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| Cause of Death: HEART FAILURE |
| GENERATIONS: About. 1937 MANHATTEN RUBBER PASSAIC NJ |
| Burial: About. 1949 SOLD VARIOUS ITEMS |
| Baptism: 1943 CURTESS WRIGHTS AIRCRAFT CALDWELL |
| Fact 1: 1950 KEARFOTT AERO SPACE GYRO DEPT |
| Fact 2: About. 1968 ON DISABILITY CAUSE HEART ATTACK |
| Occupation: NEWPORT BOOK 7 PAGE 24 |
| Burial: 7 Sep 1977 Ceder Lawn Cem.Crooks Ave.South Paterson,N.J. |
Reference: 9
72 WEST 2ND ST.
CLIFTON,N.J.
NEW JERSEY
USA |
| Medical: SUFFERED 3 MAJOR HEART ATTACTS HAD OPERATION ON ULSER AT AGE 21 OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS.USE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH KNEE SLIPPING OUT OF JOINT. |
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Individual:
NORMAN V.JAMES SR.
MY FATHER WAS BORN IN NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND AND LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR
AT # 33
WASHINGTON STREET. HE ATTENDED COL LINDER AND POTTER SCHOOLS .HE WAS NOT A VERY HEALTHY BOY.THE HOUSE HAD NO HEAT SO WHEN HE GOT WET FROM PLAYING AROUND THE BAY,WHICH WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS HOME,HE WOULD GO TO THE HOUSE AND DRY OUT IN THE COLD ROOMS.IN 1927 HE SPENT A YEAR IN THE HOSPITAL WITH FROZEN LEGS.HE WAS SICK FROM THE 4TH GRADE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS TOTAL.
IN 1926-1927 HE WAS AGAIN IN THE HOSPITAL AND HIS MOTHER HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.HE REMEMBERS HER BEING TAKEN PAST HIS ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL.IT WAS THE LAST TIME HE SAW HER.
HE WAS THE YOUNGEST,WITH BROTHERS GORDON AND JOHN AND A SISTER GWEN MAY.BECAUSE OF THE AGE DIFFERENCE,HE WAS LEFT ALONE MOST OF THE TIME TO FEND FOR HIMSELF,WHICH WAS NOT UNCOMMON IN THOSE DAYS.
ONE OF HIS EARLY MEMORIES WAS WHEN HIS BROTHER JOHN TOOK HIM FOR A RIDE IN A BOAT IN NEWPORT BAY.WHEN THEY RETURNED TO CITY PIER;JOHN JUMPED OUT AND STARTED TO GO WITH HIS FRIEND BO LAUGHTON.MY FATHER BEING SO SMALL FELL INTO THE BAY WHEN TRYING TO LEAVE THE BOAT.JOHN AND BO HEARD HIM YELL AND DIVED UNDER THE BOAT AND RESCUED HIM.
ANOTHER MEMORY WAS WHEN JOHN USE TO MAKE HIM GET UP A HALF HOUR EARLY SO MY FATHER COULD GO TO THE GARAGE AND DRIVE THE CAR TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.MY DADS FEET COULD HARDLY REACH THE FLOOR.THAT STOPPED WHEN A NEIGHBOR YELLED AT JOHN.HE WAS THEN AROUND 11 YEARS OLD.
ONE OF HIS EARLIEST MEMORIES WAS WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL;HE REMEMBERS SEEING HIS MOTHER ON A STRETCHER BEING LED TO A ROOM. .HE THINKS SHE DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK .SHE MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN ONCE.
HE ALSO HAD TERRIBLE MEMORIES OF THE FOG HORNS,WHICH SOUNDED OFF IN THE BAY ON NIGHTS WHEN THE FOG WAS IN,WHICH WAS OFTEN.I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME HE TOOK OUR FAMILY TO SEE HIS FATHER.I COULD SEE,EVEN AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE THAT IT BOTHERED HIM TO RETURN.I FELT DIFFERENT BECAUSE I REALLY LOVED NEWPORT.I REMEMBER RIDING ACROSS THE BAY ON THE JAMESTOWN FERRY,WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DISCONTINUED.IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE FOR A BOY OF 8.MY DAUGHTER SHARON HAS THE SAME LOVE OF NEWPORT THAT I HAVE.
I ALSO REMEMBER PLAYING WITH MY TWO COUSINS,JOHNIE AND MORRIS,BOTH OF WHOM DIED AT THE SAME AGE OF 32.WE WOULD PLAY FOR HOURS BY THE WATER, OFTEN SWIMMING WITH THE MAN OF WAR JELLYFISH,WHICH IF THEY TOUCHED YOU ,WOULD STING.
