1880 Census shows Patrick O'Brian 45, Mary 43, Timothy 16, Patrick 12, James 9, Hanna 7, Michael 3, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Parents born Ireland. Father was a miner, Timothy was a mine laborer.
1900 Census shows Mary O'Brian (WD) 63, Patrick 32, d-i-l Bessie 33, Timothy 36, James 289, Hanna 25, Michael 22, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer, Timothy is a laborer, James is a copper miner, Anna is a school teacher, Michael is an insurance agent.
1900 Census shows Patrick O'Bryan 32, boarding in Portage, Houghton, MI. He is a railroad laborer.
Page 155-156-157 BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN, a prominent member of the Houghton County bar, and a well known and popular resident of Laurium, was born March 15, 1868, near the Phoenix mine, under the bluff, at the west vein, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. He is a son of Patrick J. and Mary Harrington (Green) O'Brien, both natives of Ireland.
Patrick J. O'Brien was born in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland, and was killed while engaged in mining, in the Calumet & Hecla mine in Houghton County, Michigan, in August, 1890. He was a prominent leader in Democratic politics, a man of strong convictions and was a man respected wherever known. He served as justice of the peace in two townships and impressed all who met him as a man of superior ability. He came to the United States in 1856 and located at Boston, Massachusetts, removing in 1863 to the Lake Superior region, going into the Cliff mine, in, Keweenaw County, Michigan. From 1887 until the time of his death, he worked in the Calumet & Hecla mine. He married Mary Harrington Green, who was born on Bear Island, Botany Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and who still resides at Laurium, aged 66 years. She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church. A family of nine children is now represented by five survivors, viz: Michael E., a prominent life insurance agent at Laurium; Timothy; James; Patrick H.; and Annie, the latter being an accomplished kindergarten teacher at Calumet.
Patrick H. O'Brien was educated in the schools at Allouez, Keweenaw County, and the Osceola schools in Houghton County and was graduated at the Calumet High School in 1887, with scholastic honors. For the two succeeding years he taught school at Copper Harbor and Copper Falls. In 1889, ne entered the law department of the Northern Indiana College at Valparaiso, Indiana, and finished the prescribed course in two years and was admitted to the bar April 1, 1891. In the same year he located at West Superior, Wisconsin, and despite the fact that he was one of 150 young lawyers who had settled in a city of 20,000 population, in eight years he had built up a very lucrative practice, mainly personal injury cases. In the summer of 1899 he removed to Houghton County and settled at Laurium, where he has become well and most favorably known, both as an attorney and as a citizen. For two years he served as village attorney and has taken part in a great deal of the important litigation of the locality. Mr. O'Brien has a reputation among criminal lawyers, having won some desperate cases.
Mr. O'Brien is a stanch Democrat and a supporter of the silver branch of the party. Like other men whose achievements have brought criticism upon them, Mr. O'Brien on many occasions finds opponents who are tempted to try their skill in argument with him. So ready is his wit, so thorough his knowledge, so keen his sarcasm and so eloquent is his tongue, that his opponents find him an opponent worthy of their steel. Mr. O'Brien has the genial manner and attractive personality of his ancestry and wins personal friends by the score. In the profession, his ability, industry, carefulness, and integrity have brought him into prominence through the county and have served as an introduction to one whose eloquence is often sought upon festal occasions. That he is public spirited is a fact to which his fellow citizens can testify, for he is always ready to assist in the promotion of enterprises promising to be of benefit to the locality. Few men have more friends in the county than this popular young attorney.
Mr. O'Brien was married in 1897 to Bessie Kelly, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kelly. Two sons have been born to them: Gerald, aged five years, and William D'Arcy, aged two years. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Columbus and other fraternal organizations.
Mr. O'Brien is a loyal party man in his political convictions and a firm supporter of principles he believes to be right. It would be difficult to find a citizen of Laurium more highly esteemed by all classes of citizens.
