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Heaviside Report          

Above, undated photo of Christopher J. Dunn, oldest child of Simon Dunn and Emily Josephine Heaviside Dunn.  Photo courtesy of Paul Frey. We left the Dunn family after the 1880 Federal Census, living on Cherry Street in the Fourth Ward. … Continue reading →

In the 1910, Mary Heaviside, Henry’s widow, is living in Brooklyn at 761 Marcy Avenue. Henry died on the 14th of April 1908. He was living at 480 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn at the time of his death.  He was 62. … Continue reading →

We know that Emily Josephine Heaviside’s three brothers, William, Henry and John, also emigrated to New York and were policemen in the New York Municipal Police Department. William was the first in 1860, he petitioned for Naturalization on September 8, … Continue reading →

Emily Josephine Heaviside was born in Dublin, Ireland in November of 1839.  Her parents were John Burrows Heaviside and Alice Staunton.  John and Alice had seven children.  In addition to Emily, there were three brothers who would also emigrate to New … Continue reading →