Article from SCHENECTADY GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1944, Pg 18:
Seaman First Class Thomas McPadden,
1518 Willsey Street, has been declared dead, according to a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to Mrs. William Kelly, sister of the seaman, with whom he made his home.
Secretary Knox revealed that McPadden, who had previously been listed as missing in action, was aboard a ship in the Atlantic area which was damaged in a collision on Oct. 21, 1943. Despite an intensive search, the seaman was not found.
McPadden came to the United States in 1926 from Ireland, and had been employed in the transportation department of the General Electric Company.
He enlisted in September 1942, and received his training at Newport and Norfolk before going to sea.
Surviving him are five sisters: Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. John Rooney of Schenectady, Mrs. Owen Gilmurray of Watervliet, Mrs. Patrick Slattery of Russell Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Traves of Ireland; and five brothers, Michael, Daniel,
and Martin McPadden of Schenectady, and Patrick and Mylse McPadden of Ireland.
A requiem mass will be celebrated today at 8 a.m. at St Columba's church
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NOTE - His name appears on the East Coast Memorial
Battery Park
Manhattan
New York USA
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Arrived from Ireland aboard the "Cameronia" on March 23, 1925. Passenger manifest gives his birth locaton as Dromahair, Ireland. Born abt 1904. Departed Londonderry and arrived at the port of New York. He was traveling with his brother Martin McPadden and a sister Eliza McPadden
Manifest information also lists Next of kin as his father Patrick McPadden, of Garvugh, Dromahair, Co Leitrin
Final destination - Schenectady
Seaman First Class Thomas McPadden,
1518 Willsey Street, has been declared dead, according to a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to Mrs. William Kelly, sister of the seaman, with whom he made his home.
Secretary Knox revealed that McPadden, who had previously been listed as missing in action, was aboard a ship in the Atlantic area which was damaged in a collision on Oct. 21, 1943. Despite an intensive search, the seaman was not found.
McPadden came to the United States in 1926 from Ireland, and had been employed in the transportation department of the General Electric Company.
He enlisted in September 1942, and received his training at Newport and Norfolk before going to sea.
Surviving him are five sisters: Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. John Rooney of Schenectady, Mrs. Owen Gilmurray of Watervliet, Mrs. Patrick Slattery of Russell Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Traves of Ireland; and five brothers, Michael, Daniel,
and Martin McPadden of Schenectady, and Patrick and Mylse McPadden of Ireland.
A requiem mass will be celebrated today at 8 a.m. at St Columba's church
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE - His name appears on the East Coast Memorial
Battery Park
Manhattan
New York USA
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Arrived from Ireland aboard the "Cameronia" on March 23, 1925. Passenger manifest gives his birth locaton as Dromahair, Ireland. Born abt 1904. Departed Londonderry and arrived at the port of New York. He was traveling with his brother Martin McPadden and a sister Eliza McPadden
Manifest information also lists Next of kin as his father Patrick McPadden, of Garvugh, Dromahair, Co Leitrin
Final destination - Schenectady
Article from SCHENECTADY GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1944, Pg 18:
Seaman First Class Thomas McPadden,
1518 Willsey Street, has been declared dead, according to a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to Mrs. William Kelly, sister of the seaman, with whom he made his home.
Secretary Knox revealed that McPadden, who had previously been listed as missing in action, was aboard a ship in the Atlantic area which was damaged in a collision on Oct. 21, 1943. Despite an intensive search, the seaman was not found.
McPadden came to the United States in 1926 from Ireland, and had been employed in the transportation department of the General Electric Company.
He enlisted in September 1942, and received his training at Newport and Norfolk before going to sea.
Surviving him are five sisters: Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. John Rooney of Schenectady, Mrs. Owen Gilmurray of Watervliet, Mrs. Patrick Slattery of Russell Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Traves of Ireland; and five brothers, Michael, Daniel,
and Martin McPadden of Schenectady, and Patrick and Mylse McPadden of Ireland.
A requiem mass will be celebrated today at 8 a.m. at St Columba's church
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE - His name appears on the East Coast Memorial
Battery Park
Manhattan
New York USA
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Arrived from Ireland aboard the "Cameronia" on March 23, 1925. Passenger manifest gives his birth locaton as Dromahair, Ireland. Born abt 1904. Departed Londonderry and arrived at the port of New York. He was traveling with his brother Martin McPadden and a sister Eliza McPadden
Manifest information also lists Next of kin as his father Patrick McPadden, of Garvugh, Dromahair, Co Leitrin
Final destination - Schenectady
Seaman First Class Thomas McPadden,
1518 Willsey Street, has been declared dead, according to a letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to Mrs. William Kelly, sister of the seaman, with whom he made his home.
Secretary Knox revealed that McPadden, who had previously been listed as missing in action, was aboard a ship in the Atlantic area which was damaged in a collision on Oct. 21, 1943. Despite an intensive search, the seaman was not found.
McPadden came to the United States in 1926 from Ireland, and had been employed in the transportation department of the General Electric Company.
He enlisted in September 1942, and received his training at Newport and Norfolk before going to sea.
Surviving him are five sisters: Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. John Rooney of Schenectady, Mrs. Owen Gilmurray of Watervliet, Mrs. Patrick Slattery of Russell Springs, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Traves of Ireland; and five brothers, Michael, Daniel,
and Martin McPadden of Schenectady, and Patrick and Mylse McPadden of Ireland.
A requiem mass will be celebrated today at 8 a.m. at St Columba's church
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE - His name appears on the East Coast Memorial
Battery Park
Manhattan
New York USA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Arrived from Ireland aboard the "Cameronia" on March 23, 1925. Passenger manifest gives his birth locaton as Dromahair, Ireland. Born abt 1904. Departed Londonderry and arrived at the port of New York. He was traveling with his brother Martin McPadden and a sister Eliza McPadden
Manifest information also lists Next of kin as his father Patrick McPadden, of Garvugh, Dromahair, Co Leitrin
Final destination - Schenectady
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This is actually a cenotaph as his body was lost at sea
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