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James SHAUGHNESSY

James SHAUGHNESSY

Male 1839 - 1923  (84 years)

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  • Name James SHAUGHNESSY 
    Born 5 Aug 1839  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration CA 1865  [2, 3] 
    • Naturalized American citizen.
    Census 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1872, 1880, 1900  [2, 4, 5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1910, 1920  Beaver, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation laborer  [1] 
    Died 16 Sep 1923  Beaver, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried DAUGHERTY CEMETERY  [1] 
    Person ID I130339  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2021 

    Father Thomas SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 1808, Cong, County Mayo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Maria MCGUIRE,   b. CA 1821, County Mayo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Family ID F57030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bridget Agnes "Biddy" DUVANNEY,   b. 7 Jun 1852, Independence, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1925, Beaver, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 26 May 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      James Shoughency [sic], 36, b. Ireland, farmer, cannot write; wife Briget, 28, b. WVa (both parents born in Ireland); dau Anna, 6; dau Mary, 5; dau Sarah A, 3; son Patric, 1.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 27 1900:
      James Shaughnessy, 60, b. Aug 1839 in Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), immigrated in 1866 (naturalized U.S. citizen), farmer, cannot read, married 28 yrs; wife Biddy A, 48, b. Jun 1852 in WVa (both parents b. Ireland), married 28 yrs, 9 children (all still living); dau Sarah, 23, b. Mar 1877, single; dau Nellie, 18, b. Feb 1882, single, attended school within the year; son Thomas, 15, b. Dec 1884, attended school; dau Maggie, 12, b. Jul 1887, attended school; son Joseph, 10, b. May 1889, attended school; dau Grace R, 5, b. Sep 1894.

      1910 Census, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania (Borough of Beaver), enumerated on May 5, 1910 at 461 Buffalo Street:
      James Shaughnessy, 70, b. Ireland, immigrated 1864, naturalized in 1864, no occupation, married 37 yrs; wife Bridget, 57, married 37 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Sarah, 33, single, no occupation; son Patrick, 30, single, tinner & slater; son Thomas, 25, single, day laborer; dau Margaret, 22, single, stenographer; son John, 20, single, apprentice in tin shop; dau Grace, 15. All born in West Virginia except James, born in Ireland.

      1920 Census, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania (Borough of Beaver), enumerated on Jan 14 1920 at 461 Buffalo Street:;
      James Shaughnessy, 80; wife B. Agnes, 67; dau Sarah, 50, single; dau Grace, 24, single, stenograph for railroad; son John Joseph, 30, single, tinner in shop; granddau Helen Agnes Noonen, 12. All born in West Virginia except James, b. Ireland, and Helen, b. Pennsylvania. [6, 7]
    Children 
     1. Anna SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 29 Sep 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 5 May 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sarah A. SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 8 Mar 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Patrick SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 20 Feb 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ellen Nellie SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 12 Feb 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Thomas William SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 3 Dec 1884, Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1948, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Margaret "Maggie" SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 21 Jul 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. John Joseph SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 25 May 1889, Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1968, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     9. Grace L. SHAUGHNESSY,   b. 21 Sep 1894, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1984, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F57032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 190, Line 23 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791229&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.