1. DANIEL SULLIVAN was born in Ireland (Source: Death Certificate of Cornelius Sullivan [1916]).  He was of Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland. His wife's name is unknown, but she too was born in Ireland. The only information available about Daniel Sullivan is his name and country of birth, listed on his son's death certificate. He may have remained in Ireland, or may have immigrated to St. John's, Newfoundland as did his son. A granddaughter, Agnes McDonald, said that the family was from Bantry Bay in Cork, and that the name was originally O'Sullivan, the 'O' being dropped upon emigration from Ireland.

Child of DANIEL SULLIVAN is:

2.   i. CORNELIUS JOHN SULLIVAN, b. abt. March 1840, Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland; d. 12 September 1916, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA.

Generation No. 2

2. CORNELIUS JOHN SULLIVAN (DANIEL) was born abt. March 1840 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and died 12 September 1916 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #763 [1916], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). He married as Cornelius O'Sullivan at the Basilica of St John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, MARY ANNE ROUST, 25 November 1860 in St. John's, Newfoundland (Source: Marriage Records of the Basilica of St John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, pg. 105), daughter of WILLIAM ROUST and ELIZABETH THOMPSON. She was born, possibly on 13 March 1840, in St. John's, Newfoundland, and died 3 October 1923 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #863 [1923], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). They are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA. There is a gravestone, but it does not include names and dates. (Source: Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, St. Paul Path, Graves 79, 80 and 2 Rear West)
     Two baptisms for a Cornelius Sullivan, son of Daniel, have been located in County Cork. One was christened 2 February 1839 in Inchigeelagh Parish, son of Daniel Sullivan and Margaret Lynch. The other was christened 22 October 1835 in Boherbue Parish, son of Daniel Sullivan and Ellen Lenihan. There is no proof at this time as to which might be this Cornelius Sullivan, if either. The Parish of Inchigeelagh is closer to Bantry than Boherbue.
     Cornelius, sometimes referred to in the family as Connie, was listed in all records only as 'Cornelius', but his daughter Agnes said his middle name was John. It is not known when he came to Newfoundland, but he was there by the time of his 1860 marriage. The Canadian Dominion Directory for 1870-1 listed him as a fisherman, residing on Barter's Hill in St. John's. Twenty other Sullivans are also listed in the Directory, including a Daniel Sullivan, but there is no way to determine at this time if Cornelius was related to any of them. His daughter Agnes told stories of growing up next to the Salvation Army office at the top of Barter's Hill, and remembered her father sliding on a board down the snow-covered hill to work on winter mornings. The St. John's City Hall now sits at the base of Barter's Hill, and the spot is Mile Zero on the Trans-Canada Highway.
     Hutchinson's Newfoundland Directory for 1864-65 does not carry an entry for Cornelius Sullivan although by that time he was married with two children. He may have been living with the Daniel Sullivan who lived on Barter's Hill or with the Roust family which also lived on that street.
     The 1900 and 1910 censuses show Cornelius as having come to the United States in 1898, which would make him the last family member to have done so. He never became a U.S. citizen, and worked as a laborer, retiring before 1910. Although his wife and all his children could read and write, Cornelius could not.
     He is first listed in the 1899 Boston City Directory as residing at 25 Charter St. in the North End. He then moved the family to 221 Border St., East Boston (1900), 90 London St., East Boston (1900-1906), and then to Somerville, MA. In Somerville the family lived at 34 Columbus Ave. (1906-1913), 38 Prescott St. (1914), and 27 Prescott St. (1915-1924). Cornelius died there of arteriosclerosis and a cerebral hemorrhage.
     Mary Anne Roust Sullivan was called Annie. Her family had been in St. John's at least for one generation, but little is known about them. There was a large family of Rousts in St. John's, many of who came to the Boston area, but no connection has ever been found to Annie and her parents.
She came to the United States on 21 October 1897 with her son Jack and daughter May. They arrived from Halifax, NS on the Ship Olivette. After the death of her husband she continued to live on Prescott St. until her own death seven years later. She died of arteriosclerosis, apoplexy and senility. Gertrude Kane Barrett, who was raised by the Sullivans, said that Annie was very senile and the family had to put locks at the top of the doors in order to keep her from getting outside and becoming disoriented and lost.
No record of the births of Cornelius and Annie have been located. It is not known when Cornelius was born. The 1900 census gives his birth date as March 1850. The 1910 census, taken in April of that year, lists his age as 68 years, which would indicate he was born in 1842. At his death in 1916 his wife gave his age as 68 years, which would place his birth year as 1848. Similarly, Annie's birth date is not known. The 1900 census gives her birth date as March 1848. The 1910 census lists her age as 62, indicating as well that she was born in 1848. Her age at death was given as 73 years, 6 months, and 20 days, thus indicating she was born on 13 Mar. 1850. Since they married in 1860 and their eldest child was born in 1861, birth years of 1848 or 1850 are highly improbable.
     There is one known photograph of Cornelius Sullivan, taken out of doors without his knowledge, since his daughter Agnes said he hated to pose for pictures. He is shown with a pipe in one hand, wearing a wrinkled suit and a derby hat. He sported a short bushy white beard and no moustache. There is supposed to be a photograph of Annie Sullivan that several of her grandchildren remembered seeing, but no one in the family has been able to locate it. There was once a family album of old photographs and tintypes, but it was supposedly destroyed many years ago.

