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45 Daniels Street
Home of
Alice Kenneally
Patrick T. Kenneally
Blind Peanut Vendor
at Salem Willows
Built ca. 1800
Moved in 1911
Researched and written by Jay Quarantello
February 2022
Historic Salem Inc.
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2022
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Naumkeag Land
Long before the construction of the home now located at 45 Daniels Street, Salem was
inhabited by the Naumkeag tribe, an independent band of the Massachusetts confederacy.
Historian Sydney Perley wrote, “That part of Massachusetts of the Indians lying within what are
now the limits of Essex County was called Naumkeag, which means "Fishing place," from
namaas, fish, ki, place, and age, at.” Reverend John Higginson, an early colonizer of
present-day Salem, recalled, “But ye Indian town of wigwams was on ye north side of ye North
River... both ye north and south side of that river was together called Naumkeke." Disease and
conflict with neighboring tribes had severely weakened the Naumkeag people by the
seventeenth century. The Naumkeag hunted, farmed, and fished on this land for generations
before the English arrived in North America. 1
A mid nineteenth century reproduction of the Naumkeag wigwams. 2
Elizabeth Solomon, a modern member of the Massachusett tribe at Ponkapoag,
remarked in a video for Pioneer Village Salem:
...we hope that you will take time to honor the original holders of this land: the Massachusett people...We
maintain a millennia long relationship with this place. Despite changes to the environment and its occupation
1
Pioneer Village Salem. “The Naumkeag.” Pioneer Village Salem, Accessed 2021.
https://www.pioneervillagesalem.org/the-naumkeag.
2
“English wigwams at the Pioneers' Village,” Salem Public Library, accessed February 13, 2022,
https://digitalheritage.noblenet.org/salem/items/show/46.
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by others following colonization, Salem remains Native space to which we belong. May all that we do with
Native spaces honor the land and prepare the way for those to come.3
Accordingly, every house history of Salem needs to acknowledge the indigenous people who
lived on this land before English arrival. A history of Salem would be incomplete and unjust
otherwise.
The Kenneally Family: From Derby Street to Daniels Street
On February 8, 1911, the Salem City Council minutes noted in the margins a request for
a building to be moved. The request read, “A hearing was ordered for Wednesday, March 1st, at
8.15 P.M. on the petition of William G. Edwards for permit to move a building from 155 Derby
Street to Rear 43 Daniels Street.”4
On March 1, 1911, another entry appeared in the Salem City Council minutes which
stated, “The next matter considered was a hearing on the petition of William G. Edwards to
move a building from 155 Derby Street to Rear 43 Daniels Street[.] Mr. Kenneally spoke in favor
of the petition. No one opposed it and the hearing was closed. The petition was granted.”5
The final reference to the house that would become 45 Daniels Street resolved, “The
following order was adopted: Ordered: That William G. Edwards be granted permission to move
a building from No. 155 Derby Street to rear No. 43 Daniels Street through Derby and Daniels
Street. All to be in conformity to the petition on file and to the advances of the City of Salem and
to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Streets and the Inspector of Buildings.”6
3
Solomon, Elizabeth. “The Naumkeag.” Pioneer Village Salem, Accessed 2021.
https://www.pioneervillagesalem.org/the-naumkeag.
4
Salem City Council. "Salem City Records." Salem City Records, Volume 30. February 8, 1911.
https://records.salem.com/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=235065&dbid=0&repo=CityofSalem. Pg. 42.
5
Ibid., Pg. 72.
6
Ibid., Pg. 77.
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Thus in 1911, owner Maurice Kenneally, who had spoken before the city council in
March, moved his father Patrick T. Kenneally’s former home from 155 Derby Street to 45
Daniels Street. The house would have been propped up on stilts and rolled over the trolley
tracks on Derby Street down to its current place at the end of Daniels Street. Shown below is a
1937 picture of a house being moved on Derby Street.7 Of note, the house being moved was
almost exactly where the home at 45 Daniels Street would have also been placed in 1911 as it
was being relocated. A red star was added to the picture to indicate 155 Derby Street today,
which was the former location of the house now at 45 Daniels Street.
7
Ratliff, Jen. "Rediscovering the Lost Buildings of Polish Salem." History by the Sea. Accessed January 9, 2021.
https://www.historybythesea.com/a-mystery-on-derby-wharf-rediscovering.
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In 1911, the Atlas of the City of Salem, which was "based on the plans in the office of the
city engineer" showed both a building located at 155 Derby Street and a new building appearing
on Salem maps for the first time: today’s 45 Daniels Street.8 It is unclear if the move had already
taken place when the map was made; yet, undoubtedly, the Salem City Council records
corroborate the evidence that 45 Daniels Street would take its place in Tucker’s Wharf on the
shores of Salem Harbor in 1911.
The map above is from two separate atlas pages. The red lines were added to indicate the likely route of 45 Daniels
Street’s move. The red star indicates its first appearance on any Salem city maps.
8
City of Salem. Atlas of the City of Salem. Walkee Lithograph & Publishing Co. Boston, MA. 1911.
https://salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/atlases_pages.aspx?atlastype=Atlases&atlastown=SALEM&atlas=SALEM%201
911&atlas_desc=SALEM%201911&pageprefix=.
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The Kenneally Family
When Maurice Kenneally moved the house at 155 Derby Street to the shores of Salem
Harbor at 45 Daniels Street, one has to wonder if he thought about his father and mother,
Patrick and Alice Kenneally. Just four years earlier, on October 23, 1907, his father, a
well-known Salem resident, died in his longtime home of 155 Derby Street after a month-long
battle with what doctors diagnosed as Bright’s disease of the kidney.9 Patrick Kenneally had
joined his bride, Alice Kenneally, who had died in 1884 of consumption, in St. Mary’s Cemetery
in Salem.10 Perhaps when 155 Derby Street finished its move to 45 Daniels Street, Maurice
Kenneally looked across the Atlantic and thought of the journey his parents had made from
Ireland to their final resting place in the city of Salem. Below is a copy of both death records.
9
"Death Record of Patrick T. Kenneally." Family Search. October 23, 1907.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68JS-ZBP?i=366&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1
%3ANWRY-D8K.
10
“Death Record of Alice Coughlin Kenneally.” Family Search. February 1, 1884.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3338621:2101?tid=&pid=&queryId=dd5e4b932194ddb958eb35d8
aeb5d252&_phsrc=fOS477&_phstart=successSource.
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By the time of Patrick Kenneally’s death, much had changed about the old
neighborhood. Patrick T. Kenneally had moved to 155 Derby Street, which was then 97 Derby
Street in 1880, as this was the first time that the Salem City Directory had listed his name. The
1880 directory listed Kenneally’s chair repair business at 97½ Derby Street. The author of the
directory, however, used the “house do.” annotation to indicate “house ditto”, meaning Kenneally
likely operated his business from his house or an adjoining room. From 1880 until 1895, the
directory year after year listed Kenneally’s chair business at 97½ Derby Street until the address
became 155 Derby Street.
1879 Salem City Directory11
1880 Salem City Directory12
1895 Salem City Directory13
When Patrick T. Kenneally first moved into his house in 1880, Derby Street and Daniels
Street had been home to many Irish immigrant laborers, who had joined a community that had
once been dominated by maritime commerce. In 1911 when contractors moved what had been
Maurice’s father’s home to its new location, the structure slowly passed Michael Aaronson’s
grocery store and many of Patrick Kenneally’s neighbor’s houses. In the decades following
1880, he must have sensed what had once been a predominantly Irish neighborhood had slowly
transformed into a tight knit Polish community. The new three-family residence that Maurice
Kenneally built in 1911 would take the old house’s place looking across the street from St.
