Person:Helen MacAloney (1)

About Helen MacAloney

Helen Annie MacAloney was born 19 May 1915 in Worchester County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank MacAloney and his wife Annie Parmenter. Helen was married twice, first in 1946, to John Francis Parmenter (1915-1968) and 2nd aft. 1955, to Henry Harrison Crowe, Jr. (1924-2013). Prior to her marriage to John Parmenter, Helen had three children out-of-wedlock: Willard Robert MacAloney, born in 1935; Donald Arthur MacAloney, born in 1936; and Paul Albert MacAloney, born in 1938. It is believed that Annie was unable to adequately provide for these three sons were all placed in orphans or foster homes for most of their childhood. This appears to be confirmed in Massachusetts Town records in Westminster, Massachusetts, when Helen MacAloney was listed in the "Pauper Records" on 16 December 1931, shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression. In personal accounts from her eldest son, Willard Robert MacAloney, Helen rarely visited him in the orphans or foster homes that he was placed, and appeared to show little interest in her three older sons. Her three children born after her marriage to John Francis Parmenter no doubt faired much better in their upbringing.

According to MacAloney family members, Helen was a large woman who lived in relative poverty for much of her early life, and had to rely upon family members to assist her prior to her two marriages. Helen died on 10 September 1990 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, some 23 years prior to the death of her second husband Henry Harrison Crowe in 2013.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73837/person/24081993817

2.   Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, (dates vary). (Ancestry.com (database online)).

   Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970
   Name: Helen Annie Macaloney
   Birth Date: 1915
   Birth Place: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
   Volume Number: 630
   Page Number: 372
   Index Volume Number: 87
   Reference Number: F63.M362 v.87

3.   United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).

   1920 United States Federal Census
   Name: Ellen Macaloney
   [Ellen MA Caloney]
   Age: 4
   [4 7/12]
   Birth Year: abt 1916
   [abt 1915]
   Birthplace: Massachusetts
   Home in 1920: Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts
   Race: White
   Gender: Female
   Relation to Head of House: Daughter
   Marital Status: Single
   Father's Name: Frank Macaloney
   Father's Birthplace: Canada
   Mother's name: Annie Macaloney
   Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
   Household Members: Name Age
   Frank Macaloney 26
   Annie Macaloney 24
   Ellen Macaloney 4 [4 7/12]
   Arthur E Macaloney 3 [3 6/12]
   Thomas W Macaloney 1 [1 11/12]
   Alice E Macaloney 0 [9/12]
   Annie Macaloney 21
   Blanche Macaloney 1 [1 11/12]

4.   United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).

   1930 United States Federal Census
   Name: Helen A Macaloney
   Gender: Female
   Birth Year: abt 1916
   Birthplace: Massachusetts
   Race: White
   Home in 1930: Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts
   Marital Status: Single
   Relation to Head of House: Daughter
   Father's Name: Frank K Macaloney
   Father's Birthplace: Nova Scotia
   Mother's name: Annie Macaloney
   Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
   Household Members: Name Age
   Frank K Macaloney 38
   Annie Macaloney 34
   Helen A Macaloney 14
   Arthur E Macaloney 13
   Thomas W Macaloney 12
   Alice E Macaloney 11
   Kenneth D Macaloney 8
   Cora N Macaloney 6

5.   Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988: [database on-line]. (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

   Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
   Name: Helen Macaloney
   Event Type: Pauper Records
   Birth Date: 19 May 1915
   Residence Date: 16 Dec 1931
   Residence Place: Westminster, Massachusetts
   Residence Age: 16

6.   Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, (dates vary). (Ancestry.com (database online)).

   Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970
   Name: Helen Annie Macaloney
   Marriage Year: 1946
   Marriage Place: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
   Volume Number: 62
   Page Number: 552
   Index Volume Number: 148
   Reference Number: F63.M36 v.148