1920 Census Soundex Index
Connolly, Joseph Born: Maine Vol or SD: 69 ED 254 Sht: 1 Line 15 Middlesex County Malden Gould Avenue 22 click - map Sarah Age: 33 Born: Maine Children born; Massachusetts Charles A Age:7 Sarah E. Age:5 Joseph A Jr. Age:3 5/12
US Census .. City of Malden .. Middlesex .. Massachusetts ..1920
Joseph A. Connolly household ... SD 140 Ed 254 Sh 6 Ln 15
Joseph Owns his house .. Male White Age 34 Married
has not attended school since 1919 .. reads ..Writes ..
Born-Maine ..Parents both Ireland born; enlish speaking
Occupation: Sales Manager Paper [paper & boxboard business]
Answer to question: Working/Not Working= Working
Name/Sex/Race?/Marital Status/Reas/Writes/Birthplace/Father's Birthplace/Mother's Birthplace/Speaks English?/Occupation
Sarah F W 33 M Yes Yes Maine Maine Maine yes None Charles A. son M W 7 S yes Massachusetts Maine Maine [school]
Sarah E. daughter F W 5 S no Massachusetts Maine Maine
Joseph A. jr. Son M W 3 1/2 S no Massachusetts maine Maine
Note ..despite census Joseph jr. is actually Joseph 2d. GF Joseph A. Connolly, owning here, would have to sell this house after the 1929 stock market crash & bank panic. Coming from Portland, Maine with his wife; the paper & boxboard business became his career. As my father said --during the depression, his wholesaling industriousness kept factories open. He rented in Lexington, Mass. later 1929. Owen [my father] would be born in Malden in 1921.
By my father's recollection, and 1906 Portland, Maine business notes GF Joseph A. Connolly, also managed paper plants for which he designed or conceived electro-mechanical processes. A 1906 Portland City Directory lists him at 26 on Cumberland Avenue, as an electrical engineer, - same block or same office as a Charles Scott - his father-in-law. [His son Charles A. Connolly, my uncle, became an electrical engineer.]