irish american connections

[jayg49]

complicated story.  Daniel russell sullivan fought in ww1 for british army.  Discharge papers say born in 1878 sandymount, dublin.

he lived here with annie and had two children, the last in 1922.  he stayed until about 1925 and then he says he is going back to the states.  no further information

We don't know anything about his family except that he came from san francisco and quotes his next of kin as mrs k l byrne, berkeley, california.

any help greatly appreciated
june 

[merjones]

1920 Berkeley California

Kathleen L Byrne 60 widow born 1860 Michigan, parents born Ireland
Thomas A Byrne   42
Leslie F Byrne   32
Isabel I Byrne   26
Lillian I Byrne   8
Thomas P Byrne   5

In the 1880 Census Katie Byrne married to Alonzo A. Byrne in San Francisco, California


Maybe she is a cousin or Alonzo her husband is a cousin.  Both were born in the USA with parents born Ireland.

[shellyesq]

I was just coming to mention Kathleen, who is also in Berkeley in the 1910 & 1930 Census.  She appears to be on the Calif. death index with a death date of 25 Apr. 1942.  Her father's surname was Casey & mother's maiden name was Kenney.

[shellyesq]

Looks like the same information was already found elsewhere.  http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.sullivan/5877/mb.ashx

In the future, please try to give all the information that you have, so people don't duplicate what's already been looked up. 

[jayg49]

thanks for the suggestions.  I was didn't want to put people off making further suggestions or coming in with additional information.

i'm hoping for a lead on daniel himself too
june

[Lisa in California]

June, would you have Daniel's exact date of birth, please?

[jayg49]

on his discharge papers which are dated December 1917, he gives his age as 39 years and 9 months.
thats all i have unfortunately

[Lisa in California]

That helps.  At least we know he was born around February-April.  I'll have a look around.

[Lisa in California]

There is one Daniel Sullivan who is listed on the Social Security death index who was born in the spring of 1878: 4 March 1878.  He passed away in January 1971 and his last residence was East Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Most deaths on the index occurred after the mid-1950's (someone else can more clearly state the facts, since I don't have them).  If Daniel passed away prior to the 1950's, he would not be listed.

I have to leave for a few hours, but I will check back here later.