John Joseph "Jack" Foley

1871 - 1955  (83 years)

• Name	John Joseph "Jack" Foley
  Birth	22 Jul 1871	San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Baptism	29 Jul 1871	St. Joseph's, San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1955	San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [1, 6]
  Burial	Calvary Catholic Cemetery, San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [1]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. John Joseph "Jack" Foley ,   b. 22 Jul 1871, San Jose, Santa Clara, California d. 2 Apr 1955, San Jose, Santa Clara, California  (Age 83 years) ▻ Elizabeth Lee "Bessie" Yagle ,  m. Aft 16 Oct 1900   2. Margaret "Maggie" Foley ,   b. 17 Feb 1873   d. 6 Dec 1894  (Age 21 years)   3. Catherine Theresa "Kate" Foley ,   b. 1 Aug 1879   d. 11 Dec 1962, San Jose, Santa Clara, California  (Age 83 years)   4. William Edward Foley ,   b. 12 Dec 1879, San Jose, Santa Clara, California d. 31 May 1955, San Jose, Santa Clara, California  (Age 75 years) ▻ Alma E. Brelle ,  m. 1910
  Person ID	I31234	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of ASF
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John Foley,   b. Abt 1835, Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland d. 8 Oct 1915, Santa Clara County, California (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Honora Fleming,   b. 1839, Ireland d. 25 Nov 1935, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1870	Santa Clara County, California   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F18542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Lee "Bessie" Yagle,   b. 5 Jun 1878, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania d. 31 May 1952, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Aft 16 Oct 1900	San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Howard Patrick Foley,   b. 14 Aug 1902, San Jose, Santa Clara, California d. 9 May 1986, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 83 years) + 2. John Dennis Foley, Sr.,   b. 14 May 1908, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California d. 18 Oct 1975, Santa Clara County, California (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F18541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From Patrick Foley (citation details below): Oldest child of John Foley and Honora Fleming Foley, John Joseph ("Jack") Foley lived in San Jose most of his life. He was baptized John Foley at St. Joseph's Church on July 29, 1871, with William Foley and Bridget Dempsey as his godparents. He attended Catholic schools--a convent school at San Fernando and San Pedro streets and "St Joseph's College," apparently a high school in Santa Clara. In 1889, at age 18, he was no longer in school, but worked as a teamster and lived at home. The following year he was listed in the city directory as a "laborer." He apparently found this style of life unsatisfactory, for he moved to Oakland, where in 1892 he lived at 567 Eighth Street and worked as a clerk with P. J. Flynn. In 1893 he was a salesman with T. M. O'Halloran & Co., and in 1894 he was a clerk with James A. Joyce. By 1897 he had moved to a building at 855 Washington known as the "Clarendon." He remained at this address, and at his employment with Joyce, until 1899. In that year or the next he left Oakland. He was married to a Miss Jewett during this period, but for unknown reasons the marriage terminated. He returned to San Jose where, in 1898, he went to work for Leopold Hart, owner of a "corner cash store" at Market and Santa Clara streets--an association which was to be lifelong. He married Bessie Yagle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4992] Find a Grave page for John Joseph Foley. [S58] California Death Index, 1940-1997, on ancestry.com., date only. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year and state only. [S4889] "Jack Foley's Family", research draft by Patrick Foley, shared with ASF and PNH 1 Dec 2020. [S58] California Death Index, 1940-1997, on ancestry.com., date and county only. [S4995] California Marriages, 1850-1877, on ancestry.com. [S4996] Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2016, from Brigham Young University, Idaho, on ancestry.com. [S4889] "Jack Foley's Family", research draft by Patrick Foley, shared with ASF and PNH 1 Dec 2020., date only. [S5088] "Marriage Licenses." San Francisco Call, 17 Oct 1900, p. 11.