[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of Michael's relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
Following is a discussion between Bill Gawne (WCG) and his mother, Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra:
Maureen: Then came Michael, the mechanic, who had his garage in Hazel Park for years, He met Gloria whose name I never knew, and he had eight children.
WCG: A big man who had to use crutches to get around. Owned a Texaco service station on Joh n R. street in Hazel Park (suburb of Detroit).
More from Maureen: Yes, Mike was the station man with the Texaco trucks. Danny inherited his Dad's along with Jimmy, Mike's youngest son. and yes Julie was one of the daughter's. she may be alive in Memphis, TN and was married to Robert Dow. As usual I played for their wedding, my usual gift. Perhaps you could find them in the computer. Mike's children, were, Michael, Jr. Patricia who married an Irish American whom I cannot remember Joanne, who died right before she was to be married. Then Danny who lived in Troy or Warren, MI. with his family . He is about John Ware's age. Then Julie Catherine, after this came Margaret who lived in the Chicago area last I heard. Then Gloria who married a fellow who taught in Oakland Co college. Lastly came Jimmy, and he and Dan ran the garage, Sullivan's Service on John R. Rd . Dan, Mary and Julie all had red hair.
(Maureen, commenting about Hazel Park) In the old days Mike and Gloria and Den and Mae were in the sticks.
Still more from Maureen: did I explain how he finally got to be a cripple??? He was marching with the Knights of Columbus from Detroit over in Windsor on a fine day and for some unknown reason, the old wound gave out in his hip and he had to come home in an ambulance or some such. then to Ford Hosp. or so for the radical operation on the already bad hip. that was way back. when Dad and I were first married. Mike went about three times before it took to heal but the doctors were amazed that it lasted from his childhood. good Irish stuff. You cannot imagine how he felt then and the family of course, as well.it had to be in the early fifties. anyhow he lived on, of course, with a limp. I do remember visiting him at the old home he and Gloria had and he being on a chair. and Gloria wondering how her husband would survive, as they told him he was lucky he still had a leg. It could have been Harper hospital, and now I think it was. he was never quite the same but still did his jobs, with the help of the sons. he was a model for your daddy for a long time, and makes me wish daddy would have stayed around him longer. but that did not happen. asi es la vida. He was stronger that John Foley was with dad. and could make him do as he should Old John had his own strength, but not enough to batter the world.
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Detroit-Windsor border record of entry:
Name: Michael Sullivan
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1924
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1904
Birthplace: Inches, Ireland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Irish
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan
Arrival Contact: Sister Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 148 Stevens Av.
Accompanied by Agnes Powers, U.S. Citizen
Nearest relative: John Shea, 127 Windsor St.
Landed in Quebec 18 May 1924 S.S. Ansonia
Occupation Laborer
6'2"tall
Fair complexion, ? hair, blue eyes
Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
about Michael Sullivan
Name: Michael Sullivan
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Death Date: 9 Oct 1985
Gender: Male
Residence: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Place of Death: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Social Security Death record:
Name MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Birth 30 Oct 1903
Death Oct 1985
Last Residence 48073 (Royal Oak, Oakland, MI)
SSN 386-09-6094
Issued Michigan
Following is a discussion between Bill Gawne (WCG) and his mother, Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra:
Maureen: Then came Michael, the mechanic, who had his garage in Hazel Park for years, He met Gloria whose name I never knew, and he had eight children.
WCG: A big man who had to use crutches to get around. Owned a Texaco service station on Joh n R. street in Hazel Park (suburb of Detroit).
More from Maureen: Yes, Mike was the station man with the Texaco trucks. Danny inherited his Dad's along with Jimmy, Mike's youngest son. and yes Julie was one of the daughter's. she may be alive in Memphis, TN and was married to Robert Dow. As usual I played for their wedding, my usual gift. Perhaps you could find them in the computer. Mike's children, were, Michael, Jr. Patricia who married an Irish American whom I cannot remember Joanne, who died right before she was to be married. Then Danny who lived in Troy or Warren, MI. with his family . He is about John Ware's age. Then Julie Catherine, after this came Margaret who lived in the Chicago area last I heard. Then Gloria who married a fellow who taught in Oakland Co college. Lastly came Jimmy, and he and Dan ran the garage, Sullivan's Service on John R. Rd . Dan, Mary and Julie all had red hair.
