Photograph of John B. Ahern from the Boston Post, October 1918
John Bernard Ahern was born 4 October 1894 in Manchester, New Hampshire, son of Daniel J. & Julia (Butler) Ahern. At his birth, his father Daniel was a wholesale liquor dealer. The family lived at 556 Brown Avenue. Daniel J. Ahern was an Irish immigrant to the city who was successful in business and at one time was a Councilman. John had younger siblings Daniel, Helena/Nellie, Elizabeth, and Mary.
In 1915 John B. was a student living with his father at 556 Brown Avenue. In 1917 when he completed his War Registration Card on 5 June 1917, he was living in the same place, a law student at Georgetown University. He described himself as being tall and stout with brown eyes and dark brown hair. Continue reading
