New England Families

1855 Census said was born in 1836
1860 Census said was born in 1835
1900 Census said he was born in 1840, no month
1904 death record said he was born in 1841

The Philpott Family Tree at ancestry.com says that Daniel was born in County Cork, Ireland. Link to tree:
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/17257517/person/484739315/facts

Massachusetts State Census, 1855, familysearch.org
Suffolk, Boston, Ward 07, Dwelling 193, Family 1140

This was 144 Purchase based on information from the City Directory
The next household was that of Charles and Mary (Donovan) Jenkins. Mary was Catherine Winterflood's sister

John Winterflood, 28, male, laborer, born in England
Catherine Winterflood, 22, female, born in Ireland
Joseph Henry Winterflood, 1, male, born in Massachusetts
Mary Donovan, 60, female, born in Ireland
Margaret Donovan, 28, female, born in Ireland
Jeremiah Donovan, 24, male, laborer, born in Ireland
Daniel Donovan, 19, male, laborer, born in Ireland
Julia Donovan, 12, female, born in Ireland

"Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWV-85D : accessed 8 February 2016), Charles Jenkins, Ward 07, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,959.

1860 Census Ward 7, Boston
August 1, 1860

Daniel Donovan, 25, laborer, born in Ireland, laborer, no real estate, personal estate: $50, cannot read or write, married within the past year
Mary Donovan, 23, born in Ireland, married within the past year
Mary Donovan, 60, born in Ireland, cannot read or write
Julia Donovan, 18, had an occupation, born in Ireland

next household:
Jereh Donovan, 30, born in Ireland, laborer, no real estate, personal estate: $25, cannot read or write
Mary Donovan, 31, born in Ireland
James Donovan, 1, born in Massachusetts

daughter Ella was born at 22 Wapping Street

1889 City Directory, image 385
Daniel Donovan, 177 State, house 85 Ferrin

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1890 City Directory, image 409
Daniel Donovan, 177 State, house 85 Ferrin
his daughter? Annie M Donovan, reporter Post, 15 Milk

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1895 City Directory, image 432
Daniel Donovan, messenger, house 85 Ferrin
his daughter? Annie M Donovan, reporter 255 Washington, boards 14 Auburn, Charlestown

1900 Census Ward 3 (Charlestown) Boston, ED 1190, sheet 6a, 6b
June 1, 1900
at 85 Ferrin Street

Daniel Donovan, 60, born in 1840, married for 39 years, born in Ireland, parents also, naturalized, day laborer, no date for arrival
Mary Donovan, 58, born June 1842, 9 children, 2 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, in the US 38 years
Annie M Donovan, single, 29, born May 1871, born in Massachusetts, clerk Public Library
Ella E Donovan, single, 19, born July 1880, born in Massachusetts, no occupation

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y3-WLC : accessed 2 March 2016), Daniel Donovan, Charlestown District, Precinct 3 Boston city Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

Return of a Death, Boston, 1904
Daniel Donovan
died October 6, 1904, at City Hospital, Boston,
residence: 85 Ferrin Street
white, male, married, age 63, born in Ireland, a laborer
father: James Donovan, born in Ireland
mother: Mary Sullivan, born in Ireland
buried: Malden, Holy Cross

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW53-S9W : accessed 2 March 2016), Daniel Donovan, 06 Oct 1904; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, item 1 cn 375, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,069,340.

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1905 Boston City Directory, image 556
Daniel D Donovan, (85 Ferrin, Charlestown) died October 6, 1904