Joseph’s Polish Society.14 When looking at the Salem City Directory in 1881 contrasted with the
11
The Salem Almanac & Year Book. F.W. Putnam & Co. Publishers. 1879.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/505901274:2469?_phsrc=fOS503&_phstart=successSource&gsfn
=Patrick&gsln=Kenneally&ml_rpos=1&queryId=ed43f6c40d43d53496cf22e1e00c4866.
12
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1880.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/517031294:2469?_phsrc=fOS505&_phstart=successSource&gsfn
=Patrick&gsln=Kenneally&ml_rpos=1&queryId=95eeda09547ec9eef3e364409206ea50.
13
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1895.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1272871969:2469?_phsrc=fOS529&_phstart=successSource&gsl
n=kenneally&ml_rpos=3&queryId=997e0ab8c315ecbc8e5dffb0ad7cd39f
14
City of Salem. Salem City Atlas. 1897. Plate 004.
https://salemdeeds.com/salemdeeds/atlases_pages.aspx?atlastype=Atlases&atlastown=SALEM&atlas=SALEM+189
7&atlas_desc=SALEM+1897&pageprefix=.
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1911 edition one can see the cultural transformation that had taken place in Patrick T.
Kenneally’s lifetime.
1881 Salem City Directory
1911 Salem City Directory
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While the Kenneally family are not the first residents of the house that would become 45
Daniels Street, they are responsible for its move from 155 Derby Street. In particular, the
business success of Patrick T. Kenneally led to the house’s current location on the water. Patrick
at the age of approximately fourteen years old emigrated from Cork County, Ireland in 1851 by
way of New York City. Between 1845 to 1855, he was one of millions of Irish Americans who
came to the United States while the people of Ireland suffered from the Potato Famine. When
Patrick immigrated to the United States, there was a growing anti-Irish, anti-Catholic political
movement in the country, resulting in the formation of the American Party, more commonly
called the Know-Nothing Party. Only three years after Patrick stepped foot in New York City, this
political party, which had started on the fringe of electoral politics, had won the governorship in
Massachusetts, even carrying Boston and Salem.15 Below is a Know-Nothing Party flag circa
1850.16
Against this political backdrop, Patrick navigated life in his new country. On November
18, 1860, now a young man in his early twenties, Patrick T. Kenneally married Alice Coughlin of
Waterford County, Ireland in Manchester, Massachusetts. A copy of their marriage record is on
the next page.17
15
“1854: Anti-immigrant Know Nothing Party sweeps Massachusetts elections.” Historic Ipswich. Accessed February
21, 2022. https://historicipswich.org/2019/09/23/know-nothing/.
16
"Know Nothing Flag". Public Domain. Accessed January 21, 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Know-nothing-flag.jpg
17
“Marriage: Patrick T. Kenneally to Alice Coughlin.” Ancestry. September 18, 1860.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/14624083:2495?tid=&pid=&queryId=fc3f39ec74498da30a02f21e2
ec4d305&_phsrc=fOS546&_phstart=successSource
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In 1872, Patrick would become a naturalized citizen of the United States. His immigration
papers noted that he was entitled to citizenship because he was “then a minor [in 1851] under
the age of eighteen years” and “that during the whole of said term of five years…has behaved
as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United
States.” He also renounced loyalty to “Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.”18 The documents are listed on the following two pages.
18
“Naturalization Papers: Patrick T. Kenneally.” Salem, Massachusetts. Ancestry. September, 24, 1872.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2361/images/100041899_00076?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&quer
yId=b8ee51e27e376e4771376cbbcc378f3b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fOS534&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=tr
ue&_ga=2.126271112.423663568.1645463953-375373195.1644283156&pId=637809.
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Patrick made his mark with a “x”. Patrick also spelled his name “Kenealey” in this document.
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From foreign residents to eventual Salem citizens, Patrick and Alice Kenneally would live
in the city for much of their lives. Although not always residing on Derby Street, Patrick worked
as a chair repairman for decades while Alice raised their family and kept their household affairs
in order. As early as 1870, the United States Census listed them as residents of Salem. The
census described their daughter Catherine as being at school and their son Maurice as being at
home. Below is an excerpt of this census providing a glimpse into the family life they had
created together.19
In the succeeding decades, Patrick Kenneally’s business success could be measured by
his real estate transactions. There were various deeds signed in his name for property and
mortgages within Salem City Records. When he died in 1907, he left his son, Maurice, an estate
valued at $25,000. While he amassed a small fortune, he continued to live in 155 Derby Street,
a humble dwelling that William Fullum sold to him in 1878 for $620.20
1897 Salem Atlas: Patrick Kenneally Ward 1 Property 21
19
1870 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 104. Ancestry.com.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/28351831:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=23ace67a0e0f84279e52dbfb
3201a61e&_phsrc=fOS450&_phstart=successSource.
20
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: William Fullum, Grantee: P.T. Kenneally. October 14, 1878. Bk: 1006, Pg: 68.
21
1897 Salem Atlas. Plate 004.
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Important to this particular history, on February 18, 1890, Patrick bought land and a large
house located at 43 Daniels Street from William and Anne Fitgerald for $1 and in consideration
of a $700 mortgage. Within two years, Patrick paid off the mortgage owed to Arthur Feenan of
Salem.22 Below is a picture of Daniels Street prior to 155 Derby Street being moved to its
current location. A gray star has been added to indicate where 45 Daniels Street is located
today.23
22
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: William Fitzgerald and Anne Fitzgerald, Grantee: Patrick T. Kenneally. February
18, 1890. Bk: 1271, Pg: 73.
23
Cousins, Frank. "Salem, 27 Daniels Street." Digital Commonwealth. Circa 1865-1911.
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2b88qx42d.
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In 1900, the United States Census listed the Kenneally family again but this time in 155
Derby Street. This straightforward document provides a glimpse into the evolution of the
Kenneally family during this time. The head of the household, Patrick, was no longer listed as a
chair repairer, and his son Maurice, listed as a teamster, shared the house with his father and
family. As the census indicated, Patrick’s daughter-in-law Margaret Kenneally and Maurice
named their two children Alice and Patrick. These two names may indicate the fondness that
the couple held for Maurice’s parents; Little Alice was named after her grandmother Alice
Coughlin Kenneally who died nine years before her birth, and Patrick for his grandfather.24
While censuses and city directories indicated Patrick Kenneally was a chair repairer,
there are some hints of a more colorful part of his story. In fact, his accomplishments in Salem
had inspired a celebrity following. When he died in 1907, newspapers across the country
published his obituary. Some of these details had appeared in sources already mentioned. For
example, the 1870 Census listed Patrick Kenneally as being blind, and, therefore, unable to
read or write.
This offers an explanation to why Patrick only left his mark on his naturalization papers rather
than his full signature. Additionally, there are some entries in the Salem directories that indicate
Patrick Kenneally had multiple jobs. The Salem Directory in 1903 and 1906 listed him as a
variety store operator at Salem Willows. The 1906 Salem Directory indicated that Patrick’s
refreshment business was located at the end of a busy Fort Avenue near the corner of Island
Avenue.
24
1890 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 19. Ancestry.com.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4113832_00570?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&
_phsrc=fOS530&_phstart=successSource&lang=en-US&pId=37923685.
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1903 Salem Directory25
1906 Salem Directory26
Patrick Kenneally’s business would have been next to J.C. Downing’s Restaurant and Eaton &
Hobbs Refreshments.27
Today, these buildings still exist, including one business: E.W. Hobb’s. The Kenneally business
would have been somewhere on the seaside within the area of the map shown.
