Edward Michael Donovan

Edward Michael Donovan

Occupation: building painter

Birth: 18 April 1863, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Died: 9 Jan 1909 (aged 45) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, from falling from a painting scaffold.

Father: Michael Donovan, b. circa 1825, Ireland; d. March 8, 1872, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Gallivan, b. circa 1829, Ireland; d. after 1900

Spouse: Minnie King, b. November, 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Children, all born in Chicago, Illinois:

• James Donovan, b. June 1895
• Edward M. Donovan, b. October 1897
• Emily S. Donovan, b. 29 Mar 1900; d. Dec. 1990, Prudence Island, R.I.; m. George Edgar Brayton
• Mary / May C. Donovan, b. circa 1902; marr. abt 1920 Boston, Mass; Robert Chase
• John Donovan, b. 1905; d. 6 Oct 1908, 17 East 26th St. Ward 2, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; bur. Mt Olivet, Chicago, IL.
• Arthur King Donovan, b. 21 Sep 1905; d. 20 July 1946 (40) Hillsgrove, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island

June 1870 US Census for Framingham., Middlesex Co., Mass. lists: Michael Donavan, 45, b. Ireland, Occupation: Laborer; Mary, 41, b. Ireland, Occupation: Housekeeping; John, 20, Occup: Laborer; Catherine, 18,Occup: Domestic Servant; Timothy, 16, Occup: Laborer, Mary E., attends school; 14, Daniel, 12, attends school; Eunice? 10, attends school; Eddie, 7, attends school; Henry, 4, at home; Emma, 1/12, at home. All children born in Mass.

Sources:

"The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Lafayette Donovan" by William T. Donovan

"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7K4-XZL : John Donovan, 06 Oct 1908; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 23805, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,239,803.

Link: Edward Michael Donovan - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199330412/edward-michael-donovan