(Maureen, commenting about Hazel Park) In the old days Mike and Gloria and Den and Mae were in the sticks.
Still more from Maureen: did I explain how he finally got to be a cripple??? He was marching with the Knights of Columbus from Detroit over in Windsor on a fine day and for some unknown reason, the old wound gave out in his hip and he had to come home in an ambulance or some such. then to Ford Hosp. or so for the radical operation on the already bad hip. that was way back. when Dad and I were first married. Mike went about three times before it took to heal but the doctors were amazed that it lasted from his childhood. good Irish stuff. You cannot imagine how he felt then and the family of course, as well.it had to be in the early fifties. anyhow he lived on, of course, with a limp. I do remember visiting him at the old home he and Gloria had and he being on a chair. and Gloria wondering how her husband would survive, as they told him he was lucky he still had a leg. It could have been Harper hospital, and now I think it was. he was never quite the same but still did his jobs, with the help of the sons. he was a model for your daddy for a long time, and makes me wish daddy would have stayed around him longer. but that did not happen. asi es la vida. He was stronger that John Foley was with dad. and could make him do as he should Old John had his own strength, but not enough to batter the world.
______________________
Detroit-Windsor border record of entry:
Name: Michael Sullivan
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1924
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1904
Birthplace: Inches, Ireland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Irish
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan
Arrival Contact: Sister Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 148 Stevens Av.
Accompanied by Agnes Powers, U.S. Citizen
Nearest relative: John Shea, 127 Windsor St.
Landed in Quebec 18 May 1924 S.S. Ansonia
Occupation Laborer
6'2"tall
Fair complexion, ? hair, blue eyes
Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
about Michael Sullivan
Name: Michael Sullivan
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Death Date: 9 Oct 1985
Gender: Male
Residence: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Place of Death: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Social Security Death record:
Name MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Birth 30 Oct 1903
Death Oct 1985
Last Residence 48073 (Royal Oak, Oakland, MI)
SSN 386-09-6094
Issued Michigan
[This memorial is created with the permission and endorsement of Michael's relative, family historian Bill Gawne.]
Following is a discussion between Bill Gawne (WCG) and his mother, Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra:
Maureen: Then came Michael, the mechanic, who had his garage in Hazel Park for years, He met Gloria whose name I never knew, and he had eight children.
WCG: A big man who had to use crutches to get around. Owned a Texaco service station on Joh n R. street in Hazel Park (suburb of Detroit).
More from Maureen: Yes, Mike was the station man with the Texaco trucks. Danny inherited his Dad's along with Jimmy, Mike's youngest son. and yes Julie was one of the daughter's. she may be alive in Memphis, TN and was married to Robert Dow. As usual I played for their wedding, my usual gift. Perhaps you could find them in the computer. Mike's children, were, Michael, Jr. Patricia who married an Irish American whom I cannot remember Joanne, who died right before she was to be married. Then Danny who lived in Troy or Warren, MI. with his family . He is about John Ware's age. Then Julie Catherine, after this came Margaret who lived in the Chicago area last I heard. Then Gloria who married a fellow who taught in Oakland Co college. Lastly came Jimmy, and he and Dan ran the garage, Sullivan's Service on John R. Rd . Dan, Mary and Julie all had red hair.
(Maureen, commenting about Hazel Park) In the old days Mike and Gloria and Den and Mae were in the sticks.
Still more from Maureen: did I explain how he finally got to be a cripple??? He was marching with the Knights of Columbus from Detroit over in Windsor on a fine day and for some unknown reason, the old wound gave out in his hip and he had to come home in an ambulance or some such. then to Ford Hosp. or so for the radical operation on the already bad hip. that was way back. when Dad and I were first married. Mike went about three times before it took to heal but the doctors were amazed that it lasted from his childhood. good Irish stuff. You cannot imagine how he felt then and the family of course, as well.it had to be in the early fifties. anyhow he lived on, of course, with a limp. I do remember visiting him at the old home he and Gloria had and he being on a chair. and Gloria wondering how her husband would survive, as they told him he was lucky he still had a leg. It could have been Harper hospital, and now I think it was. he was never quite the same but still did his jobs, with the help of the sons. he was a model for your daddy for a long time, and makes me wish daddy would have stayed around him longer. but that did not happen. asi es la vida. He was stronger that John Foley was with dad. and could make him do as he should Old John had his own strength, but not enough to batter the world.
