Looking for any info on Dennis Sullivan born in Ireland abt 1850.

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Asked in 2015, and revisiting my brick wall...I'm looking for help on...

Dennis or Danis Francis Sullivan was born about 1850 in Ireland and died in St Louis on 25 Oct 1885. 

He had several spelling of his first name. Dionysus, Danis, Denis, Dennis. 

What I have so far: His parents are both listed as born in Ireland on 1880 census. I have copies of his marriage and death records and no parents names are mentioned. I don't know immigration info other than a guess on a FamilyTree tree. There are no living males that I can communicate with to test Y-DNA at this time.

He was married to Ella Adelia (Snow) Sullivan on Oct. 8, 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Info I received from a reply in WikiTree Forum!!!

Wife Ella Adelia Snow, is the daughter of Louis Snow and Sylvia Snow, was born on Feb. 20, 1855 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States and died on Jan. 1, 1933 in Two Buttes, Baca County, Colorado, United States. Dennis and Ella had 4 children before he accidentally shot himself. 

Children: John L Sullivan was born on Dec. 15, 1873 in Missouri, United States and died on Mar. 19, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Danis Sullivan, Jr. was born in 1876 in Missouri, United States and died on an unknown date. Sylvia Sullivan was born in 1879 and died After 1953. Louis Sullivan was born in Mar. 1882 and died on an unknown date.

On a 1880 Census, his occupation is "House Mover." Also living in the house was a cousin named Tom Tannahan, age 25, from Ireland. I've tried to find any connection to Tannahon* (spelling from Census) with no luck. 

 

 

And with much gratitude and respect for time involved in research, I humbly will thank anyone in advance for answers on my brick wall. 

Yours truly, [[Sullivan-756| Kelly Sullivan]] 

WikiTree profile: Dennis Sullivan
in Genealogy Help by Kelly Rishor G2G6 Mach 1 (14.2k points)
edited by Kelly Rishor

4 Answers

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Dennis Sullivan

United States Census, 1920

Name Dennis Sullivan
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Butte, Sutter, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 70
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read No
Can Write No
Relationship to Head of Household Hired man
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Hired Man
Birth Year (Estimated) 1850
Birthplace Ireland
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace Ireland
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6

Household

Role

Sex

Age

Birthplace

Peter B Unreadable Head M 58 California
Lenora E Unreadable Wife F 43 Indiana
Marie N Unreadable Daughter F 18 California
*Nice Unreadable Daughter F 14 California
Dennis Sullivan Hired man M 70 Ireland
William Myers Hired man M 69 Indiana

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United States Census, 1920

District ED 167
Sheet Number and Letter 6A
Household ID 87
Line Number 44
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Film Number 152
GS Film Number 1820152
Digital Folder Number 004964334
Image Number 00334

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHM-TC9 : accessed 24 October 2017), Dennis Sullivan in household of Peter B Unreadable, Butte, Sutter, California, United States; citing ED 167, sheet 6A, line 44, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 152; FHL microfilm 1,820,152.

by Frank Gill G2G Astronaut (2.5m points)

Thanks for the info Frank, but my Dennis was dead in 1885 from an accidental gunshot wound. I appreciate the reply though! 

+8 votes

He was a copper miner at this time.

Dennis Sullivan

United States Census, 1900

Name Dennis Sullivan
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Shasta Township, Shasta, California, United States
Gender Male
Age 50
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Date Jun 1850
Birthplace Ireland
Immigration Year 1885
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace Ireland

Household

Role

Sex

Age

Birthplace

Charles W Keck Head M 40 Illinois
Wesley P Keck   M 35 Illinois
Robert Ott   M 30 Missouri
George Harris   M 29 California
James L Hoover   M 34 Iowa
Edward D Cook   M 37 California
Dennis Sullivan   M 50 Ireland
Charles Macintosh   M 33 Oregon

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United States Census, 1900

District 105
Sheet Number and Letter 11B
Household ID 241
Line Number 57
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T623
GS Film Number 1240112
Digital Folder Number 004112090
Image Number 00460

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GK-PRB : accessed 24 October 2017), Dennis Sullivan in household of Charles W Keck, Shasta Township, Shasta, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 11B, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,112.

by Frank Gill G2G Astronaut (2.5m points)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYDZ-ZKZ

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7XZ-LFK

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NS-VCM

Hard to say how many men named Dennis Sullivan were born in 1850 in Ireland who came to the United States. 

+2 votes
I am the second great-grandson of Dennis Sullivan and Elizabeth Malone who were born in Ireland in the early 1800's.  I don't know where they lived in Ireland, so this is a brick wall I'm trying to break.

Jeremiah John Sullivan, born 18 Aug 1859 in Cornwell, PA was Dennis Sullivan's son. His son, John Lawrence Sullivan, 1892-1961 was my grandfather.
by John Sullivan G2G Crew (940 points)
+3 votes
I don't know if this is the Dennis you are looking for but I have a record from County Kilkenny which, translated from Latin, is  as follows:  Born 27 March, 1826 Denis Sullivan the legitimate son of Thomas Sullivan and Ellen McCarthy. Witnesses: ? McCarthy and Eleanor Donaghue.
by Frank Walsh G2G3 (3.3k points)

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