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James Joseph SULLIVAN

James Joseph SULLIVAN

Male 1907 - 1946  (39 years)

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  • Name James Joseph SULLIVAN 
    Birth 1907  [1] 
    Birth Jul 1907  [2] 
    Birth 16 Jul 1907 
    Gender Male 
    Birth [1907]  CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Birth [1908]  CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Birth [1909]  CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial New St Joseph's Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Bearers: James Bowen, John Thompson, Cornelius Shea, Martin Kerwin, William Shannahan, Raymond Delahanty
    Residence 18 Apr 1910  84 Bridge Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • James Sullivan
      in the 1910 United States Federal Census
      ame: James Sullivan
      Age in 1910: 24
      Birth Year: abt 1886
      Birthplace: Connecticut
      Home in 1910: Waterbury Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut
      Street: Bridge Street
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Bridget Sullivan
      Father's Birthplace: Ireland
      Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
      Native Tongue: English
      Occupation: Teamster
      Industry: Meat Wagon
      Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
      Home Owned or Rented: Rent
      Farm or House: House
      Able to Read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      Years Married: 4
      Out of Work: N
      Number of weeks out of work: 0
      James Sullivan 24 M1 4 CT I I Teamster, Meat wagon
      Bridget Sullivan 28 M1 4 2 2 1903
      James Sullivan 3 CT
      Michael Sullivan 1 CT
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Waterbury Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T624_141; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0492; FHL microfilm: 1374154
      18 April 1910
      84 Bridge Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT
    Residence 17 Jan 1920  84 Bridge Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • James J Sullivan
      in the 1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: James J Sullivan
      Age: 32
      Birth Year: abt 1888
      Birthplace: Connecticut
      Home in 1920: Waterbury Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut
      Street: Bridge Street
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Bridget Sullivan
      Father's Birthplace: Ireland
      Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
      Able to Speak English: Yes
      Occupation: Teamster
      Industry: Brass Mill
      Employment Field: Wage or Salary
      Home Owned or Rented: Rent
      Able to Read: Yes
      Able to Write: Yes
      James J Sullivan 32 M CT I I Teamster, Brass mill
      Bridget Sullivan 32 M 1901 Na I I I
      James Sullivan 12 CT
      Bridget Sullivan 9
      Daniel Sullivan 5
      Rita Sullivan [3 4/12]
      Joseph Sullivan [4/12]
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Waterbury Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T625_195; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 470; Image: 863
      17 January 1920
      84 Bridge Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT
    Residence 18 Apr 1930  24 William Street, 1 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • James Sullivan
      in the 1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: James Sullivan
      Birth Year: abt 1888
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: Connecticut
      Marital Status: Married
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Home in 1930: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
      Map of Home: View Map
      Street address: William
      Ward of City: Pt. 1st
      House Number in Cities or Towns: 24
      Dwelling Number: 59
      Family Number: 185
      Home Owned or Rented: Rented
      Home Value: 25
      Radio Set: No
      Lives on Farm: No
      Age at First Marriage: 18
      Attended School: No
      Able to Read and Write: Yes
      Father's Birthplace: Irish Free State
      Mother's Birthplace: Irish Free State
      Able to Speak English: Yes
      Occupation: Teamster
      Industry: factory
      Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
      Employment: Yes
      James Sullivan 42 M 18 CT I I Teamster, Factory
      Brigit Sullivan 43 M 19 CT I I 1900 Na
      James Sullivan 22 CT Trucker, Metal factory
      Agnes Sullivan 18 Bench worker, Metal factory
      Daniel Sullivan 15
      Rita Sullivan 13
      Joseph Sullivan 10
      Mary Sullivan [7 ??/12]
      Arthur Sullivan [6 2/12]
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 279; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0209; Image: 223.0; FHL microfilm: 2340014
      7 April 1930
      24 William Street, 1 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT
    Occupation 1931  [8] 
    Clerk, A B Co 
    Residence 1931  r 77 Wolcott Street, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation 1933  [9] 
    Clerk, A B Co 
    Residence 1933  r 77 Wolcott Street, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1935  77 Wolcott Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury,. New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation 6 Apr 1940  [6] 
    Shipping clerk, Brass goods 
    Residence 6 Apr 1940  77 Wolcott Street, 5 Ward, Waterbury,. New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 22 Mar 1944  Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 23 Mar 1945  Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Death 1946  [1] 
    Occupation 1926-1946  [7] 
    American Metal Hose Company, Waterbury, New Haven, CT 
    Death 13 Aug 1946  [12] 
    Member Communicant: Sacred Heart Church Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 13 Aug 1946  77 Wolcott Street, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 13 Aug 1946  St Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    _FNRL 16 Aug 1946  Mulville Funeral Home, Sacred Heart Church Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Military
    • James Joseph Sullivan
      in the U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
      ame: James Joseph Sullivan
      Race: White
      Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
      Birth Place: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
      Birth Date: 16 Jul 1907
      Residence: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
      Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
      Occupation: American Brass American Metal Hose Branch
      Weight: 188
      Complexion: Light
      Eye Color: Blue
      Hair Color: Brown
      Height: 5 10
      Next of Kin: James Joseph Sullivan
      Relationship to Draftee: Mother
      Household Members:
      Name Relationship
      James Joseph Sullivan Self (Head)
      James Joseph Sullivan Mother
      The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Connecticut, 1940 - 1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 402
    Burial 16 Aug 1946  Lot #75, Section G, New St Joseph's Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I374  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2017 