1910 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 40, Elizabeth 38, Gerald K 12, Darcy W 9, Mary L 6, Daniel P 4, Finnish servant Maggie Merela living at 282 Iroquois St., Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
1920 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 52, Elizabeth 48, Gerald K 21, Darcy W 18, Mary L 15, Daniel P 13, living at 159 College Ave, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Patrick Obrien
Arrival Date:22 Sep 1949
Birth Year:abt 1868
Birth Location:Michigan
Age:81
Gender:Male
Port of Departure:Southampton, England
Port of Arrival:New York, New York
Ship Name:Ile de France
Traveling with: Florence O'Brien age 71 address 7726 e. Jefferson, Detroit, MI
Annie O'Brien age 76 address 2040 Atkinson Ave, Detroit, MI
James O'Brien age 78 address 52 Piquette St., Detroit, MI
1930 Census: Patrick O'Brien 62, Florence O'Brien 52, Darcy O'Brien 28, Daniel O'Brien 23, Jack Ingram (divorced) 26, owning ($30,000) a home at 2225 Edison Ave., Detroit, Wayne, MI. Patrick born MI, parents from the Irish Free State, is a Lawyer in general practice, Darcy is a salesman in a brookerage office, Jack is a secretary in a law office.
1931 Detroit, Michigan, City Directory
Name: Patrick H O'Brien
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1931
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Spouse: Florence E O'Brien
Attorney-at-law 3729 Barlum Tower, tel Randolph 7878, h2225 Edison av. Tel Longfellow 4723.
Patrick H. O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien was born in 1868 in Phoenix, MI, in the Keewenaw. He received a law degree from the Northern Indiana School of Law in 1891 He went into private practice, then became the city attorney of Laurium from 1901-1906, and a judge on the 12th circuit (in the Upper Peninsula) from 1912 - 1922. O'Brien ran unsuccessfully for the state senate, US representative, Supreme Court justice, and governor of Michigan. He served one term as the Attorney General of Michigan, from 1933- 1934. Patrick H. O'Brien lived at 2225 Edison in the 1930s, where Harry Heilmann later lived.
Miner, Lawyer, Canidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District 1900, canidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1908 12 th district, 1930 6th district; circuit judge in Michigan 12th Circuit 1912-22; resigned 1922, defeated, 1935 3rd circuit; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912 Speaker, 1928 alternate, 1932; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1932; Michigan state attorney general,1933-34; defeated 1934; Wayne County Probate Judge, 1939. Member American Bar Association; Natl Lawyers Guild; Knights of Columbus; Eagles; Elks.
1900 Census shows Mary O'Brian (WD) 63, Patrick 32, d-i-l Bessie 33, Timothy 36, James 289, Hanna 25, Michael 22, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer, Timothy is a laborer, James is a copper miner, Anna is a school teacher, Michael is an insurance agent.
1900 Census shows Patrick O'Bryan 32, boarding in Portage, Houghton, MI. He is a railroad laborer.
Page 155-156-157 BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN, a prominent member of the Houghton County bar, and a well known and popular resident of Laurium, was born March 15, 1868, near the Phoenix mine, under the bluff, at the west vein, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. He is a son of Patrick J. and Mary Harrington (Green) O'Brien, both natives of Ireland.
Patrick J. O'Brien was born in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland, and was killed while engaged in mining, in the Calumet & Hecla mine in Houghton County, Michigan, in August, 1890. He was a prominent leader in Democratic politics, a man of strong convictions and was a man respected wherever known. He served as justice of the peace in two townships and impressed all who met him as a man of superior ability. He came to the United States in 1856 and located at Boston, Massachusetts, removing in 1863 to the Lake Superior region, going into the Cliff mine, in, Keweenaw County, Michigan. From 1887 until the time of his death, he worked in the Calumet & Hecla mine. He married Mary Harrington Green, who was born on Bear Island, Botany Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and who still resides at Laurium, aged 66 years. She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church. A family of nine children is now represented by five survivors, viz: Michael E., a prominent life insurance agent at Laurium; Timothy; James; Patrick H.; and Annie, the latter being an accomplished kindergarten teacher at Calumet.
Patrick H. O'Brien was educated in the schools at Allouez, Keweenaw County, and the Osceola schools in Houghton County and was graduated at the Calumet High School in 1887, with scholastic honors. For the two succeeding years he taught school at Copper Harbor and Copper Falls. In 1889, ne entered the law department of the Northern Indiana College at Valparaiso, Indiana, and finished the prescribed course in two years and was admitted to the bar April 1, 1891. In the same year he located at West Superior, Wisconsin, and despite the fact that he was one of 150 young lawyers who had settled in a city of 20,000 population, in eight years he had built up a very lucrative practice, mainly personal injury cases. In the summer of 1899 he removed to Houghton County and settled at Laurium, where he has become well and most favorably known, both as an attorney and as a citizen. For two years he served as village attorney and has taken part in a great deal of the important litigation of the locality. Mr. O'Brien has a reputation among criminal lawyers, having won some desperate cases.
