Private Edward Sullivan was Killed in Action in France during World War I.
Edward was born in 1891. He was the son of Jeremiah Sullivan and Frances Cross. Their family lived in Sullivan, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin.[1] He served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.[2] He was killed in action in France in 1917 and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in West Flanders, Belgium.[3]
Census, United States
United States Census, 1900
Event Place: Superior city Ward 10, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States
Source: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMK6-ZXB : accessed 24 December 2019), Sullivan, Superior city Ward 10, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 2A, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,786.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMK6-ZXB : accessed 3 November 2019), Sullivan, Superior city Ward 10, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 2A, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,786.
↑ Veterans Affairs Canada. CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL. Private Edward Patrick Sullivan. October 30, 1917. Service Number: 261673. Age: 25. Force: Army. Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.). Born:
November 13, 1891. Duluth, Minnesota. Son of Jeremiah and Frances C. Sullivan, R.M.D. No. 2, Victoria, British Columbia. Commemorated on Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Cemetery: MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL. Belgium. Grave Reference: Panel 10. Accessed December 24, 2019. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1596387.
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