Daniel J. O'Brien

1880 Census:

at age 21, Daniel was single, living at home with his father (age 59), his sisters: Rose (age 19) and Susan (age 11) and brothers: Edward (age 18), James (age 17) and John (age 13). He was a laborer. His sister Rose's occupation was listed as keeping house. John and Susan were the only 2 attending school within the prior year.

Daniel was living in St. Louis at the time of the death of his sister Rose (in 1909)

From Daniel O'Brien: Daniel attended the funeral of his brother John O'Brien in 1902. Upon seeing Daniel, Florence O'Brien, three years old at the time, exclaimed, "See, my father is not dead! There he is!" Daniel looked a great deal like his younger brother John Joseph. We have an excellent picture of John in our genealogical book, so to find out how Daniel looked, try looking at John Joseph O'Brien, my grandfather. In the Ironton Directory of 1882, when Dan was 23, he is listed as a boarder on Vesuvius and 5th/6th Street. His profession is listed as "contractor". Later on he became a railroad engineer. According to Harry O'Brien, he came from St. Louis, Missouri in 1902, to John's funeral. I have been able to find nothing else about him, except for his marvelous name!!