Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
John C. SHEEHAN
BIRTH15 March 1844Goleen, Ireland2552,2553,2554
MISCbetween 1882 and 1883from Liverpool2555
DEATH16 October 1910Buffalo, Erie, New York2556
BURIAL19 October 1910Holy Cross, Cemetery2557
RESIDENCE1930Mystic
RESIDENCE 54 Alabama St. Buffalo NY
OCCUPATION Mason, dock worker, scooper,(powerful man);
MISC He was not the youngest in his family but others stayed in Ireland, except Mary
MISC problems, came to USA 11/1883. He died of heart, murder rumors were false
MISC Argued in Irish, sang, had asthma, heart
MISC Family came to USA before him-he had work.
MISC Catholic, arranged marriage
MISC liked mason work, boxing, quoted the bible
MARRIAGE1 March 1870Goleen, Ireland, an arranged marriage
FATHERJohn SHEEHAN
MOTHERNora FITZGERALD
 
WIFE
Catherine MCDONNELL
BIRTH9 July 1851Colleras, Goleen, Ireland2558,2559
MISC1883from Liverpool
DEATH3 March 1913Buffalo, Erie, New York2560
BURIAL6 March 1913Holy Cross Cemetery, Buffalo, NY2561,2562
RESIDENCE 54 and 47 Alabama St.
OCCUPATION Worked for a few years at Shervit House -;
MISC Had scarlet fever 1892-3.
MISC Arrived in USA around 1883-4 byway of Wales and Liverpool
MISC Met her husband 2 days before the arranged wedding
MISC Catholic
MISC liked to sing, liked animals, irish jig
FATHERPatrick MCDONNELL
MOTHERHanora MAHANEY
 
CHILDREN
1.Mary SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH31 December 1870Goleen, Ireland2563,2564,2565
MISC1883Liverpool, England
RESIDENCE1916at 54 Alabama Street; Buffalo, Erie, New York2566
DEATH26 March 1930caught pneumonia and died while her sister Anna was hospitalized for hernia.; Buffalo, Erie, New York2567,2568
ILLNESS polyps removed from nose which bled heavily;
DESCRIPTION obedient as a child, "a doll" as an adult;
RESIDENCE  with her sister Anna and family on Alabama Street; Buffalo, Erie, New York
OCCUPATION servant; did housework and laundry;
MISC was the only sibling with curly hair. She never married.;

2.Timothy SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH30 January 1873England2569,2570
MISC1883Liverpool
DEATH5 October 1905Buffalo, Erie, New York2567,2571,2572
RESIDENCE 54 Alabama St.2573
OCCUPATION Construction worker? Railroad?;
BURIAL Holy Cross
MISC As a kid sold nuts at the Scotch dock.
MISC couldn't save him. Had a good voice.
MISC sick a week, they had 2 doctors and they
MISC Caught sunstroke working on a tressel, was
MISC Catholic
MISC President of Coal Heavers Union

3.William SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTHabout 1876Goleen (s120) or Liverpool (n45)[s589]2565,2574
DEATHabout 1879Probably Liverpool or Wales.
MISC Died age 3 from dysentery. They took him
MISC shortly after.
MISC to the doctor 10 miles away, but he died

4.Anna Gertrude SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH12 July 1880Liverpool, England2536,2537
MISC1883Liverpool
RESIDENCE193054 Alabama Street, Buffalo, Erie, New York2538
DEATH17 December 1941Buffalo, Erie, New York2539
BURIAL20 December 1941Lot 201, Sec 00, Holy Cross2540
DESCRIPTION loved singing and opera;
RELIGION Catholic, active in church, did charity work;
OCCUPATION shoe factory, glove maker, homemaker;
OCCUPATION wanted to be a teacher, seamstress, cook;
MARRIAGE26 June 1912Dennis Patrick SHANNON; Buffalo, Erie, New York2533

5.Catherine Agnes SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH23 April 1882Cardif, Wales2575,2576
MISC1883Liverpool
RESIDENCE190054 Alabama St., Buffalo, NY2577
RESIDENCE1925208 O'Connell Ave Buffalo, NY2578
RESIDENCE1930208 O'Connell St.2579
DEATH6 March 1978Buffalo, Erie, New York2580,2581,2582,2583,2584
BURIAL Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, from OLPH Church
MISC White corpuscle prob before she died ?leukemia
MISC 1908, hit by train, recovered.
MISC Scarlet fever 1892-3, typhoid fever around
MISC Catholic
MISC Jesse Ketchum award for scholarship
RESIDENCE  
MARRIAGE24 October 1906William GREENE; Buffalo, Erie, New York2585,2586,2587

6.John J. SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH16 August 1884Buffalo, Erie, New York2565,2588
RESIDENCE190054 Alabama St. Buffalo, NY2589
RESIDENCE191654 Alabama St. letter carrier2590
RESIDENCE193054 Alabama St. (Census)2591
DEATH15 July 1941Buffalo, Erie, New York2592
MARRIAGE24 July 1917Catherine NOLAN; Buffalo, Erie, New York

7.James Jacob SHEEHAN  MALE
 BIRTH14 October 1886Buffalo, Erie, New York2565,2593,2594
DEATH4 July 1887Buffalo, Erie, New York2567,2595
MISC St Bridge
BURIAL Holy C. Sec. W Lot 96 NW1/4 moved from 0-156
MISC parents died to have them together.
MISC They may have moved the grave after the
MISC Died of spinal meningitis age 8 mo 52 days
MISC St Bridget's

8.Joan Josephine SHEEHAN  FEMALE
 BIRTH6 January 1888Buffalo, Erie, New York2565,2596,2597,2598
RESIDENCE1916314 Monroe, Nicholas P Lichtenthal, machinist2599
DEATH10 April 1982Buffalo, Erie, New York2600
OCCUPATION Stenographer [s111] Went to Brian Stratton Business School [s402];
RESIDENCE 595 Minnesota Ave and summer home in Lime Lake, Cataraugus Co, NY2601
MARRIAGE15 June 1910Nicholas P. LICHTENTHAL; Buffalo, Erie, New York