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Title: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 09:05 BST (UK)
Hello,
I am trying to find the death of gg auntie Jessie Harrington nee Munn

Jessie was born in Scotland in 1897.
She moved to NY in the 1920’s to be with her brother William Munn.

She married Robert J Harrington in Michigan.

I’ve no idea what happened to Jessie did she have any children, did she stay in Michigan, when did she die? Any information would be greatly received.
Thank you.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 10:34 BST (UK)
You may be best amending your header to Jessie Harrington (nee Munn) as any death would be under Harrington - not Munn
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 10:38 BST (UK)
I have just changed it.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Jessie Munn
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 10:39 BST (UK)
She was still alive in 1950 - but separated & living in Brooklyn

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XR7-42XS?lang=en
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 10:45 BST (UK)
That’s a great help, thank you so much.

I didn’t know she had any children.
She named her after her older sister, and her mother.

I wonder what happened to Robert Harrington?
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 10:51 BST (UK)
All US censuses are free on Family Search.  Was her mothers maiden name McAulay?  If so - Jessie was b 1896 per Scotlands People

This may be a possibility for her death

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMV2-P6T?lang=en
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 10:58 BST (UK)
I shall have a look on family search at the US censuses.

Yes Jessie’s mother was Margaret McAulay.

I’ve been to Woodbury, is that where the big shopping outlet is?

Thank you for finding this information for me.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 11:04 BST (UK)
I can’t find her on the 1940 or 1930 US censuses to check if she had other children

Sorry - I live in England so don’t know Woodbury
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 11:07 BST (UK)
Jessie left Scotland for NY on 24.3.22 - her occupation is shown as a cook
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 11:09 BST (UK)
Her marriage

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7P-RYY?lang=en
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: *Sandra* on Friday 23 May 25 11:10 BST (UK)
 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Jessie Harrington - Birth Date   24 Jun 1896

Last Residence   11797, Woodbury, Nassau, New York
Last Benefit   11361, Flushing, Queens, New York
Death Date   Jan 1978

Sandra
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 11:28 BST (UK)
I knew that Jessie was a cook when she moved to New Jersey. Her brother William moved there a year before her.

Thank you for finding her marriage to Robert Harrington.

It’s sad to think I was alive when she died, I never got to know her.
Thank you Sandra.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 11:32 BST (UK)
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Jessie Harrington - Birth Date   24 Jun 1896

Last Residence   11797, Woodbury, Nassau, New York
Last Benefit   11361, Flushing, Queens, New York
Death Date   Jan 1978

Sandra

What does ‘Last Benefit’ mean?
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 11:48 BST (UK)
It refers to the last Social Security payment made prior to the death to ensure all benefits due have been paid & there is no overpayment.  Google the following

us social security - what does last benefit mean on a death registration
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 11:51 BST (UK)
Ah, that’s what it means.

Many thanks.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: shellyesq on Friday 23 May 25 13:04 BST (UK)
For the Social Security death index, it means the place where the last benefit check the person received was sent to. 
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: shellyesq on Friday 23 May 25 13:20 BST (UK)
I’ve been to Woodbury, is that where the big shopping outlet is?

I think you're referring to Woodbury Commons, which has a lot of outlet stores & is in Orange County, New York.  Woodbury in Nassau County is on Long Island and probably more than 2 hours drive from Woodbury Commons.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 13:48 BST (UK)
Yes, Woodbury Commons the shopping outlets. I went there instead of Coney Island which I always regretted. Luckily on my last visit to NY I finally got to go to Coney Island. 😁


Thank you for the information.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 18:33 BST (UK)
Found this 1940 US census entry for Margaret Harrington b New Jersey (as per 1950 census).  Wonder who Mildred was

www.rootschat.com/links/01tsd/

EDIT - may be a different Margaret Harrington

Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 19:55 BST (UK)
I’ll have a look. I don’t know of a Mildred, but then again, I’m just learning about this side of the Munn family.

I’m on my phone so I can’t view the census properly to read.


Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 23 May 25 20:22 BST (UK)
Mildred Harrington aged 17 is in a state school in 1930 so I don’t think she is connected
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Friday 23 May 25 22:34 BST (UK)
Mildred Harrington aged 17 is in a state school in 1930 so I don’t think she is connected

Thank you for looking.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Saturday 24 May 25 12:06 BST (UK)
I found Robert Harrington on the 1920 census as an inmate. Jackson Ward 8 ED 32, Jackson, Michigan, United States.
Again, I can’t read the census because it’s too small to look at on my phone, and very blurry. So I don’t know if this is a prison or an asylum?
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 24 May 25 12:14 BST (UK)

This might be a death notice for the Margaret on the census record ?

The Daily Journal
Vineland, New Jersey 
Wed, 28 Jun 2000
Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal/173024586/

Margaret Harrington - Birth Date   8 Dec 1930 Newark Essex, New Jersey
Death Date   25 Jun 2000
Father    Michael Harrington
Mother    Ann McCauley


Sandra
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Saturday 24 May 25 12:21 BST (UK)

This might be a death notice for the Margaret on the census record ?

The Daily Journal
Vineland, New Jersey 
Wed, 28 Jun 2000
Page 4

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal/173024586/

Margaret Harrington - Birth Date   8 Dec 1930 Newark Essex, New Jersey
Death Date   25 Jun 2000
Father    Michael Harrington
Mother    Ann McCauley


Sandra

I don’t think it’s her. Her father was called Robert, and her mother Jessie (nee Munn) her grandmother was Margaret McAulay.
But of course, if she has no known family, they may not know her parents full names.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 24 May 25 12:30 BST (UK)

Interesting that mother was Ann McCauley - is that a coincidence ?
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: pettsy on Sunday 25 May 25 11:06 BST (UK)

Interesting that mother was Ann McCauley - is that a coincidence ?

I’m not sure. It’s a different spelling of McAulay though.
Title: Re: Jessie Harrington (nee Munn)
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 26 May 25 11:30 BST (UK)


Amazing how many times spelling errors occur in names.

Were the Carnochan family no relation to Jessie ?

Sandra