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==Early life== Raymond Wallace Bolger was born at 598 Second St., [[South Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], into a Catholic family of Irish descent. He was the son of James Edward Bolger and Anne C. (née Wallace).<ref>{{cite web| title=Raymond W Bolger United States Census, 1910 |work=Family Search| url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22C-B6N|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=James E. Bolger Massachusetts Marriages|work=Family Search| url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHF7-R3Z|url-access=registration }}</ref> His father, James, was a first-generation American of Irish descent, who was born in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. Bolger's mother "Annie" was born into a large Irish-American family in [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts]].<ref>Van ĪÉLeuven, Holly. ''Ray Bolger: More than a Scarecrow'', Chapter 1, Oxford University Press, 2019, {{ISBN|0-190639059}}, p. 7</ref> Bolger grew up and attended school in the [[Codman Square District|Codman Square]] section of the [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]] neighborhood of [[Boston]].<ref name="dotnews">[https://www.dotnews.com/2016/mayor-s-mural-crew-creates-homage-ray-bolger-ofd Mayor’s Mural Crew creates homage to Ray Bolger, OFD]</ref>
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