25
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1903.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/510696996:2469?_phsrc=fOS551&_phstart=successSource&gsfn
=patrick+t.&gsln=kenneally&ml_rpos=24&queryId=2939be581d715c9b30c379da7b7d8ae3.
26
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1906.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/121-352.pdf.
27
Ibid., https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/121-352.pdf.
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The pictures below provide a glimpse into what this business strip would have looked like while
Patrick Kenneally worked at Salem Willows in the early twentieth century.28
28
“J.C. Downing’s.” Nelson Dionne Salem History Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special
Collections, Salem, Massachusetts. Circa 1910. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/jcdownings.
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As noted earlier, Patrick Kenneally’s refreshment business made him a famous man in
Salem. Many knew him as “Blind Pat.” Salem historian Jim McAllister wrote the following about
Patrick Kenneally:
By the turn of the century the Willows amusement park was in full flower. From his tiny stand on the water
side of Hobbs and Eaton's, Patrick Kenneally hawked Spanish double-jointed peanuts to curious visitors.
The sightless vendor was the first in the country to import this exotic item and was long remembered for his
sales cry: "They're double-jointed Spanish peanuts all the way from Barcelona. Try 'em before you buy
'em.'29
Additionally in 1902, the The Oshkosh Northwestern in Wisconsin ran an article about Patrick
Kenneally detailing some of his biography and his business acumen.
Newspapers around the country also published his obituary after he died. They are included on
the next page.
29
McAllister, Jim. "Salem Willows." Salem Tales. Accessed January 2022.
https://www.salemweb.com/tales/willows.php.
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A version of this article was published in
the following papers:
The Free Lance-Star
Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 24, 1907
The Boston Globe
October 24, 190730
Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
December 19, 190731
Carlisle Evening Herald
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
December 20, 1907
Of all the residents to have lived in the home now located at 45 Daniels Street, Patrick
Kenneally was its most well known. The story of an immigrant from Ireland who entered the
United States, became blind, and built a small peanut empire in Salem captured the imagination
of newspaper writers. Patrick Kenneally bought the property of 155 Derby Street in 1878, and
began selling Spanish peanuts two years later. It was likely this same peanut empire that
ultimately gave him enough capital in 1890 to buy the land where 45 Daniels Street is now
located. In 1903, Patrick T. Kenneally prepared a will leaving all his real estate to his son
Maurice. An excerpt of the 1903 will is on the next page. 32
30
“Blind Peanut Man Dead.” The Boston Globe. October 24, 1907. Page 5.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96184104/blind-peanut-man-dead/.
31
“Peanut Vender Left $25,000.” Evening Star. December 19, 1907. Page 3.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96184844/evening-star/.
32
Will: Patrick Kenneally. Probate Records. Salem, Massachusetts, 1903. Probate 102031.
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For Maurice and his wife Margaret, “the eccentric figure” everyone else knew was also a father,
a father-in-law, and a grandfather. In March 1911, four years after his father died, Maurice would
donate a portrait of Father Thebald Mathew to the Temperance Society on Essex Street in
Patrick’s memory.33 Later that year, rather than simply tearing down his father’s home, he would
move it from 155 Derby Street to 45 Daniels Street where it still stands today.
The Deeds: The Durgin and the Fullum Families
The early historical records on the 45 Daniels Street house often contained an
insufficient amount of information needed. Perhaps if there are answers out there, the following
information can be used in future searches. The earliest known evidence of the house dates
back to July 17, 1848. On that day, John Durgin signed an agreement which stated that he
would pay “two hundred dollars in cash, one hundred dollars in four months, with interest, and
five hundred dollars in four months…” This agreement further outlined that “Wheatland shall sell
to said John the lot of land on Derby Street in Salem beginning at the NE corner of the lot and
running SW on said Street thirty three feet on said street, thence at right angle with said street
running SE sixty feet to a stake…” Importantly, the deed noted that in addition to the land being
sold so too would “the buildings thereon.”34 This is likely the earliest reference to the house that
would be located at 45 Daniels Street. From 1848 to 1878 the recorded deeds are nearly
identical in description and measurements. Patrick Kenneally, the last person to buy this land
before the home’s move, purchased “the lot of land lying in said Salem which land is bounded
North on Derby Street about thirty three feet, West on land of Doyle about sixty feet…”35 There
is an 1851 map on the next page showing the Tucker’s Wharf neighborhood when John Durgin
bought the house.36
33
“Given in Memory of P.T. Kenneally.” The Boston Globe. March 27, 1911. Page 16.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96189320/given-in-memory-of-pt-kenneally/.
34
Salem Registry of Deeds. Agreement: John Durgan and George Wheatland. July 17, 1848. Bk: 400, Lf: 14.
35
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: William Fullum, Grantee: P.T. Kenneally. October 14, 1878. Bk: 1006, Pg: 68.
36
McIntyre, Henry. "Map of the city of Salem, Mass: from an actual survey." Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection: Boston, Massachusetts. 1851. https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:9g54xk154.
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While it is fairly straightforward to follow the deeds from 1848 to 1878, the history is
complicated for multiple reasons. First, many deeds provide a previous book number and page
number to help trace back recorded land sales. However, there are three deeds in 1848, 1852,
and 1853 that do not extend earlier than 1848. Additionally, the three written records from 1848
to 1853 do not mention one another. Normally when this happens one might be able to trace a
house’s origins by examining the record of the grantor. George Wheatland’s name appeared in
the index books from 1840 to 1844 sixty-nine times. If one were to look outside this window of
years, there would be many more entries. These records can and have been cross-examined
using various pieces of corroborating evidence, yet the key to finding the answer still has not
been found. George Wheatland was a lawyer, which might explain why his name appeared in
the index books so many times. Unfortunately, often his relationship to the land is not clear in
the records, whether he’s working on behalf of the city, another citizen, or himself. Below is an
excerpt of the 1848 agreement. John Durgin’s mark is shown below in the first known record of
sale. This particular record spelled his name Durgin. It is worth noting that records vary on the
spelling of his name. “Durgin” appeared most commonly though and will be used from this point
forward.
All evidence indicates that the 45 Daniels Street house existed earlier than 1848; nevertheless,
the earliest known written record dates back to that year.
The next deed signed in 1852 between John Durgin and George Wheatland seems to
indicate some fulfillment of payment outlined in the 1848 agreement. In this deed though, the
record included one detail that the other deeds do not: John Durgin’s profession. The 1852 deed
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stated that Durgin was a “trader.”37 This classification is consistent with other available sources.
Salem directories often referred to Durgin as a “peddler.” One census even referred to him as a
“huckster.”
1853 Deed38
1870 Census39
1874 Salem Directory40
Historian David Jaffee explaining the role of peddlers in nineteenth century America said,
“households and storekeepers were the primary partners in exchange.” He continued, “peddlers
were a secondary means of funneling the limited supply of cheap urban-made goods into the
countryside…”41 Often peddlers would purchase goods from urban consumers and then sell
them to the rural countryside. One cannot say with certainty how John Durgin earned his profits,
yet, because his business was not listed in a physical location in Salem’s directories, one can
surmise that Durgin was an itinerant salesperson. Jaffee further noted that “the peddler
combined the roles of market analyst, entertainer, and trickster-- and always was on the
move.”42 On the next page is a picture of a peddler circa 1910.43
37
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: George Wheatland and Richard Wheatland, Grantee: John Durgin. June 18,
1852. Bk: 461, Lf: 273.
38
Salem Registry of Deeds. Bk: 1006, Pg: 68.
39
1870 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 474A. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26523263:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=057eead0a8a751fb844aca7
1f1b0c34a&_phsrc=fOS597&_phstart=successSource.
40
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Sampson, Davenport, & Co. 1874.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/121-352.pdf.