    Father James Joseph SULLIVAN,   b. 24 Dec 1886, 118 Windsor Street, Hartford, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1944, Undercliff Sanatorium, Meriden, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Bridget DOWNEY,   c. 25 Dec 1877, Glenbeigh Roman Catholic, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1946, St Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 26 Apr 1906  Church of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Married [1906]  [3] 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Aunt Mary: James Joseph
      Obituary of mother: James J
      Obituary: James J, son of Bridget Downey and James J Sullivan
      Obituary of sister Rita: James J
      Dir 1931: James J
      Dir 1933: James J
      Census 1940: James J Jr
    • From Carol Sullivan

      His mother had been sick. He nursed her back to health. He caught a cold that just wouldn't go away. The curse that had haunted so many of his other family members, lung disease, was probably the culprit that claimed this young man too.
      His Aunt Bertha tells us, in a letter to her niece, that he took care of the family after his father died in 1944. Rita, his sister, died a month after their father. I believe that both died of tuberculosis or a related lung disease.
      James became his mother, Delia's strength. Arthur was in the service when his father died and Joseph was in the Coast Guard. Bridget was married. It seems that only James and Mary were still home with their mother.
      Only one week to the day after James died, Delia followed. Aunt Bertha tells us in the same letter that she died of a broken heart.

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Cemetery Marker for Michael Sullivan, Cemetery Marker for Michael Sullivan, (1912).

    2. [S900] Mary Sullivan Ryan, Information from Mary Sullivan Ryan, (Letters: 19 February 1993, 5 October 1990).

    3. [S60] Department of Commerce, Census, US Federal, 1910, (1910).

    4. [S62] Department of Commerce, Census, US Federal, 1920, (1920).

    5. [S197] Department of Commerce, Census, US Federal, 1930, (1930).

    6. [S3748] Department of Commerce, Census, US Federal, 1940, (1940).

    7. [S265] Waterbury American, Obituary of J J Sullivan, (Tuesday 13 August 1946 p 10; Funeral Notice 14th/15th).

    8. [S3264] Directory of Waterbury, 1931, (1931).

    9. [S3271] Directory of Waterbury, 1933, (1933).

    10. [S266] Waterbury American, Obituary of James J Sullivan 1944, (22 March 1944, Funeral Notice 25 March 1944).

    11. [S592] Waterbury American, Obituary of Mrs Elmer Johnson, (Saturday 24 March 1945 p 2, Funeral Notice 25/26 March).

    12. [S685] Waterbury American, Obituary of Bridget [Doona] (Downey) Sullivan, (Thursday 22 August 1946).

    13. [S158] Calvary Cemetery, Letter from Calvary Cemetery, (August 20, 2002).

    14. [S645] City of Waterbury, CT, Waterbury, CT Marriage Register.



