So I've had this sheet for about 15-16 years, you would think that I would have gone over it with a fine tooth comb, but I didn't. For example, I learned from her chart that my great grandmother, Johanna Sullivan, was born in London, 6 Sep 1866 to Michael Sullivan and Mary Dunn. But I never knew that she had a sister Mary Ann and two brothers Timothy and Michael Jr. Then for some reason I think I heard that the boys came to the US and lived in the midwest. Her chart lists Timothy dying at age 39 in London, where he is buried, and Michael Jr also died in London, but I don't know when. Her sister, Mary Ann, apparently came to the US, but died in 1894 at age 26, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. But while she was here, she married (poorly - according to another of my mom's cousins), so I cannot verify where she is buried because I don't know her married name. (Another difficulty encountered when researching female ancestors.)
One more recent discovery and I won't bore you further. I think I mentioned that I had found an 1871 Census record from England which lists Michael age 30, Mary age 30, (both listed occupation at Tailor and both born in Ireland) Johannah age 4, Mary age 3, and Timothy age 1. The children were all born in Lambeth. Now for the interesting part: their place of residence.
The census says that they live in the Parish of Lambeth, Ward of Princes, Parlimentary Borough of Lambeth, and handwritten in the top right corner is "St Peters Vauxhall". In the box titles Ecclesiastical District St Marys is crossed out. Here is the good part. in the column for Road, Street and number or Name of House are ditto marks. So you have to scroll back about five pages to the the info. It says 1 Vauxhall Row and as you move through the pages it gives a model house number. The last number I see is Model House 3.
So, with this in mind I was talking a a person at work who is doing her tree and she has people still in England. Within about five minutes she emailed me this photo:
She texted her friend in England and within a few minutes I had this picture. When you read all of the small print, the photo is from 1876, five years after the census. It also says that this was constructed for the Duchy of Cornwall. The current Duchy of Cornwall is Charles, Prince of Wales (widower of Princess Diana). This also leads me to believe that family lore may be correct. Family lore has that Michael Sullivan was a tailor to the Ladies of the Court. My co-worker's friend said that Buckingham Palace is a 30 minute walk from these houses.
It also says that there were shops on the first floor and residences above, so maybe they had a tailor shop on the first floor and lived up stairs with the rest of "the help". Just a theory, but it makes sense.
