James Joseph Keneally
- Born
- 23 Oct 1850
- Died
- 15 Aug 1926
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to New York/Born in Ireland
James Joseph Keneally was born 23 October 1850 in Ballinreesig, Douglas Parish, Cork and Ross. He was son of Jeremiah Kenealy b 1819 Cork and Bridget Donovan of Gormlee, Dunballoge, Barrymore, Cork. Jeremiah worked for the Bainbridge Estate as Chief Gardener but he removed with his family to Cork City during the famine by 1850 when James was born.
James Joseph emigrated with his brother, John Keneally b 9 Oct 1852, to Boston ca 1867 (according to his answer on the 1900 Federal Census for California.) Later questions say he emigrated in 1875. He came through the Port of Boston. He was Naturalized in San Francisco Court on 2 Nov 1876. Both James Joseph and John Patrick went first to an "Uncles' house in St. Paul, MN. According to his Newspaper obit, he learned the trade of plastering from his Uncle (unnamed). From St. Paul, MN, the two brothers relocated in the booming city of San Francisco. They are on the 1880 Federal Census for San Francisco. living in the same household. John was married to Julia O'Brien by then and had two children on the 1880 Census. James J. was single and his occupation was "plasterer".
James Joseph removed from San Francisco to Sacramento, CA and met Cecelia Gertrude Hallanan. She was b 1865 in St. Louis, MO and came to Sacramento, CA travelling around the Horn of South America when she was 2 yrs old. James and Cecelia married in Sacramento, CA in 1886.
John Patrick Keneally (wife Julia) stayed in San Francisco, CA where he remained and had his family. He married Julia O'Brien 6 August 1874 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their first two children were born there before he relocated to San Francisco, Calififornia. He died in San Francisco in 1905 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, CA along with his wife, Julia.
James Joseph and his wife Celia Gertrude Kenealy are both buried in the St. Joseph's Cemetery.
