John Joseph Legg^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1870 - 1946  (76 years)

• Name	John Joseph Legg
  Birth	15 Oct 1870	Cataline, Newfoundland, Canada   [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1946	Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I232	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Legg,   b. 1826, Bonavista, Catalina, Newfoundland d. 17 Apr 1891, Cataline, Newfoundland, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Nora Mason,   b. 1840, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada d. 12 Sep 1895, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Y  [10]
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary J. Smith,   b. Feb 1874, Newfoundland, Canada d. 20 Jun 1913, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1895	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [11]
  	John and Mary are listed as married in the 1900 US census Marriage index of Middlesex County lists their marriage to be 6 May 1895
  Children	1. Thomas Leo Legg,   b. 23 Mar 1896   d. 12 Aug 1896 (Age 0 years)   2. John Joseph Legg,   b. 22 Dec 1897   d. 11 Aug 1931 (Age 33 years)   3. James Francis Legg,   b. 6 Jan 1900, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 30 Jan 1973, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)   4. Mary Elizabeth Legg,   b. 14 Oct 1901, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Nov 1984, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)   5. Emil Legg,   b. 26 Mar 1906   d. 26 Mar 1906 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Was from either Newfoundland or PEI, not CBI Death Certificate confirms death date Naturalization certificat states birthdate of 15 Oct 1870 in Cataline, Newfoundland, arrived in the US on 26 March 1894 on the vessel SS Grand Lake 1910 census stated he arrived in the US in 1893 1920 census states he was naturalized in 1918 and arived in 1892 Naturalized on 26 June 1919, entered the US via the vessel Grand Lake Was a rubber worker Lived at 144 Thorndike in Cambridge and 4 Putnam Street in Somerville and 1 Marecella Court in Cambridge

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] 1940 U.S. Census. [S95] 1930 U.S. Census. [S32] 1920 U.S. Census. [S33] 1910 U.S. Census. [S28] 1900 U.S. Census. [S28] 1900 U.S. Census, 20 Jun 1900 (Reliability: 0). [S3] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, U.S. Social Security Death Index. [S42] Mary Burke (Foster). [S168] Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980. [S169] Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899. [S86] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915.