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John Patrick “Battling Jack” West. Former prizefighter and father of the legendary Mae West. Jack became a special policeman after his fighting career, and eventually had his own private investigations agency. Jack's mother was an Irish Catholic.
Jul 16, 2020 · BY: Fiona Audley. July 16, 2020. shares 389. Share this article: THE Guinness World Record-breaking powerlifter John Patrick West has passed away, aged 78. Born into a farming family in Tallow, Co. Waterford, West came to Britain in 1956, at the age of 14, and found work in the Walls Ice Cream factory in London.
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Jun 19, 2023 · John Patrick West (d. 1935) was a "bare knuckles prizefighter" under the name Battlin' Jack West. He was a native New Yorker from the lower east side. He later worked as a "special policeman" and then as a private investigator who ran his own agency. A heavy smoker and drinker, he turned to violence when thwarted.
Jan 5, 2009 · Mae West: John Patrick West. Despite having an ambivalent relationship with her father, MAE WEST took after him and also worked for him when he peddled fruit in Brooklyn and when he helmed a "detective agency" in New Jersey and New York City. • • Born on Manhattan's Lower East Side in March 1866, John West [called "Jack"] grew up feisty ...
John Patrick West : Family tree by Tim DOWLING (tdowling) - Geneanet. (John Patrick Jack//) Born in November, 1865 - Manhattan, New York, NY. Deceased January 5, 1935 - Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,aged 69 years old. Boxer, Detective. Parents. John Edwin West 1820-1900/ Ship Rigger. Mary Jane Copley ca 1828-1900/ Spouses and children.
She was the eldest surviving child of Mathilde Delker (originally "Doelger" and later Americanized to "Delker" or "Dilker") West, a corset and fashion model, and John Patrick "Battlin' Jack" West, a prizefighter who later worked as a "special policeman" and created his own private investigations agency.
Husband: John Patrick WEST (1,2) ===== AKA: "Battling Jack" WEST
