The Family of Thomas J. Maginley and May A. Becker Maginley

The Parents of Thomas J. Maginley

Father and Mother Maginley

The Parents of May A. Becker

John F. Becker and Lucinda J. Butler Becker

Maginley Family Tree

Thomas’ Maternal Family Tree

Becker Family Tree

Butler Family Tree

Marriages of Thomas J. Maginley

1st Marriage to May A. Becker

Marriages of May A. Becker

1st Marriage to Thomas J. Maginley

The Obituary of Thomas J. Maginley

1877 - 18 April 1938

From the Dansville Express, 19 April 1938

Thomas J. Maginley, who would have been 61 years of age next Sunday, died suddenly yesterday afternoon while working on his farm in Sparta. Mr. Maginley was found stricken by a shock by his wife, Mrs. May Maginley at about 11 a.m. and died at three o’clock. He had been working with a team. Although his health was not regarded as good, he had been able to do some farm work.

Before moving to his Sparta farm, he had been associated with the creamery at Scottsburg for about ten years.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. May Maginley, two sons, Clyde R. of Canaseraga and Claire J. of Mount Kisco, four grand-daughters, one brother, Claire Maginlely of Sparta and one sister, Mrs. Reed May of Scotsburg. He was a member of the Springwater Grange.

Funeral services will be held from the home on Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. Frank White of Scottsburg will officiate. Burial will be made in Union Cemetery, Scottsburg.

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From the Dansville Express, 22 April 1938

Funeral services for Thomas J. Maginley were held from the home in West Sparta yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. Frank White of Scottsburg officated. There were many friends and relatives in attendance at the service, and many beautiful flowers expressing respect for Mr. Maginley and sympathy for the family.

Bearers were Charles Burdick, Heman Miller, James Mannton, Gordon Clemmons, Walter Sterner, M. D. Clenmons.

Burial was made in Union Cemetery, Scottsburg.

Those from out-of-town came from Ulysses, Pa., Almond, Hornell, South Livonia, Canisteo, Canaseraga, Rochester and Mount Morris.

The Obituary of May A. Becker Maginley

1880 - 1939

From the Democrat and Chronicle, 27 April 1939

Dansville - Mrs. May Maginley, 69, widow of Thomas J. Maginley, died yesterday in the home of her son, Clyde Maginley, in Canaseraga after a long illness.

She was born in Canadice and had lived in Sparta and Scottsburg.

Surviving are another son, Claire Maginley of Danbury, Conn., with whom she had spent the winter; three brothers, Herbert Becker of Dansville, Jay of Canadice and Reed Becker of Holcomb, and one sister, Mrs. Solon Agard of Rochester.

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From the Wayland Register, 4 May 1939

Mrs. May Becker Maginley, widow of Thomas J. Maginley, died last Wednesday at the home of her son, Clyde Maginley, in Canaseraga after a long illness.

Born in Canadice, she had lived in Sparta and Scottsburg and had spent the past winter with her other son, Claire Maginley, in Danbury, Conn. She was 58 years old. She was a member of Springwater Grange and the Willing Workers of Scottsburg M. E. church.

Besides her two sons and three grandchildren, she is survived by three brothers, Herbert Becker of Dansville, Jay of Canadice and Reed Becker of Holcomb; also one sister, Mrs. Solon Agard of Rochester.

The funeral services were held Saturday at the home of Clyde Maginley in Canaseraga at 1:15 p.m. and at the M. E. church in Scottsburg at 3:00 p.m., the Rev. Frank White officiating. Interment was made at Scottsburg.

The Burial of Thomas J. Maginley

Union Cemetery in Scottsburg NY

The Burial of May A. Becker Maginley

Union Cemetery in Scottsburg NY

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