NameArthur James Tierney
Birth Date15 Aug 1893
Birth PlaceRochester, New York
Bapt Date27 Aug 1893 Age: <1
Bapt PlaceCorpus Christe Church, Rochester NY
MemoSponsors: James J. Mulyran & Helen Haddock
Death Date4 Feb 1962 Age: 68
Death PlaceRochester, New York
Burial PlaceHoly Sepulchre
OccupationMeat Cutter 1913/1945 @ Tierney Market 312 North St
ReligionRoman Catholic
EducationGraduated from Corpus Christi Grammer School 1909
Misc. Notes
Arthur worked part time @ North Street Store while going to School @ Corpus Christi
Arthur Tierney graduated Corpus Christi School in 1909
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The following information came from the Rochester Directory @ Main Library
listing for Arthur J. & Anna M. Tierney
in 1914, Meatcutter @ 312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 400 Clay St.
in 1915, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 208 Lyndhurst Ave.
in 1916, Meatcutter @1388 Culver Rd.Market..... Home, 208 Lyndhurst Ave.
in 1917, Meatcutter @1388 Culver Rd.Market..... Home, 208 Lyndhurst Ave.
in 1918, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 208 Lyndhurst Ave.
in 1919, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 208 Lyndhurst Ave.
in 1920, Anna & Art @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 67 Woodlawn Ave.
in 1921, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 67 Woodlawn Ave.
in 1922, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home, 67 Woodlawn Ave.
in 1923, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home,....... 669 Melville.
in 1923/40, Meatcutter @312 North St,Tierney Mkt. Home,. 669 Melville.
in 1952, Store Manager, Home,. 669 Melville.
in 1957, Store Manager, Home,. 669 Melville.
in 1960, Meatcutter, Home,. 669 Melville.
in 1961, Retired, Home,. 669 Melville.
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Obiturary of Arthur J. Tierney .......from...Democrat & Chronicle Feb. 6, 1962
Last rites for Arthur J. Tierney, 68, a grocer in Rochester more than half a century will be held @ 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Mattle Funeral Home, 853 Culver Road, and at 9 a.m. @ Saint James Church. Mr. Tierney died in his home, 669 Melville St. Sunday Feb. 4, 1962
From about 1900 to 1940 Mr. Tierney helped operate the Tierney Market Co. @ 312 North Street. His 3 brothers, Raymond J., Walter L. and the late Joseph B. Tierney & a sister Elizabeth were in the business with him. After the family closed he North St. Store, Arthur Tierney operated a retail grocery & meat market @ Arnett Boulevard & Woodbine Avenue untill he retired in 1956. He was a life member of the Holy Name Society of St. James Church. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Article on Death of Arthur J. Tierney .......from...Rochester Times Union Feb. 5, 1962:
ARTHUR TIERNEY, 68; RETIRED GROCER
Arthur J. Tierney, 68, of 669 Melville St. widely known grocer here for many years, died unexpectedly last night (Feb. 4, 1962) in his home.
Mr. Tierney and three brothers, Raymond J., Walter L. and the late Joseph B. Tierney, operated the Tierney Market Co., 312 North St from about 1900 to 1940.
After the family closed the North Street store, Mr. Tierney operated a retail grocery and meat market at the corner of Arnett Boulevard and Woodbine Avenue. He retired in 1956.
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The Grocery Store @ @ 453 Arnett Boulevard was listed as owned by Arthur Tierney till 1951
and from 1952 to 1957 by David A. Wilson
Arthur worked for a grocery store on Thurston Road & then Park Avenue before he retired in 1956.
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1943 Listed under Rochester Groceries were the following:
..............Tierney, Arthur J. 453 Arnett Blvd.
...............Tierney, Mary H. Mrs. 108 North Street
................Tierney's Food Market, 999 Clinton Avenue South
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Spouses
Birth Date27 Feb 1894
Birth PlaceGeneva NY
Death Date9 Dec 1965 Age: 71
Death PlaceRochester NY
ReligionRoman Catholic
Marr Date7 Oct 1919
Marr PlaceSt. Mary’s Rochester NY