HE WAS VISITED BY HIS MOTHERS SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW;ISABELLA AND WILLIAM JOHNSON FROM NEW JERSEY.AUNT IS ,AS I CALLED HER,SAW MY FATHER COILED UP ON THE BED SOAKING WET, HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD, AND SHE TOLD MY GRANDFATHER JONNATHAN, THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS CHILDLESS AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY THAT SHE WOULD TAKE MY FATHER AND RAISE HIM AS HER OWN.HE REFUSED HER AND SHE LEFT FOR HOME.MY FATHER KNEW HER ADDRESS SO AROUND HIS 14TH BIRTHDAY HIS FATHER AND BROTHER GORDEN GAVE HIM SOME MONEY AND HE HOPPED A STEAMSHIP ON THE FALL RIVER LINE .THE BOAT WAS NAMED 'PLYMOUTH".HE TOOK IT TO NEW YORK PIERS WHERE HE THEN HITCH HIKED TO CLIFTON,NEW JERSEY WHERE HE REMAINED TILL HIS DEATH.HE ATTENDED P.S.#4 AND #1 GRAMMER SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED 1 YEAR AT CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
HE MET MY MOTHER LORETTA SMITH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AT AN EARLY AGE,MARRIED.SHE WAS FROM BARKLEY AVE CLIFTON.
THEY LIVED FOR AWHILE ON MAIN AVE PASSAIC,N.J.IN A COLD WATER FLAT.I WAS BORN AND WHILE MY MOTHER WAS PREGNANT FOR MY SISTER CAROL SHE FAINTED OVER THE COOKING STOVE WHILE MY FATHER WAS OUT TRYING TO GET HER GRAPES.THEY HAD NO MONEY AS THIS WAS THE DEPRESSION, SO HE TRIED TO SELL APPLES FOR A NICKEL APIECE TO EARN MONEY FOR FOOD AND RENT.THINGS WERE REALLY TOUGH IN THOSE YEARS BUT HE WOULD TAKE FROM HIMSELF TO GIVE TO HIS FAMILY.HE WAS VERY FAMILY ORIENTED.
HIS FIRST JOB WAS AT MANHATTAN RUBBER WHERE HE MADE $14.50 A WEEK.HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND NOW A WELDER.HE LEFT THERE FOR A JOB AT CURTISS WRIGHTS ,AGAIN AS A WELDER,MAKING PROPELLER BLADES FOR PLANES.AFTER THE WAR HE OPENED A GROCERY STORE ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AVE AND WEST 2ND ST,CLIFTON,N.J..THAT DIDNT LAST LONG AS HE HAD TO BE AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY FOR LONG HOURS.HE NEXT BEGAN SELLING LIFE INSURANCE FOR MET BUT COULDNT SCREW THE PEOPLE THE WAY HE WAS TOLD TO.HE THEN GOT A JOB AT KEARFOTT ELECTRONICS AND TOOK A LOT OF SCHOOLING UNTIL HE WAS PROMOTED TO GROUP LEADER IN THE AERO SPACE PROGRAM.HE STAYED THERE UNTIL HIS HEART ATTACK IN 1969 AND WAS FORCED TO FINALLY RETIRE IN 1972 AT AGE 55 BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE PAIN.
AFTER CAROL WAS BORN WE MOVED OFF GETTY AVE BY THE LUMBER YARD,WHICH IS IN CLIFTON.MY MOTHER HAD BARBARA AND ARLENE.NOW THERE WAS FOUR KIDS,STILL WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY COMING IN.
ONE DAY MY AUNT" IS" TOLD HIM OF A HOUSE AT 74 WEST SECOND ST.,JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM HER AND UNCLE BILLS HOUSE.HE WENT TO SEE AN OLD MAN WHO LIVED THERE AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD SELL HIM THE HOUSE FOR $1ooo.oo WITH $1.00 DOWN IF THEY AGREED TO CARE FOR THE OLD MAN TILL HE DIED.DAD HAD TO BORROW THE DOLLAR FROM THE BANK PRESIDENT TO GIVE MR.HENCE THE DOWN PAYMENT .WE NOW OWNED OUR OWN HOUSE WITH NO MONEY IN HIS POCKETS.HE NEVER LOST THE HOUSE AND LIVED UP TO HIS BARGAIN WITH UNCLE DEN,WHICH WE KIDS CALLED HIM TILL HE DIED.
THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD 5 GARAGES IN THE BACK AND I CAN REMEMBER ONE OF THEM WAS RENTED TO A MAN, DAN MURDOCK, WITH A HORSE.FINALLY AROUND 1948 HE TORE THEM ALL DOWN.
A LITTLE LUCK CAME HIS WAY IN 1944 WHEN A FRIEND GOT HIM A JOB AT CURTISS WRIGHTS WHICH WAS BUSY MAKING PLANE PROPELLERS FOR THE WAR EFFORT.HE STAYED THERE UNTIL HE WAS FINALLY LAID OFF.HE THEN SOLD FULLER BRUSH AND KIRBEY CLEANERS DOOR TO DOOR.WHILE HE WAS DOING ALL THIS HE TOOK A HOME STUDY COURSE FROM ICS IN ELECTRONICS WHILE ALSO FINISHING HIS HIGH SCHOOLING.