Cornelius Sullivan b. ca. 1840, Bantry Bay, Cork, Ireland d. 12 September 1916 Somerville, MA

Children of CORNELIUS JOHN SULLIVAN and MARY ANNE ROUST are:

3.   i. DANIEL F. SULLIVAN, b. 1 December 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. 8 July 1930,
         Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA.
     ii. ELIZABETH JOSEPH SULLIVAN, b. 27 June 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland (Source:
         Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d. bef.
         January 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland.
              She was baptized 28 June 1864 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, sponsors: Denis Cantwell
         and Emily Kennedy. She died young, presumably before January 1869 when a later daughter was
         named Elizabeth. Agnes Sullivan McDonald referred to having two sisters who died in St. John's
         although only this one has been identified.
     iii. WILLIAM THOMAS [WILL] SULLIVAN, b. December 1866, St. John's, Newfoundland
         (Source: Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d.
         unm. 24 December 1921, at 27 Prescott St., Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death
         Certificate #967 [1921], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). He is buried with his with
         parents at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA.
             Will was baptized 3 January 1867 [no birth date given] at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. His
         godparents were John Ruiste and Emilia Johnson. He died unmarried at age 53 of tuberculosis after
         an illness of 4 years. The day he died three members of the family were so ill that they each received
         the last rights of the Church.
              He came to the U.S. about 1896 or 1897. He had not filed for American citizenship by 1910,
         when the U.S. census listed him as an alien, and he may never have done so. In 1900 he was a
         laborer at a cold storage plant, and by 1910 had worked his way up to assistant foreman. At the time
         of his death he was listed as a clerk at Quincy Market Cold Storage. He was a member of the
         Market Mens' Association bowling team, and his niece Frances Galvin recalled seeing his bowling
         trophies.
    iv. MARY ELIZABETH [LIZZIE] SULLIVAN, b. 19 January 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland
        (Source: Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d.
        unm. 24 December 1954 at Central Hospital, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death
        Certificate #746 [1954], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). She is buried with her with
        parents at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA.
             Lizzie was baptized 26 January 1869 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Her godparents were
        Patrick Hickey and Marianna Wilson.
             She arrived in Boston with her sister Agnes 18 June 1895 on the Ship Olivette out of Halifax, NS.
        That November she served as godmother to her niece Mary Agnes Sullivan. In the 1900 census she is
        listed as a taperer in a cork factory along with four of her sisters. In 1910 she was listed as a stitcher
        in an overall factory. At some point she also worked in a sheepskin jacket factory with her sister
        Agnes. After the deaths of her parents, Lizzie cared for her invalid sister Jo and her widowed brother
        Dan. Her sister Agnes McDonald and family moved in after the death of Agnes' husband in 1927, and
        together they lived at several locations in the Union Square area of Somerville. In 1951 Lizzie moved
        to Winchester, MA. with her niece Frances Galvin.
             Lizzie completed a Declaration of Intention to file for citizenship, but never filed. Her declaration,
       dated 6 September 1940, gives her occupation as overall maker, eyes - brown, hair - brown, height
       5'3", weight 116 lbs, and states that she arrived from Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 1895. (U.S. District
       Court #293240)
    v. EMILY ANNE [EMMA] SULLIVAN, b. 9 July 1871, St. John's, Newfoundland (Source:
        Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d. unm. 18 May
        1902, at 90 London St., East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA aged 30 years of peritonitis caused by a
        ruptured appendix (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Deaths 1841-1910 - NEHGS Web
        Images, v. 531, p. 173).  She is buried with her grandmother Roust in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden,
        MA.
            Emma was baptized 10 July 1871 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Her godparents were Joseph
        Barter and Susanne Burns.
            She came to the U.S. about 1896 or 1897 and lived with her family in Boston. In the 1900 census she
        is listed as a taperer in a cork factory along with four of her sisters. Her sister Agnes McDonald kept a
        picture of Emma in her bureau drawer and would occasionally take it out and talk about how nice Emma
        was, and how she especially liked little children.

