Daniel James O'Sullivan (1890)

Born Apr 1890 in Ardagh, Bere Island, Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Daniel ("Dannie") was born in April 1890 in Ardagh, Bere Island, the homeplace of his parents Michael O'Sullivan and Margaret O'Sullivan.^{[1] [2]}

Dannie lived in the family home until he emigrated in 1912 (age 22) to the United States. ^[3]

On arrival in the United States, Dannie went first to Butte (Montana) ^[4] and then moved (sometime before 1920) to Boston (Massachusetts) , where he lodged with his brother Mikie (who had preceded Dannie in moving to the States and was now married). ^[5] Dannie & Mikie worked on the docks in Boston, handling freight.

A few years after arriving in Boston, Dannie married Margaret Murphy. Sometime before 1930 Dannie and Margaret bought a house in Saunders Street, Medford (Massachusetts), where they settled.

In 1942, as the United States became militarily involved in World War II, Dannie (age 52) was drafted for military service. ^[6]

At the time of draft, Dannie was employed as a dock worker (longshoreman) by Quinn Brothers Inc., at 141 Milk Street, Boston. The warehouse building at 141 Milk Street is no longer standing and the address is no longer in existence, much of the street and surrounding area having been re-developed since. ^[7]

Records

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Birth: Irish Genealogy (irishgenealogy.ie) - Civil Records (civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie) database with images , entry 5 (numbered 100) on Birth Return Daniel Sullivan > Castletown > 1890 > Group Registration ID: 9562597
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Irishgenealogy.ie (Church Records Search), last accessed 26 Feb 2018: The FOUND RECORD has been copy-pasted into Records section above. Note: the imaged Parish Register is not yet available on the NLI website.
3. ↑ US Census 1920
4. ↑ Annals of Beara Volume II, page 139, Daniel as child in family of {Mike O'Sullivan (Shearhig) & Margaret O'Sullivan (Croumhane)} (Ardagh): "Dannie [..] went to Butte, Montana, U.S.A. He later moved to Boston, Mass., and married Margaret Murphy, daughter of Mike Murphy and Elizabeth O'Sullivan, Bank, Rossmacowen."
5. ↑ US Census 1920: 42 Carney Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
6. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V12Z-N6L : 8 April 2016), Daniel James Sullivan, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ Wikipedia: Central Wharf (Boston)

See also:

• Ireland census 1901: A house 2 in Ardagh, Bere Island
• Ireland census 1911: A house 2 in Ardagh, Bere Island
• US Census 1920: Carney Street, Boston, Massachusetts
• US Census 1930: Saunders Street Medford Massachusetts
• US Census 1940: Saunders Street, Medford, Massachusetts

• O'Dwyer, Riobard. Annals of Beara Volume II: Bere Island and Eyeries Parishes. Statesboro, Georgia: Gold Stag Publications, 2009.