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Occupations: 1950-2000 
Watuppa from Brooklyn's Pier 5 by Berenice
Abbott. The hemp and wooden fenders hanging from the tug's sides protected it when
appoaching ships and docks. My grandfather worked on boats like
this during his career.
Home
- Families separated geographically following heavy migration
following World War II.
- Grandparents didn’t live with kids, and sometimes both
parents worked out of the house.
- Sometimes the grandparents moved and kids stayed.
School
Primary School
- Public School
- Parochial School
Secondary School in Brooklyn
- My dad went to Brooklyn Tech in downtown Brooklyn.
- My mom went to Saint
Saviour in Park Slope.
- Even though they lived in different neighborhoods and
belonged to different ethnic groups, they met on the bus on the way to their respective
schools. This would never happen in the suburbs.
Colleges
- My mom stayed in Brooklyn and went to Brooklyn College in Flatbush.
- Sometimes the move to a college outside the area led
to a move from Brooklyn. This is true of my father who won a Brooklyn Navy Yard
scholarship to Michigan.
Self Employment/small business
Store Owner
Insurance
- Jeff Harden
- Kristine Alderfer
Consulting
- Gregory Reilly
- Raymond Reilly
Air-conditioning Repair
Agriculture
Salmon Fisherman
Transportation
Army Corps of Engineers
- Joseph Reilly
- Master Mariner
Dredging operations in New York Harbor
- Ellis Island Ferry Sign and ships wheel donated to the
Immigrant Museum in the base of the Statue of Liberty. Now in the Ellis Island Museum.
Circle Line
- Captain
- Tours of Waterways around New York
MTA
Manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology
Non-Profit/Volunteer
Service Industries
Teaching
- Raymond Reilly,University of Michigan
- Fred Purello, High School
Banking
- By the 1980s and 90s, banking had become one of the major
industries in New York.
- Brian Reilly, Merchant Banking
- Janet Reilly, Investment Banking
- George Sarkos, Investment Banking
- Donna Incao, Merchant banking
Computers
- It is clear that the computer industry and those who applied
this technology created one of the major new industries of the second half of the century.
- Most computer jobs were located in companies that depended
on them to pull together information and people in various locations.
- Paul Incao
- Chris Incao
- Terrence McDevitt
Nursing/Health Care
- Tillie Dacci
- Lorraine Clark
- Virginia McDevitt
- John Incao
- Karen Harden
- Patricia Purello
Art
Armed Services
Korean War
Vietnam War
Air Force
Navy
- In 1966, the Brooklyn Navy Yard closed its doors.
Religious Orders
- For some relatives, the church offered a respected position
in society. In a branch of my family who lost their father to an industrial accident, two
of three children joined the church for most of their lives.
Nun
Priesthood
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