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John O'Brien (abt. 1815 - 1863)

John O'Brien
Born about in Watergrasshill, County Cork, Irelandmap [uncertain]
Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 20 Nov 1853 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at about age 48 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

John O'Brien was born probably in Watergrasshill, County Cork, Ireland, about 1820.[1] He died in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on 22 April 1863 of "phthisis"[2] (tuberculosis) and is buried in Catholic Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts.[3] He married Mary Mahoney on 20 November 1853 at St. Mary's Church, Boston.[1] She was born in Ireland about 1829-1832 to James or Patrick Mahoney and Mary (_____) Mahoney.[4][5] After John's death, Mary married Thomas Bowser in 1867.[5] Mary died in Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 18 November 1894 of "apoplexy."[6] Mary and Thomas Bowser are buried with John O'Brien in Catholic Mt. Auburn Cemetery.[3]

John arrived in the U.S. sometime prior to his marriage to Mary Mahoney in November 1853. He appears in the 1860 federal census in Boston's North End neighborhood, living with wife Mary and four children. Also living with the family was Amelia Rease, age 19, born in Pico W. P.[7] (this is probably Pico Island in the Portuguese Azores).

John was living at 35 Fleet Street in the North End when his son John Joseph was born in 1861. His occupation was listed as "grocer"[8][9] and "oysterman."[10] John's brother Edward probably lived next door at 33 Fleet St.,[11] and his son Edward was born at John's address just nine weeks after John's son John Joseph was born there.[12]

Children of John O'Brien and Mary (Mahoney) O'Brien, all born in Boston and all except for John Joseph O'Brien buried at Catholic Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:[3]

  1. William O'Brien, b. 9 Nov. 1854; m. 27 Sept. 1881, Julia T. McCarty.
  2. Mary O'Brien, b. 11 Jun. 1856;[13] bap. St. Stephen (Boston) 13 June 1856;[14] d. 18 March 1883.[15]
  3. James Edward O'Brien, b. 1 Feb. 1858;[16] bap. St. Mary (Boston) 3 Feb. 1858;[17] d. 11 April 1879. Occupation frame polisher,[18] perhaps working at brother John Joseph's frame shop.
  4. Ellen "Nellie" O'Brien, b. 27 Aug. 1859;[19] bap. St. Stephen 28 Aug. 1859;[20] d. 1 Oct. 1882.[21]
  5. John Joseph O'Brien, b. 29 Jan. 1861, m. 6 Feb. 1890, Emma A. Mahony.
  6. Margaret O'Brien, b. 18 May 1862; bap. St. John the Baptist 19 May 1862;[22] d. 23 Oct. 1863.[23]
  7. Anna O'Brien, b. bet. 19 Aug.-18 Sept. 1863; d. 28 Feb. 1866.[24]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1836-1854, p. 205, John O'Brien and Mary Mahoney; accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/54105/205/1424477986 : viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1863, p. 49, no. 1270, John O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2101/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Pre 1903 > 1863 > image 756. Cause of death: phthisis.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bill McEvoy, compiler, "Sand Banks Cemetery Project," Excel spreadsheet of plot locations, sourced from burial books and cemetery lot cards of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston; accessed at The Historical Society of Watertown (http://historicalsocietyofwatertownma.org/HSW/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), Resources > Sand Banks Cemetery Project > downloadable Excel spreadsheet.
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, marriage records, 1853, p. 156, no. 2642, John O'Brien and Mary Mahoney; accessed at "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2511/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Up Through 1910 > 1853 > image 779.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Massachusetts Vital Records, marriage records, 1867, no. 267, Thomas Bowser and Mary O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2511/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Up Through 1910 > 1867 > image 743.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1894, no. 755, Mary (Maloney) Bowser, wife of Thomas; accessed at "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2101/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Pre 1903 > 1894 > image 1047. Parents are listed as John and Ellen Daley; this does not match previous records.
  7. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Boston, ward 1, p. 383, dwelling 1535, family 3004, John O'Brien household; accessed at "1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), Massachusetts > Suffolk > Boston Ward 1 > image 384.
  8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, birth records, 1861, p. 11, no. 471, John O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5062/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _up through 1910 > 1861 > image 909.
  9. ↑ City of Boston, Massachusetts, A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1890, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822, also of various other town and municipal officers (City of Boston Printing Department, 1909), 7–40; accessed at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofcityc00bost : viewed on 2 Apr 2020).
  10. ↑ Adams, Sampson, & Company, compilers, The Boston Directory (Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Company, 1861), p. 355, John O'Brien at 35 Fleet St.; accessed at "The Boston Directory, 1789 to 1900," Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections (https://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/collection/p16057coll32/id/93/rec/11 : viewed on 25 Jul 2020), Home > Boston Directory, 1789 to 1901 > 1861, Boston directory > image 337. "O'Brien John, oysterman, house 35 Fleet"
  11. ↑ Adams, Sampson, & Company, compilers, Boston City Directory (Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Company, 1861), p. 335, Edward O'Brien at 33 Fleet; accessed at Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections (https://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/collection/p16057coll32/id/93/rec/57: viewed on 19 Nov 2020).
  12. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, birth records, 1861, p. 11, no. 471, John O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5062/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _up through 1910 > 1861 > image 909.
  13. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, birth records, 1856, p. 111, no. 4896, Mary O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5062/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _up through 1910 > 1856 > image 818.
  14. ↑ St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862, p. 134, Mary O'Brien, accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/53641/134/1423778090 : viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
  15. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1883, p. 73, no. 1916, Mary F. O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2101/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Pre 1903 > 1883 > image 847.
  16. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, birth records, 1858, p. 40, no. 1761, James Edward O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5062/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _up through 1910 > 1858 > image 777.
  17. ↑ St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1850-1858, p. 491, James Edward O'Brien; accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/54102/491/1424471476 : viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
  18. ↑ Boston, Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1879, no. 2167, James E. O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), Boston > Deaths, 1879 > image 77.
  19. ↑ St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862, p. 312, Ellen O'Brien; accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/53641/312/1423781683 : viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
  20. ↑ St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862, p. 312, Ellen O'Brien; accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/53641/312/1423781683 : viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
  21. ↑ Boston, Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1882, no. 6860, Ellen F. O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), Boston > Deaths, 1882 > image 233.
  22. ↑ St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862, p. 312, Margaret O'Brien; accessed at "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2726/i/53641/312/1423781685 : viewed on 5 Apr 2020). Records of St. John the Baptist Church are located in the volume for St. Stephen's Church.
  23. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1863, p. 149, no. 3752, Margaret O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2101/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), _Pre 1903 > 1863 > image 855.
  24. ↑ Boston, Massachusetts Vital Records, death records, 1866, no. 621, Anna O'Brien; accessed at "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : viewed on 31 Mar 2020), Boston > Deaths, 1866 > image 19.




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