41
Jaffee, David. "Peddlers of Progress and the Transformation of the Rural North, 1760-1860." The Journal of
American History, Vol.78. September, 1991.
42
Ibid., Pg. 528.
43
Connecticut Historical Society. "Peddler E.H. Farrell with his cart." Connecticut History Online. 1910.
https://connecticuthistory.org/new-britains-yankee-peddlers-boost-18th-century-economy/.
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Little more is known about John Durgin’s life. Census records indicated that he and his
wife Mary were from Ireland, and that they likely had five children by 1865: Ann, Thomas, Mary,
Sarah, and Peter.44 By 1870, John and Mary Durgin were still married and living with three of
their much older children: Sarah, Mary, and Thomas.45 There are minor discrepancies between
the sources, but this information seems to be accurate.
1850 Federal Census46
44
1865 Massachusetts Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 19. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4194642-00100?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_
phsrc=fOS606&_phstart=successSource&pId=10082776.
45
1870 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 63. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26523263:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=057eead0a8a751fb844aca7
1f1b0c34a&_phsrc=fOS597&_phstart=successSource.
46
1850 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 93. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4194642-00100?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_
phsrc=fOS606&_phstart=successSource&pId=10082776.
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1865 Massachusetts State Census
1870 Federal Census
While being the primary owner of the land and premises on Derby Street, John and Mary
Durgin lived most of their life on Kosciusko Street, then known simply as Tucker’s Wharf. In
1848 when the Durgans purchased the Derby Street home, Tucker’s Wharf was almost
exclusively home to laborers. An 1851 advertisement provides a small window into the kind of
laborers that would have lived on Tucker’s Wharf.47
John Durgin did appear as a resident of 97 Derby Street one time: the year 1870. A copy of that
record is on the next page.
47
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Henry Whipple. 1851.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Salem_Directory/WoQBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1.
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With the exception of 1870, Durgin resided elsewhere for most of his life despite owning the
property. By the time Patrick Kenneally lived in the residence, John Durgin’s name appeared in
the 1886 Salem Directory showing the Almshouse at Collins Cove as his permanent place of
residence.48 A picture of the old Almshouse is shown on the next page.49
In Collins Cove today, there is a recently installed memorial to those who “lived and labored” in
the Almshouse where John Durgin likely passed away. 50
48
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Sampson, Murdock, & Co. 1886.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1285991000:2469?_phsrc=fOS514&_phstart=successSource&gsl
n=kenneally&ml_rpos=2&queryId=674049215760fcdbbd460e63058f7cd4.
49
Cousins, Frank. “Salem, Salem Neck, Almshouse, 1815-1816.” Digital Commonwealth. Circa 1865-1914.
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2b88qw647.
50
Ratliff, Jen. “Photograph: Almshouse Burial Ground Memorial.” October, 2021.
https://goo.gl/maps/hFrEfqVD8eNc78369.
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From 1848 to 1878, the name most commonly associated with 97 Derby Street, eventually 155
Derby Street, was William Fullum. Even in 1870 when Durgin’s name was listed in the
residence, so was Fullum's name.51
On October 3, 1875, a deed in John Durgin’s name appeared in the record when he
failed to pay “the charge of marking a certain main drain or common sewer” on land “containing
about nineteen hundred and fourteen square, and having a building thereon number
Ninety-Seven (97) on Derby St.” The City of Salem then gave notice on the time and place of
the sale, which was advertised in the paper and on the Stearns Building.52 The longtime resident
of 97 Derby Street, William Fullum, appeared to buy the land and the premises thereon in 1874.
It appeared that the City of Salem transferred the mortgage to Fullum in 1874 but Durgin lost the
land officially in 1875 after failing to pay his sewage bills to the city.53 Unlike Patrick Kenneally
whose death occurred in the home at 45 Daniels Street, John Durgin’s time in the Almshouse
likely indicated his financial struggles at the end of his life.
From as early as 1853, William Fullum appeared in the Salem Directory as the primary
resident of 97 Derby Street.54
51
1870 United States Federal Census. Page 63.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26523263:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=057eead0a8a751fb844aca7
1f1b0c34a&_phsrc=fOS597&_phstart=successSource.
52
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: John Durgin, Grantee: City of Salem. October, 3, 1875. Bk: 942, Pg: 218.
53
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: George Wheatland, Grantee: William Fullum. October, 1, 1874. Bk: 913, Lf: 156.
54
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Henry Whipple & Son, Publishers. 1853.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/537815035:2469?_phsrc=fOS630&_phstart=successSource&gsfn
=william&gsln=fullum&ml_rpos=1&queryId=40541e7fd3cdf1f51ec62460355472ee.
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Up until 1881, the listing for Fullum’s name and profession remained unchanged. In 1881,
William Fullum’s name appeared alongside Kenneally’s which connected the two families and
their place of residence.55
1881 Salem Directory
Thomas Fullam, William’s son, boarded at 97 Derby St. while Patrick T. Kenneally worked at
97½ Derby Street, and likely lived at 97 Derby Street with his boarders. In the 1882-1883
Salem City Directory Margaret Fullum, William’s widow, appeared in the city directory for the first
time. The directory listed her as a boarder at 97 Derby Street, where she and her husband lived
as early as 1853.56 By 1884, the Salem Directory noted that “Mrs.” William Fullam died on May
12, 1883.57 After Margery Fullam’s death, the Kenneally family appeared as the sole residents of
97 Derby Street.
1882-1883 Salem Directory
1884 Salem Directory
All of this information means that the Fullam family in some form lived at 97 Derby Street
for approximately thirty years. Unfortunately, before 1853 the home appeared to have had a
different number and its earlier residents cannot be confirmed with certainty. Little is known of
William and Margery’s life beyond census and directory records, though these historical
documents do offer some detail into the life they had lived together.
Both William and Margery Fullam immigrated to the United States from Ireland.58 Unlike
Patrick and Alice Kenneally who raised two young teenagers at 97 Derby Street, both William
and Margery moved into the home when they were in their early fifties and had adult children.
Salem’s city directories, year after year, listed William Fullam as a laborer. However, two
documents provide information on what kind of labor William did to support his family. An 1855
state census listed William Fullam as a gardener and an 1860 Federal census listed him as a
farm laborer.
55
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1881.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Name-Listing-1881.pdf.
56
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Henry M. Meek & Francis A. Fielden. 1882-1833.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1882_33-84-1.pdf.
57
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Sampson, Davenport, & Co. 1884.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1884_63-200.pdf.
58
“Death Record of Margery “Jane” (Fullam) Collins.” Ancestry. December 31, 1899.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4511656:2101?tid=&pid=&queryId=26f249e284e01df34aed8c6c8
8ba1bda&_phsrc=fOS633&_phstart=successSource.
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1855 Massachusetts State Census59
1860 United States Census60
It is unclear how many children Margery and William had as the records in that time period did
not always align. John, Jane, and Thomas’ names appeared in multiple documents, while three
other names, William, Anna, and Nancy, appeared sporadically. It is likely some of the adult
Fullam children lived at 97 Derby Street. By the time of his death, William Fullam was able to
acquire large tracts of land on the corner of Daniels Street and Derby Street. Having already
sold his home to Patrick T. Kenneally in 1878, he left the remainder of his land for his wife,
children, and grandchildren.
59
1855 Massachusetts Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 30. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4472/images/41265_307597-00032?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=
true&_phsrc=fOS562&_phstart=successSource&pId=4031160.
60
1860 United States Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page 87. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/366919:7667?tid=&pid=&queryId=45f1dfd561c08a076d3ce81def5
a8a8b&_phsrc=fOS563&_phstart=successSource.
