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Family life
His parents were called Felix, who was born in 1829, and Rosa, who was born in 1851. He also had a younger brother named William Joseph O’Hanlon, who was born in 1884. Felix was a spirit merchant, William was a scholar, and Rosa did not work. The O’Hanlon's were a wealthy family, they were wealthy enough to have at least one servant in their house when O'Hanlon was growing up, one of them was named Teresa, who was born in 1863. The entire family was able to read and write. O'Hanlon lived in Portadown for all of his childhood.

He married his wife Catherine Veronica O’Hanlon, Catherine was born in 1885, and they both lived in Portadown for some time until they moved to Dublin. John and Catherine were also a wealthy family with O'Hanlon being a wine and spirit merchant as well as a chess player. They too were also able to afford the luxury of having a servant work for them, one of them was named Rose Mc Kervan who was born in 1873.

In comparison to her famous, chess playing husband, Catherine O’Hanlon preferred to live away from the spotlight. In many news articles about O'Hanlon, she is never mentioned except once. On 10 June 1922, O'Hanlon was one of several hundred people arrested by the government of Northern Ireland, for suspicion of being a member of an unlawful association or party. His wife Catherine had to write an affidavit stating that he was arrested on the 10 June and had since been detained without any charge being brought against him.

Catherine and John were married for 53 years before his death on the 20 February 1960 in Dublin. They had no children.