- New York Subway Map, CIrca 1918, Library of Congress
My 2nd great-grandmother Sadie Donnelly Reilly was a nickle-snatcher – a subway token clerk in New York City. She was raising three children in Brooklyn, the youngest of whom as 2 years old when her husband disappeared. John Reilly was riding the ferry one day when he allegedly fell overboard. No body was ever recovered, and he was declared dead, leaving Sadie to raise their children alone.