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1874 Map: William Fullam’s Land61
The Fullam Family lived in the house under John Durgin’s name, which is the property that would be moved to 45
Daniels Street. Patrick T. Kenneally would have worked out of 97½ Derby Street while living in 97 Derby Street.
The Architecture: The Early House History
In order to ascertain an approximate age of the 45 Daniels Street home, the answers lie
in the house’s construction and architecture. In 1980, the Massachusetts Historical Commission
wrote a report on 45 Daniels Street. An historian from Historic Salem Inc. examined the house’s
structure and wrote the following:
A small 2 story plus patch roof house is gable end to the street - moved to present location (right on water)
and has very high stone foundation. Embrace now sheltered by a modern aluminum canopy but appears to
be in original location. Originally probably a 3 - bay facade.
The report further noted that the house was built in the Federal style and likely was constructed
between 1790 and 1830.62 Historian Judy D. Dobbs wrote an eloquent description to help
61
"Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts 1874." G.M. Hopkins & Co. 1874.
https://wardmapsgifts.com/collections/atlas-of-salem-massachusetts-1874.
62
Dunn, T. “45 Daniels Street.” MACRIS. March 29, 1980. Sal.3459.
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modern readers imagine what the neighborhood would have been like in this time period. She
began:
In 1762 Derby Wharf was begun and a portion of Derby Street, "a way of two poles wide to be allowed from
Daniel's Lane to Becket's Lane," was laid out. The cross streets which lead to houses near the water
existed, in many cases, long before Derby Street. The Derby Street area was a very busy and exciting place
during the height of Salem's foreign commerce, from around the time of the Revolution to the 1820s.
Salem's trade began to decline because the harbor was not deep enough to accommodate the fast new
clipper ships. On the northside of Derby Street were the houses of the merchants and the gentry, and
opposite were the counting rooms, warehouses, ship chandlers' stores, pump-makers' shops, sailmakers'
lofts and finally the wharves themselves. Today the district is residential and commercial and preserves
much of the feeling of Salem's maritime past.63
When 45 Daniels Street was constructed, the Derby Street neighborhood was likely just past
this maritime trading peak. However, today the home reflects the ever evolving history of Salem.
While this was built in a Federal style, like many of the old houses in Salem, there is a
rich, eclectic aesthetic reflecting many renovations made throughout the years. While a typical
Federal house would have symmetrical windows, the windows on 45 Daniels Street are
stylistically different. Undoubtedly, these changes were made in order to maximize one’s view of
the ocean which would not have existed prior to the 1911 move. The raised foundation also
suggests the Federal style while simultaneously serving as a buffer between ground level and
sea level.
One interesting architectural mystery about 45 Daniels Street appeared when the current
owners, Michael Sullivan and Rebecca Bell, dug below the cellar floor. They discovered that the
home was built on about three feet of oyster shells, an unusual sight.
63
Dobbs, Judy D. “Derby Waterfront District.” Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1975.
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Professor Emerson Baker at Salem State University kindly responded to an email offering a
theory on these shells. He wrote:
I don’t think this is a building practice (at least not one I’m familiar with). Rather that suggests to me that the
shells were there before the house was moved to the site, and its foundation was dug into the shells. As an
archaeologist I can tell you that shell middens are quite common on the coast of New England (middens
being the fancy archaeology term for trash pits). Prehistoric shell middens can be found on the coast of New
England that are sometimes many feet deep. However, in the 19th and 20th century there were also lots of
commercial and even household operations shucking shellfish. So you could have an historic shell midden
as well.64
While the exact answer to this question will remain a mystery, it serves as a reminder of the
uniqueness of living in a seaborn town.
64
Baker, Emerson. Email to Jay Quarantello. February 14, 2022.
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The hints of the Federal style exterior of 45 Daniels likely indicates construction having
started sometime between the years 1780 to 1830. The side gable and the symmetrical
windows on the exterior of the house do offer a more traditional Federal look, as shown on the
page earlier. The interior of the house, however, seems to narrow this time frame to the turn of
the century. James L. Garvin, author of A Building History of Northern New England wrote that
typically homes before 1830 had frames “with timbers that were often much larger than
necessary to carry the stresses encountered in small buildings.” Additionally, these timbers were
usually hewed with a broadaxe or adze. One can see the irregular shaping of the cut on this
exposed beam within the house. There also appears what looks like ax marks on the left side of
the beam. While some boards do appear to be cut with a circular saw, a building practice more
common from 1820 onward, it’s unclear when they could have been added.
Additionally, the builders of the house used a framing method common in the eighteenth
and early nineteenth centuries. There are exposed treenails, or pins, within corner posts and
beams throughout the house. The interior of the attic also shows a purlin roof, common in the
1700s until about 1830. Pictures of these elements are shown on the next page with a red star
added for emphasis.
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Finally, while hand forged nails were used well into the 1800s, they were most commonly used
in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. While the age of the house cannot be
definitively stated, circa 1800 seems to be the most likely time of its construction.
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The Rakoc and Beska Era
From 1911 onward, Maurice Kenneally rented out his father’s properties at the end of
Daniels Street. The Salem Directory listed M. Sullivan as the first resident of 45 Daniels Street.
Maurice Kenneally also owned 43 Daniels Street, a large property dating back decades that no
longer stands today. Compared to later owners of 45 Daniels Street, Maurice Kenneally rented it
for a relatively short period of time. Below is again that 1911 map alongside some of the tenants
of 45 Daniels Street from 1911 to 1925.
191165
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191466
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191767
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192168
65
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1911.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1911_69-140.pdf.
66
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1914.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/95-178.pdf.
67
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1917.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1917_56-130.pdf.
68
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1921.
https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1921_37-163.pdf.
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One year before his death, Maurice Kenneally sold his father’s home 45 Daniels Street.69
Two men named Ignacy Rakoc and Paul Beska secured a loan from Salem Five Cents Saving
Banks for “the payment of Six Thousand Dollars in one year with five percent interest, per
annum…” in order to buy the residence.70 The 1926 Salem Directory listed Ignacy Rakoc as a
shoeworker who lived on 4 Daniels Street Court with his wife Stephanie.71 Both Ignacy and
Stephanie had emigrated from Poland in 1911, unable to read or write English. It is unclear if
they knew each other when they came to the United States. Twenty-five-year-old Ignacy
married twenty-one-year-old Stephanie and worked as a shoe laster, a highly specialized job in
which one attached the upper body of a shoe to its sole. When he bought 45 Daniels Street, he
was thirty-three years old and had four children.72 The 1929 Salem Directory listed Pawal “Paul”
Beska as a mill operator who also lived at 4 Daniels Street Court with his wife Mary.73 Paul, like
Ignacy, also emigrated from Poland. He arrived in the United States in 1906 while Mary came in
1909. Paul worked as a pressman and Mary worked as a framemaker in a cotton mill. They had
a son and daughter, both born in Massachusetts, when they bought 45 Daniels Street in 1925.74
1930 United States Census
69
“Maurice D. Kenneally.” Find a Grave. Accessed January 2022.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149752031/maurice-d.-kenneally.
70
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: Maurice D. Kenneally, Grantee: Ignacy Rakoc and Paul Beska. April 3, 1925.
Bk: 2643, Pg: 254.
71
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Publisher Unknown. 1926.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/542275014:2469?tid=&pid=&queryId=34ef6eade51d7c63ac761f3
207ed34d1&_phsrc=fOS648&_phstart=successSource.
72
1930 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, Page: 17. Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/313168:6224?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestry.com/search/?
name=ignacy_rakoc&event=_salem-essex-massachusetts-usa_4397&count=50&successSource=Search&queryId=3
4ef6eade51d7c63ac761f3207ed34d1%27,%27successSource%27).
