235 West 107th Street
Manhattan
New York
United States

Denis was a son of Daniel Donovan & Ellen Connolly of Minanes, Drinagh, West Cork and we see from Census 1901 that at that time he was at home with his parents.
Census 1901:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Carrigbaun/Minames/1153747/

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 

Name: Denis Donovan 

Arrival Date: 19 Jun 1920 

Birth Date: abt 1890 

Birth Location: Ireland 

Birth Location Other: manames drinagh cork 

Age: 30 

Gender: Male 

Ethnicity/ Nationality: Irish 

Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland 

Port of Arrival: New York, New York 

Ship Name: Baltic 

page 1 of ship manifest - 

age 30, agriculture laborer, coming from father Dan. Donovan, Manames, Drinagh Co, Cork heading to New York.

 

page 2 of ship manifest - 

to see brother Daniel Donovan at 313 West 47th St., New York City. Intent to stay in USA permanently.

In U.S. Census 1940 we see Dennis (52) is single and a lodger at 6615 Fresh Pond Road, Queens, NY.  He lived there too in 1935.  He worked 48 hours / week and worked 52 weeks in 1939.  He worked as a Motorman with the Elevated Rail Road.

 

In the WWII Registration Card we see Dennis is at 150 West 105th Street and his place of birth is Drinagh, Ireland

WWII Draft Registration Card

 

Dennis (72) was admitted to Frances Schervier Home and Hospital on 5 Jan 1961 when he had an address at 2 West 106th Street, New York.  He was single.  His next of kin was Christopher J Prehn of 157 Garrison Ave, Staten Island, New York.

 

He died in hospital at 6.55pm on 14 July 1962 and was buried on 19 July 1962 in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York.  His brother Daniel who pre-deceased him in 1943 is buried there too. Dennis, living at 150 West 105th Street, was given as next of kin in Daniel's Death Cert.  Their grave is in Section 19, Range 16, Plot CC, Grave number 24.

 

Headstone

 

Denis's death cert is numbered 156-62-207850 and it states he was 73 years and was 42 years living in NY and his last place of residence was 235 West 107th Street, Manhattan, NY.  He had worked as an elevator operator in an apartment block.  Like his brother we note that the funeral was handled by Joseph T Kennedy Funeral Chapel, 981 Amsterdam Avenue, New York 25, NY.  The Informant of the death of Dennis was his nephew, Christopher, who resided at 157 Garrison Avenue, Staten Island, New York.

 

The cemetery was consecrated by Archbishop John Hughes in August 1848. The 365 acres have been subdivided into 71 numbered and identified sections. A major chapel is located in the cemetery. The Eucharist is regularly celebrated in this chapel for those interred within Calvary, at this time, more than 1,750,000.

 

Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York

 

 

Minanes, Drinagh