Richard J. OConnell

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Laborer in a grain elevator, 1910, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From 1910 Census

• Occupation: Fireman, 1920, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From 1920 Census.

Living with his mother and siblings.

From Ray Engler's genealogy web page, he was a fireman with hook & ladder #10.

• Residence: From 1930 Census, 1930, Buffalo, Erie, New York. Name: Richard J Oconnell
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Buffalo (Districts 1-250), Erie, New York
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Estimated Birth Year: 1891
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Enumeration District Number: 11
Family Number: 249
Sheet Number and Letter: 13A
Line Number: 18
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1422
Film Number: 2341157
Digital Folder Number: 4661092
Image Number: 437
Household Gender Age
Richard J Oconnell M 39
Spouse Irene M Oconnell F 31
Child Richard J Oconnell M 7
Child James F Oconnell M 0

• Residence: 23 Arbor Lane, 1948, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From obituary

• Service Club: South Buffalo Post 721, American Legion, 1948, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From obituary

• Service Club: Buffalo Fire Department Beneficiary Association, 1948, Buffalo, Erie, New York. From obituary

• Death Notice: Buffalo Newspaper, 16 Jan 1948, Buffalo, Erie, New York.

• Gravestone: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1948, Lackawana, Erie, New York.

Richard married Irene M. Braun, daughter of Unknown and Winifred OShea, after 1920 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. (Irene M. Braun was born in 1899 in New York and died on 3 Jan 1946 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.)