Michael J Ahern  1910 - 1979

Michael (sitting) with a friend, Jack 'the slate' O'Sullivan. This photo was taken in Ireland  before Michael emigrated to the U.S. 

Michael was born in Tournafulla on July 14th, 1910. He left for the U.S. in 1927 at the age of 16 and lived with his uncle Dominick in New York. He became very close with his cousin's in New Haven and visited them often.   

He served in the Merchant Marine Service and the US Navy during WWII.  He was a Merchant Captain, and a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He traveled at some point during the war, to China (He sent a chest back from China to his uncle Bartholomew's house at 49 Fountain St in New Haven CT). 
Around 1952-3 Michael married a lady from Boston, Massachusetts, named Mary Catherine Keating (Born Oct 3rd, 1923). They settled in Los Angeles, California, where they had 8 sons (three died shortly after child birth) the others were Michael (b.1954), David (b.1956), John (b.1957), Gregory (b.1958), Brian (b.1960) all of whom grew up and went to school in California, where they still live today. 

Sadly Mary died at the young age of 48, on May 2nd 1972 and Michael died of Cancer on March 20th, 1979. 

Michael in 1971