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Julia <I>McCullagh</I> McGlynn

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Julia McCullagh McGlynn

Birth
County Dublin, Ireland
Death
22 Jan 1952 (aged 81)
Michigan, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 46, Lot 376
Memorial ID
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"GRANNY"

There is no headstone, Julia is buried next to husband James McGlynn Sr. and son James McGlynn Jr.

Julia McCullagh immigrated to New York in 1889,and became employed as a cook for the first Episcopal Bishop on Long Island, Abram Newkirk Littlejohn.

James McGlynn worked as a groom for August Belmont. The tale goes that Mr. Belmont provided a carriage, and Mrs. Littlejohn a shawl, the day James and Julia were married on Long Island, NY.

James and Julia soon moved to Detroit, Michigan, where Mr. Belmont owned another home, James worked as a chauffer for him there. The couple were the parents of four children, James Jr.,(died at a young age), Julianna, who became a Roman Catholic nun, Francis, a realtor, became the father of seven, and Leo, the father of three had his own printing company.

After her husband's death in 1925, her experience on Long Island served her well. Julia opened her home on Candler, in Highland Park, (across from St. Benedict's Catholic Church) to boarders to provide for her three remaining children. Many of her grandchildren have fond memories of Julia.
"GRANNY"

There is no headstone, Julia is buried next to husband James McGlynn Sr. and son James McGlynn Jr.

Julia McCullagh immigrated to New York in 1889,and became employed as a cook for the first Episcopal Bishop on Long Island, Abram Newkirk Littlejohn.

James McGlynn worked as a groom for August Belmont. The tale goes that Mr. Belmont provided a carriage, and Mrs. Littlejohn a shawl, the day James and Julia were married on Long Island, NY.

James and Julia soon moved to Detroit, Michigan, where Mr. Belmont owned another home, James worked as a chauffer for him there. The couple were the parents of four children, James Jr.,(died at a young age), Julianna, who became a Roman Catholic nun, Francis, a realtor, became the father of seven, and Leo, the father of three had his own printing company.

After her husband's death in 1925, her experience on Long Island served her well. Julia opened her home on Candler, in Highland Park, (across from St. Benedict's Catholic Church) to boarders to provide for her three remaining children. Many of her grandchildren have fond memories of Julia.


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