McNamara Line

Charles STUHR , b. Dec 1842, Saxony, Germany. In the 1880 Census, next to brother Henry. Under occupation, it says ‘works in shoe factory’. Looks like the family (or at least the men) came over from Saxony, Germany through Canada prior to 1864.
Flora/Fredericka, b. March 1846, Hanover, Germany. On the 1900 Census (Jersey City Ward 12, Hudson, New Jersey) she was listed as the mother of 6 children, 5 still living.

Phillip LENDEL , , b. abt. 1837, in Hessen, Germany; d. 09 Jun 1898, New York (cert 906). Was listed as a blacksmith in 1880 with both of his parents having been born in Hessen, Germany. Can’t find this family in the 1870 Census. Enlisted as a Private on 03 May 1861 at the age of 23, Company F, 20th Infantry Regiment New York on 06 May 1861. Mustered out Company F, 20th Infantry Regiment New York on 01 June 1863 in New York, NY. Was listed in the New York City Directory, 1869 as a laborer, 420 Sixth. Was listed in the New York City Directory, 1890 as a smith, 514 Sixth. On 4 Apr 1890, Phillip or Dorathea applied for his pension under the listing invalid. On 23 Jun 1898 Dorathea applied for his pension as a widow.

More about Hessen, Germany: Situated in western-central Germany, Hesse borders on the German states (starting from the north-west and proceeding clockwise) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.

The principal cities of Hesse include Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Hanau, Gießen, Wetzlar and Limburg in the greater Rhine Main Area, Fulda in the east, and Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn in the north.

Mary A. McDONOUGH , b. abt. 1845, Ireland. On the 1910 Census she listed that she immigrated to the U.S. in 1862 and that she was the mother of 7 with only two living. Prior to 1910 she remarried to a Mr. McDENNA, and she was listed as a widow in 1910.

There was a Hugh McNamara, born abt. 1847 in Ireland, married to a Mary, born abt 1852 in Massachusetts, in 1880 US Census, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts. They had two children listed; Annie McNamara, age 2, and James McNamara, 7 months.

Angelina ‘Lena’ LENDEL, b. abt. 1870, New York In 1910 Census, mother of 8 children, 7 Living.

Joseph A. McNAMARA , b. 17 Feb 1886 or 1887, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey ; m. Jun 29 1912, Kings, Brooklyn, New York . Joseph was a plumber by trade. He was an amateur boxer known as ‘Fireball McNamara’. He listed that his father was born in Ireland, and his mother was born in New York based on the 1920 Census, Brooklyn Assembly District 20, Kings, New York (Bushwick neighborhood). Joseph registered for the draft for WWI in Brooklyn. According to his draft registration he had blue eyes, black hair and was of slight build. He left Dorothy and the two children at some point prior to 1930. At least we think he left her rather than that he died. Eileen BISHOP McNAMARA remembers that her husband, George McNAMARA never mentioned his father, and that he abandoned the family durning the depression. He may have left the city to look for work and just never came back. She has a vauge memory that George’s father was a drinker and violent. Overall, very little was ever known about him, and in all the years Eileen was married to George he never mentioned his father.
Dorothy Laura STUHR , b. abt. 1893; m. abt. 1913 at age 20; d. 5 Sep 1964, Hawthorne, Westchester, New York (not verified yet)

William A. BISHOP, b. abt. 1883, New York. Was listed as a salesman in a liquor store in 1920. Both parents birthplace listed as New York. Can’t find him in the 1900 census or in the WWI NY Draft Index.
Susan (Susie) M., b. abt. 1885, New York. Both parents birthplace listed as New York.

George Richard McNAMARA, b. 2 Feb 1920; d. Aug 1979, Sea Cliff, Nassau, New York. Went to Jamaica High School in Jamaica, NY. Played baseball and was in some sort of minor league team in NY. Was a pitcher. Was Drafted in WWII . Practiced and played baseball while in the military, but during training they discovered he had a heart murmur. I think he was released from service after that. He had Rheumatic fever when he was young which contributed to his death. Something about a valve replacement that he never did very well after. Had emphysema and heart failure. Smoked and drank. His SSN application was blank for father.
Eileen Grace BISHOP, b. 7 May 1919, Court St, Syracuse Ward 3, Onondaga, New York; d. 29 Jan 2003, Sea Cliff, Nassau, New York. Grandma McNamara attended a private boarding school and was very proud of this fact. Actually, education was theme in her life, and she later became a beloved high school teacher in Sea Cliff NY. She was known to a generation of Sea Cliff residents as ‘Mrs. Mac’.
1. Michael Thomas Patrick McNAMARA, b. 2 Sep 1945. Was an only child.

Michael Thomas Patrick McNAMARA, b. 2 Sep; m. 28 Dec 1968, St. Lukes Church, Sea Cliff, New York by Rev. William Croft. Witnessed by Kathryn O. Travis and Todd Tilton.
Virginia Fraser TRAVIS, b. 14 Feb; d. 10 May 1999

Michael Thomas Patrick McNAMARA, Jr., b. 8 Mar; m. 5 Sept 1999, Park City, Summit, Utah.
Kimberly Kathleen PARTAIN, b. 31 Oct. Kimberly is the daughter of Richard PARTAIN and Susan VINES.

Source: Information from Eileen McNamara on the family names of Lena, Lendel family, Dorothy Lendel, and Dorothy McNamara

1880 U.S. Census, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York. Lental.

1890 Veterans Schedules, Phillip Lendel.

1900 U.S. Census, Brooklyn Ward 22, Kings, New York. Doratha Lendel. CENSUS IS IMCOMPLETE. Judging by the neighbors, this is her and the Stuhr family.

Marriage certificate for Joseph A. McNamara, June 29, 1912, Kings County, New York, Number 6624. FHL film 1613532.

1910 U.S. Census: Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_958; Page: 7A; Enum. Dist.: 120; Image: 185.

1910 U.S. Census, 22-Ward Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Charles H Stuler, Dorothy Lendel

1920 U.S. Census, Brooklyn Assembly District 20, Kings, New York, Charles Stuhr, Joseph McNamara, Dorothy Lendel

1930 U.S. Census, Queens, Queens, New York, Charles Stuhr and McNamara’s (minus Joseph)

1920 U. S.Census, Brooklyn Assembly District 20, Kings, New York, Charles Stuhr, Joseph McNamara, Dorothy Lendel

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Joseph A Mcnamara

Marriage certificate for Joseph A. McNamara, June 29, 1912, Kings County, New York, Number 6624. FHL film 1613532.

1930 U.S. Census, Queens, Queens, New York, Charles Stuhr and McNamara’s (minus Joseph)

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 - George R McNamara