John Reynolds

Rank:	Private
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Town/Village:	Plumas County, California
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Country:	U.S.A.
Alternative Address:	Camagh, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford ; Portola, Plumas County, Cali;
Census 1901:	Resident at Camagh www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Ballinamuck_East/Camagh/1551667/
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Regiment/Unit:	US Army
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Date of Death:	15-04-1945
Cause:	Survived WW1;
Memorial:	Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Nevada, USA
Information:	John was born in Camagh, between the 7 December 1891 and the 1 January 1892. John emigrated to the US on the RMS Caronia, on the 13 April 1910 with his brother Patrick*, and later moved to Plumas County in California. By 1917, his was working as a lumberjack with the Sloat Lumber Company in California, where his brother James also worked. John was drafted for WW1 service, and was formally called up in April/May 1918. After WW1, John married Matha Harriet (Matie) Kiely. He moved to Portola, California, where his brother Felix lived, and ran a mercantile business there; John later worked for the Plumas Water Company. John's brothers James and Edward also served in WW1, sadly Edward was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Parents Names:	Son of Michael Reynolds and Anne (née Gormley) of Cammagh, Ballinamuck.
Notes:	*They noted their sisters Maggie Reynolds and Mrs Mary Dunleavy of Pelham Manor, New York, on their shipping manifest.
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth; notice of death, Feather River Bulletin; entry on Find A Death;