 He lived first at 13 Lincoln Avenue, Massapequa, Long Island, New York with his wife Betty Hogan (née Flynn), then they moved to 233 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, New York in the mid 1930s.He corresponded with the Dept of Defense with regards his pension in late 1939 but his wife and daughter had not been in contact with him since 1938.He then started to use an address c/o Reverend Brother Wilfred Hogan, Christian Brothers, Westland Row, Dublin in Dublin and getting pension cheques sent there.