Richard Alan Bonia b. 3 Apr 1923 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 2003 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA: Smith Family Tree

Richard Alan Bonia

1923 - 2003 (79 years)

Name	Richard Alan Bonia [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Birth	3 Apr 1923	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Gender	Male
Census	1930	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Census	1940	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [6]
Military Draft Registration	1942	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [8]
	Draft Registration - WWII
FSID	L2CW-P91
Military Service	17 Mar 1943	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1, 9, 13]
	US Army - WWII: Selectee
		Military Poster-WWII (Army)
Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Massachusetts, USA [3]
	022-14-7952
Death	20 Feb 2003	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4, 5, 7]
Person ID	I24768	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Maurice Alphonsus Bonia, b. 7 Jun 1892, Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada d. 28 Oct 1971, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Retha Zulma Gott, b. 28 Dec 1894, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 15 Oct 1986, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 91 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	16 Apr 1917	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
		Vital_Marriage-BONIA Retha and Maurice Marriage of Retha Zulma Gott and Maurice Alphonsus Bonia
Marriage End	1971 [12, 20]
	Death of Maurice Bonia
Family ID	F11310	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Anna Virginia 'Ginny' Bunting, b. 12 Jan 1925, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jan 1989, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)

Marriage Bef 1951 [21]

Family Residence 1959 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [10]

Anna and Richard Bonia

Married Abt 1966 [7]

Remarriage of Ginny and Richard Bonia

Children

	1. Living
	2. Robert Lawrence Bonia, Sr, b. 26 Aug 1951 d. 21 Jan 2021, Florida, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Kevin Michael Bonia, b. 4 Apr 1954, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1998, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Living

Family ID F10346 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Ida May 'Judy' Lombard, b. 2 Jan 1929, Connecticut, USA d. 25 Jun 2009, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)

Marriage 1968 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [22]

Family Residence 1971 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [11]

Ida and Richard Bonia

Family Residence 1977 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [23]

Ida and Richard Bonia

Children

1. Living

Family ID F10347 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 3 Apr 1923 - Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Census - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWII: Selectee - 17 Mar 1943 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Social Security Number - 022-14-7952 - Bef 1951 - Massachusetts, USA
	Family Residence - Anna and Richard Bonia - 1959 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Marriage - 1968 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Family Residence - Ida and Richard Bonia - 1971 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Family Residence - Ida and Richard Bonia - 1977 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
	Death - 20 Feb 2003 - Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Arms Icons & Insignia

Military Poster-WWII (Army)

People		BONIA-Family Portrait BACK: Dottie, Ralph, Retha, Barbara, Maurice CENTER: Eddie, Robert, Frannie, Mary FRONT: Clyde, Richie
People		BONIA-Richard A Richard Alan Bonia

Vital & Legal Records At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Sources

[S1274] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Database online.
Record for Richard A Bonia
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
Record for Richard A Bonia

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0449; FHL microfilm: 2340689
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Database online. Number: ; Issue State: Massachusetts; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Record for Richard A. Bonia
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Birth date: 3 Apr 1923 Birth place: Death date: 20 Feb 2003 Death place:
[S352] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Database online.
Record for Richard Bonia
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1675; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 15-563.
Birth date: abt 1923 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1675; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 15-563.
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 85

[S254] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;), National Archives and Records Administration; Hospital Admission Card Files, ca. 1970 - ca. 1970; NAI: 570973; Record Group Number: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775-1994; Record Group Title: 112.
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U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S1726] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Retha Bonia • Boston Globe - Oct 1986, (Name: The Boston Globe; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 14 Oct 1986;), Retha Zulma Gott Bonia Obituary.
BONIA - Retha Z (Gott) of Quincy, October 13, formerly of Dorchester. Beloved wife of the late Morris A Bonia. Mother of Morris E Bonia of Florida, Ralph and Edward Bonia, both of Brockton, Richard Bonia of South Boston, Robert Bonia of Wetmouth, Mrs Mary M Cummings and Mrs Frances E Donohue both of Quincy, Mrs Dorothy McGee of Roslindale, and Mrs Barbara Moon of SC. Also survived by 27 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Reposing at the Joseph Sweeney Funeral Home, 74 Elm St, Quincy Center where services will be held Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, Visiting hours Tuesday 7-9 pm only. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
-- The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 14 Oct 1986, Tue, Page 70
https://www.newspapers.com/image/526992560/?article=65e70b03-41c7-44e7-804a-80f0a951ba9d&focus=0.1973663,0.58485544,0.3529175,0.64423305&xid=2378

