph ran a livery stable on Central Parkway, which is one of the four streets the bounds New York City’s Central Park.
By 1910 the Census shows that Joseph, Fannie, Frances and son Joseph were living in a flat at 119 West 2nd Ave, Manhattan Ward 22, New York City, NY. Joseph’s occupation at that time was “Garage laborer.” It is unclear whether he worked with those rare new-fangled things called automobiles or was still at the horse stable.
The RMS “Titanic” was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The word spread quickly through the densely packs street of Manhattan, and Joseph would have heard about it early that morning.
In the spring of 1916, Joseph’s daughter, Frances finished 8th grade and became an apprentice bookbinder, and her brother Joseph finish 6th grade. By the fall of 1916, the Nevilles were living at 191 West End Ave., Manhattan Borough, New York City, NY and Joseph’s wife, Fannie, was quite ill. On 1 Nov 1916, Dr. Wesley G. Vincent of 498 West End Ave was summoned to the Neville tenement. After a carefully examination Dr. Vincent probably told Joseph Neville that his wife was terminally ill with cancer. Frances "Fanny" Jane Corrigan Neville passed away in her own bed at 10:00 pm on 20 Nov of that year, and was laid to rest on 23 Nov in St. Michael's Cemetery, 7202 Astoria Blvd, Long Island, East Elmhurst, NY. She was only 43 years old.
Thereafter, Joseph’s daughter, Frances, took care of the household and bought the groceries in addition to working in her apprenticeship.
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.
The United States Congress had passed the Selective Service Act on 18 May 1917. By the guidelines set down by the Act, all males aged 18 to 45 were required to register for military service. Joseph Neville registered at his Draft Board located at 1416 Broadway, Room 402-403, Manhattan, New York City on 12 Sep 1918. He reported his address as 542 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY and listed his occupation as “Paper Hanger for Perkins & Goodview, 548 West 46 St, Manhattan, New York City. Miss Catharine S. Bnew, the official registering him, described him as "tall in height, medium build, Blue eyes, and Brown hair."
Joseph filed his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen of the United States on 15 Jun 1917, indicating he and his two children were still living in the tenement in Manhattan. He listed his occupation as "Elevator Operator," and he was described as "Fair Complexion, Brown hair, Blue eyes, 5' 7", 175 lbs."
During and after the Great War, Joseph’s daughter, Frances Marion Neville had volunteered to help with the servicemen passing through the city to the War in Europe and returning from same. In 1919 Frances met a young Gunner's Mate 3rd Class in the US Navy, who had served aboard the U.S.S. Corsair which patrolled the waters off the European continent during the War. The sailor’s name was Harry Ellsworth Haase. Frances and Harry were married on 7 Apr 1919 in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Manhattan, New York City and the newlyweds moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. Frances never saw her father again.
By late 1923 Joseph was very ill. He was still living at 542 West 46th St. Manhattan, New York City, NY. It is not known for certain, but it is presumed his son Joseph Nathaniel Neville was still living with him. Joseph finally saw a doctor and he was diagnosed with late-stage tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was one of the leading causes of death in the United States in the 1920’s and an estimated 110,000 Americans died each from it. The disease was referred to as the “The Great White Plague.” There was no cure and the only thing a physician could do was to isolate the patient from society in a sanatorium.
On 8 Jan 1924 he was admitted to New York City’s massive Bellevue Hospital, and there he was confined in the
“Tuberculosis Ward” and was treated by Dr. Arthur W. Duryia.
Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the United States having been founded on March 31, 1736 and was located at 462 First Ave. in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan Borough of New York City. In the midst of the tuberculosis epidemic of 1903, the Bellevue Chest Service was founded.
Joseph and was an inpatient for 20 days. Very early on the morning of 28 Jan 1924 Dr. Duryia checked on him and he was still alive, but at 7:35 am he died. The doctor listed his cause of death as “chronic pulmonary tuberculosis” complicated by “tuberculosis of [the] larynx.”
His son, Joseph Nathaniel Neville provided the information for the Death Certificate, and arranged for the mortician, Thomas A. Brien of 559 10th Avenue to prepare the remains. It is presumed there was funeral. Two days later on 30 Jan 1924 Joseph Neville was laid to rest next to his previously deceased wife in St. Michael's Cemetery, 7202 Astoria Blvd, Long Island, East Elmhurst, NY which is located on the Long Island Borough of Queens in New York City. Joseph is buried in Plot 5, Row 17, Grave 178. At his death, Joseph Neville was only 49 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
JOSEPH NEVILLE was born on 15 May 1874, a Friday, in Whittyshill Townland, Bannow Parrish, County Wexford, Ireland. He was the eleventh of approximately 13 children born to JOHN NEVILLE and MARGART WALSH. Whittyshill Townland was a tiny rural farming hamlet not far from the “Irish Sea” that separated Ireland from the United Kingdom. At about the age of 21 in about 1895, Joseph Neville sailed from Ireland to Canada.
On 18 Jun 1897 he immigrated from Canada to the United Stated by taking the New York Central Railroad from Montreal to New York City, NY. Joseph was among the 399,065 Irish immigrants to come to America in the 1890’s. In the late 1890’s he worked in the innumerable stables that dotted the street of Manhattan at that time. Being raised on a farm he was already well versed in the care of horses. Concurrently he stayed within the large, but close-knit Irish community in the city.