Three Sullivan daughters - only known photos of each

Lizzie Sullivan (1869-1954)

Emma Sullivan (1871-1902)

Jo Sullivan (1873-1932)

   vi. MARY JOSEPH [JO] SULLIVAN, b. 18 December 1873, St. John's, Newfoundland (Source:
        Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d. unm. 9
        February 1932, at 101 School St., Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #109
        [1932], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). She is buried with her with parents at Holy
        Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA.
             Jo was baptized 26 December 1873 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Her godparents were
        Lawrence McKay and Annie Hickey.
             She came to the U.S. about 1896 or 1897 and lived with her family in Boston and Somerville. In the
        1900 census she is listed as a taperer in a cork factory along with four of her sisters, but within a few
        years she had ceased to work outside the home because of poor health. She suffered from a heart
        condition for about 30 years which often kept her confined to bed. There were many days when she did
        not have the strength to brush her own hair. She was very talented though and made beautiful lace. Jo
        died of broncho pneumonia a week after coming down with 'La Grippe'.
4.vii. AGNES MARY [AG] SULLIVAN, b. 16 October 1876, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. 24 January
        1965, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.
  viii. MARGARET [MAUD] SULLIVAN, b. 16 November 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland (Source:
        Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland); d. unm. 31 May
        1919, at 27 Prescott St., Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA aged 40 years of tuberculosis after a year's
        illness. (Source: Death Certificate [1919], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). She is
        buried with her with parents at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA.
            Maud was baptized 20 November 1878 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Her godparents were
        James A. Brooks and Margaret Walsh.
        Maud, also called 'Bird' by the family because she ate so little, came to the U.S. about 1896 or 1897
        and lived with her family in Boston and Somerville. In the 1900 census she is listed as a taperer in a cork
        factory along with four of her sisters, and in 1910 was a brushmaker in a brush factory. Maud played the
        mandolin which is now in the possession of her great nephew Edward Galvin, compiler of this genealogy.
        She also dated a man by the name of Gus Boudreau and kept loaning him money hoping he would marry
        her, but he never did.
5. ix.CORNELIUS JOHN JOSEPH [JACK] SULLIVAN, b. 12 July 1881, St. John's, Newfoundland;
        d. 11 April 1949, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA.
6. x. MARY ELLEN [MAY] SULLIVAN, b. abt. April 1890, St. Johns, Nfld.; d. 2
        July 1911, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA; Adopted child.
   xi. DAUGHTER SULLIVAN, b. Unknown.
        According to Agnes Sullivan McDonald, there was another sister who died in St. John's.

