James Donovan

Birth Name James Donovan
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth November 1859 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 16 Holden St 1a
Event Note

Births registered in Boston
November 1859 [no exact date]
James Donovan, at 16 Holden St, parents: Jeremiah, a laborer, and Mary, both born in Ireland and living in Boston

Census (son) August 1, 1860 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Ward 7 2a
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 (son) August 1, 1870 Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   3a
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        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Jeremiah Donovanabout 1831
Mother Mary Fitzabout 1830
         James Donovan November 1859
    Sister     Ellen Donovan July 3, 1860
    Brother     Daniel Donovan October 31, 1864 August 10, 1877

Source References

  1. Massachusetts Town Clerk, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      • Page: James Donovan, Nov 1859, Boston
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-H588 : 15 March 2018), James Donovan, Nov 1859; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 592,869.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.