Mr. O'Brien is a stanch Democrat and a supporter of the silver branch of the party. Like other men whose achievements have brought criticism upon them, Mr. O'Brien on many occasions finds opponents who are tempted to try their skill in argument with him. So ready is his wit, so thorough his knowledge, so keen his sarcasm and so eloquent is his tongue, that his opponents find him an opponent worthy of their steel. Mr. O'Brien has the genial manner and attractive personality of his ancestry and wins personal friends by the score. In the profession, his ability, industry, carefulness, and integrity have brought him into prominence through the county and have served as an introduction to one whose eloquence is often sought upon festal occasions. That he is public spirited is a fact to which his fellow citizens can testify, for he is always ready to assist in the promotion of enterprises promising to be of benefit to the locality. Few men have more friends in the county than this popular young attorney.
Mr. O'Brien was married in 1897 to Bessie Kelly, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kelly. Two sons have been born to them: Gerald, aged five years, and William D'Arcy, aged two years. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Columbus and other fraternal organizations.
Mr. O'Brien is a loyal party man in his political convictions and a firm supporter of principles he believes to be right. It would be difficult to find a citizen of Laurium more highly esteemed by all classes of citizens.
1910 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 40, Elizabeth 38, Gerald K 12, Darcy W 9, Mary L 6, Daniel P 4, Finnish servant Maggie Merela living at 282 Iroquois St., Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
1920 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 52, Elizabeth 48, Gerald K 21, Darcy W 18, Mary L 15, Daniel P 13, living at 159 College Ave, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Patrick Obrien
Arrival Date:22 Sep 1949
Birth Year:abt 1868
Birth Location:Michigan
Age:81
Gender:Male
Port of Departure:Southampton, England
Port of Arrival:New York, New York
Ship Name:Ile de France
Traveling with: Florence O'Brien age 71 address 7726 e. Jefferson, Detroit, MI
Annie O'Brien age 76 address 2040 Atkinson Ave, Detroit, MI
James O'Brien age 78 address 52 Piquette St., Detroit, MI
1930 Census: Patrick O'Brien 62, Florence O'Brien 52, Darcy O'Brien 28, Daniel O'Brien 23, Jack Ingram (divorced) 26, owning ($30,000) a home at 2225 Edison Ave., Detroit, Wayne, MI. Patrick born MI, parents from the Irish Free State, is a Lawyer in general practice, Darcy is a salesman in a brookerage office, Jack is a secretary in a law office.
1931 Detroit, Michigan, City Directory
Name: Patrick H O'Brien
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1931
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Spouse: Florence E O'Brien
Attorney-at-law 3729 Barlum Tower, tel Randolph 7878, h2225 Edison av. Tel Longfellow 4723.
Patrick H. O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien was born in 1868 in Phoenix, MI, in the Keewenaw. He received a law degree from the Northern Indiana School of Law in 1891 He went into private practice, then became the city attorney of Laurium from 1901-1906, and a judge on the 12th circuit (in the Upper Peninsula) from 1912 - 1922. O'Brien ran unsuccessfully for the state senate, US representative, Supreme Court justice, and governor of Michigan. He served one term as the Attorney General of Michigan, from 1933- 1934. Patrick H. O'Brien lived at 2225 Edison in the 1930s, where Harry Heilmann later lived.
Miner, Lawyer, Canidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District 1900, canidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1908 12 th district, 1930 6th district; circuit judge in Michigan 12th Circuit 1912-22; resigned 1922, defeated, 1935 3rd circuit; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912 Speaker, 1928 alternate, 1932; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1932; Michigan state attorney general,1933-34; defeated 1934; Wayne County Probate Judge, 1939. Member American Bar Association; Natl Lawyers Guild; Knights of Columbus; Eagles; Elks.
1880 Census shows Patrick O'Brian 45, Mary 43, Timothy 16, Patrick 12, James 9, Hanna 7, Michael 3, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Parents born Ireland. Father was a miner, Timothy was a mine laborer.