Generation No. 3

3. DANIEL F. SULLIVAN (CORNELIUS JOHN, DANIEL) was born 1 December 1861 in St. John's, Newfoundland (Source: Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland), and died 8 July 1930 at Somerville Hospital, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #590 [1930], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). He married ELIZABETH ANNE KENNEDY 27 September 1892 at St. Stephen's Church in the North End of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Marriages 1841-1910, NEGHS Web Images, v. 426, p. 216), daughter of SAMUEL KENNEDY and MARY BRENNAN. Witnesses to the marriage ceremony were David Ainsworth and Mini Broderick. Lizzie Kennedy was born 25 February 1859 in Carbonear, Newfoundland (Source: Kennedy Birth Records from Harbor Grace and Carbonear, Newfoundland), and died 4 December 1913 at her residence, 46 Maverick St., in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics). Dan and Lizzie are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA. There is no gravestone on the lot.
     Dan Sullivan was baptized at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist on 4 December 1861. Daniel Sullivan and Elizabeth Cantwell served as his godparents. He immigrated to the United States in 1887, and the 1900 census states that he had become a naturalized citizen. His sister Ag McDonald said that Dan was the first of the family to move to Boston and that the other family members followed later.
     Dan lived in the North End of Boston at 21 Unity St. (1893-1894), and at 25 Charter St., (1895-1899), in East Boston at 160 Havre St. (1900), 50 London St. (1903-1905), and 46 Maverick St. (1906-1913). After his wife's death he moved to Somerville, MA and lived with his parents. He is first listed in the Somerville City Directory in 1915 at 27 Prescott St. After his parents died he continued to live with his unmarried sisters.
     In 1898 Dan was a longshoreman, in 1900 a day laborer, and in 1910 as a freight handler in a fish market. According to his death certificate he was a laborer for the North Packing Company for 45 years, until August 1929.
     After leaving the employ of the North Packing Company Dan had trouble finding other work. According to family members he became discouraged and tried to end his own life. The family says that one day he walked into a barbershop, grabbed a bottle of hair tonic, went into the back room and drank it. The tonic did not kill him, though he did later develop cancer of the esophagus that caused his death.
Elizabeth Kennedy Sullivan was called Lizzie. She came to the U.S. in 1886 and at the time of her marriage was working as a waitress.
     Little else is known about Dan and Lizzie Sullivan. Dan Sullivan was an extremely quiet man and barely spoke, so there are few stories to share about him. No one in the rest of the Sullivan family has had any contact with the members of this branch of the family for over 70 years.

Children of DANIEL F. SULLIVAN and ELIZABETH ANNE KENNEDY are:
    i.  JOHN LAWRENCE JOSEPH SULLIVAN, b. 19 October 1893, North End, Boston, Suffolk Co.,
        MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Births 1841-1910 - NEHGS On-line Images, v. 432,
        p.160); d. Aft. July 1930; married after 1917.
            Jack was baptized privately at birth, then again at St. Stephen's Church on 22 October 1893, with
        James Doherty and Mary McLean serving as godparents. According to a relative, Gert Kane, Jack lived
        for a time with his father in Somerville, and married a widow with two children, but had no children of his
        own. He was a furniture mover on a train when the 1910 census was taken, and was said to have
        worked with his father as well. Jack attended his father's funeral in 1930, but has not been heard from in
        the family since.
            His WWI Draft Registration Card filled out on 5 June 1917 lists him as John Lawrence Joseph
        Sullivan; ae. 23; res. 46 Maverick St., East Boston; b. 18 Oct 1893 Boston, MA; laborer for Michael J.
        Shannan, Central Sq., East Boston; no dependents; single; no military service; medium height and build;
        light brown eyes; dark brown hair.
    ii. MARY ANN SULLIVAN, b. 9 November 1895, at 25 Charter St in the North End of Boston,
        Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Baptismal Certificate, St. Stephen's Church, Boston, Suffolk Co.,
        Massachusetts.); d. there 10 May 1897, age 1 yr., 6 mos. of hydrocephalus (Source: Death Certificate,
        Massachusetts State Archives, #4413, v. 474, p. 201).
            She was baptized at home on 10 Nov. 1895. Her godparents were her uncle Bernard Kennedy and
        aunt Elizabeth Sullivan.
    iii. MARY AGNES [MAY] SULLIVAN, b. 12 May 1898, at 25 Charter St in the North End of Boston,
        Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Deaths 1841-1910 - NEHGS Web Images, v.
        477, p. 88.).
            She was baptized the same day, her uncle John Sullivan and aunt Mary Sullivan serving as
        godparents. A relative, Gert Kane, said that May married a sea captain and that she was not in
        attendance at her father's funeral. May has not been heard from since that time.

4. AGNES MARY [AG] SULLIVAN (CORNELIUS JOHN, DANIEL) was born 16 October 1876 in St. John's, Newfoundland (Source: Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland), and died 24 January 1965 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics). She married LAMOND THEOPHILE [LEONARD THEOPHILUS] MCDONALD 25 November 1908 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Marriages 1841-1910, NEGHS Web Images), son of WILLIAM MCDONALD and SERAPHINE MCDONALD. He was born 4 September 1878 in D'Escousse, Richmond Co., NS (Source: Baptismal Certificate, St. Hyacinth's Parish, D'Escousse, Richmond Co., Nova Scotia), and died 23 September 1927 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics).

