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Daley, Philip

Birth Name Daley, Philip
Gramps ID I0605
Gender male
Age at Death 85 years, 8 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1830 County Cavan, Ulster, Ireland  
 
Census 1870 Ashippun, Dodge Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Ashippun, Dodge Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
2a
Census 1900 Ashippun, Dodge Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
3a
Census 1910 Ashippun, Dodge Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
4a
Death 1915-09-24 Mapleton, Waukesha Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
5a
Burial   Saint Catherine Cemetery, Mapleton, Waukesha Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
 

Families

    Family of Daley, Philip and McAleavey, Bridget [F0226]
Married Wife McAleavey, Bridget [I0606] ( * 1845 + 1913-01-14 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1863-02-02 Mapleton, Waukesha Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
6a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Daley, Mary Jane [I0576]1865-04-011916-04-11
Daley, James Andrew [I0622]18661919
Daley, Eleanor [I0617]18681936
Daley, Edward [I0616]1870
Daley, Kathryn [I0623]18721961-03-17
Daley, Michael Howard [I0618]1876-04-031936-07-28
Daley, Julia Adeline [I0624]18771950
Daley, Philip Cyrus [I0619]1880-05-141932-06-08
Daley, Elizabeth [I0625]1880-12-061957-01-15
Daley, Emma M. [I0621]18831956-04-22
Daley, John Francis [I0620]1884-11-191969-08-05
Daley, Ambrose Joseph [I0626]1886-12-231932-07-17

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Narrative

[Excerpts from the section "Mapleton News" from the Oconomowoc Enterprise, 1 Oct 1919, p2.]

Owen Daley and daughter, Mrs. Farrell, and her son of Sault St. Marie, Michigan, are here, called by the death of Philip Daley.

...

Philip Daley, the last of the Irish pioneers of this vicinity, died at his home Friday morning, after a few days' sickness, death being due to old age. Deceased was ninety years of age. He leaves a family of eleven children and a large number of grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday morning in St. Catherine's church and burial was in St. Catherine's cemetery.

Narrative

[Obituary for Philip Daley, from the Oconomowoc Enterprise, 1 Oct 1915, p8.]

The death of Philip Daley, one of the most respected and well known of Mapleton's pioneer residents, occurred on Friday morning, Sept. 24, 1915, at his home in Mapleton.

Mr. Daley was born Dec. 7, 1823, in County Cavan, Ireland, and came to America in 1856, living in New York state two years and then came to Wisconsin, locating in Mapleton and since had made his home there. His marriage to Miss Bridget McLeavy took place in 1862. Mr. Daley was for a number of years pathmaster in his township and was widely known throughout this vicinity.

He is survived by eleven children: Mrs. Edward Watterson of Mapleton, James and Miss Eleanor Daley of Oconomowoc, Mrs. James Sullivan of Milwaukee, Mrs. Dennis Hays of Hartford, Philip, Ambrose and Miss Katherine Daley of Alderly, Michael of North Lake, John and Miss Elizabeth Daley at the homestead.

Mrs. Daley passed away three years ago.

Funeral services were held Monday morning at St. Catherine's church at Mapleton with burial in St. Catherine's cemetery.

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Note: Establish Philip Daley's date of birth

Chad Schroeder wrote up a fairly extensive comparison of the various records available to try and determine Philip's actual year of birth; so far, nothing specifically definitive has turned up. He writes:

