John A. "Jack" Scully

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: According to Rose Scully, after Peg's death "He brought the children home [his mother's home] and taught Eileen to call my mother [Nancy Scobie Scully] "Mom". It was nice for us to have him and the two little ones, but having had for three brief years his own home, even if it was just a few rooms, he wasn't satisfied here. He did his best to make things pleasant for everybody else. He had a quick wit, and even on the most serious occasions he could say something exquisitely funny. There was never anything phony about Jack; he was a real gentleman."
• Census: 1900, Esplen, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 2, living on 1122 Rives Avenue, Esplen, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his parents.
• Census: 1910, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 12, living on 1524 West Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his parents.
• Military: 1917 to 1919; During World War I, he served with G Company 23rd Engineers of the U.S. Army, first at Fort Meade, Maryland, then later in France. He was in action during the Muse Argonne Campaign. After the Armistice, he took leave and visited his Aunt Fran who lived in Nice. He returned home in June 1919
• Occupation: 1919; He was a steam fitter's helper
• Census: 1920, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; He was recorded while living with his parents. He was a steam fitter.; : 22; Address:
  2407 West Carson Street
• Married: Aug 1923, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Margaret O'Toole, the daughter of John Francis and Ellen (Madden) O'Toole. She was born in 1894 in Pennsylvania and died October 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from complications from child birth. Margaret graduated from Duquesne University, and before her marriage, taught at the Luckey School in the West End of Pittsburgh. According to Rose Scully, "Peg was calm, easy-going, generous, quick to laughter. she was wonderful with Eileen..... She was good with her hands, could sew and make things for the baby to play with. For many years, the ornaments she made for Eileen's first Christmas decorated our trees." Issue: 1. Eileen Rose Scully (1924-1999) 2. John Scully (1926-____); : St. James Roman Catholic Church
• Census: 1930, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; He was listed as a common laborer and a widower; : 32; Address:
• Census: 1940, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; He is listed as a stockman, and was a widower living with his father and sisters; Address:

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Birth:
Scully (1974) gave the year 1896

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