Agnes Sullivan McDonald (1876-1965) Leonard McDonald (1878-1927)

     Ag attended Catholic school in Newfoundland and graduated from high school about 1895 in St. John's, coming to Boston shortly afterwards with her sister Lizzie on 18 June 1895 on the Ship Olivette out of Halifax, NS. She lived for a time in a cold-water flat in the North End of Boston, but the 1900 census shows her living on London Street in East Boston and working as a taperer in a cork factory. She injured her finger on the job and bore the scar for the rest of her life.
     She became a citizen by her marriage to Leonard, but had to apply again on her own when the laws changed during World War II. Her citizenship dates from 11 January. 1943. She lived in Somerville until April 1951 when she moved to Winchester, MA. with her daughter. She lived in Winchester until June 1962 when she entered the Guardian Nursing Home/Hospital in Cambridge where she spent the last years of her life.
Leonard McDonald was listed as Lament on his baptismal record, Laman in the 1881 census, and Lammong in the 1891. He is said to have attended high school in Arichat and then went to work in Antigonish. He came to the United States in 1906, settling on Everett St. in East Boston, MA. After his marriage he continued to live in East Boston until 1911 when he moved his family to nearby Somerville where he lived until his death. He had many jobs, among them a freighthandler for the Quincy Market Cold Storage Company and Thorndike & Gerrish (Poultry) in Boston. He was a naturalized United States citizen.

Children of AGNES MARY SULLIVAN and LEONARD THEOPHILUS MCDONALD are:
    i.  WILLIAM THOMAS MCDONALD, b. 28 March 1910, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source:
        Baptismal Certificate, Our Lady of Assumption Church, East Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts)
        ; d. 6 April 1911, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #318 [1911],
        Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). He is buried with his maternal grandparents in Holy Cross
        Cemetery, Malden, MA.
    ii. WILLIAM MCDONALD, b. 22 May 1911, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; d. 3 February 1963, of
        complications of lung cancer at the V.A. Hospital, West Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA (Source:
        Massachusetts Division of Vital Statistics); m. AUGUSTA MARY OLIVER, 17 November 1940,
        Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA; dau. of Antonio Oliveira and Marianna Sousa; b. 24 April 1920,
        Swansea, Bristol Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003); d. 24 August 2002,
        Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003); they are buried
        in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA.
            Bill moved to Somerville as a child and grew up in the Union Square area. He enlisted in the Marines
        in 1929, serving in Haiti and was discharged in 1931. During the 1930s he enlisted in the Navy, was
        injured in Rhode Island, and received a medical discharge. He served again in the Navy during World
        War II, stationed at Boston.
            Gussie moved from Swansea, MA., about 1930, to Somerville. After their marriage they lived for
        several years in Somerville, finally moving to a home in Arlington, MA. Bill and Gussie both worked at
        Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, MA.
            Bill and Gussie had two children.
    iii. EDWARD JOSEPH MCDONALD, b. 7 May 1914, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source:
        Birth Certificate #715 [1914], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); d. 8 June 1999, at the
        Bear Hill Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death
        Certificate #142 [1999], Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); m. CATHERINE MARIE
        TOMORRIS, 30 November 1939, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Marriage Certificate,
        Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); dau. of Nicholas John Tomorris and Louisa Ratti; b. 14
        September 1917, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Birth Certificate #14068 [1917] Boston,
        Suffolk Co., Massachusetts); d. 29 March 1995, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death
       Certificate #136 [1995], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts).
            Ed graduated from Somerville High School in 1932 and later attended Northeastern University. He
        served in the US Army from 1943 to 1946 as a radio operator on a troop transport ship and sailed
        around the world. He worked at the Converse Rubber Company from 1935 to 1941, and again from
        1947 until his retirement as a product planner in 1979. He was an avid sportsman in his youth playing
        football, baseball and hockey. He was an expert marksman and won numerous competitions.
            Ed and Kay had no children of their own but were Uncle Eddie and Aunt Kay to generations of
        children in their neighborhood. They loved to travel and made yearly trips to Florida and a number of
        visits to Montauk, NY in the 1970s and early 1980s.
            Kay (always known to her family as Catherine) worked as dining room manager for the City Club
        Corporation in Boston for 35 years up until her death.
            They are buried in the Sullivan family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA with Ed's mother's
        family and Kay's mother.
   iv. MARY FRANCES MCDONALD, b. 3 December 1915, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source:
        Birth Certificate [1915] Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); d. 3 January 2000, at the
        Woburn Rehabilitation Hospital, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate [2000],
        Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); m. ROBERT FULTON GALVIN, son of Patrick Joseph
        Galvin and Teresa Agnes Reardon; 18 May 1946, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Marriage
        Certificate [1946], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); b. 18 January 1907, Mattapan,
        Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Birth Certificate #196 [1907] Boston, Suffolk Co.,
        Massachusetts); d. 13 September 1952, at the Central Hospital, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA
        (Source: Death Certificate #576 [1952], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts).
             Frances attended Somerville public schools and graduated from Somerville High in 1933. She
        attended Boston University becoming a certified x-ray technician, and also had two years of commercial
        law. She began working at the Central Hospital in September 1929 rolling bandages after school and
        worked her way up to supervisor by the 1930s. In the early 1960s she became office manager. In
        September 1989 she celebrated her 60th anniversary at the hospital. She retired in August 1991.
             Fran served as treasurer of the Burlington Citations, a drum-and-bugle corps in Burlington, MA for
        twenty years. She was also an avid candlepin bowler in the St. Clement's Bowling League for over 30
        years, and had served as president and secretary.
             Bob was baptized at St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester, MA on 10 February 1907. Bob went to the
        High School of Commerce in Boston, working as a helper in the 1920s and as a clerk at Hines &
        Robertson Co. in Boston until January 1941 when he took a job as a shipwright and carpenter in the
        production department at the Boston Naval Shipyard, a position he held until his death.
             After their marriage, Frances and Bob lived with her mother in Somerville until Bob built the house at
       10 Priscilla Lane, Winchester where they moved in April 1951. He died of cancer a year and a half later
        never having a chance to complete the house. Fran lived in the home in Winchester until her death.
            They are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA, with Fran's parents.
            They had one son, Edward Leonard Galvin, author of this genealogy.

