Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
John C. SHEEHAN
BIRTH15 March 1844Goleen, Ireland1172,1173,1174
MISCbetween 1882 and 1883from Liverpool1175
DEATH16 October 1910Buffalo, Erie, New York1176
BURIAL19 October 1910Holy Cross, Cemetery1177
RESIDENCE1930Mystic
OCCUPATION Mason, dock worker, scooper,(powerful man);
RESIDENCE 54 Alabama St. Buffalo NY
MISC liked mason work, boxing, quoted the bible
MISC Catholic, arranged marriage
MISC Family came to USA before him-he had work.
MISC Argued in Irish, sang, had asthma, heart
MISC problems, came to USA 11/1883. He died of heart, murder rumors were false
MISC He was not the youngest in his family but others stayed in Ireland, except Mary
MARRIAGE1 March 1870Goleen, Ireland, an arranged marriage
FATHERJohn SHEEHAN
MOTHERNora FITZGERALD
 
WIFE
Catherine MCDONNELL
BIRTH9 July 1851Colleras, Goleen, Ireland1178,1179
MISC1883from Liverpool
DEATH3 March 1913Buffalo, Erie, New York1180
BURIAL6 March 1913Holy Cross Cemetery, Buffalo, NY1181,1182
OCCUPATION Worked for a few years at Shervit House -;
RESIDENCE 54 and 47 Alabama St.
MISC liked to sing, liked animals, irish jig
MISC Catholic
MISC Met her husband 2 days before the arranged wedding
MISC Arrived in USA around 1883-4 byway of Wales and Liverpool
MISC Had scarlet fever 1892-3.
FATHERPatrick MCDONNELL
MOTHERHanora MAHANEY
 
CHILDREN
1.Mary SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH31 December 1870Goleen, Ireland1183,1184,1185
MISC1883Liverpool, England
RESIDENCE1916at 54 Alabama Street; Buffalo, Erie, New York1186
DEATH26 March 1930Buffalo, Erie, New York1187,1188
DESCRIPTION obedient as a child, "a doll" as an adult;
OCCUPATION servant; did housework and laundry;
RESIDENCE  with her sister Anna and family on Alabama Street; Buffalo, Erie, New York
ILLNESS polyps removed from nose which bled heavily;
MISC was the only sibling with curly hair. She never married.;
CAUSE OF DEATH caught pneumonia and died while her sister Anna was hospitalized for hernia.;

2.Timothy SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH30 January 1873England1189,1190
MISC1883Liverpool
DEATH5 October 1905Buffalo, Erie, New York1187,1191,1192
BURIAL Holy Cross
OCCUPATION Construction worker? Railroad?;
RESIDENCE 54 Alabama St.1193
MISC President of Coal Heavers Union
MISC Catholic
MISC Caught sunstroke working on a tressel, was
MISC sick a week, they had 2 doctors and they
MISC couldn't save him. Had a good voice.
MISC As a kid sold nuts at the Scotch dock.

3.William SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTHabout 1876Goleen (s120) or Liverpool (n45)[s589]1185,1194
DEATHabout 1879Probably Liverpool or Wales.
MISC Died age 3 from dysentery. They took him
MISC to the doctor 10 miles away, but he died
MISC shortly after.

4.Anna Gertrude SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH12 July 1880Liverpool, England1162,1163
MISC1883Liverpool
RESIDENCE193054 Alabama Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York1164
DEATH17 December 1941Buffalo, Erie, New York1165
BURIAL20 December 1941Lot 201, Sec 00, Holy Cross1166
DESCRIPTION loved singing and opera;
OCCUPATION shoe factory, glove maker, homemaker;
OCCUPATION wanted to be a teacher, seamstress, cook;
RELIGION Catholic, active in church, did charity work;
MARRIAGE26 June 1912Dennis Patrick SHANNON; Buffalo, Erie, New York1159

5.Catherine Agnes SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH23 April 1882Cardif, Wales1195,1196
MISC1883Liverpool
RESIDENCE190054 Alabama St., Buffalo, NY1197
RESIDENCE1925208 O'Connell Ave Buffalo, NY1198
RESIDENCE1930208 O'Connell St.1199
DEATH6 March 1978Buffalo, Erie, New York1200,1201,1202,1203,1204
BURIAL Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, from OLPH Church
RESIDENCE  
MISC Jesse Ketchum award for scholarship
MISC Catholic
MISC Scarlet fever 1892-3, typhoid fever around
MISC 1908, hit by train, recovered.
MISC White corpuscle prob before she died ?leukemia
MARRIAGE24 October 1906William GREENE; Buffalo, Erie, New York1205,1206,1207

6.John J. SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH16 August 1884Buffalo, Erie, New York1185,1208
RESIDENCE190054 Alabama St. Buffalo, NY1209
RESIDENCE191654 Alabama St. letter carrier1210
RESIDENCE193054 Alabama St. (Census)1211
DEATH15 July 1941Buffalo, Erie, New York1212
MARRIAGE24 July 1917Catherine NOLAN; Buffalo, Erie, New York

7.James Jacob SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH14 October 1886Buffalo, Erie, New York1185,1213,1214
DEATH4 July 1887Buffalo, Erie, New York1187,1215
BURIAL Holy C. Sec. W Lot 96 NW1/4 moved from 0-156
MISC St Bridge
MISC St Bridget's
MISC Died of spinal meningitis age 8 mo 52 days
MISC They may have moved the grave after the
MISC parents died to have them together.

8.Joan Josephine SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH6 January 1888Buffalo, Erie, New York1185,1216,1217,1218
RESIDENCE1916314 Monroe, Nicholas P Lichtenthal, machinist1219
DEATH10 April 1982Buffalo, Erie, New York1220
OCCUPATION Stenographer [s111] Went to Brian Stratton Business School [s402];
RESIDENCE 595 Minnesota Ave and summer home in Lime Lake, Cataraugus Co, NY1221
MARRIAGE15 June 1910Nicholas P. LICHTENTHAL; Buffalo, Erie, New York