Family of Catharine Ahern and James Meehan

Catharine Ahern, born to John Ahern and Catharine Ahern at Mile Bush in Mallow, Co. Cork, baptized on Sunday, February 10, 1839 at St. Mary's in Mallow (sponsors: John Sheehan and Catherine Donovan), married James Meehan 8 April 1866 at St. Peter's in Cambridge, Mass. (witnesses: James Bugen and Ellen O'Connor), died of typhoid pneumonia in Arlington, Massachusetts 11 December 1874.

They had the following children:

1. Alice Frances Meehan, born 3 January 1867, baptized 6 January at St. Peter's in Cambridge (sponsors: Patrick Ahern and Catharine Meehan).
2. James E. Meehan, born 18 December 1868 in Arlington, baptized 20 December at St. Peter's in Cambridge (sponsors: Timothy Hurley and Mary Neil), boarded with Arthur and Ellen (Ahern) Coughlin at 54 Norcross St. in 1920.
3. John Meehan, born about February 1872, died 4 March 1875 of scarlet fever.
4. Danny Meehan, born 9 March 1874 in Arlington, baptized 11 March at St. Malachy's in Arlington, Mass. (sponsors: John Ahern and Ellen Roche) boarded with Arthur and Ellen (Ahern) Coughlin at 54 Norcross St. in 1900.

Mention of Meehans in the News

Arlington Advocate - 1 June 1872

Justice Carter has had the following cases before him this week . . . Thursday, Jas. Mehan assault upon his wife, $4 and costs.

Arlington Advocate - 19 April 1895

In our notice of the police appointments for 1895 we stated that officer Garret Cody had been transferred from his old beat and assigned to the lower section of the town. That he is attending to his duty successfully was shown in the batch sent to court the first of the week on his complaint.

Being assured that one of the houses on Mr. Rawson's lower farm on Warren street was being used as a resort for illegal practices, he kept watch and last Sunday was rewarded by catching a lot of young men in the act of gaming on the Lord's day, and succeeded in capturing Patrick and Michael Canty, John Welch, Thomas Keeny, Dennis Leary, William Kelley, John DeCoursey, Decklin Flynn, William H. Waugh and Daniel Mehan.

All but Welch pleaded guilty and it figured but a short time for officer Cody on the witness stand to convince the judge of his guilt and like all the rest he paid a fine of three dollars.

Arlington Advocate - 21 May 1897

In the police court, on Tuesday, Daniel Meehan was adjudged guilty of the charge of drunkenness and was fined one dollar.

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