Donovan Family Pictures from Joe Donovan Jr.
These were extracted from film recordings made by Joe Donovan Jr. in 1997 and 1999, in which he narrates old family pictures.
Cornelius Joseph Donovan (1849-1922)
Mary Hewitt Donovan (1854-1940)
The Donovan home at 11414-89th Ave, Richmond Hill, Queens, NY
Joseph Raymond Donovan (1891-1970), son of Cornelius and Mary
Joseph married Catherine Blewett and had three children: Joe Jr,. Catherine (Katy), and Maureen
Joe Donovan Sr
Joe Donovan Sr. (1891-1970) 1st Communion
Joe Donovan Sr, Richmond Hill
Joe Donovan Sr. (1891-1970) with wife Catherine and daughters Maureen & Katy
Joe Jr. (1930), Katy (1932), & Maureen (1938), children of Joe Donovan Sr.
Maureen & Katy Donovan
Catherine (Katy) Donovan (1932)
Joe Donovan Sr, wife Catherine, Katy, and Joe Jr.
Joe Donovan Sr & Jr
Joe Donovan Sr & Jr
Joe Donovan Sr & Jr
Maureen Donovan (1938), daughter of Joe Donovan Sr.
Maureen Donovan
Maureen Donovan
Maureen Donovan
Bride Maureen Donovan, and her mother, Catherine
Joe Donovan Jr 1st Communion
Joe Donovan Jr
Joe Donovan Jr and Marie Nole, 1954
Joe Donovan Jr
Catherine (Katy) Donovan
Katy & Joe Jr
Joe Donovan Jr
Joe Donovan Jr, Mary Hewitt Donovan, Joe Donovan Sr
Mary, Joe Jr, & Catherine Donovan
Joe Donovan Sr
Catherine, Joe Jr, & Katy
Katy Donovan & Sam Torre Wedding
Katy Donovan & Parents, 1952
Katy Donovan & husband Sam Torre
Joe Donovan Jr, Cornell Grad
Joe Donovan Jr, Cornell Grad
Joe Donovan Jr with his two sons, Mark and Joe III
Joe III & wife Robin
Mark Donovan
Mark Donovan & wife Kathy
Mark Donovan & wife Kathy
Mark Donovan & wife Kathy
Catherine Donovan with her daughter Maureen, Maureen's husband Albert Ferradino, and their children, Cecilia & Maura
Kathryn Agnes Donovan (1886-1963), daughter of Cornelius and Mary
Kathryn married Ernie Robinson and had three children: Kathryn, Mary, and Ernie Jr.
Mary Robinson married Jack Finneran. Their firstborn was Jackie Finneran.
1942: Bride Mary Robinson (1915-2003) & her mother, Kathryn Donovan Robinson (1886-1963)
Mary Robinson with her four living Donovan uncles: Michael, Ignatius, Joe, & France, 1942
Jack & Mary Finneran 1942
Mary, Jack, & Jackie Finneran
Mary Robinson Finneran & son Jackie
Jack and Mary Finneran Family before Dennis & Francis were born
Ernie Robinson Jr & his mother, Kathryn Donovan Robinson
Ernie Robinson Jr, wife Ruth Rhatigan, and eight of their nine children, 1962
Ernie Robinson Jr's kids Tim & Sheila with their grandfather, Joe Donovan Sr.
Ernie Robinson Jr's kids (order unknown) Ernie III, Tim, Mary Ellen, Ruth Ann
Ernie Robinson III
Kathryn (Kay) Robinson (1912-2003), daughter of Kathryn Agnes Donovan Robinson(1886-1963). She married George McQuade.
George & Kay McQuade and their daughter, Marie
Marie McQuade
Ernie Robinson Jr, sister Kay, niece Marie, 1943
Ernie Robinson Jr & his mother, Catherine, 1943
Ernie Robinson & niece Marie McQuade, 1943
Kay Robinson McQuade
John Joseph Donovan (1873-1927), son of Cornelius and Mary
John married Margaret McCauley and had four children: John Jr, Margaret, Rita, and Daniel.
John Joseph Donovan (1873-1927)
Margaret McCauley
Wedding of Margaret N. Donovan (1917-1984, daughter of John and Margaret Donovan) to James Smullen in 1942
Margaret & Jim Smullen
Margaret N Donovan
Margaret N Donovan
Margaret N. Donovan with her daughter Jane
John Donovan Jr (1915-2006, son of John and Margaret Donovan)
John Donovan Jr
Rita Donovan (1919-2012, daughter of John and Margaret Donovan)
Daniel Donovan (1921-2003, son of John and Margaret Donovan)
Francis Xavier (France) Donovan (1888-1942), son of Cornelius and Mary
France married Lillian Goldsmith and had three children: Helen, Connie, and Mary
France, Lilian & daughters
Connie, France, & Helen Donovan
Mary Donovan
Helen Donovan & her cousin, Joe Donovan Jr
Lillian Goldsmith Donovan & newphew Joe Donovan Jr
Connie & Helen Donovan
Helen Donovan and Larry Case
Sisters Connie, Mary, & Helen Donovan, & their uncle, Joe Donovan (4th woman unknown)
Helen Donovan Case
Helen Donovan Case
Connie Donovan Law
Mary Donovan & husband Ralph Bowles
Seated l to r: Helen Case, Mary Finneran, Kay McQuade, Catherine Donovan, Anthony Torre & wife
Mary Frances (Mae) Donovan (1874, daughter of Cornelius and Mary Donovan)
Ignatius (Nace) Donovan (1894-1971, son of Cornelius and Mary Donovan)
Family Vacations: Port Jefferson, Long Island
Many of the Donovans owned cabins in Port Jefferson, a vacation enclave on the north shore of Long Island: the Finnerans, McQuades, and Laws, the Joe Donovan Jr. family, and probably others as well. In the narrated DVD he made in 1999, Joe Donovan Jr. shows photos from a trip in 1956 and says, “There were always lots of kids on the beach. There were kids galore! All the kids ended up like fishes down there. They swam like crazy and had a lot of fun.”
Sheila Donovan Doyle thinks this is Kathryn Donovan Robinson with children Kathryn, Mary, and Ernest, plus Francis Donovan and his daughter Mary.
Sheila Donovan Doyle thinks this is Francis Donovan with his wife and their daughters Helen, Constance, and Mary.
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George McQuade, Katy Donovan, Mary & Helen Donovan, at Port Jefferson in the 1940s
Ignatius Donovan, Charlie Eckhoff (Helen Donovan's husband), Mary Hewitt Donovan, & others, Port Jefferson