1900 Census shows Mary O'Brian (WD) 63, Patrick 32, d-i-l Bessie 33, Timothy 36, James 289, Hanna 25, Michael 22, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer, Timothy is a laborer, James is a copper miner, Anna is a school teacher, Michael is an insurance agent.
1900 Census shows Patrick O'Bryan 32, boarding in Portage, Houghton, MI. He is a railroad laborer.
Page 155-156-157 BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN, a prominent member of the Houghton County bar, and a well known and popular resident of Laurium, was born March 15, 1868, near the Phoenix mine, under the bluff, at the west vein, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. He is a son of Patrick J. and Mary Harrington (Green) O'Brien, both natives of Ireland.
Patrick J. O'Brien was born in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland, and was killed while engaged in mining, in the Calumet & Hecla mine in Houghton County, Michigan, in August, 1890. He was a prominent leader in Democratic politics, a man of strong convictions and was a man respected wherever known. He served as justice of the peace in two townships and impressed all who met him as a man of superior ability. He came to the United States in 1856 and located at Boston, Massachusetts, removing in 1863 to the Lake Superior region, going into the Cliff mine, in, Keweenaw County, Michigan. From 1887 until the time of his death, he worked in the Calumet & Hecla mine. He married Mary Harrington Green, who was born on Bear Island, Botany Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and who still resides at Laurium, aged 66 years. She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church. A family of nine children is now represented by five survivors, viz: Michael E., a prominent life insurance agent at Laurium; Timothy; James; Patrick H.; and Annie, the latter being an accomplished kindergarten teacher at Calumet.
Patrick H. O'Brien was educated in the schools at Allouez, Keweenaw County, and the Osceola schools in Houghton County and was graduated at the Calumet High School in 1887, with scholastic honors. For the two succeeding years he taught school at Copper Harbor and Copper Falls. In 1889, ne entered the law department of the Northern Indiana College at Valparaiso, Indiana, and finished the prescribed course in two years and was admitted to the bar April 1, 1891. In the same year he located at West Superior, Wisconsin, and despite the fact that he was one of 150 young lawyers who had settled in a city of 20,000 population, in eight years he had built up a very lucrative practice, mainly personal injury cases. In the summer of 1899 he removed to Houghton County and settled at Laurium, where he has become well and most favorably known, both as an attorney and as a citizen. For two years he served as village attorney and has taken part in a great deal of the important litigation of the locality. Mr. O'Brien has a reputation among criminal lawyers, having won some desperate cases.
Mr. O'Brien is a stanch Democrat and a supporter of the silver branch of the party. Like other men whose achievements have brought criticism upon them, Mr. O'Brien on many occasions finds opponents who are tempted to try their skill in argument with him. So ready is his wit, so thorough his knowledge, so keen his sarcasm and so eloquent is his tongue, that his opponents find him an opponent worthy of their steel. Mr. O'Brien has the genial manner and attractive personality of his ancestry and wins personal friends by the score. In the profession, his ability, industry, carefulness, and integrity have brought him into prominence through the county and have served as an introduction to one whose eloquence is often sought upon festal occasions. That he is public spirited is a fact to which his fellow citizens can testify, for he is always ready to assist in the promotion of enterprises promising to be of benefit to the locality. Few men have more friends in the county than this popular young attorney.
Mr. O'Brien was married in 1897 to Bessie Kelly, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kelly. Two sons have been born to them: Gerald, aged five years, and William D'Arcy, aged two years. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Columbus and other fraternal organizations.
Mr. O'Brien is a loyal party man in his political convictions and a firm supporter of principles he believes to be right. It would be difficult to find a citizen of Laurium more highly esteemed by all classes of citizens.
