I was able to find Emile with no problem in an Ancestry search but what was his relationship to me?
Going back through the census reports I found that his father was James P. Fanning and they lived at 1528 Madison Avenue in the NYS 1905 census. I jumped to a conclusion, and I don't think it is a far stretch since Emile & his wife were actually invited to my grandparents wedding, that Emile was Paddy Fanning's, my great grandfather's, cousin. James P. Fanning and Peter Fanning were most likely brothers. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any document from Ireland to confirm this.
Grandpa Peter (1863-?) immigrated to the US in 1891 at the age of 28. James (1861-?) immigrated in 1887 as a single 26 years old. There are no 1890 census records available and the next record states that James married a woman named Frances M. Guggenheim (1877-?) on June 28, 1899 in Manhattan. Frances, born in NY of German immigrants, was mentioned as Fanny in most of the censuses. 1900 shows them as newlyweds at 1685 Madison Ave with their new son, Emile. James was a foreman at a rubber store. By 1910, James & Fanny had moved to The Bronx on E. 173 St. and James still worked in the rubber business. Daughter Teresa is listed as 9 years old. The 1920 census has them living in a house at 3934 Park Ave in the Bronx. James was now working as an elevator operator at the Salvation Army. Emile, 19, worked for as a telegrapher for a paper company, and Teresa was an 18 year-old clerk for American Express. The last census James is mentioned in is the 1930 census. They resided at 1018 Summit Ave in the Bronx and still worked at the Salvation Army at 69 years old. The kids were all married by then. I do not know when either James or Fanny died.
Emile married a Yonkers girl named Margaret Hughes (1900-1972) in 1930 and they lived at her family's house for several years on Van Cortland Park Avenue staring in the 1930 census. He was a manger at a dye works company & she was a stenographer for welfare services. In 1940, Emile was a life insurance agent and he and Margaret had three children.
Emile's sister, Teresa, is documented well before she gets married but her trail runs cold after that. I found a record indicating Teresa Fanning married an Edward A. Conner in the Bronx on June 28, 1926. However, I have been unable to locate them in any other records. Nor have I been able to find any history on Mr. Conner.
Emile and Margaret had three children: Mary (1932), Anne Marie (1932), and James (1934-2012).
Mary Fanning married Fausten "Frank" Kokosky (1930-2006) and they lived in New City, NY. I am not sure about children but when I search their address it is only a few blocks away from my sister-in-law.
Anne Marie Fanning, I believe, married Donald E. Popp (1932-1913). If accurate, they lived in White Plains at the time of the 1940 census and at some point moved to Edison, NJ. An obituary states that he died in Venice, Florida, and is survived by his wife, Ann M, 4 sons (William - Nazareth, PA., John - Charlotte, NC., Stephen - Clark, NJ., Christopher - Easton, PA.) and a daughter (Maryann Savoth - Edison, NJ.)
James Fanning never married according to his obituary which reads "James Francis Fanning, a lifelong Yonkers resident, passed away on October 21, 2012. He was 78 years old. James attended Yonkers schools, served 2 years in the US Navy and was a graduate of Fordham College in the Bronx. He worked for many years as a clerk with the Metropolitan Port Authority.James is the beloved brother of Ann Popp and Mary Kokoski. He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews." He is buried at St. Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx.
You may have noticed another unfamiliar signature on the menu, too. I am in the process of investigating who "Helen Fanning" is.
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