5. CORNELIUS JOHN JOSEPH [JACK] SULLIVAN (CORNELIUS JOHN, DANIEL) was born 12 July 1881 in St. John's, Newfoundland (Source: Baptismal Certificate, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St., John's, Newfoundland), and died 11 April 1949 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #273 [1949], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts). He married ALICE MARGARET HALLIGAN 21 October 1903, at St. Mary's Church, North End, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Marriages 1841-1910, NEGHS Web Images, v. 539, p. 224), daughter of EDMUND HALLIGAN and ANNA MCQUILLAN. She was born 4 May 1880 in East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Births 1841-1910), and died of cancer 24 October 1938 in Arlington Heights, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics). They are buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington.
     Jack Sullivan was baptized under the name Cornelius on 13 July 1881 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist. His godparents were William Kelly and Elizabeth Stephens. He dropped the name Cornelius before coming to the United States, and from that point on was known as John Joseph Sullivan.
     He arrived in the United States 21 October 1897 on the ship Olivette from Halifax, NS with his mother and younger sister May, and settled first in the North End, then moved to East Boston. In the 1900 census he is listed as a bell-boy at a hotel. In 1904 and in the 1910 census he was a brush maker in a brush factory. Later in life he worked as a janitor.
     After his marriage Jack and his wife Allie continued to live in East Boston, but by 1909 were in Somerville, MA. They lived at 146A Medford St., on Osgood St., at 36, 26, and 18 Prescott St., and 28 Berkeley St. They also lived briefly in Roslindale, MA. About 1928 they moved to 1 Harvard St., Arlington, MA. After his wife's death, Jack lived for a time with his daughter Betty Greeley, but in 1942 moved back to Somerville to live with his sisters Lizzie and Ag at 114 Summer St.
     Jack's Selective Service Registration Card in 1942 listed his height as 5' 6 1/2", his weight as 126 lbs., and his eyes as blue.