73
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Deschamps Brothers. 1929.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/528730018:2469?tid=&pid=&queryId=3a86983b6f7672107a0f860
10560b2cf&_phsrc=fOS651&_phstart=successSource.
74
1930 United States Federal Census.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/313168:6224?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestry.com/search/?
name=ignacy_rakoc&event=_salem-essex-massachusetts-usa_4397&count=50&successSource=Search&queryId=3
4ef6eade51d7c63ac761f3207ed34d1%27,%27successSource%27).
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Rakoc and Beska, however, did not live at 45 Daniels Street. In that same 1930 census,
an aforementioned name appeared above Rakoc and Beska who lived next door to 45 Daniels
Street: Wladyslaw Pierga. The Salem Directory first listed Wladyslaw Pierga as the primary
resident of 45 Daniels Street in 1921. Wladyslaw “Walter” Pierga was a short man with a slender
build, dark hair, and blue eyes.75 By the time of the 1930 United States Census, Wladyslaw had
been living at 45 Daniels for nine years. He had immigrated to the United States in 1910 at the
age of seventeen. His wife, Stefania, also known as “Stella,” arrived in 1909 at the age of
sixteen. The couple had married in their early twenties and by 1930 had seven children ranging
from age 15 to nine months old. Wladyslaw and his two oldest children, respectively fifteen and
eleven years old, were the only members of the family who could read and write in 1930.
Wladyslaw worked as a weaver in a cotton mill so he could rent 45 Daniels Street for thirteen
dollars a month. Stefania, understandably, managed their home and their seven children.76
1930 United States Census
While “Walter” and Stella Pierga lived at 45 Daniels Street until 1947 or 1948, their
children throughout the thirties and forties moved out of the home as they grew into adulthood.
Below are some records of their residency from Salem directories during this era.
194077
75
United States World War I Draft Card: Wladyslaw Pierga. 1917-1918. Family Search.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LB5R-NTP?i=3400&cc=1968530&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61
903%2F1%3A1%3AKZN7-ZWQ.
76
Ibid.,
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/313168:6224?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestry.com/search/?
name=ignacy_rakoc&event=_salem-essex-massachusetts-usa_4397&count=50&successSource=Search&queryId=3
4ef6eade51d7c63ac761f3207ed34d1%27,%27successSource%27).
77
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1940.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1273457013:2469?_phsrc=fOS671&_phstart=successSource&gsl
n=pierga&ml_rpos=2&queryId=668eb272ae41f4c0fc74e2534892d67c.
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194578
The youngest of the Pierga children, Leon, only nine months old when the 1930 census was
taken, passed away in April of 2021. Leon’s obituary provides a small window into his life in
Salem. An excerpt from the O’Donnell Funeral Home is below.
Born in Salem, he was the son of the late Wladyslaw “Walter” and Stefania “Stella” (Nowak) Pierga. He was
raised and educated in Salem and was a graduate of Salem High School.
An honorably discharged veteran, he served his country as a member of the United States Army during the
Korean War.
Following his return from the service, Mr. Pierga had been employed as a Supermarket Produce Manager
for several years before his retirement at the age of 47. He then embarked on his second career as a
Handyman. He was well known for his expertise in many fields and never found a job he could not complete.
His success was a direct result of his strong work ethic, his kindness to others and his honest, straight
forward approach.
A lifelong resident of the City of Salem, Leo was a member of the V.F.W. Witch City Post # 1524, he enjoyed
playing Bingo at the former St. Mary’s Italian Church in Salem and attending the various Polish Picnics and
Fairs. Very independent, he loved fishing and taking the bus to Foxwoods which he did well into his 90’s.79
Another resident of 45 Daniels Street, the second youngest Pierga, Regina, passed away in
2016 and her obituary can also be found online. An excerpt is included on the next page.
78
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1945.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/470542588:2469?_phsrc=fOS676&_phstart=successSource&gsln
=pierga&ml_rpos=1&queryId=c0b4950a7fd66333627dfe64545e83e6.
79
“Leo J. Pierga.” Obituary. O’Donnell Funeral Service. April 22, 2021.
https://www.odonnellfuneralservice.com/obituary/Leo-Pierga.
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Born in Salem, she was the daughter of the late, Walter P. and Stella (Nowak) Pierga. She was raised and
educated in Salem, attended St. John the Baptist Polish School and was a graduate of Salem High School.
As a young woman Regina had been employed at the former Pequot Mills and at the time of her retirement
she had been employed by Parker Brothers Game Company as a Supervisor for many years.
A longtime resident of the City of Medford, where she has resided since her marriage, Regina was a faithful
and generous supporter of St. Joseph's Church in Medford. Family is what brought Regina her greatest
pleasure; she was a loving wife, sister and aunt. One of her greatest joys, was spoiling her many nieces and
nephews, and sharing their many milestones and accomplishments. She will be deeply missed…
While the Pierga family did not live at 45 Daniels Street after 1948, they undoubtedly meant a lot
to their family and their Salem neighbors. On May 21, 1949, a year after the Pierga family
moved out of the 45 Daniels Street home, Mary Beska sold the house to Edmund F. Rakoc,
Igancy’s son, for $1000 “one undivided half part of the land said Salem with buildings thereon.”80
However, this sale did not mean there was a turnover of all the residents.
As early as 1929, Salem directories also listed the Czurcha family as residents of 45
Daniels Street as well. According to one of the Czurcha grandchildren, the Pierga family lived on
the top floor of the house and the Czurcha family lived on the main floor. Based on the available
Salem directories, the Czurcha family lived in the house until either 1959 or 1960.
First Entry: 192981
80
World War II:194482
Final Entry: 195983
Essex County Probate. Grantor: Mary Beska, Grantee: Edmund F. Rakoc. April 11, 1958. Essex Probate Docket
#224540.
81
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. Unknown Publisher, 1929.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/528734558:2469?_phsrc=fOS722&_phstart=successSource&gsln
=czuchra&ml_rpos=102&queryId=f29eb0d14f10fae709fe7b305712a291.
82
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1944.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/513513353:2469?_phsrc=fOS720&_phstart=successSource&gsln
=czuchra&ml_rpos=52&queryId=f29eb0d14f10fae709fe7b305712a291.
83
Salem, Massachusetts, City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1959.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1285419958:2469?_phsrc=fOS724&_phstart=successSource&gsl
n=czuchra&ml_rpos=2&queryId=d6f3e7c394a3231dddd5417f0eb30d88.
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Their thirty years in the house began with Kazimierz and Katharine Czurcha in 1929. The
Czurcha family would experience the Great Depression, World War II, and the early stages of
the Cold War while living in the home. The 1930 census indicated that Kazimierz was forty years
old when he began renting 45 Daniels Street with his thirty-six-year-old wife. Like the Pierga
family, the young Polish couple also rented their half of the house for thirteen dollars a month.
Kazimierz and Katharine had four American born children: Michael, Julia, Jane, and Emilia.
Their ages ranged, respectively, from thirteen, eleven, nine, and five when their parents began
renting the main floor. In order to support their family, Kazimierz was a tanner in a factory and
Katharine was a cleaner at the cotton mill.
Both Kazimierz and Katharine had immigrated to the United States in 1911. Kazimierz
did not serve during World War II, having been fifty-two years old in 1941. However, his draft
card recorded that he had a light complexion and was 5’7’’ and 145 lbs. By the age of 52, his
hair had grayed, which matched his eye color.84 Kazimierz’s place of birth, Krosno, Poland, was
bombed on the first day of the war. On September 9, 1939, the Nazi army marched into Krosno
and ordered all Jews to leave the city. Fortunately, having lived in Salem, Kazimierz never had
to experience that day in 1939.85 Salem’s Polish neighborhood must have read the headlines in
those years with dread as they thought of their native land and the family they left behind.
