Thank you for the history of Hell's Kitchen. Interesting place but glad I didn't live there back then. How did people survive!? I simply love history as it makes the people -- my family come alive! I found another Ward 29- 216 Hoyt Street - funny how these people all live so close together and also seem to move around a lot. MARY HARRIGAN O'DONNELL (a BIG MYSTERY)- My great grandmother. She died four days after her last child was born and the wonder was, why didn't all four boys die as well? Was it a murder or suicide? She died a horrid death and it was investigated. An autopsy was performed and the cause of death was asphyxia due to gas poisoning. Details of medical examiner's report not included. No personal information was provided or known to the county medical examiner. She was buried in a pauper's grave at the County Farm on Feb 5, 1914 by the Dept. of Public Charities. I would like to find out more about her family. I have a father as John Harrigan but no mother. Her husband listed no parents! Which is weird as a John Harrigan lived next door or very nearby, but he may not be related- Children are Edwin, Lester, James, LeRoy. Name: Mary Odonnell Age in 1910: 29 Estimated Birth Year: 1880 Home in 1910: 29-WD BROOKLYN, KINGS, New York Race: White Gender: Female Series: T624 Roll: 983 Part: 2 Page: 66B Year: 1910 For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out!