Michael Joseph "Mike" Sullivan

Abt 1875 - 1897  (~ 21 years)

• Name	Michael Joseph Sullivan
  Nickname	Mike
  Born	Abt Aug 1875	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	15 Aug 1875	Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland   [2]
  Died	6 Apr 1897	Atlantic Ocean   [3]
  Cause: diphtheria
  Mike died while at the seal hunt in April 1897. He and his cousin Tom Swain, of Caplin Bay, were shipmates on the Aurora out of St. John's, Newfoundland. Tom Swain died on April 2, 1897, and Mike Sullivan died a few days later, on April 6, 1897, both from diphtheria. Their deaths are commemorated in the Newfoundland folk song "The Spring of 97".
  Buried	Abt 30 Apr 1897	Holy Trinity RC Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada   [1]
  About 1983 there was an old white marble headstone still visible in Ferryland RC Cemetery for Michael Sullivan. It was in poor condition, but parts of it were still legible. This stone eventually crumbled and disappeared, however a new memorial cross, near his parent's headstones, was erected by family members in 2015. (Kevin Reddigan)
  	Michael Joseph Sullivan
  Person ID	I134	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Robert "Bob" Sullivan,   b. Abt 1841, Stone Island, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 8 Mar 1911, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Johanna Power,   b. Sep 1843, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 6 Sep 1922, Calvert, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1870
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt Aug 1875 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Baptism - 15 Aug 1875 - Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland Died - Cause: diphtheria - 6 Apr 1897 - Atlantic Ocean Buried - Abt 30 Apr 1897 - Holy Trinity RC Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S88] Holy Trinity RC Parish (Ferryland) Baptisms 1870 -1910, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at The Rooms Archives for Brigus South to Aquaforte, Ferryland District). [S41] Newfoundland Vital Statistics - Ferryland District - 1890 - 1940, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/1vstats-fer-idx.shtml - Transcribed information posted under "Vital Statistics Records, Ferryland District).