On 18 Feb 1900, Joseph Neville, age 26, married Frances "Fanny" Jane Corrigan, age 27, in the St Thomas Chapel, an Anglican Church located on 60th St., Manhattan, New York City, NY. Fanny was good Irish girl, having been born in County Carlow on 05 Jan 1873. She and her parents had come to Manhattan about 1888. The newly married Nevilles set up housekeeping in a cold water flat at 214 West 67th St., Manhattan, New York City, NY. In the 1900 Census, Fannie is listed as a “housekeeper” and Joseph’s occupation was “groom” in a nearby stable. Fannie bore Joseph two children. Frances Marion Neville was born on 04 Mar 1901 in the Manhattan Borough of New York City, and Joseph Nathaniel Neville was born on 01 Jun 1903 in the same place.
Grover Cleveland had left the Presidency on March 4, 1897. For an indeterminate length of time Joseph Neville chauffeured for the ex-President, and Fannie Neville took care of the Cleveland children. Also during the first decade of the 20th Century, Joseph ran a livery stable on Central Parkway, which is one of the four streets the bounds New York City’s Central Park.
By 1910 the Census shows that Joseph, Fannie, Frances and son Joseph were living in a flat at 119 West 2nd Ave, Manhattan Ward 22, New York City, NY. Joseph’s occupation at that time was “Garage laborer.” It is unclear whether he worked with those rare new-fangled things called automobiles or was still at the horse stable.
The RMS “Titanic” was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The word spread quickly through the densely packs street of Manhattan, and Joseph would have heard about it early that morning.
In the spring of 1916, Joseph’s daughter, Frances finished 8th grade and became an apprentice bookbinder, and her brother Joseph finish 6th grade. By the fall of 1916, the Nevilles were living at 191 West End Ave., Manhattan Borough, New York City, NY and Joseph’s wife, Fannie, was quite ill. On 1 Nov 1916, Dr. Wesley G. Vincent of 498 West End Ave was summoned to the Neville tenement. After a carefully examination Dr. Vincent probably told Joseph Neville that his wife was terminally ill with cancer. Frances "Fanny" Jane Corrigan Neville passed away in her own bed at 10:00 pm on 20 Nov of that year, and was laid to rest on 23 Nov in St. Michael's Cemetery, 7202 Astoria Blvd, Long Island, East Elmhurst, NY. She was only 43 years old.
Thereafter, Joseph’s daughter, Frances, took care of the household and bought the groceries in addition to working in her apprenticeship.
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.
The United States Congress had passed the Selective Service Act on 18 May 1917. By the guidelines set down by the Act, all males aged 18 to 45 were required to register for military service. Joseph Neville registered at his Draft Board located at 1416 Broadway, Room 402-403, Manhattan, New York City on 12 Sep 1918. He reported his address as 542 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY and listed his occupation as “Paper Hanger for Perkins & Goodview, 548 West 46 St, Manhattan, New York City. Miss Catharine S. Bnew, the official registering him, described him as "tall in height, medium build, Blue eyes, and Brown hair."
Joseph filed his Declaration of Intent to become a citizen of the United States on 15 Jun 1917, indicating he and his two children were still living in the tenement in Manhattan. He listed his occupation as "Elevator Operator," and he was described as "Fair Complexion, Brown hair, Blue eyes, 5' 7", 175 lbs."
During and after the Great War, Joseph’s daughter, Frances Marion Neville had volunteered to help with the servicemen passing through the city to the War in Europe and returning from same. In 1919 Frances met a young Gunner's Mate 3rd Class in the US Navy, who had served aboard the U.S.S. Corsair which patrolled the waters off the European continent during the War. The sailor’s name was Harry Ellsworth Haase. Frances and Harry were married on 7 Apr 1919 in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Manhattan, New York City and the newlyweds moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. Frances never saw her father again.
By late 1923 Joseph was very ill. He was still living at 542 West 46th St. Manhattan, New York City, NY. It is not known for certain, but it is presumed his son Joseph Nathaniel Neville was still living with him. Joseph finally saw a doctor and he was diagnosed with late-stage tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was one of the leading causes of death in the United States in the 1920’s and an estimated 110,000 Americans died each from it. The disease was referred to as the “The Great White Plague.” There was no cure and the only thing a physician could do was to isolate the patient from society in a sanatorium.
On 8 Jan 1924 he was admitted to New York City’s massive Bellevue Hospital, and there he was confined in the
“Tuberculosis Ward” and was treated by Dr. Arthur W. Duryia.
Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the United States having been founded on March 31, 1736 and was located at 462 First Ave. in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan Borough of New York City. In the midst of the tuberculosis epidemic of 1903, the Bellevue Chest Service was founded.
Joseph and was an inpatient for 20 days. Very early on the morning of 28 Jan 1924 Dr. Duryia checked on him and he was still alive, but at 7:35 am he died. The doctor listed his cause of death as “chronic pulmonary tuberculosis” complicated by “tuberculosis of [the] larynx.”
His son, Joseph Nathaniel Neville provided the information for the Death Certificate, and arranged for the mortician, Thomas A. Brien of 559 10th Avenue to prepare the remains. It is presumed there was funeral. Two days later on 30 Jan 1924 Joseph Neville was laid to rest next to his previously deceased wife in St. Michael's Cemetery, 7202 Astoria Blvd, Long Island, East Elmhurst, NY which is located on the Long Island Borough of Queens in New York City. Joseph is buried in Plot 5, Row 17, Grave 178. At his death, Joseph Neville was only 49 years, 8 months and 14 days old.
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