Michael Stephen SULLIVAN b. 26 Dec 1888 66 Avon Street, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 2 Sep 1937 Patterson General Hospital, Paterson, Passaic, NJ: Boombridge Genealogy

1888 - 1937 (48 years)

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Name	Michael Stephen SULLIVAN
Birth	December 1888	CT [1]
Birth	25 Dec 1888	Hartford, Hartford, CT [2]
Born	26 Dec 1888	66 Avon Street, Hartford, Hartford, CT [3]
Gender	Male
Baptism	30 Dec 1888	St Patrick Roman Catholic, Hartford, Hartford, CT [4]
Birth	[1888]	CT [5]
Birth	[1889]	CT [6]
Birth	[1890]	US [7]
Birth	25 Dec 1889	Hartford, Hartford, CT [8]
Occupation	14 Jun 1900 [1]
	At school
Residence	14 Jun 1900	93 Church Street, St James Orphan Asylum, Hartford, Hartford, CT [1]
	1900 census: Hartford ED: 165 4 of 19
Residence	4 Oct 1907	Waterbury, New Haven, CT [9]
Residence	4 Oct 1907	Hartford, Hartford, CT [10]
Occupation	26 Sep 1914 [7]
	Clamper? (Chaufer?)
Residence	26 Sep 1914	Hawthorne, Passaic, NJ [7]
Dependant	5 Jun 1917	Wife, Child (2years) [8]
Occupation	5 Jun 1917 [8]
	Guard, E J DuPont De Nemmous Co, Haskell, NJ
Residence	5 Jun 1917	Ringwood Avenue, Pompton Lakes, Passaic, NJ [8]
_EYEC	5 Jun 1917 [8]
	Blue
_HAIR	5 Jun 1917 [8]
	Light
_HEIG	5 Jun 1917 [8]
	Medium
Occupation	4 Jan 1920 [6]
	Guard, Powder mill
Residence	4 Jan 1920	Dupont Town Village, Borough of Wanaque, Passaic, NJ [6]
Occupation	4 Apr 1930 [5]
	Driver, Laundry
Residence	4 Apr 1930	90 Arlington Avenue, Hawthorne District, Passaic, NJ [5]
Aged	2 Sep 1937	49 years 8 months 9 days [2]
Informant	Michael Sullivan, 326 East 24th Street, Paterson, Passaic, NJ [2]
Occupation	2 Sep 1937 [2]
	Truck driver, Little Falls Laundry
	12 years Last date worked: 21 August 1937
Residence	2 Sep 1937	145 Lincoln Avenue, Paterson, Passaic, NJ [2]
_FNRL	Howard Derby, Funeral Director, Little Falls, NJ [2]
Military	USMC, Private, 4 years [8]
Died	2 Sep 1937	Patterson General Hospital, Paterson, Passaic, NJ [2]
	Cause: Carcinoma of Stomach
Buried	4 Sep 1937	Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, NJ [2]
Person ID	I419	4 February 2018
Last Modified	17 Mar 2010

Father	James Joseph SULLIVAN, b. Corrawoolia, Lickeen, Glenbeigh, Kerry, Ireland , d. 4 Oct 1907, 381 East Main Street, 1 Ward, Waterbury, New Haven, CT
Mother	Bridget MORIARTY, b. [1860], Killorglin, Kerry, Ireland , d. 10 Jun 1893, 19 North Street, Hartford, Hartford, CT
Married	15 Jun 1884	St Patrick Roman Catholic, Hartford, Hartford, CT [4]
	By W J Dullard
Married	15 Jun 1884	Hartford, Hartford, CT [11]
	By W J Dullard License by John E Higgins
Family ID	F4	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ruth Agnes ALLEN, b. [1894], CT

Married 9 Aug 1913 CT [12]

Children

	1. Michael Stephen SULLIVAN, b. 26 Sep 1914, Central Avenue, Hawthorne, Passaic, NJ , d. 18 Oct 1974, Irvington General Hospital, Irvington, NJ (Age 60 years)
	2. Ruth June SULLIVAN, b. 11 Jun 1920, Haskell, NJ , d. June 1968, Irvington General Hospital, Irvington, NJ (Age 48 years)

Family ID F107 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Birth record: Michael Sullivan son of James Sullivan and Bridget Moriarty
WWI Draft: Michael S
Death record: Michael Sullivan son of Michael Sullivan husband of Ruth Allen
Hartford Times: Nil
Waterbury American: Nil
Obituary of father Wat Dem: Michael S
US Passports -1925: Nil
From Carol Sullivan
Louise told me that when Daniel was only 6 years old, his mother died. He and his two brothers, James and Michael were put into a home in Deep River, CT. Deep River is about 25 miles south of Hartford. It is close to Waterbury. Their sisters were sent to Springfield, Ma. to live with their Aunt Margaret.

