Mary Sullivan

Birth Name Mary Sullivan
Gender female
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

In 1857 Mary (Sullivan) Donovan was living at 144 Purchase Street.

Some of the other City Directory listings below may be for her also.

From 1852 to 1858 the addresses are in downtown Boston. If the 1851 listing for James Donovan at 140 Purchase is her husband, then 1852 to 1857 could be her.

If the listings for 1858 are for two different Mary Donovans, then Mary (Sullivan) Donovan may have died soon after the 1858 Directory information was taken and the other listing is for a different woman who lived in East Boston.

If the listings in 1858 are for the same woman at different addresses then they might all be for Mary (Sullivan) Donovan, in which case she died after 1880.

1852 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943
Mary Donovan, widow, house 134 Sea [from Summer Street to the North Free Bridge]

1853 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943
Mrs Mary Donovan, house 68 Atkinson [from 83 Milk to Purchase]

1854 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943
Mary Donovan, widow, house 16 Bridge [from 165 Cambridge Street to hospital]

1856 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943
Mary Donovan, widow, house 180 Congress

1858 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943
Mary Donovan, widow, 144 Purchase
Mary Donovan, widow, house rear Chelsea, near Saratoga EB

1861 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, house rear Chelsea, n. Cor. Saratoga, East Boston

1862 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, h. r. Chelsea, n. Saratoga

1863 Boston City Directory
? Mary Donovan, widow, house 6 Glendon EB [ran from Chelsea to Bremen]

1871 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, house 284 Saratoga

1872 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, house 284 Saratoga

1880 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, house 217 Marion EB

1882 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, house 217 Marion EB

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1792 Ireland   1a
Event Note

1855 Census said she was born in 1795
1860 Census said she was born in 1800
1870 Census said she was born in 1790

 

Census (mother in law) 1855 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States probably 142/4 Purchase St 1a
Event Note

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.

Residence (mother in law) 1857 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 144 Purchase 2a
Event Note

1857 Boston City Directory
Mary Donovan, widow, 144 Purchase
John Winterflood, rigger, 144 Purchase

1857 Boston City Directory at http://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/cdm/search/searchterm/The_Boston_Directory_1851-1943

Census (mother) August 1, 1860 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Ward 7 3a
Event Note

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

Census (mother) August 1, 1870 Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   4a
Event Note

1870 Census Ward 1 Charlestown
August 1, 1870

[image and index says Donnavan. same page as Jeremiah's sister Margaret Scott, her husband and her daughter.]

Jeremiah Donovan, 40, laborer, born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth, citizenship column checked, cannot read or write
Mary Donovan, 39, born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth, cannot read or write
James Donovan, 12, born in Massachusetts, cannot read or write
Ellen Donovan, 10, born in Massachusetts, cannot read or write
Daniel Donovan, 6, born in Massachusetts, cannot read or write

next household, same dwelling

Mary Donovan, 80, keeps house, born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth, cannot read or write

 

Death        

Families

Family of James Donovan and Mary Sullivan
Married Husband James Donovan ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage        
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Mary Donovanabout 1822December 3, 1908
Margaret Donovanabout 1827February 9, 1898
Jeremiah Donovanabout 1831
Catherine Donovanabout 1832June 1, 1865
Daniel Donovanabout 1835October 6, 1904
Julia Donovanabout 1844November 4, 1889

Source References

  1. 1855 Census of Boston
      • Page: Jenkins and Winterflood, Boston, Ward 07, Dwelling 193, Families 1140 & 1141
  2. 1857 Boston City Directory
      • Page: John Winterflood & Mary Donovan
  3. 1860 United States Census
      • Page: Ward 7, Boston,
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZC2-WVS : 14 December 2017), Jereh Donovan, 1860.

  4. 1870 United States Census
      • Page: Charlestown, Ward 1, p 191
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3D-D41 : 12 April 2016), Jeremiah Donnavan, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 191, family 1527, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,124.