Obituary-BONIA Retha (Gott)
Obituary of RETHA ZULMA GOTT BONIA - The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 14 Oct 1986, Tue, Page 70
[S2759] Fold3: Richard A Bonia, Richard Alan Bonia Selectee; World War II.
Military Service World War II Branch:Army Enlistment Date:17 Mar 1943 Army Branch:None Army Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men) Army Serial Number: 31304383 Enlistment Place:Boston Massachusetts Enlistment Term: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Source of Army Personnel: Civil Life
http://www.fold3.com/page/85729139_?xid=1945
[S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Bonia.FTW.
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Retha Zulma Gott
[S1238] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), Boston Archdiocese; Boston, Massachusetts; Sacramental Records; Volume: 60525; Page: 53.

Vital_Marriage-BONIA Retha and Maurice
Marriage of Retha Zulma Gott and Maurice Alphonsus Bonia
[S1238] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), Boston Archdiocese; Boston, Massachusetts; Sacramental Records; Volume: 60525; Page: 53.
[S8038] Find a Grave: GOTT Retha Bonia 1894-1986, GOTT Retha Zulma Bonia 1894-1986.
BONIA - Retha Z (Gott) of Quincy, October 13, formerly of Dorchester. Beloved wife of the late Morris A Bonia. Mother of Morris E Bonia of Florida, Ralph and Edward Bonia, both of Brockton, Richard Bonia of South Boston, Robert Bonia of Wetmouth, Mrs Mary M Cummings and Mrs Frances E Donohue both of Quincy, Mrs Dorothy McGee of Roslindale, and Mrs Barbara Moon of SC. Also survived by 27 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Reposing at the Joseph Sweeney Funeral Home, 74 Elm St, Quincy Center where services will be held Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend, Visiting hours Tuesday 7-9 pm only. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106309429/retha-zulma-bonia
[S140] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Database online.
Record for Cheryl Lynn Smith

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Database online.
[S4163] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Maurice Bonia • Boston Globe - Oct 1971, (Name: The Boston Globe; Location: Boston MA; Date: 31 Oct 1971;), Maurice Alphonsus Bonia Obituary.
BONIA, In Dorchester, Oct 28, 1971, Maurice A, beloved husband of Retha Z (Gott).
Devoted father of Maurice E Jr, Ralph C, Clyde F, Richard A, Robert V, Edward A, Mary M Cummings, Barbara L Moon, Dorothy A McGee, Frances M Donohue. Also survived by 28 grandchildren and 7 great grand-children.
Funeral from the Harold L O'Neil Funeral Home, Dorchester, followed by a blessing of Christian burial at St Mark's Church.
Late member Atlantic Fishermen's Union No 691.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/435889385/?article=a9140dad-4aed-4a74-a410-b8ab193e11dd&focus=0.043930408,0.33041352,0.16555782,0.39618433&xid=3355

Obituary-BONIA Maurice A
Obituary of MAURICE A BONIA • The Boston Globe • Boston, Massachusetts • Sun, Oct 31, 1971 • Page 74
[S8135] Find a Grave: BUNTING Anna Bonia 1925-1989, Anna Virginia "Ginny" Bunting Wilcox Lamb Bonia Antonelli Dixon.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179292069/anna-virginia-bonia
[S300] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;).

Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

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