______________________
Detroit-Windsor border record of entry:
Name: Michael Sullivan
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1924
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1904
Birthplace: Inches, Ireland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Irish
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan
Arrival Contact: Sister Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 148 Stevens Av.
Accompanied by Agnes Powers, U.S. Citizen
Nearest relative: John Shea, 127 Windsor St.
Landed in Quebec 18 May 1924 S.S. Ansonia
Occupation Laborer
6'2"tall
Fair complexion, ? hair, blue eyes
Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
about Michael Sullivan
Name: Michael Sullivan
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Death Date: 9 Oct 1985
Gender: Male
Residence: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Place of Death: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Social Security Death record:
Name MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Birth 30 Oct 1903
Death Oct 1985
Last Residence 48073 (Royal Oak, Oakland, MI)
SSN 386-09-6094
Issued Michigan
Following is a discussion between Bill Gawne (WCG) and his mother, Maureen Elizabeth O'Ryan Gawne Ybarra:
Maureen: Then came Michael, the mechanic, who had his garage in Hazel Park for years, He met Gloria whose name I never knew, and he had eight children.
WCG: A big man who had to use crutches to get around. Owned a Texaco service station on Joh n R. street in Hazel Park (suburb of Detroit).
More from Maureen: Yes, Mike was the station man with the Texaco trucks. Danny inherited his Dad's along with Jimmy, Mike's youngest son. and yes Julie was one of the daughter's. she may be alive in Memphis, TN and was married to Robert Dow. As usual I played for their wedding, my usual gift. Perhaps you could find them in the computer. Mike's children, were, Michael, Jr. Patricia who married an Irish American whom I cannot remember Joanne, who died right before she was to be married. Then Danny who lived in Troy or Warren, MI. with his family . He is about John Ware's age. Then Julie Catherine, after this came Margaret who lived in the Chicago area last I heard. Then Gloria who married a fellow who taught in Oakland Co college. Lastly came Jimmy, and he and Dan ran the garage, Sullivan's Service on John R. Rd . Dan, Mary and Julie all had red hair.
(Maureen, commenting about Hazel Park) In the old days Mike and Gloria and Den and Mae were in the sticks.
Still more from Maureen: did I explain how he finally got to be a cripple??? He was marching with the Knights of Columbus from Detroit over in Windsor on a fine day and for some unknown reason, the old wound gave out in his hip and he had to come home in an ambulance or some such. then to Ford Hosp. or so for the radical operation on the already bad hip. that was way back. when Dad and I were first married. Mike went about three times before it took to heal but the doctors were amazed that it lasted from his childhood. good Irish stuff. You cannot imagine how he felt then and the family of course, as well.it had to be in the early fifties. anyhow he lived on, of course, with a limp. I do remember visiting him at the old home he and Gloria had and he being on a chair. and Gloria wondering how her husband would survive, as they told him he was lucky he still had a leg. It could have been Harper hospital, and now I think it was. he was never quite the same but still did his jobs, with the help of the sons. he was a model for your daddy for a long time, and makes me wish daddy would have stayed around him longer. but that did not happen. asi es la vida. He was stronger that John Foley was with dad. and could make him do as he should Old John had his own strength, but not enough to batter the world.
______________________
Detroit-Windsor border record of entry:
Name: Michael Sullivan
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1924
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1904
Birthplace: Inches, Ireland
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Irish
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan
Arrival Contact: Sister Mrs. Mary Sullivan, 148 Stevens Av.
Accompanied by Agnes Powers, U.S. Citizen
Nearest relative: John Shea, 127 Windsor St.
Landed in Quebec 18 May 1924 S.S. Ansonia
Occupation Laborer
6'2"tall
Fair complexion, ? hair, blue eyes
Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
about Michael Sullivan
Name: Michael Sullivan
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Death Date: 9 Oct 1985
Gender: Male
Residence: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Place of Death: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
Social Security Death record:
Name MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Birth 30 Oct 1903
Death Oct 1985
Last Residence 48073 (Royal Oak, Oakland, MI)
SSN 386-09-6094
Issued Michigan
Inscription
DIA DHUIT
MICHAEL SULLIVAN
OCT 30 1908 - OCT 9 1985
BORN IN COUNTY CORK. IRELAND
Gravesite Details
Dia Dhuit is Irish. It means God be with you. The phrase is often used on grave stones, funeral condolence cards, and so on.
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