Person:Patrick McNally (4)

Watchers
m. 1873
  1. Bridget Ann McNally1872 - 1974
  2. Mary McNally1874 -
  3. Patrick J. McNally1876 - 1980
  4. Honor McNally1879 -
  5. William McNally1879 -
  6. Owen McNally1881 -
  7. John E. McNally1881 - 1968
  8. Sarah McNally1884 - 1959
  9. Thomas McNally1886 - 1968
  10. James McNally1888 - 1967
  11. Michael McNally1890 -
  • HPatrick J. McNally1876 - 1980
  • WBridget Cox1875 - 1924
m. 1898
  1. John McNally1899 - 1975
  2. Peter McNallyAbt 1903 - 1930
  3. Alice F. McNallyAbt 1906 - 1993
  4. Rita Kathryn McNally1914 - 2001
Facts and Events
Name Patrick J. McNally
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Jan 1876 Louisburgh, Westport, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
Emigration[5][6] 4 May 1898 Queenstown to Boston
Marriage 1898 Massachusetts, United Statesto Bridget Cox
Marriage to Beatrice _____
Residence[2][3] 1910 Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesOak Street
Other[4] 12 Sep 1918 Military Service
Residence? 1920 Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Residence? 1930 70 Greenfield Street, Lawrence City, Essex, Massachusetts
Occupation? Department of Public Works-Comm. of Mass
Death? 28 Nov 1980 St. Patrick's Manor Framingham, MA.Cause: Bronchopneumonia
Burial? Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Norton Funeral Home, St John's Cemetery Y1 CAUS Bronchopneumonia, 14 Da ys between on set and death 1 NOTE He helped build the Clinton Dam. 16 J an 1876 Death Date: Nov 1980 Social Security Number: 017-40-7827 Sta te or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Massachusetts Death Residence Lo calities ZIP Code: 01701

The South Middlesex News Middlesex, Massachusetts Monday January 12, 1976

You'd never believe he's 100 year old FRAMINGHAM - Three years ago a doctor sat on the edge of Patrick J. McNally's bed, put the "earphones" on him and declared him dead. McNally had had a shock. He couldn't speak but he heard clearly when the doctor asked a priest to give McNally the last rites of the church. The handsome, white-haired gentleman with pink and white checks laughs about it now as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday at St. Patrick's Manor on Thursday. "When he saw me six months later, he looked at me and said 'Are yhou the gink I left for dead? You've come a long way.' " McNally doesn't attribute his lonevity to heredity even though his mother died in his mative Country Mayo, Ireland at 108. He is the only survivor in a family of 12 children. Two of his sisters lived to be between 90 and 95 years of age. With that positive track record, McNally still insists it's not a case of heredity, reminding, "My father died when I was 15." Six operations behind him as well as the shock which has left his right hand less mobile than the left and his speech affected just enough that the brogue and the softness of his voice make you listen more attentively to what he has to say, McNally doesn't look a day over 70 and has the independent spirit and wit of one much younger. He is a man who likes to tell stories and riddles, and his favorite is the one about being pronounced dead. "Father Flynn did give me the last rites. He also suggested that I not go to mass anymore. That's when I asked him 'Are you afraid I'll fall at your feet?' " Though he spends most of his day in a wheelchair, with the use of a walker, McNally goes into the hallway every day to do his exercise. "I do everything for myself and that includes feeding and shaving myself with my left hand" he exclaims proudly. He is twice a widower. McNally's wife Bridget, with whom he had six children, died in 1924 and Beatrice, died in 1935. Three of his daughters, Rita Dallas, a registered nurse recommended to the Kennedy family following Ambassador Joseph Kennedy's shock, who took care of him for eight years, Helen Murprey and Alice Minaham are living. Daughter, Mary died as a baby, Peter was killed in an automobile accident in 1930 and John, died last April at the age of 77. He has 13 grandchildren but his son John had 26. All of McNally's children were born in Clinton, where he setttled after coming to the United States during the year of the Spanish-American War (1898). He latter moved to Framingham where he lived for more than 40 years and when he left his home at 21 Wood Terrace on Oct. 27, 1970, he came to St. Patrick's Manor. McNally retired at the age of 71 having worked for the state highway department for 14-15 years, "doing whatever I was told to do." What stands out the most as he reflects over the changes that have taken place? Wages. "When I came from the old country I went to work at the Lancaster Mills from Monday morning until Saturday noon. That was a 58-hour week and my pay was $6.09. The plumbers are getting $11 an hour today. In my time, $9 a week was damn good pay. If I had to hire him then, it would have been $4 a day." The vast changes in snow-plowing are also vivid in his mind. "We had a real heavy storm that Thanksgiving when I was 22. It was about four feet and there was only one horseplow. We had to go out and kick the snow into a pail just to get out the door of the house. And after the plow came, the track was still narrow for everone to use to go down the street." Because his eyes bother him, McNally limits his television time, but he does play cards frequently. "I can play any game but they tell me I'm a crook" he jokes. Tuesday and Thursday is card day and if he's not playing with Charlie Hammond, a volunteer, then his partner might be one of the other volunteers or some of the other residents of St. Patrick's Manor.