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This is my database of people I have researched during the course of compiling my own genealogy and family history. My primary interests include the following. Families from Charlotte County New Brunswick -William Johnson and Annabella Simpson -Robert Carroll and Sarah Ann Greer -William McCrum and Jane Hall -James Hewitt and Nancy Montgomery -Samuel Johnson and Sarah Greenlaw -James Simpson and Ann Gray -Andrew Greer and wife [] Seeley and second wife Matilda Pendleton Leeman -James Hewitt and James O'Neill, including his apparent father Adam Hewitt -William Montgomery and Mary Ann Creighton The Johnson family has roots in Whitefield (Balltown), Maine, and Barrington, New Hampshire. Samuel Johnson and Lydia Remick of Balltown were married in Pownalborough and settled in the frontier plantation of Balltown shortly before the Revolution. Samuel John was a Continental soldier, serving nearly 2 years. His parents of Thomas Johnson and Esther Tuttle, two early settlers of the Barrington 42 40-acre lots, having come from Greenland, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Lydia Remick was born in York, Maine, daughter of Jacob Remick and Mary Grover (daughter of Matthew Grover and Hannah Freethy). Lydia's widowed mother Mary was first the widow of Benjamin Elwell. We know that Mary and Lydia were living in Madbury, New Hampshire, (adjacent to Barrington) in the 1760s. There is a possibility that Lydia Remick and Samuel Johnson knew each other before moving to mid-coast Maine in the early 1770s, Lydia to Pownalborough (where her brother Joseph Remick m Sarah Remick, who had children William Remick m Elizabeth Austin and Joseph Remick m Priscilla Noble) and Samuel to Newcastle. Samuel Johnson's siblings included Esther Johnson m Elijah Tuttle, Thomas Johnson m Abigail Berry, James Johnson, Charity Johnson m Solomon Hall, Andrew Johnson m Elizabeth Buzzell m Catherine Jackson, Lydia Johnson m Emmanuel Grace, and David Johnson m Martha Carpenter. Samuel Johnson of Charlotte County had children George Johnson m Lydia Ann Brisley, William Johnson m Annabella Simpson, Leonard Johnson m Jane Higgins, Benjamin Johnson m Elizabeth Ann Brisley, and Sarah Jane Johnson m William McClelland (McLelland). The Simpsons had several relatives both in Charlotte County, New Brunswick (St Andrews parish, St Croix parish, Dumbarton parish, Saint Patrick parish), and afield. Henry Simpson from Armagh, Ireland, was a brother of James Johnson. Henry's wife was named Mary; they had children James Simpson m Isabella Mitchell, Henry Simpson m Ellen Shea, Jacob Simpson m Clarissa Herald m Jane McCarrick, John E Simpson m Eleanor Jane Orr, Nicolina Simpson m James Guest, Abraham Simpson m Charlotte Kirby, Mary Ann Simpson m William Towle, and Samuel Simpson m Mary Carroll. Leslie Simpson was another brother of James and Henry. He had children Jane Simpson m Isaac Bard who lived in Boonville, Oneida, New York and Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming; Leslie Simpson m Catherine Levar who lived in St David parish; Elizabeth Simpson m John Creighton who lived in Haldimand and Cobourg, Northumberland West, Ontario; Isabella Simpson m Thomas Black who lived in St David parish; and Margaret Simpson m Francis A Dinsmore who lived in St David. William, another brother, married Sybil Eastman and later Sarah McCann. His children were Joseph Andrew Simpson m Elizabeth Mary Johnson, Margaret Louise Simpson m William Henry Simpson. The Greenlaws were a very large family of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and Deer Isle, Maine. Just after the Revolution, there were more than 3 dozen Greenlaws in Charlotte County, and the number kept growing. I have conducted extensive research on the Greenlaws. The data is included in the database, and in Documents I have written much about it. You can contact me to discuss them, as there is always much more to say. Here are the children and grandchildren of William and Jane Greenlaw from Glasgow, Scotland, who settled on Deer Isle, Maine. John Greenlaw who was a shopkeeper at Boston, but returned to Scotland during the Revolution. -Jean Greenlaw m David Black -John Greenlaw -Ann Greenlaw m Robert Semple -Margaret Greenlaw m James Hutchinson -Mary Greenlaw James Greenlaw married Catherine Crawford and moved to Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, before the Revolution. -William Greenlaw m Mary Webber m Barbary Rafuse -Jane Greenlaw