Jack Sullivan (1881-1949) with the author ca. 1948

Children of JOHN JOSEPH SULLIVAN and ALICE HALLIGAN are:
    i.   EMILY FRANCES SULLIVAN, b. 11 June 1904, East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source:
        Massachusetts State Archives Births 1841-1910 - NEHGS On-line Images); d. 24 December 1983,
        Malden, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003); m. JULIUS
        JOSEPH CUENIN, 6 January 1934, St. James' Church, Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA; son of
        August A. Cuening and Annie A. Connors; b. 23 February 1907, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA
        (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Births 1841-1910 - NEHGS On-line Images); d. 10 March
        1977, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003).
             Julie Cuenin was a sergeant on the Malden Police Force. The Cuenins resided at 408 Medford St. in
        Malden.
             Emily and Julie Cuenin had two children.
    ii. MARY AILEEN [AILEEN] SULLIVAN, b. 27 February 1908, at Havre St., East Boston, Suffolk
        Co., MA; d. 8 March 1986, Connecticut.
             Aileen was educated at St. Joseph's School in Somerville, MA., received her B.A. from Emmanuel
        College and her M.A. from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. She worked at the Massachusetts
        Registry of Motor Vehicles before entering the convent on 11 February\. 1934. She took the name
        Sister Alice St. John in honor of her parents and became a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur on 30 July
        1936.
             Sr. Alice St. John taught grade 7 boys at St. Mark's in Dorchester, MA. (1936-1938), taught 7th
        and 8th grade boys at Assumption School in East Boston (1938-1942), 8th grade girls in the North End
        of Boston (1942), and taught Latin and math at St. Mary's High in Cambridge, MA. (1942-1948). She
        spent 6 years as Superior and Principal at St. Boniface in New Haven, Conn. (1948-1954), and taught
        grade 12 Latin, math and English at Cardinal Cushing High in South Boston (1954-1957). She was
        Superior and Principal of St. Mary's, Lynn, MA. (1957-1960), and served again at St. Boniface in New
        Haven (1960-1966). In 1966 she moved to Norwalk, Conn. to be Superior and Guidance Counselor at
        the Central Catholic Convent, and stayed for 3 years. In 1969 she resumed her legal name, Sister Aileen
        Sullivan, and became Guidance Counselor at Notre Dame Girls High in Bridgeport, Conn. She remained
        in Connecticut after her retirement.
             Sister Aileen celebrated her golden jubilee as a Sister of Notre Dame in 1984.
    iii. ALICE EVELYN [EVIE] SULLIVAN, b. 1 December 1909, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA; d. 8
        August 1989, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003); m.
        PAUL THOMAS [BILL] SCHROEDER, 27 June 1937, at St. James' Church, Arlington, Middlesex
        Co., MA; son of Paul Schroeder and Blanche Duff; b. 10 October 1909, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
        (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Births 1841-1910 - NEHGS On-line Images); d. 17 January
        1993, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003).
             Evie and Bill Schroeder lived in Dorchester, MA for a number of years, and later in Arlington and
        Milton, MA.
             Evie and Bill had one child
   iv. ELIZABETH MARY SULLIVAN, b. 19 November 1916, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA
       (Source: Social Security Death Index); d. 20 July 1985, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source:
        Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003); m. PETER FRANCIS GREELEY, 20 September 1941,
        at St. James' Church, Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA; b. 9 January 1912, Medford, Middlesex Co.,
        MA (Source: Social Security Death Index); d. 22 October 1980, Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA
        (Source: Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003).
             Betty and Pete Greeley lived in Arlington where Pete was a policeman for the Arlington Police Force.
        He later was a campus policeman at M.I.T.
        Betty and Pete had three children.
    v. ELEANOR PHYLLIS [PHYLLIS] SULLIVAN, b. 9 March 1920, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA;
        d. 1 November 1994, Norfolk, Norfolk Co., VA (Source: Social Security Death Index); m.
        WILLIAM EDWIN COLEY, 20 January 1945; b. 4 December 1909 (Source: Social Security
        Death Index); d. May 1974, Virginia (Source: Social Security Death Index).
             Phyllis was in the Navy during World War II, and after the war married and moved to Norfolk,
        Virginia. She was an executive with C&S Sovran, and a former member of the Board of Directors of
        Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.
             They are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA.
             Phyllis and Bill had three children.