How does McNally feel about the world today? "It's gone bugs-for the worse. They have no shame. They're getting lower all the time. One thing is for sure - they shouldn't have allowed them to build that wall in Germany."

How does he feel about our various presidents? "They're all about the same. Nixon didn't help his party any. He was too much with Russia. I see Ford on telvision but I don't know him. I'm not for or against him. The fact that he replaced Nixon won't help him as they'll always look upon him as one of his men." What is McNally's prediction on the upcoming presidential election? "Come up to my grave and I'll holler up to you. If I say my mind they'll say who is that S.O.B. that gave you that information. He's crazy."

And how long does McNally think he'll keep going strong? "I might die in five minutes. That's why you shouldn't print what I told you. I like tostart stories." When it was mentioned he didn't look like someone ready to die, the chipper McNally disagreed. Ready with the last word, he commented, "As the fellow said, some day I'll wake up dead."

References
  1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. International Genealogical Index(R). (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002)
    citing film: batch: C005842, downloaded 15 Nov 2006.
  2. 1910 Census USA.
  3. 1930 Census
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=MAT626_898-0988&fn=Patrick&ln=Mcnally&st=r&pid=16595716.
  4. United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).
  5. Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts
  6. SS Cephalonia with his wife Bridget to visit his uncle Peter Kerrigan at 24 Simon Court, Clinton, Massachusetts
  7.   The Middlesex News, Sat. Nov. 29, 1980
    I. Patrick J. McNally, 104, Ireland Native
    Framingham - Patrick J. McNally, 104, a well known local figure and possibly the oldest resident in town, died Friday, Nov. 28, 1980, at St. Patrick's Manor.
    He was a former resident of 21 Wood Terrace, having moved to Framingham from Clinton 43 years ago.
    Mr. McNally was a native of County Mayo, Ireland where he was an avid salmon fisher. After settling in this country in Clinton, he moved to Framingham 43 years ago.
    McNally will be remembered by his friends for, his wit and humor, for his independent spirit, and as the teller of tales, and maker of toasts and teases.
    He was also an alert matchmaker who often attempted to match romantically the sons and daughters of friends.
    At his 101st birthday party, at which friends presented him with a modern development, a 6-foot submarine sandwich, he said the secret of a long life is to "work hard every day and never smoke a cigarette."
    He did not attribute his longetivity to heredity, despite the fact that his mother, who died in 1956 at the age of 108, was one of the oldest women in Ireland.
    Mr. McNally came to the United States at the age of 22 in 1898, the year Teddy Roosevelt charged San Juan Hill.
    In his later years, he viewed increased wages as one of the big changes he saw during his lifetime.
    He recalled working in a 58-hour week as a supervisor during the building of the Clinton Dam, 1908-1918 for a salary of just over $6.
    He retired from the state highway department at the age of 71 after working there for 15 years.
    He was the last survivor of a family of 12 children, and was pre-deceased by two wives, Bridget with whom he had six children, and Beatrice.
    Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Norton Funeral Home 53 Beech St, are incomplete at this time.
    II. The Middlesex News Sun. Nov. 30, 1980
    Patrick J. McNally
    Framingham - Funeral services for Patrick J. McNally, 104, a town resident for more than 40 years, will be held at 8:15 a.m. on Monday from the Norton Funeral Home on 53 Beech St. Framingham.
    Mr. McNally died Friday at St. Patrick's Manor.
    A funeral Mass will be celebrated in the chapel at St. Patrick's Marno at 9 a.m. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery in Clinton.
    Born in Ireland, McNally came to the U.S. in 1898 and settled in Clinton. He later moved to Framingham.
    He retired at the age of 71, after 15 years with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works.
    He was the husband of the late Bridget A. (Cox) McNally, who died in 1965, and the late Beatrice McNally.
    He is survived by three daughters, Alice F. (Schlickman) Minehan of Boynton Beach, Florida, Helen M. Murphy of Marlboro, MA. and Rita K. Dallas of Boca Raton, Florida. 14 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and 11 great great grandchildren.
    Visiting hours at the funeral home will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.