1910 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 40, Elizabeth 38, Gerald K 12, Darcy W 9, Mary L 6, Daniel P 4, Finnish servant Maggie Merela living at 282 Iroquois St., Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
1920 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 52, Elizabeth 48, Gerald K 21, Darcy W 18, Mary L 15, Daniel P 13, living at 159 College Ave, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Patrick Obrien
Arrival Date:22 Sep 1949
Birth Year:abt 1868
Birth Location:Michigan
Age:81
Gender:Male
Port of Departure:Southampton, England
Port of Arrival:New York, New York
Ship Name:Ile de France
Traveling with: Florence O'Brien age 71 address 7726 e. Jefferson, Detroit, MI
Annie O'Brien age 76 address 2040 Atkinson Ave, Detroit, MI
James O'Brien age 78 address 52 Piquette St., Detroit, MI
1930 Census: Patrick O'Brien 62, Florence O'Brien 52, Darcy O'Brien 28, Daniel O'Brien 23, Jack Ingram (divorced) 26, owning ($30,000) a home at 2225 Edison Ave., Detroit, Wayne, MI. Patrick born MI, parents from the Irish Free State, is a Lawyer in general practice, Darcy is a salesman in a brookerage office, Jack is a secretary in a law office.
1931 Detroit, Michigan, City Directory
Name: Patrick H O'Brien
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1931
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Spouse: Florence E O'Brien
Attorney-at-law 3729 Barlum Tower, tel Randolph 7878, h2225 Edison av. Tel Longfellow 4723.
Patrick H. O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien was born in 1868 in Phoenix, MI, in the Keewenaw. He received a law degree from the Northern Indiana School of Law in 1891 He went into private practice, then became the city attorney of Laurium from 1901-1906, and a judge on the 12th circuit (in the Upper Peninsula) from 1912 - 1922. O'Brien ran unsuccessfully for the state senate, US representative, Supreme Court justice, and governor of Michigan. He served one term as the Attorney General of Michigan, from 1933- 1934. Patrick H. O'Brien lived at 2225 Edison in the 1930s, where Harry Heilmann later lived.
Miner, Lawyer, Canidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District 1900, canidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1908 12 th district, 1930 6th district; circuit judge in Michigan 12th Circuit 1912-22; resigned 1922, defeated, 1935 3rd circuit; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912 Speaker, 1928 alternate, 1932; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1932; Michigan state attorney general,1933-34; defeated 1934; Wayne County Probate Judge, 1939. Member American Bar Association; Natl Lawyers Guild; Knights of Columbus; Eagles; Elks.
1900 Census shows Mary O'Brian (WD) 63, Patrick 32, d-i-l Bessie 33, Timothy 36, James 289, Hanna 25, Michael 22, living in Calumet, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer, Timothy is a laborer, James is a copper miner, Anna is a school teacher, Michael is an insurance agent.
1900 Census shows Patrick O'Bryan 32, boarding in Portage, Houghton, MI. He is a railroad laborer.
Page 155-156-157 BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN, a prominent member of the Houghton County bar, and a well known and popular resident of Laurium, was born March 15, 1868, near the Phoenix mine, under the bluff, at the west vein, in Keweenaw County, Michigan. He is a son of Patrick J. and Mary Harrington (Green) O'Brien, both natives of Ireland.
Patrick J. O'Brien was born in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland, and was killed while engaged in mining, in the Calumet & Hecla mine in Houghton County, Michigan, in August, 1890. He was a prominent leader in Democratic politics, a man of strong convictions and was a man respected wherever known. He served as justice of the peace in two townships and impressed all who met him as a man of superior ability. He came to the United States in 1856 and located at Boston, Massachusetts, removing in 1863 to the Lake Superior region, going into the Cliff mine, in, Keweenaw County, Michigan. From 1887 until the time of his death, he worked in the Calumet & Hecla mine. He married Mary Harrington Green, who was born on Bear Island, Botany Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and who still resides at Laurium, aged 66 years. She is a devoted member of the Catholic Church. A family of nine children is now represented by five survivors, viz: Michael E., a prominent life insurance agent at Laurium; Timothy; James; Patrick H.; and Annie, the latter being an accomplished kindergarten teacher at Calumet.
Patrick H. O'Brien was educated in the schools at Allouez, Keweenaw County, and the Osceola schools in Houghton County and was graduated at the Calumet High School in 1887, with scholastic honors. For the two succeeding years he taught school at Copper Harbor and Copper Falls. In 1889, ne entered the law department of the Northern Indiana College at Valparaiso, Indiana, and finished the prescribed course in two years and was admitted to the bar April 1, 1891. In the same year he located at West Superior, Wisconsin, and despite the fact that he was one of 150 young lawyers who had settled in a city of 20,000 population, in eight years he had built up a very lucrative practice, mainly personal injury cases. In the summer of 1899 he removed to Houghton County and settled at Laurium, where he has become well and most favorably known, both as an attorney and as a citizen. For two years he served as village attorney and has taken part in a great deal of the important litigation of the locality. Mr. O'Brien has a reputation among criminal lawyers, having won some desperate cases.
