Edmund A. Kavanagh
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Title
Edmund A. Kavanagh
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Kavanagh, Edmund A. (1906-1952)
Description
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet Edmund Kavanagh in his school’s uniform. Edmund was a member of Massanutten Academy's class of 1927.
This photograph appeared in the academy's 1927 yearbook. In it, they note he is from Cedarhurst New York and his nicknames were "Irish" and "Micky."
Edmund was born on Long Island, in Cedarhurst, New York, the second of five children born to Edmund Arthur (1875-1935) and Adelaide E. (died 1928) Kavanagh. His father was a well-known and successful real estate broker.
Edmund grew up in Hempstead, and stayed in the area for most of his life.
After graduating from MMA, he moved to New York City where he met and married Ellen (or Eileen) Bernadette Vaughn, an Irish immigrant from Belfast. She had arrived in 1927 and worked as a waitress in a restaurant in New York. She and Edmund married in Brooklyn in 1931. Early in their marriage, the couple lived at 4520 Broadway, in New York city. Three years later, Eileen became a U.S. Citizen.
By 1940, the couple lived on Central Avenue in Lawrence, a village near Hempstead. They had a 4-year old daughter, Margaret P., and Edmund worked as a clerk at the high school.
The 1950 census found Edmund and Eileen still in Lawrence, but with three children: Patricia (14), Brian (11) and Edmund (6). He was a math teacher at the high school there.
Only two years later, Edmund died unexpectedly, at the age of only 46 years.
This photograph appeared in the academy's 1927 yearbook. In it, they note he is from Cedarhurst New York and his nicknames were "Irish" and "Micky."
Edmund was born on Long Island, in Cedarhurst, New York, the second of five children born to Edmund Arthur (1875-1935) and Adelaide E. (died 1928) Kavanagh. His father was a well-known and successful real estate broker.
Edmund grew up in Hempstead, and stayed in the area for most of his life.
After graduating from MMA, he moved to New York City where he met and married Ellen (or Eileen) Bernadette Vaughn, an Irish immigrant from Belfast. She had arrived in 1927 and worked as a waitress in a restaurant in New York. She and Edmund married in Brooklyn in 1931. Early in their marriage, the couple lived at 4520 Broadway, in New York city. Three years later, Eileen became a U.S. Citizen.
By 1940, the couple lived on Central Avenue in Lawrence, a village near Hempstead. They had a 4-year old daughter, Margaret P., and Edmund worked as a clerk at the high school.
The 1950 census found Edmund and Eileen still in Lawrence, but with three children: Patricia (14), Brian (11) and Edmund (6). He was a math teacher at the high school there.
Only two years later, Edmund died unexpectedly, at the age of only 46 years.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "9/20/29" on box of plates.
Photograph taken ca. 1927
Contributor
The spelling of the first and last name used is based on the 1925 Massanutten Academy publication "The Massanutten Academy : a School preparing for College, the Universities, and Vocations, with Military Training."
Identified by library staff in 2024 based on the name written in the margin and the publication "The Massanutten Academy : a School preparing for College, the Universities, and Vocations, with Military Training."
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Edmund A. Kavanagh appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006357, 007336, 018537, and 020044.
Identifier
006357
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Edmund A. Kavanagh,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39339.
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