Harold Martin Curran [DS

Harold always called himself Harry and was known as Harry or Sharkey to his friends. My father [DS.4.5.7S], who lived in the Curran household for about five years, always referred to him as Sharkey. The nickname, "Sharkey", was the result of a comparison of Harry to Joseph Paul Zukauskas (26 Oct 1902—17 Aug 1994), a well known, professional boxer who fought under the name Jack Sharkey. [The ring name of Jack Sharkey was taken from the first name of Jack Dempsey and the surname of an Irish boxer, Thomas J. Sharkey (26 Nov 1873—17 Apr 1953).]

When Harry [DS.4.5.10] was a young boy, he always hung around with his cousin, Bob Curran [DS.4.7.4], the son of his uncle, Jim Curran [DS.4.7]. Jim often said that he was offered money from soap companies for a picture that he had of Bob [DS.4.7.4] and Harry [DS.4.5.10] together.

Harry [DS.4.5.10] never attended high school. His education started at Sacred Heart School in Chicago and ended at Komenski School which was also located in Chicago but to the east of Sacred Heart.

Circa 22 April 1922, Harry [DS.4.5.10] married his childhood friend, Rosalind Schnurmacher (born in Chicago on 14 January 1905; died 25 Sep 1990.). As a child, she lived at 954 20^th Street (now called Cullerton Street) in Chicago.

Rosalind’s father was Henry Schnurmacher. Henry was born in November in Germany near the Bohemian border. Henry’s mother was called Rose. Henry had a brother named Carl and six sisters named Bertha, Rose, Hermina, Charlotte, Frances, and Marie.

Rosalind’s mother was named Mary Roubal. Mary was born in December. Mary’s mother was named Josephine. Mary had just one sibling, a sister named Frances.

Harry [DS.4.5.10] and Rosalind had one child, a daughter named Ruth Curran [DS.4.5.10.1] (b. 30 Nov 1922; d. 1 Aug 2001 in Fox AR) Ruth Curran [DS.4.5.10.1] married John Joseph Kosik in Sacred Heart Church in Chicago. John Kosik (b. 1 June 1919in Chicago IL; d. 15 Jan 2002 in Fox AR) worked for the Bethlehem Steel Company in Chicago until he retired.

John Joseph Kosik and Ruth Curran [DS.4.5.10.1] had three children:
DS.4.5.10.1.1.	Thomas Kosik (b. 15 Oct 1942) who lived in LeRoy, Illinois, in 1979. He married Susan Chapman and had at least two children:
	DS.4.5.10.1.1.1	Douglas Gene Kosik who had a son
		DS.4.5.10.1.1.1.1	Bjorn Gannon Kosik (b. 20 Jun 1996)
	DS.4.5.10.1.1.2	Mathew Kosik
DS.4.5.10.1.2.	Rosalind "Linda" Kosik (b. 9 Jul 1945) who was living in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, in 1979. Married George Boehm and had three children:
	DS.4.5.10.1.2.1	Robert Boehm
	DS.4.5.10.1.2.2	Brett Boehm
	DS.4.5.10.1.2.3	Bart Boehm (twin of Brett) who married Sandra (b. 9 Jul 1945)
DS.4.5.10.1.3.	John Kosik (b. 30 Jul 1951) who lived in Oaklawn, Illinois, in 1979. Married Evelyn Henderson and had two children:
	DS.4.5.10.1.3.1	Craig Kosik (b. 30 Jul 1951)
	DS.4.5.10.1.3.2	Jennifer Kosik

In 1979, Rosalind Curran was living with her daughter [DS.4.5.10.1] and son-in-law. Her address was:
Mrs. Rosalind Curran
General Delivery
Fox, Arkansas 72051
Telephone: 501/363-4505

Sharkey [DS.4.5.10] held many different jobs including some political appointments. His nephew, Edward William Healey [DS.4.5.6.1] recalled that Sharkey once worked on a County or State surveyor's gang. During part of the prohibition era, he worked in a brewery making beer. He spent some time in jail but my only knowledge of the details comes from my sister Loretta. Harry was her godfather at her baptism in January 1922 and attended her birthday party when she was in the fourth grade. Although she was only a small child with big ears, she has a feeling that Harry’s incarceration was in the middle of that period, perhaps around 1925. Piecing together fragments of childhood memories of overheard conversations, Loretta thinks that boats from Canada were unloading liquor at various points along the Atlantic coast and that the cargo was then transported by trucks to local distributors. Harry was apparently arrested in New Jersey when he was driving such a truck with its illegal cargo. He was sent to a federal penitentiary for a year or two.

The stint in jail apparently reformed Harry. There is no record or rumor of him ever again breaking any laws. However, this addition to his resume probably helped him get some preference in assignments from the bartenders union. He traveled with the tracks. He was always head bartender at the tracks. He also worked at the Stevens and other prime assignments in downtown Chicago. Harry was a bartender throughout his working life and was still a bartender when he died in 1968 at the age of 64.

When my brother, Father Terence, was in high school, our uncle Harry got him a Summer job selling orangeade in the stands at Arlington Park, Washington Park, and Soldiers Field. Father Terence told me that Harry also touted horses. Harry predicted the winner of any race for any customer who asked. If the horse won, then Harry received a share of the winnings. By predicting (for different customers) different winners for the same race, Harry received some income from every race.

Nomen Familiæ	A. D. 1904 Die Mensis	REGISTRUM BAPTISMORUM	OBSERVANTA
Curran Harold	May 8	Ego infrascriptus baptizavi ...Haroldem.. ……………………….nat……25…Aprilis…1904… ex……Thoma…Curran………… ex loco……Chicago………………… et……Maria…Finan………………… ex loco……Chicago………………… Patrini fuerunt…Michaelis…Finan………. ……Sara…McClevey………………… …..........................Edm^d…Murphy…S.J.…	682 Center Ave
Source: Mormon film 1612364, Item 2: Sacred Heart Church, Chicago IL, Baptisms 1904-1908, p. 4
The godfather is probably Michael Finan (age 30), an uncle of Harold.[DS.4.5.10]. The godmother is Harold’s aunt, Sarah Curran McClevey [DS.4.1] (age 41).