Individual Details
Edward MONAHAN
(12 Jun 1892 - 8 May 1935)
According to the family, Edward was in the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) prior to emigration to the United States (he arrived in New York on 30 April 1915 having sailed on the "Megantic" from Liverpool). On the ship manifest his occupation as given as "ship's steward", and his contact name was an uncle, Martin Monahan, who lived in New York. Sadly, Edward's father, Patrick, died only nine days after Edward's arrival in the States.
Edward's World War I registration card - every male of military age was required to complete one - tells us that Edward was working as a porter in 1917 in a hotel at 73rd St. and Broadway in New York. The name of the hotel is almost illegible but it could be the Ansonia. The card also tells us he lived at what looks like 206 8th Avenue in New York and that he was "tall", of medium build, had grey eyes and brown hair.
I believe I have found Edward in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. There is an Irish-born Edward Monahan of a similar age lodging in Manhattan in 1920 and working as a waiter. In 1930 an Edward Monahan, who emigrated from Ireland in 1915, is working as a houseman for an Epstein family in Yonkers, New York. This Edward, who was 36 years old, was married at the age of 29, but his wife is not listed as a member of the household. Taking the difference between his census age and his age at marriage we have an approximate year of marriage of 1923. Marriage records were located on the Ancestry website for two Edward Monahans who were married in New York around that time; one was married in Kings County (equivalent to Brooklyn) on 6 March 1923 and the other in Kings on 19 August 1925 but in neither case is the bride's name provided so we cannot say if either of these records relates to our Edward. It appears Edward and Mamie had no children.
Edward was only 42 years of age when he died.
Edward's World War I registration card - every male of military age was required to complete one - tells us that Edward was working as a porter in 1917 in a hotel at 73rd St. and Broadway in New York. The name of the hotel is almost illegible but it could be the Ansonia. The card also tells us he lived at what looks like 206 8th Avenue in New York and that he was "tall", of medium build, had grey eyes and brown hair.
I believe I have found Edward in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. There is an Irish-born Edward Monahan of a similar age lodging in Manhattan in 1920 and working as a waiter. In 1930 an Edward Monahan, who emigrated from Ireland in 1915, is working as a houseman for an Epstein family in Yonkers, New York. This Edward, who was 36 years old, was married at the age of 29, but his wife is not listed as a member of the household. Taking the difference between his census age and his age at marriage we have an approximate year of marriage of 1923. Marriage records were located on the Ancestry website for two Edward Monahans who were married in New York around that time; one was married in Kings County (equivalent to Brooklyn) on 6 March 1923 and the other in Kings on 19 August 1925 but in neither case is the bride's name provided so we cannot say if either of these records relates to our Edward. It appears Edward and Mamie had no children.
Edward was only 42 years of age when he died.
Events
| Birth | 12 Jun 1892 | Duncannon, Co. Wexford | |||
| Death | 8 May 1935 | New York City | |||
| Marriage | Mary (Mamie) RYAN |
Families
| Spouse | Mary (Mamie) RYAN ( - ) |
| Father | Patrick MONAHAN (1853 - 1915) |
| Mother | Sarah Agnes (Agnes) CAREW (1863 - 1935) |
| Sibling | William Joseph MONAHAN (1886 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Alice Frances MONAHAN (1887 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Patrick MONAHAN (1890 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Alfred MONAHAN (1896 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Martin Joseph MONAHAN (1898 - ) |
| Sibling | Patricia Harriet (Harriet) Mary MONAHAN (1902 - 1990) |