A year before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the 1940 census showed that two
Czurcha children, Michael and Julia, no longer lived at 45 Daniels Street. Nineteen-year-old
Jane still lived at home but her last name was now Bookholz and she had a three-year-old son
84
Draft Card: Kazimierz Czurcha. Salem, Massachusetts, Essex County. Ancestry. 1942.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8952272:1002?tid=&pid=&queryId=4bb56167044707ea1ae29b5d
2a989061&_phsrc=fOS699&_phstart=successSource.
85
Leibner, William. “Jewish Inhabitants of Krosno, Galicia, Poland.” JewishGen. June 2001.
https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0030_KrosnoCompilation.htm.
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named Edward. Fifteen-year-old Emilia was an honor student at Salem High School.86 A picture
from her 1942 yearbook is included below.
An excerpt of her obituary provides a glimpse into her life at 45 Daniels Street during these
years:
Biorn, Emilia K. (Amy) 96, died on August 15, 2020 at her home surrounded by family. She was born on the
Fourth of July, 1924 in Salem, MA to Casimer and Katharine Czuchra. She grew up in Salem, graduating
from Salem High School in 1942. She met Floyd Biorn on her 18th birthday and corresponded with him
during WWII, while he was deployed in the Mediterranean with the Navy. They were married in February
1945 and moved to Minneapolis after Floyd's service was completed in 1947. Amy and Floyd lived on the
Northside since returning to Minneapolis. Amy was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church and
the VFW Auxiliary. She worked as an Mpls Public School Secretary until she retired in 1985. 87
Unlike her sister Emilia, Julia lived in Salem her entire life. An excerpt of her obituary is included
below:
86
“Salem High School Yearbook.” Salem, Massachusetts, 1942. Ancestry.
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Julia T. (Czuchra) Gagnon, 90, formerly of Salem, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the Lafayette
Convalescent Home, Marblehead, following a short illness. She was the wife of the late George I. Gagnon.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Katherine (Dombek)
Czuchra.
Prior to her retirement in 1972, Mrs. Gagnon was employed by Shetland Industries as a quality control
tester. She previously worked at the Hytron in Salem for 17 years.
A resident of Salem since the age of 4, she was a member of the P.L.A.V. Ladies Auxiliary, Post 55 in
Salem, the Salem Council on Aging and the AARP and was a parishioner of the Immaculate Conception
Church.88
While the other Czurcha obituaries were not found, having these two obituaries included in this
history pays a small but incomplete tribute to the lives that the Czurcha family lived at 45
Daniels Street for approximately thirty years.
Murtagh to Horeczy to Faden
In 1959, the Czurcha family moved out of 45 Daniels Street and the new owners, John
and Catherine Horeczy moved into it. On July 22, 1959 John and Catherine agreed to pay
“$2400 in 15 years with five percent interest per annum.”89 The 45 Daniels Street home would,
however, stay in the Horeczy family’s hands for forty-two years. On October 29, 1991, Andrew
D. Faden purchased the home for $135,400 from Stanley and Margery Horeczy.90
A picture of the home in 1979, still under Horeczy ownership. 91
88
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89
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: Century Investment Inc., Grantee: John and Catherine Horeczy. July 22, 1959.
Bk: 4582, 307.
90
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: Stanley and Margery Horeczy, Grantee: Andrew D. Faden. October 29, 1991.
Bk: 11004, Pg: 423.
91
Dunn, T. https://mhc-macris.net/#!/details?mhcid=SAL.3459.
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Faden to Sullivan and Bell
On June 8, 2021, Mary Lou Faden and Andrew D. Faden sold 45 Daniels Street to its
current owners, Michael Sullivan and Rebecca Bell.92 When Sullivan and Bell moved in, this was
the second Michael Sullivan to have lived in the home. In 1911, the year the house moved to
Daniels Street, a lab worker by the same name occupied the house.
1911 Salem Directory
When asked in an email about the appeal of 45 Daniels Street, Becky Bell eloquently said:
Michael and I had already started looking at houses in Salem in 2016 when our friends, who had been
renting 45 Daniels from the owner, Andy Faden, moved back to Cambridge and we picked up their lease.
The house and location were love at first sight for us, and Andy and I bonded over the house and its upkeep.
After 5 years of renting and dropping hints that we would buy the house if he ever wanted to sell, he sold it
to us in June 2021; a dream come true!
What do we love about 45 Daniels? This is the kind of place I looked for as a wedding venue! We have a
garden right on the ocean, and love watching the seasonal changes in harbor wildlife... the storms and the
tides; waking up to a Great Blue Heron standing on the fence and watching the fog rise up over Marblehead.
Michael and I love sailing history and he both volunteers on The Friendship of Salem - which we can see
from the bedroom - and works as crew on the schooner Fame. There's no topping the joy when the harbor
Tiki Boat swings by the house and honks at us to come out and say hi. (At this point we're decorating for
Halloween facing the ocean for the Tiki passengers!) After a couple years here Michael bought a little
vintage Cape Dory sailboat and we can see it from the living room - which sounds great but is stressful in a
storm! - and can launch a dinghy to it from our yard. And as for me, a former coworker, when we were
looking for a house in Salem, once joked that I secretly wanted a house where "If I suddenly turned into a
mermaid I could just flop into the water right away." I do in fact go swimming in the harbor with a fin, so I
guess we've found it! I plan on caring for 45 for the rest of my life.
From Derby Street to Daniels Street; from the peddler to the blind peanut vendor; from an Irish
household to a Polish household; 45 Daniels Street’s history reflects so much of the rich cultural
fabric of the historic Derby Street district.
92
Salem Registry of Deeds. Grantor: Mary Lou Faden and Andrew D. Faden, Grantee: Michael Sullivan and
Rebecca Bell. June 8, 2021. Bk: 39967, Pg: 081.
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�Date of Purchase
June 8, 2021
October 29, 1991
Conveyed by
Mary Lou Faden and
Andrew D. Faden,
Trustees of the ML&A
Faden Revocable
Family Trust
Andrew D. Faden
Conveyed to
Michael Sean
Sullivan and
Rebecca Anne Bell,
husband and wife.
Amount
$693,350.00
Document
Bk: 39967
Pg: 081
Andrew D. Faden &
Mary Lou Faden,
Husbandand Wife
Quitclaim Deed
Bk: 11004
Pg: 423
$135,400.00
Bk: 7740
Pg: 308
May 1, 1985
Stanley J. Horeczy &
Margery A. Horeczy
Andrew D. Faden
May 1, 1985
Jan Horeczy, a/k/a John
Horeczy
Stanley J. Horeczy
August 25, 1981
Stanley J. Horeczy, of
Salem, Essex County,
Massachusetts, Edward
J. Horeczy of Detroit,
Michigan, Irene C.
Sylvanowicz, formerly
known as Irene C.
Horeczy… Christine J.
Horeczy of Lawrence,
Massachusetts, Donna
B. Burke, formerly
known as Donna B.
Horeczy of Lawrence,
Massachusetts, and
Eugene J. Horeczy of
Stanley J. Horeczy
and Margery A.
Horeczy, Husband
and Wife
Bk: 7740
Pg: 306
$29,167.00
Bk: 6860
Pg: 131
Notes
Stanley: “Administrator of the
Estate”
Jan Horeczy: “who died on March
24, 1979, a resident of Salem”
“Massachusetts Quitclaim Deed”
�November 25, 1980
Tewksbury,
Massachusetts
Catherine Horeczy
August 27, 1980
Marianna Horeczy
July 22, 1959
Century Investment
Inc.
