Day Family from Paterson, New Jersey
and Related Families
PART 1
Chapter 1 Day Family
First Generation
Family of Ira Reese DAY and Ruth Catherine DUNN
Ira Reese DAY(1921-1970)
Ira R DAY, about 22. Ira wrote on the photo, To Ruth, With Love.
Ira Reese DAY(1921-1970)
Born: January 13, 1921 in St Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, NJ.Marriage: Ruth C Dunn (1916-1971) on April 15, 1944 St. Mary's Church, Paterson, NJ. Died: June 27, 1970, age 49.
Ira’s Parents: Father; Ira Martin DAY (1889-1955.) Mother; Mary Agnes Connell (1894-1987)
- Wife: Ruth Catherine DUNN (1916-1971)
Ira R Day, left to right - FRANCES (Babe) Dunn, Ruth’s sister and her future husband -Marty Baron at Pennington Park Paterson NJ -c. 1942. Ruth took the photo.
Taken at Lake Avenue, Paterson, NJ. About 1969 Family-Agnes Mary Connell, Ira R DAY 1921, LR, Ike, DJ, Bill Maher, S DeStafano (she and her sister, J DeStafano lived with the family after their parents died. Their parents were neighbors when Ira and Ruth lived in Lodi, 1951.) Ruth C Dunn DAY took the photo.
left to right- Bill Maher's father and mother, Elizabeth-Bill sister and her husband, standing left side-Janice Day and Doris Ann Day -standing in back, DJ and Ike Day, LR and Bill, her parents-Ruth and Ira R Day
Note:
In 1950 Ira was Lithograph Manager before becoming an accountant. He attended William Paterson College when it was a two year college and located off of Market Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Most of his working life he worked for Curtis-Wright Aeronautical as their US military contract negotiator. One year he was laid off from Curtis-Wright and began doing taxes in the community. He clients were mostly lower middle class workers which he charge $7. and went with anyone who was audited by the IRS. People said they never received money back before Ira started doing their taxes. He did all his children's friends parents taxes for free and had high praise for their father. At Ira's funeral, the funeral home was packed with his many clients and military colleague.
When Ira Reese Day was born on January 13, 1921, in Paterson, New Jersey, his father, was 31 and his mother, Mary, was 25. He middle name was Reese which was a wealthy Jewish family in Paterson, New Jersey his mother worked for as a servant, sewing and where she learned to cook. Ira told his children that he was one quart English, so going back, George (abt 1818) and Sarah Day (abt 1820) were both full english. But as this tree shows, we have many more nationalities than those.
Sources:
Date 1940 Web Page, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K419-DJD(Citation) "United States, Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K419-DJZ : Fri, Jan 10 03:49:06 UTC 2025), Entry for Ira Day and May Day, 1940. Indexed Information Jr Ira Day, Age • 19 Birth Date • 1921. Birthplace: New Jersey. Residence Date • 1935. •Relationship to Head of Household • Son. Event Place (Original) • Paterson City, Paterson City, Paterson, Ward 8, Paterson, 26-99, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Jr Ira Day's Parent: Father: Ira Day, Father , M, 50, New Jersey.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9Y-VVVZ] Census • United States, Census, 1950. Name: Ira Day. Birth Year (Estimated)1930. Marital Status: Married. Race: White. Relationship to Head of Household: Head. Event Date: 10 April 1950. Event Place: Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Event Place (Original) Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. Enumeration District: 32-155. Line Number, 27. Page Number, 16. Ira Day's Spouses and Children: Doris Day, 1 years. Ruth Day, Wife, 33 years. L Day, 3 years.
Ira Reese Day (1921-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial
Ira Reese Day. BIRTH: 13 Jan 1921 Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA. DEATH: 27 Jun 1970 (aged 49) Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA. BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA . Map GPS-Latitude: 40.8997362, Longitude: -74.1363905 MEMORIAL ID 242055799 · Family Members: Parents: Ira M. Day 1889 – 1955. Mary "May" Connell Day 1895 – 1987. Spouse: Ruth Catherine Dunn 1916 – 1971.Find a Grave , database and images:( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242055799/ira_reese-day : accessed May 20, 2024 ), memorial page for Ira Reese Day (13 Jan 1921–27 Jun 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 242055799 , citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by J. Day (contributor 51253809 ).