My great-grandfather Daniel Joseph O’Connor lived here last—an apartment in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. He died in 1932 at the age of 61 from tuberculosis after two years of sickness. From the time he immigrated from Cork, Ireland, in 1892, he had always worked in rubber factories. He started out in Chelsea, Massachusetts, finding work with three of his brothers. Later, he worked in Providence where he raised 10 children along with his wife, Kate McMahon. Daniel was a city dweller his entire life—from the south side of Cork City to the north side of Providence, and he never owned a house. During his 40 years in the US, he lived with his family in 11 different apartments.
Visiting the Relatives 