m David Vaughan [David Vaughn] m James Anthony -James Greenlaw m Abigail Alline -Sarah Greenlaw m Francis Tufts -Catherine Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw Jonathan Greenlaw m Elizabeth Lamb -Abigail Greenlaw -William Greenlaw m Rebecca Babbage -James Greenlaw m Jerusha Watson [New London, Connecticut] -John Greenlaw -Ebenezer Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw m Mary Card -Thomas S Greenlaw m Elizabeth Jane Davis m Susannah Cushing -Elizabeth Greenlaw m John Lymburner [Caistor, Lincoln, Ontario] -Richard Greenlaw m Mary Jordan -Sarah Greenlaw m Jonathan Greenlaw -Janes Greenlaw m George Christie -Rebecca Greenlaw m John Rigby William Greenlaw m Elizabeth Fossett m Elizabeth Blithen -Alexander Greenlaw m Lydia Cox -Jane Greenlaw m Robert Sproul -William Greenlaw m Abigail Stone -Mary Greenlaw m James Sproul -John Greenlaw m Lucy Whitney [Brownfield, Oxford, Maine] -Elizabeth Greenlaw m Ephraim Upham m Miles Thompson -Daniel Greenlaw m Ruth Day -Sarah Greenlaw m James McKinney -Naomi Greenlaw m Jacob Oliver -Dorcas Greenlaw m Jacob Oliver Ebenezer Greenlaw m Eunice [possibly Dunham] -Elijah D Greenlaw m Sarah Smith -Elizabeth Greenlaw -Jonathan Greenlaw m Sarah Greenlaw -William Greenlaw -Joanna Greenlaw m [] Smith m Willoughby Nason m Timothy Blake m James Collins m William Palmer m David Keezer m Samuel Johnson -Ebenezer Greenlaw -Abigail Greenlaw m Walter Greenlaw -Eunice Greenlaw m Aaron Linton -Sarah Greenlaw m Samuel Johnson -Miriam Greenlaw m John Cumberland -Mary Greenlaw m Charles Riley [Reilly] Charles Greenlaw m Mercy Hawthorne -Alexander Greenlaw m Martha Watson -Mercy Greenlaw m Calvin Kidder m Ambrose Bates -Martha Greenlaw m Elias Waterhouse -Mary Greenlaw m Nathaniel Fenlason -Solomon Greenlaw m Margaret Cookson [daughter of William Cookson and Honor Rodda or Rodier] -Charles Greenlaw -Jedediah Greenlaw Alexander Greenlaw m Hannah [Nason?] -Hannah Greenlaw m John Baldwin -Jane Greenlaw m Donald Malloch -Lucy Greenlaw m William Tremere -Walter Greenlaw m Abigail Greenlaw -William Greenlaw m Hannah Hersey -Elizabeth Greenlaw m Gould Hoyt m David Smith -Catherine Greenlaw m Job Ewell m John Neal Hobart m James Chandley -Alexander Greenlaw. His widow Jane m William Cookson -Harriet S Greenlaw m David Smith -Sarah Greenlaw m Moses Chase [Nunda, Livingston, New York] -James Nason Greenlaw m Harriet Greenlaw In addition to these families, I have spent extensive time looking into Sullivan, Moriarty, Doona and McGillicuddy families on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, particularly in Glenbeigh, Killoglin, Milltown, Kilcolman, and Kilbonane. My closest Sullivans were James Sullivan who married Bridget Moriarty in Hartford Connecticut. James Sullivan was the son of Daniel Sullivan m Mary Shea who lived at Bunglasha, Corrawoolia, Lickeen, and Reennanallagane [Reenanalagane], Glenbeigh. Daniel was the sonf of Timothy Sullivan m Mary Coffey, of Drombrane, Bunglasha, and Corrawoolia, Lickeen. He was said to be from Dromod. There are countless other Sullivans associated with these families, both in Glenbeigh, Killorglin, Knockane as well as Hartford, Connecticut, and the many other places of settlement in Connecticut and Massachusetts. These Sullivans were known by the moniker Fiely. Bridget Moriarty was the daughter of James Moriarty m Mary Cronin of Boheeshil, Knockane, and Glannagilliagh, Killorglin. Their other children were Ellen Moriarty m John J Sullivan [brother of James Sullivan], Mary J Moriarty m Thomas Kennedy, Julia E Moriarty m John J Fitzpatrick, and Margaret Elizabeth Moriarty m Michael J Leahy m James Francis Farrell. James Moriarty was the son of Martin Moriarty m Honora Sullivan who lived at Glannagilliagh and Muingaphuca, Killorglin. Their other children included Ellen Moriarty m Michael Brennan, and Mary Moriarty m Eugene Grady. These Moriartys were known by the moniker Buony. James Sullivan m Bridget Moriarty had a son named James Joseph Sullivan who married Bridget Downey. Bridget Downey was born Bridget Doona who was the daughter Michael Doona and Ellen Griffin of Dromglass, Coolroe, Glenbeigh. I am also a descendant of Frank Romanski and Dominica Brodowski of Norwich, Connecticut. Frank was from Piatkowizna, Turosl, Kolno, Poland. Dominica was from Nowa Wies, Bakalarzewa, Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland. I have collected extensive amounts of information regarding these families, both in Poland and Connecticut and Massachusetts.