SOMEWHERE AROUND 1948 HE OPENED A DELI ON THE CORNER OF WEST SECOND AND MAIN ST,CLIFTON.THE TWO OF THEM SLAVED TO MAKE A LIVING,WITH LONG HOURS AND 7 DAYS A WEEK WORK.HE THEN GOT A JOB AT KEARFOTT ELECTRONICS IN LITTLE FALLS,N.J., AND SOLD THE STORE.HE WAS A HARD WORKER AND AFTER MANEY YEARS HE WAS PROMOTED TO HEAD OF HIS DEPARTMENT.BY THEN THE SPACE PROGRAM WAS IN FULL SWING AND HIS DEPT.WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GYRO THAT KEPT THE SPACE CRAFT ON COURSE.
IN 1968 HE SUFFERED A SEVERE HEART ATTACK AND WENT OUT ON A DISABILITY.HE HAD TWO MORE ATTACKS AND FINALLY DIED IN 1977.HE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OFF GETTY AVE,SO.PATERSON AT THE A&P WAREHOUSE STORE,WAITING IN THE CAR WHILE MY MOTHER AND BROTHER IN LAW RAY KLEMMER SHOPPED.MY MOTHER SAID HE ENTERED THE STORE ONCE AND SHE TOLD HIM TO SIT IN THE CAR AS THE STORE WAS TO COLD.HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND RETURNED TO THE CAR WHERE HE DIED APPARENTLY WITHOUT SUFFERING AS HE HAD HIS SHOES OFF WHILE PROBABLY TRYING TO SLEEP.HE WAS DEAD WHEN RAY CAME OUT AND TRIED TO REVIVE HIM.RAY KLEMMER WAS LIKE A SON TO HIM AND WE ALL OWE HIM A LOT FOR MAKING MY FATHERS LAST DAYS EASIER.THANKS RAY.
MY FATHER HAD A HARD LIFE ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF HIS FAMILY AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF US AND THEN IF ANYTHING WAS LEFT HE WOULD DO FOR HIMSELF,WHICH WAS NOT VERY OFTEN.
WE RETURNED TO NEWPORT A FEW TIMES,MOSTLY FOR FUNERALS.I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHERS DEATH AS I WAS A PALLBERRER.BEFORE HE DIED DAD INTRODUCED ME TO HIM.HE WAS A SURLY OLD MAN.I NEVER REALLY GOT TO KNOW HIM.
DADS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WAS 153-05-5533
DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST,MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AT 11:48 AM
HE WAS A TOUGH LITTLE GUY,BARELY 5 FOOT TALL,BUT HE RULED THE ROOST AND WAS KNOWN AS LITTLE CEASAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.EVERYONE FEARED HIM BUT THEY ALSO RESPECTED HIM BECAUSE HE STOOD UP FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED IN.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN NEWPORT:HE ALWAYS WANTED HIS CHILDREN TO HAVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.HE OFTEN WENT WITHOUT HIMSELF IN ORDER TO GET US STUFF.
HE LIVED AT 74 WEST SECOND STREET UNTIL THE LATE 60'S WHEN HE HAD A NEW HOUSE BUILT ON OUR LOT NEXT DOOR AT # 72.
HE LIVED FOR 9 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST ATTACK,BUT HE WAS IN CONSTANT FEAR AND PAIN.HE HAD PAIN WHEN HE HAD TO TIE HIS SHOE LACES.
I WISH HE WAS STILL AROUND AS HE WOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN PROUD OF HIS FAMILY.THEY ARE ALL DOING WELL AND THAT WAS HIS ONLY GOAL IN LIFE.
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- Title: 1st hand knowledge and birth certificate #145 from Newport,R.I.
Media: Book
Page: Saint Joseph's Church,Newport,R.I.
- Title: Death certificate from Clifton,N.J.
- Title: Marriage certificate from Clifton,N.J.
- Title: Baptized 12-16-1917 at St.Josephs Church,Newport,R.I.
Text: Baptized by Rev.J.F.O'Rourke
Sponcers-William and Mary Sharkey
sent by J.Joseph Cooney,asst.pastor on 10-17-1942
- Title: State Office,Providence,R.I.
Page: Local or State File # 145
Text: Filing Date 12-31-1917
- Title: Death Certificate #1052583 1007-dated 9-6-1977 Dept of Health Off.Rec 1238 PC 1811
Text: Burried Cedar Lawn Cem,Clifton,N.J. thru Mason& Porter Clifton
Dr Cyrus Gormley-Cardiac Arrest due to Myicardial Infarction
Social Sec # 153-05-5533
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