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Offline anniedwyer84

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Where Was She For 44 Years
« on: Friday 25 February 22 17:33 GMT (UK) »
Hi!

I recently made great progress in obtaining burial information for my great-aunt through contacting funeral homes in the area that she died in. I now want to find out where she was in the 44 years previous to her death. I created a timeline for her so people can follow & also previous threads that I created over the years. It has taken me nearly 13 years to find a burial place for her.

Born: 24th August 1901 Lisaroon, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Parents: John Sullivan & Bridget Walsh.
Immigration: December 1922 going to Brother-in-Law, James Penny in Buffalo, New York.
1925 New York State Census: Stacia Sullivan. Born abt. 1905 in Ireland. Aged 20. Maid. Buffalo
Ward 25. Family of Henry Sprague.
1926 USA City Directory: Stasia Sullivan. Maid in Buffalo. Hotel Statler.
1930 USA Census: Unknown at this time
1935: Birth of son, Robert Paul Sullivan 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts. Passed away in 2000
1940 USA Census: Tewksbury Infirmary, Massachusetts. Inmate.
1945: Ran away from the Infirmary on 14th December 1945.
1950: 9th June 1950. Application for Social Security Number. Address given as 1822 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
1994: Death: 15th September 1994 in Jersey Shore Medical Centre, Neptune, New Jersey. Known as Anna/Annie Butler.
Burial: 23rd September 1994. Forest Green Cemetery. Marlboro, New Jersey

Previous posts about her: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=764477.msg6162184#msg6162184, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=818129.msg6799964#msg6799964, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=859326.msg7281425#msg7281425, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=831882.msg6963678#msg6963678, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=829164.msg6933985#msg6933985, https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=384914.msg2565226#msg2565226 and https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=394092.msg2651566#msg2651566

Any help is very much appreciated.
The surnames, which I am interested in are; Maternal side: Ryan, Kevin, Grant, Grady, Gleeson, Walsh, Dwyer, Paternal side: O' Dwyer, Woodlock, Rochford & Britton - all in Tipperary; and Kelly and Hoynes in Laois.

Ryan, Campbell, Luttrell, Grant, Grahame, Bainbridge and Brown in Queensland, Australia

Tighe in Victoria, Australia.

Grant in Philadelphia, Sullivan and Penny in New York; and Britton in Connecticut

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Re: Where Was She For 44 Years
« Reply #1 on: Friday 25 February 22 21:06 GMT (UK) »
There are newspaper articles from that era that refer to 1822 Arch Street, Philadelphia being the Governor Hotel.  Some hold-ups and a murder there, so probably not a high-end hotel.  Also some help wanted ads for the hotel for a maid - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96426428/ - so maybe she was working and living there.  The 1950 census is coming out in April, so maybe that will reveal if she was still working as a maid.

Her Social Security application/claim indicates she made a claim on 18 Mar. 1966.  Since she was almost 65, I would guess she was applying for retirement benefits then.
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