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MOVING BEYOND "RAGS TO RICHES"

John and Margaret O'Connor, acct. 4348

Additional Information on John and Margaret O'Connor:

The O'Connor brothers ran the "Kerry Block' on Washington St.;  laborers > grocery > liquor retailer; all had middle initial D. and went by O'Connor [only time Connor was David in tb and 1855]

John 4348--with the parents and brother, William, in 1850; William doesn't appear to have an acct; John and Margaret alive until at least 1870 from tb but didn't find in census after 1855

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, August 15, 1867

Metropolitan Board of Health list of deaths from cholera in New York:

Marg’t O’Connor, age 40, 10 Washington st, Aug 8, 1867

New York Herald, Wednesday, November 4, 1896 p 1 col 3

O’CONNOR—JOHN O’CONNOR, beloved son of Bryan O’Connor and Ellen Moynahan, nephew of Dan. D. O’Connor, native of Castle Island, County Kerry, Ireland.  Burial from his late residence, 81 West st., Wednesday, November 4, at two P. M.

Note: When they first arrived in America, some members of this family went by "Connor" and others by "O'Connor."  By the 1870s, however, they were all using "O'Connor," and for consistency's sake we will refer to them by the name O'Connor even though some of the documents pertaining to them say "Connor."

John and Margaret O'Connor, acct. 4348