John Horeczy and
Catherine Horeczy
$2400 in 15 years
with five percent
interest per annum
Bk: 4582
Pg: 307
April 11, 1958
Ignacy Rakoc and
Edmund F. Rakoc
Michael Murtagh,
Jr. and Joseph Viera
$15,000 payable in
monthly installments
of $99.00... within
twenty years from
this date... at the rate
of five per cent per
annum
Bk: 4293
Pg: 359
Jan Horeczy
Bk: 6795
Pg: 316
Bk: 6768
Pg: 617
“Estate of Catherine Horeczy, Late
of Salem. This is to certify that:
no inheritance tax is due on any
interest accrued to Jan Horeczy,
as surviving joint owner.”
“Marianna Horeczy, widow of the
late Jan Horeczy, also known as
John Horeczy… that by
Separation Agreement dated
December 13, 1978, she waived
the right to take an intestate
share of the real and personal
property of her late husband and
waived the right to share in his
estate…
“The Grantor also grants the
Grantee herein the right to use a
Right of Way as shown on the
Plan above referred to for all
purposes for which a way may be
used but reserving to itself and its
assignees the right to also use
said way.”
�May 21, 1949
Mary Beska
Edmund F. Rakoc
October 16, 1939
April 3, 1925
Maurice D. Kenneally
Ignacy Rakoc and
Paul Beska
“for One Thousand
($1000.00)... One
undivided half part of
the land in said Salem
with buildings
thereon…”
“Resolved that the
common
convenience, benefit
and necessity of the
inhabitants of the city
require that a public
street or way of said
city to be called
Daniel Street Court
should be laid out
from Daniel Street to
Salem Harbor…”
“grant to Salem Five
Cents Savings Bank…
to secure the
payment of Six
Thousand Dollars in
one year with five
percent interest, per
annum…
Essex Probate Docket #224540
Plan Book:
71, Plan 2
Bk: 3198
Pg: 533
Bk: 2634
Pg: 254
�November 1, 1907
Patrick T. Kenneally
Maurice D.
Kenneally
February 18, 1890
William Fitzgerald and
Anne Fitzgerald
Patrick T. Kenneally
“First I give devise
and bequeath to my
son Maurice D.
Kenneally all my
property both real
and personal
wherever the same
may be situated... On
this first day of
February A.D. 1903
Patrick T. Kenneally of
Salem Massachusetts
has signed the
foregoing instrument
declaring it to be his
last will...
“in consideration of
one dollar paid by
Patrick Kenneally…”
Mortgage: “in
consideration of
seven hundred dollars
paid by Arthur Feenan
of said Salem…”
Probate
#102031
Bk: 1271
Pg: 73
Sept 16, 1891 - the mortgage is
paid off by Patrick T. Kenneally
This is the sale of the land on
Daniels St. where 45 Daniels St. is
now located.
Salem City Records, 1911-1912, Volume 30
February 8, 1911
A hearing was ordered for Wednesday, March 1st at 8.15 P.M. on the petition of William G. Edwards for
permit to move a building from 155 Derby Street to Rear 43 Daniels St.
March 1, 1911
Building Moving Of: The next matter considered was a hearing on the petition of William G. Edwards to
move a building from 155 Derby Street to Rear 43 Daniels Street. Mr. Kenneally spoke in favor of the
petition. No one opposed it and the hearing was closed. The petition was granted.
�March 1, 1911
Building Moving Of: The following order was adopted: Ordered: That William G. Edwards be granted
permission to move a building from No. 155 Derby Street to rear No. 43 Daniels Street through Derby and
Daniels Street. All to be in conformity to the petition on file and to the ordinances of the City of Salem
and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Streets and the Inspector of Buildings.
155 Derby St. (formerly 97 Derby St)
Date of Purchase
Conveyed by
Conveyed to
Amount
Document
Notes
October 14, 1878
William Fullam
P.T. Kenneally
In consideration of six
hundred and twenty
dollars paid by Patrick
T. Kenneally of
Salem…
Bk: 1006
Pg: 68
“The lot of land lying in said
Salem which land is bounded
North on Derby Street about
thirty three feet, West on land of
Doyle about sixty feet, South on
land of Hayes about thirty three
feet and East on land of said
Fullam about sixty feet. Being the
same premises conveyed to me
by deed of George Wheatland
Esq. dated October 1, 1874...”
It is unclear what transpired
between Wheatland, Fullam, and
Durgin. It appears that the City of
Salem transferred the mortgage
to Fullam in 1874 but Durgin lost
the land officially in 1875 after
failing to pay sewage bills to the
city.
�October 3, 1875
John Durgin
City of Salem
“the sum of fifty-one
dollars forty two
cents…”
Bk: 942
Pg: 218
October 1, 1874
George Wheatland
William Fullam
In consideration of
eleven hundred
dollars paid by
William Fullam…
Bk: 913
Lf: 156
John Durgin failed to pay “the
charge of marking a certain main
drain or common sewer” on land
“containing about nineteen
hundred and fourteen square,
and having a building thereon
number Ninety-Seven (97) on
Derby St.” Notice was given on
the time and place of the sale. It
was advertised in the paper and
on the Stearns Building, and then
sold to the City of Salem.
“The lot of land lying in said
Salem which land is bounded
North on Derby Street about
thirty three feet West on land of
Doyle about sixty feet South on
land formerly of Hayes about
thirty three feet and East on land
of said William about sixty
feet…”
In the margins there is a note that
Fullam satisfied the mortgage
given to him by George
Wheatland.
July 5, 1853
John Durgan and Mary
Durgan
George Wheatland
Bk: 480
Lf: 116
Furthermore, the notes say “2
assignments: see B. 1006, L. 70”,
which is the Fullam to Kenneally
deed.
This fulfills the agreement John
Durgan and George Wheatland
made in 1848 outlining a
payment plan to be fulfilled “in
four years and four months from
�this date… to be paid by said
Durgan after this current year…”
The nature of the 1852
agreement is unclear.
June 18, 1852
July 17, 1848
George Wheatland and
Richard Wheatland
John Durgan
“Agreement: John Durgan and Geo.
Wheatland”
in consideration of
eight hundred dollars
to us paid by John
Durgan
Bk: 461
Lf: 273
said Durgan agrees to
pay…two hundred
dollars in cash, one
hundred dollars in
four months, with
interest, and five
hundred dollars in
four years and four
months from this
date… to be paid by
said Durgan after this
current year…”
Bk: 400
Lf: 14
“the lot of land on Derby street,
in the City of Salem… thirty three
feet, to land of Ward, thence by
land of Ward sixty feet to the
bound begun at, with the
buildings thereon…”
“It is agreed between George
Wheatland on the one part and
John Durgan on the other part
that said Wheatland shall sell to
said John the lot of land on Derby
Street in Salem beginning at the
NE corner of the lot and running
SW on said Street thirty three
feet, thence at right angle with
said street running SE sixty feet to
a stake, thence running NE thirty
three feet to land of Ward,
thence by land of said Ward sixty
feet to the bound begun at, with
the buildings thereon…”
Witness: Jona Tucker
�
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Daniels Street
Historic Salem, Inc. House History
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Title
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45 Daniels Street, Salem, MA 10970
Subject
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House History
Description
An account of the resource
Home of
Alice Kenneally
Patrick T. Kenneally
Blind Peanut Vendor
at Salem Willows
Built ca. 1800
Moved in 1911
Creator
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Source
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
Publisher
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Historic Salem, Inc.
Date
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Built c. 1800
Moved in 1911
House history completed 2022
Contributor
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Jay Quarantello
Language
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English
1800
1911
2022
45 Daniels Street
blind peanut vendor
Kenneally
Massachusetts
Salem
Salem Willows