John Patrick HEFFERNAN

1897 - 1988  (90 years)

• Name	John Patrick HEFFERNAN  [1]
  Born	17 Dec 1897	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	7 Feb 1917	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  	US Navy
  	fireman first class, served on the USS Cincinnati, discharged 29 Oct 1919
  Census	1930	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  ED 84-1, pg 11B
  1114 Avenue B Louis Schembre Head M 52 Germany Ida Schembre Wife F 60 Texas Joseph A Schembre Son M 31 Texas Myrtel Schembre Dau F 22 Louisiana John Hefferman Head M 31 Texas TX TX Beulah Hefferman Wife F 30 Texas TX Germany TX Josephine Hefferman Dau F 7 Texas TX TX TX Joseph D Hartnett S-son M 15 Texas John was a stone mason.
  Occupation	1925-1940	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  	fireman
  Census	29 Apr 1940	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  ED 84-36, pg 20A
  Ward 7, Precinct 1, 4720 Avenue R«/sup» John P Heffernen Head M 42 Texas Beulah Heffernen Wife F 40 Texas Josephine Heffernen Dau F 17 Texas John was a city fireman.
  Occupation	1941	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  	fire chief
  	Fort Crockett Station - both while it was military and later as a city fire chief.
  Occupation	1953-1971	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  	fire marshall
  Died	1 Dec 1988	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA   [4]
  Obituary	2 Dec 1988	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  Galveston Daily News
  Retired fire marshal Heffernan dies at 90 GALVESTON — John Patrick Heffernan, 90, retired fire marshal for the city of Galveston, died Thursday in Turner Geriatric Center. Services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church the Rev. Walter Sheffield officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Galveston, under the direction of Malloy & Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born Dec. 17, 1897, in Galveston, Heffernan served in the United States Navy as a Fireman First Class before joining the Galveston Fire Department as a hose and ladderman in 1925. He earned the position of engineer in 1931 and was promoted to captain in 1932. In 1941, Heffernan took the post as chief of the Fort Crockett Fire Department, a United States government operation, and served in that capacity until the facility was abolished in 1948. He captained the station, however, after Fort Crockett was declared surplus and when the station was turned over to the city in l949. As chief, he supervised other government fire operations at the Galveston Army Airfield, Freeport and military reservations in the Aransas Pass area. He later left the Galveston department for a position at the former Southern Select Brewery after turning down an offer to become chief of the San Antonio Fire Department. In 1955, Heffernan was named an operator for the city sewage disposal plant and served in that capacity until 1958. In 1953, he was named fire marshal by the board of city commissioners and held that position until his relirementin 1971. Survivors include one daughter, Josephine Ida Phipps of Galveston; a stepson, Joseph Hartnett of Galveston; one granddaughter, Patsy Judia of Galveston; three grandsons, Joseph Hartnett Jr., of La Marque, John Hartnett of Santa Fe and James Hartnett of Austin and one great-grandson, P. J. Judia of Galveston. Pallbearers will be Fire Chief Willie Wisko, Larry Poe, John Ivy, Earl Morrow, John Cannatella, Huey O'Donohoe and members of the Galveston Fire Department. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society.
  Buried	3 Dec 1988	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
  	Address: Calvary Catholic Cemetery Galveston County Galveston County, Texas
  Person ID	I1552	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Michael Joseph HEFFERNAN,   b. 18 Sep 1873, Cahir, Tipperary, Munster, Ireland ,   d. 23 Nov 1941, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anne Elizabeth FORREY,   b. 13 Jun 1873, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 Aug 1912, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1895	Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA   [5, 6]
  	Saint Patrick Catholic Church
  Photos		Heffernan, Michael, Annie Forrey, Joseph, John and Frank. Family portrait
  Family ID	F782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beulah Catherine SCHEMBRE,   b. 22 Dec 1899, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 1985, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1922
  Children	1. Josephine Ida HEFFERNAN,   b. 18 Jan 1923, , Galveston, Texas, USA ,   d. 7 Feb 2014, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Heffernan, Michael, Annie Forrey, Joseph, John and Frank. Family portrait

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] 1900 Galveston TX, ED 114, pg 6A. Patrick J Heffernan [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Heffernan, John P. 17 Jan 1897 [S86] 1900 Galveston TX, ED 114, pg 6A. age 2, Dec 1897, Texas [S528] SSDI, (FamilySearch.org), Heffernan, John P. [S539] St Patrick's Catholic Church Marriage Records, (Galveston, Texas), pg 104. Michael Heffernan to Annie Forrey Bride's parents Mary (Grace) Forrey Groom's parents Michael and Mary (Lonergan) Heffernan [S316] Galveston Co, Texas Marriage Book, book M. pg. 48 no. 975.