Person:Hugh Diamond (1)

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Hugh Diamond
b.Mar 1853 Kilrea, County Londonderry, Ireland
d.25 Jul 1902 Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  James Diamond (add)
  • M.  Mary Mooney (add)
  1. Henry DiamondAbt 1853 - 1889
  2. Hugh Diamond1853 - 1902
  3. Mary DiamondEst 1856 - Bet 1879 & 1890
  4. James Diamond - Aft 1902
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hugh Diamond1853 - 1902
  • W.  Mary _____Abt 1859 - 1888
m. Abt 1879
  1. Unnamed Diamond - 1880
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hugh Diamond1853 - 1902
  • W.  Mary RussellEst 1869 - 1896
m. 22 Apr 1894
  1. Mary Diamond1895 -
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Facts and Events
Name Hugh Diamond
Alt Name Hugh Dimond
Gender Male
Birth[1][8] Mar 1853 Kilrea, County Londonderry, Ireland
Immigration[1] 1870
Marriage Abt 1879 to Mary _____
Occupation? 1880 Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United StatesStone Mason
Occupation[3] 1894 Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United StatesSaloon keeper (131 William St.)
Marriage 22 Apr 1894 Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United StatesSt. Peter R.C. Church
to Mary Russell
Occupation[1] 1900 Saloon Keeper
Other[6] 1901 Re-elected Vice-President of the Belleville Building and Loan Association
Death[2] 25 Jul 1902 Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, United Statesat home

Anglican minister Joseph Sandys said of Kilrea in 1796, 'The Dissenters [Presbyterians] and Papists in this parish are practically to a man rebels and are fired with bloody revolution that would even be more zealous than that of France.'[1]

In 1886 he was one of the Belleville representatives to the convention of the Irish Societies of New Jersey.S7 He owned a large store on the corner of William and Washington Sts., Belleville, which he rented in 1896 to a Willard Brown.S4 That same year he was granted a saloon license.S5 In 1901, he was re-elected Vice-President of the Belleville Building and Loan Association.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Essex, New Jersey, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9J8-NFC : accessed 07 Dec 2012), Hugh Diamond, ED 191 Belleville Township, District 2, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240969.

  2. ↑ Irish World (New York)
    p. 10, 9 Aug 1902.

    Hugh Diamond, a well-known resident of Belleville, died July 25, at his home at William and Dow streets, in that place. Mr. Diamond was born in Ireland. Thirty years ago he took up his residence in Belleville. He was a mason by trade, but had not followed it for many years. He was proprietor of a hotel for many years. He was vice-president of the Belleville Building and Loan Association for several terms and was for many years a member of its board of directors. The deceased is survived by a daughter, seven years old. Besides her, the nearest surviving member of his family is a brother, James Diamond, who still resides in Ireland.

  3. ↑ Baldwin's Directory of Bloomfield, Montclair, Belleville, Franklin, Caldwell and Verona . . . for the year ending May 1, 1894
    p. 184.

    Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

  4.   Man And Goods Disappear. Newark Merchants Have An Unpleasant Experience With A Sharper In Belleville, in New York Tribune (New York, New York)
    14, Thursday, March 26, 1896 .
  5.   Taverns and Saloons Licensed, in New York Tribune (New York, New York)
    16, Wednesday, April 8, 1896.
  6. ↑ American Building Association News
    Vol XX, #9, p. , September 1901.
  7.   .

    Irish Societies Organizing
    Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1886 Paper: New York Herald (New York, New York) Issue: 18110 Page: 7 [genealogybank.com]

  8. ↑ The New York Times
    p. 16, 3 Aug 1902.

    DIAMOND--July 26, Hugh Diamond of Bellville [sic], N.J. born in Kilrea, Ireland.

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