- 1870 census says he was 40, making his YOB 1829 - 1830.
- 1880 census says he was 50, making his YOB 1829 - 1830.
- 1900 census says he was 66, making his YOB 1833 - 1834.
-> This census actually asked for month and year of birth, and Nov 1833 is filled in.
- 1905 census says he was 72, making his YOB 1832 - 1833.
- 1910 census says he was 76, making his YOB 1833 - 1834.
- Several death notices published after his death in September, 1915, list his age
as 86, making his YOB 1828 - 1829.
- Declaration of intention to immigrate (Waukesha County Circuit Court) says he
was born in 1830.
- Petition for naturalization (Dodge County Circuit Court) says he was 60 when it
was filed in 1891, making his YOB 1830 - 1831.
- His gravestone at Saint Catherine's says he was born in 1827, earlier than any
other document suggests.
- His death certificate says he was born in 1823, 4 years earlier than the date on
his gravestone, and a decade earlier than the average census date. According
to this document, he was 91 years, 9 months and 17 days old at the time of his
death, even though all three obituaries said he was 86. This would mean he
was born December 7, 1823. Again, this conflicts with the 1900 census which
asked the month of birth and he indicated November there.

Shortly after this, I found Philip's obituary from the Oconomowoc Enterprise, which gives the same date of birth as the death certificate, and which would make him nearly ninety-two years old at the time of his death. That obituary also names his birthplace as "County Cavan, Ireland," which may make finding a birth record possible.

Pedigree

    1. Daley, Philip
      1. McAleavey, Bridget [I0606]
        1. Daley, Mary Jane [I0576]
        2. Daley, James Andrew [I0622]
        3. Daley, Eleanor [I0617]
        4. Daley, Edward [I0616]
        5. Daley, Kathryn [I0623]
        6. Daley, Michael Howard [I0618]
        7. Daley, Julia Adeline [I0624]
        8. Daley, Philip Cyrus [I0619]
        9. Daley, Elizabeth [I0625]
        10. Daley, Emma M. [I0621]
        11. Daley, John Francis [I0620]
        12. Daley, Ambrose Joseph [I0626]

Source References

  1. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9H-D3F : accessed 7 April 2015), Bridget Daily in household of Phillip Daily, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 21, family 155, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,209.

        Event Year: 1870
        Event Place: Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
        Phillip Daily M 40 Ireland
        Bridget Daily F 25 Canada
        Mary Daily F 7 Wisconsin
        James Daily M 5 Wisconsin
        Ellen Daily F 3 Wisconsin
        Edward Daily M 0 Wisconsin
        Phillipson Daily M 75 Ireland

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4D-ZSD : accessed 9 April 2015), Briget Daily in household of Phillip Daily, Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district 1, sheet 6D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1422; FHL microfilm 1,255,422.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
        Phillip Daily Self M 50 Ireland
        Mary Daily Daughter F 16 Wisconsin, United States
        Ellen Daily Daughter F 11 Wisconsin, United States
        Michael Daily Son M 6 Wisconsin, United States
        Julia Daily Daughter F 3 Wisconsin, United States
        James Daily Son M 14 Wisconsin, United States
        Briget Daily Wife F 33 Canada
        Katie Daily Daughter F 9 Wisconsin, United States
        Phipip Daily Son M 1 Wisconsin, United States

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKZ-916 : accessed 9 April 2015), Bridget Daly in household of Philip Daly, Ashippun Town, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,784.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Ashippun Town, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
        Philip Daly Head M 67 Ireland
        Bridget Daly Wife F 57 Canada (Ir)
        Julia Daly Daughter F 24 Wisconsin
        Philip Daly Son M 21 Wisconsin
        Lizzie Daly Daughter F 19 Wisconsin
        Emma Daly Daughter F 17 Wisconsin
        Johnnie Daly Son M 15 Wisconsin
        Ambrose Daly Son M 13 Wisconsin

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPVH-625 : accessed 7 April 2015), Bridget Daly in household of Phillip Daly, Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 11A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,719.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
        Phillip Daly Head M 76 Ireland
        Bridget Daly Wife F 66 Canada
        John Daly Son M 25 Wisconsin
        Elizabeth Daly Daughter F 28 Wisconsin

  5. Oconomowoc Enterprise (Wisconsin) [S0063]
      • Date: 1915-10-01
      • Page: p8
      • Confidence: High
  6. Waukesha Freeman (Wisconsin) [S0065]
      • Date: 1913-01-23
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Via the Geneaologytrails.com website, submitted by Diana Heser Morse.