The only source of information I had regarding my paternal grandfather came from my mother, Angie Sullivan Meier. She only met her father-in-law once or twice.

My mother first met him after a date with his son, Michael. Michael brought Angie home to meet his father. He and his sister Eileen lived with him. Their mother, Ruth Allan Sullivan, had recently married Angie's father.

Angie recalls that the father worked in the Little Falls laundry in the NJ town of the same name. He was a truck driver for the laundry. My cousin Beth gave me a copy of a memorial plaque from the Little Falls Salesman's Association. My fathers birth certificate says that the elder was a chaffer.

Within several months of their meeting, Angie and Michael were married (08/28/37). The father, Michael, was in the Paterson General Hospital. (per information obtained from the funeral home). He was dying of cancer. The priest advised the couple to go on with the wedding. They did. They were called back from their honeymoon in New York. Michael (the elder) died on September 2, 1937.

In 2/2000, while working near Little Falls, NJ, the writer stopped at a "Quick Check" store to get a cup of coffee. I asked an older shopper in the store if he knew anything about the Little Falls Laundry that was in the town in the 1930's. He pointed to a large brick building, directly alongside the "Quick Check". He said the laundry had been there for as long as he could remember. It closed in the 1970's. He suggested that I visit with the person in the office of the current business occupying the building to see if they could give me more information. I was not able to take the time to do so. Perhaps on my next visit to the area I will be able to learn more about the laundry.

In letters to Ruth, her mother refers to grandfather Michael Sullivan as "Sull". My cousin Beth recalls our grandmother referring to her ex husband as "Sull". It apparently, was his nickname. A letter from Mary Degraw (Ruth's mother) dated 1927 is addressed to Mrs. Michael S. Sullivan. The elders middle name was Steven.

In 9/2000, there was a response to a message that I left on a message board on the internet. The writer subsequently sent me information about the Little Falls laundry, with pictures. He and his wife, became interested in mine and my cousin Beth's research and agreed to help us. Living in Little Falls, they volunteered to go to the cemeteries to see what they could find. Ates' wife decided that she would check in the local papers of the period to see if she could find the obituary.

In February, the couple sent the following information. Nate went to the funeral directors and learned that Michael (the elder) died on September 2, 1937 in Paterson General Hospital. He is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Section C, lot #667. He was buried on September 4, 1937. In 11/2001, I spoke with my grandfather Michaels niece, Louise Dunn. Louise is the only surviving daughter of Daniel, the twin. Louise told me that when Michael died Dan, his wife, Alice, their daughter Irene and her husband all traveled to NJ to attend his funeral. It was comforting for me to know that my grandfathers family was with him.

When I asked Louise why no one seemed to know much about my grandfather, she said that she thought that his wife, Ruth, caused a riff in the family.

Sources

[S144] Census, US Federal, 1900, Department of Commerce, (1900).
[S50] Death Certificate of Michael Sullivan, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Jersey, (15 September 1937).
[S140] Birth Certificate of Michael Sullivan, City of Hartford, Connecticut; State of Connecticut Bureau of Vital Statistics, (b 26 December 1888 reg 28 December 1888).
[S285] St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Hartford.
[S197] Census, US Federal, 1930, Department of Commerce, (1930).
[S62] Census, US Federal, 1920, Department of Commerce, (1920).
[S49] Birth Certificate of Michael Steven Sullivan, State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, (b 26 September 1914).
[S870] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Online Database with connected images).
[S3230] Obituary of James J Sullivan, Waterbury Evening Democrat, (Saturday 5 October 1907 p 12).
[S226] Obituary of James Sullivan 1907, The Catholic Transcript, (10 October 1907 p 8).
[S2631] Marriage Record of James Sullivan and Bridget Moriarty, City of Hartford, Connecticut, (m 15 June 1884).
[S59] Information from Carol Sullivan, Carol Sullivan.