6. MARY ELLEN [MAY] SULLIVAN (CORNELIUS JOHN, DANIEL), was born abt. April 1890 in St. Johns, Nfld., and died 2 July 1911 at her parents' home, 34 Columbus Ave., Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #560 [1911], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.). She married LEROY HANLON GRIFFIN 29 June 1910 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA (Source: Mssachusetts State Archives Marriages 1841-1910, NEGHS Web Images, v. 595, p. 689), son of COLIN L. GRIFFIN and FLORA FOSS. He was born 12 April 1886 in Woodward's Cove, Grand Manan, New Brunswick (Source: World War I Draft Registration Card), and died July 1957 in Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME (Source: Obituary, Brunswick Record, July 18, 1957).
     According to Gert Kane, May was an adopted daughter. May Sullivan arrived in the United States 21 October 1897 on the ship Olivette from Halifax, NS with her mother and brother Jack. She lived with her parents in the North End of Boston and in East Boston before moving to Somerville about 1906. In the 1910 census May was listed as a stitcher in an overall factory. She played the piano and the one that she received as a high school graduation gift remained in the family for over 50 years. May and her husband lived at 42 Columbus Ave., a few houses away from her parents. Their only child was born was born prematurely and lived only a little over a day. May herself was ill with tuberculosis and died two days later. Mother and daughter were buried in the same casket, the first burials in the Sullivan family lot in Holy Cross Cemetery where her parents, brother and sisters are now buried. LeRoy Griffin dropped out of sight after his wife's death and the Sullivan family never heard from him again.
     Leroy Griffin was born in New Brunswick, but appears in Cambridge, MA in 1896. Guardian papers were filed in Middlesex County Probate Court in 1896 for Leroy and his brothers Grover Cameron Griffin and Darrel H. Griffin (Source: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K) Number 42994). Their father, Colin L. Griffin, was by that time probably already living apart from his family. He eventually moved to Washington State and finally to Ketchikan, Alaska where he died in 1951.
     In the 1901census for Grand Manan, Leroy and Grover were living with their paternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth Griffin. Birth dates were given for the boys - Leroy - April 12, 1886, and Grover - April 3, 1888. The 1930 census states that Leroy came back to the United States in 1909 although he has not been located in the 1910 census.
     Leroy Griffin was not born a Catholic, but converted in order to marry May Sullivan. He was baptized 29 August 1909 by Fr. Mullen at St. Joseph's Church, Somerville. His sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Agnes and Leonard McDonald, served as sponsors. He was baptized and married as LeRoy Thomas Griffin, probably to follow the Catholic practice of using the name of a Saint as a baptismal name.
     An interesting side note is that Leroy's brother Grover Cameron Griffin married Alice May Ruggles in Somerville, MA on 30 June 1910, one day after Leroy married May Sullivan. (Source: Massachusetts State Archives Marriages 1841-1910, NEGHS Web Images, v. 595, p. 687)
     On 30 October 1911 Leroy crossed the border from Canada to the US at Eastport, ME. The record shows him as 25; male; single; resident of Grand Manan, NB; nearest relative in Canada was his grandfather William Griffin; final destination was Lynn, MA to the home of his mother Flora Griffin at 8 Nelson St. (Source: Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956).
     By 1918 he was again using the middle name of Hanlon and was living in Wolfeboro Falls, Carroll Co., NH. His WWI Draft Registration Card lists him as Le Roy Hanlon Griffin; age 32; b. April 12, 1886 in Canada (alien); a mill hand for O.P. Berry Co., Wolfeboro Falls; medium height, slender build; brown hair and eyes; lost 2 fingers - left hand; sick in hospital; nearest relative Minnie E. Griffin, Wolfeboro Falls.
By this time he had remarried to ETHEL MINNIE BROWNELL bet. 1911 - 1918. She was born ca. 1883 in New Hampshire, and died 24 July 1969 in Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME (Source: Maine Death Index, 1960-1997).
     The 1920 census for Wolfeboro Falls, lists Leroy at 2 River St. With him were his wife Minnie E. and five children. By 1930 the family was living at 15 Elm St., Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME. His wife was listed as Ethel M. Griffin and six children were in the household.

	1959 Photograph of piano given to May Sullivan as a high school graduation gift
	The author sitting at the piano, 1955

Mary Ellen [May] Sullivan ca. 1910 (1890-1911) Photograph courtesy of her husband's daughter in-law Yvette Wilson Griffin Leroy Hanlon Griffin in 1906 (1886-1957) Photograph courtesy of his granddaughter Sandra Griffin Deger

Child of MARY ELLEN SULLIVAN and LEROY HANLON GRIFFIN is:
    i.  MARY BERNETTA GRIFFIN, b. 28 June 1911, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA; d. 30 June 1911, at St. Mary's Infant Asylum, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Source: Death Certificate #609B [1911], Somerville, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts); bur. with her mother at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, MA (Source: Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, St. Paul Path, Graves 79, 80 and 2 Rear West)

© Edward Leonard Galvin, (Updated August 2007)