Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Rose, and the late Arthur Sullivan. The 1891 census records for 31, Burton Street, St. Pancras, London. Arthur Sullivan, head of the family and an Advertising Agent, born 1856 in Clerkenwell, London and his wife Emma, born 1857 in Wolverhampton, Staffs. also Georgina, daughter, single, born 1875, Alice, daughter, born 1878, Arthur, son, born 1883, Gertrude, daughte, born 1885, Daisy, daughter, born 1887, the latter five children were all born in St. Pancras, London, and May, daughter, born 1889 in Maidstone, Kent. The 1911 census records for Nethsdale Avenue, Market Harborough, Leics. Rose Sullivan, head of the family and a widow, a Laundry Manageress, born 1859 in Wolverhampton, Staffs. also Arthur, son, single and a Laundry Manager, born 1883 in St. Pancras, London, Gerty, daughter, single and a Packer, born 1886 in St. Pancras, London, May, daughter, single and a Machinist, born 1890 in Peckham, London and Ethel, daughter, single, born 1893 in Burton Crescent, London.