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Henry Herbert “Happy” Galpin

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Henry Herbert “Happy” Galpin

Birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
10 Nov 1949 (aged 65)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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"Uncle Bert" worked in New York as a Boatman with the James McWilliams Blueline, docked at 1 Broadway, Brooklyn. He stayed with this company his entire life.

He owned a home in Bridgeport, Connecticut but worked on a barge in New York, where he usually stayed.

He and his wife did not have any children of their own and when his brother and sister-in-law died in the Flu Pandemic of 1919, he took in his niece Martha and nephew Robert.


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Wife: Mary "Mamie" Duffy

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Father: Charles Galpin

Mother: Martha R. Kimball Galpin

Siblings:

1. Charles Galpin

2. Andrew Galpin

3. Louis Leon Galpin

4. Henry Herbert Galpin (Uncle Bert)

5. Susan Galpin Doran

6. Arthur Edward Galpin

7. Frederick Pardy Galpin

8. Gertrude Galpin

9. Mabel Ann Galpin later Johnson, later Jones, later Pedersen

10. female, born/died July 2, 1901.

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"Uncle Bert" worked in New York as a Boatman with the James McWilliams Blueline, docked at 1 Broadway, Brooklyn. He stayed with this company his entire life.

He owned a home in Bridgeport, Connecticut but worked on a barge in New York, where he usually stayed.

He and his wife did not have any children of their own and when his brother and sister-in-law died in the Flu Pandemic of 1919, he took in his niece Martha and nephew Robert.


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Wife: Mary "Mamie" Duffy

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Father: Charles Galpin

Mother: Martha R. Kimball Galpin

Siblings:

1. Charles Galpin

2. Andrew Galpin

3. Louis Leon Galpin

4. Henry Herbert Galpin (Uncle Bert)

5. Susan Galpin Doran

6. Arthur Edward Galpin

7. Frederick Pardy Galpin

8. Gertrude Galpin

9. Mabel Ann Galpin later Johnson, later Jones, later Pedersen

10. female, born/died July 2, 1901.

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  • Created by: vabloom
  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26113552/henry_herbert-galpin: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Herbert “Happy” Galpin (29 Oct 1884–10 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26113552, citing Saint Michael's Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by vabloom (contributor 46851926).