Jeremiah Dunlay
- Born
- 1 Jan 1830
- Died
- 1 Jan 1905
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
Jeremiah Dunlay (c.1830-1905) from the parish of Tracton Co Cork. He may have also been called Darby or descended from a Darby Dunlea.
In 1847, during the height of the Great Famine, he left Ireland from Queenstown (Cobh) arriving in Boston MA with his brothers James, John, Patrick, Lawrence, Daniel and William Dunlay (no ship's record)
Family name in states recorded as Dunlay (Variations in surname spelling Dunlea, Dunlay, Dunley,Delay).
The Dunlay brothers worked building railroads in America
In 1854 - Jeremiah Dunlay married Mary Conway (c1830-1883) who was also born in Ireland, probably between 1825-1835. All children born in the US.
Jeremiah served in the US Civil War.
Jeremiah Dunlay & Mary Conway had a few kids (where?) Then moved to Clarksburg, WV (an area called Harrison/ Ten mile) where they had more children (total of about 11):
- Ellen Dunlay (never married),
- Kate Dunlay married Timothy Maher/John King,
- Daniel Dunlay married Annie Quinn,
- John Dunlay married to a Catherine?
- Mary A. Dunlay married to ? Leonard,
- Patrick Dunlay never married)
- Michael Dunlay married Annie?,
- James Dunlay married Annie Kolb,
- William Dunlay married Ida Carlbaugh
- Frank Dunlay married Agnes Coyle
His wife, Mary Conway, died in Clarksburg in 1883, age 53.
Jeremiah and children then moved to McKeesport, PA where his briother Daniel Dunlay also resided.
In 1905, Jeremiah Dunlay died in McKeesport, PA.
Jeremiah & Mary Dunlay's Grandchildren:
Kate had two children to Timothy Maher: Mary Maher (married James Leech) and Annie Maher (married Thomas Welsh).
Frank and Agnes had three sons and one daugher that I know of: Francis, Regis, Edward, and Mercedes.
Regis had (at least one son named Lance)
Francis had at least one son (named Francis jr.).
Daniel Dunlay and Anne Quinn had eight children: Jack, Tom, Mayme, Hilda, Dick Ruth, Gertrude, and Coyle. Jack is Jim Dunlay's Gr. Grandfather.
Would love to know if he has long-lost relatives living in or about Tracton, Co. Cork today.
SEE https://irelandxo.com/ireland/cork/tracton-cork/message-board/looking-jeremiah-dunleadelaydunlay-dunley