Mr. O'Brien is a stanch Democrat and a supporter of the silver branch of the party. Like other men whose achievements have brought criticism upon them, Mr. O'Brien on many occasions finds opponents who are tempted to try their skill in argument with him. So ready is his wit, so thorough his knowledge, so keen his sarcasm and so eloquent is his tongue, that his opponents find him an opponent worthy of their steel. Mr. O'Brien has the genial manner and attractive personality of his ancestry and wins personal friends by the score. In the profession, his ability, industry, carefulness, and integrity have brought him into prominence through the county and have served as an introduction to one whose eloquence is often sought upon festal occasions. That he is public spirited is a fact to which his fellow citizens can testify, for he is always ready to assist in the promotion of enterprises promising to be of benefit to the locality. Few men have more friends in the county than this popular young attorney.
Mr. O'Brien was married in 1897 to Bessie Kelly, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, and is a daughter of Daniel and Mary Kelly. Two sons have been born to them: Gerald, aged five years, and William D'Arcy, aged two years. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks, Knights of Columbus and other fraternal organizations.
Mr. O'Brien is a loyal party man in his political convictions and a firm supporter of principles he believes to be right. It would be difficult to find a citizen of Laurium more highly esteemed by all classes of citizens.
1910 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 40, Elizabeth 38, Gerald K 12, Darcy W 9, Mary L 6, Daniel P 4, Finnish servant Maggie Merela living at 282 Iroquois St., Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
1920 Census shows Patrick H O'Brien 52, Elizabeth 48, Gerald K 21, Darcy W 18, Mary L 15, Daniel P 13, living at 159 College Ave, Houghton, MI. Patrick is a lawyer in his own office.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Patrick Obrien
Arrival Date:22 Sep 1949
Birth Year:abt 1868
Birth Location:Michigan
Age:81
Gender:Male
Port of Departure:Southampton, England
Port of Arrival:New York, New York
Ship Name:Ile de France
Traveling with: Florence O'Brien age 71 address 7726 e. Jefferson, Detroit, MI
Annie O'Brien age 76 address 2040 Atkinson Ave, Detroit, MI
James O'Brien age 78 address 52 Piquette St., Detroit, MI
1930 Census: Patrick O'Brien 62, Florence O'Brien 52, Darcy O'Brien 28, Daniel O'Brien 23, Jack Ingram (divorced) 26, owning ($30,000) a home at 2225 Edison Ave., Detroit, Wayne, MI. Patrick born MI, parents from the Irish Free State, is a Lawyer in general practice, Darcy is a salesman in a brookerage office, Jack is a secretary in a law office.
1931 Detroit, Michigan, City Directory
Name: Patrick H O'Brien
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1931
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Spouse: Florence E O'Brien
Attorney-at-law 3729 Barlum Tower, tel Randolph 7878, h2225 Edison av. Tel Longfellow 4723.
Patrick H. O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien was born in 1868 in Phoenix, MI, in the Keewenaw. He received a law degree from the Northern Indiana School of Law in 1891 He went into private practice, then became the city attorney of Laurium from 1901-1906, and a judge on the 12th circuit (in the Upper Peninsula) from 1912 - 1922. O'Brien ran unsuccessfully for the state senate, US representative, Supreme Court justice, and governor of Michigan. He served one term as the Attorney General of Michigan, from 1933- 1934. Patrick H. O'Brien lived at 2225 Edison in the 1930s, where Harry Heilmann later lived.
Miner, Lawyer, Canidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District 1900, canidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1908 12 th district, 1930 6th district; circuit judge in Michigan 12th Circuit 1912-22; resigned 1922, defeated, 1935 3rd circuit; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912 Speaker, 1928 alternate, 1932; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1925; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1932; Michigan state attorney general,1933-34; defeated 1934; Wayne County Probate Judge, 1939. Member American Bar Association; Natl Lawyers Guild; Knights of Columbus; Eagles; Elks.
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