California Connections

My Sullivans and O'Sullivans always had California connections, as far as I can tell from as early as 1870.  Hannah (Dealey) O'Sullivan, my great great grandmother, had a sister Mary Anne (Dealey) Hagerty who lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1870 census.

Mary Anne was in Boston on May 16, 1857 when she placed the advertisment below in the Missing Friends column of the Pilot, at the time a national Catholic newspaper.

• OF RICHARD DALY, a painter and glazier by trade, native of Bantry [co. Cork], who landed in New York about six years ago. Please address his sister Mary Anne, care of Richard Daly, No 25 Washington square, Boston, Mass.

She was looking for her brother who had come to America around 1850.  In 1862 she married William Hagerty, who was born  in New York.  They had several children born in Boston and at some point between the birth of William Richard in 1866 and the 1870 census migrated to San Francisco.

By 1880 her two surviving children were living with her sister Hannah in Charlestown. 

Hannah also had a daughter, Helena, who married first George Councilman and later Louis Mueller. She had at least 4 children, George and Eva Councilman and later, Caroline and Hella Mueller.  Eva lived at one time with Hannah in Charlestown, and after Helena's death in Sacramento in 1895, Hannah raised her two granddaughters, Hella and Caroline.

My grandfather's brother Richard and his wife Mary Alice (Behan) Sullivan moved to California sometime after their marriage in 1929.  I hope to learn more about them soon.!

Note to Katherine:  I added my email address to the about me section on my blog.  I wasn't able to find your email address through my blog.  Please email me, my cousin June has more pictures of your grandfather when he was young.  She will get them together for you.