Jeremiah Shay - Sources

13 Jul 1857 - Birth

Our only record of birth is his death certificate.

21 May 1874 - New York Passenger Lists

Jer^h and John Shea, aged 17 and 24 respectively, arrived in New York aboard the SS Nevada. The ship was out of Liverpool, England by way of Queenstown (Cork), Ireland where they probably boarded.

30 June 1880 - US Census for Veteran, Chemung Co, NY

This record identifies Jerry's wife as Jane Grady, daughter of Patrick & Bridget Grady. Patrick & Mary Grady are living next door, which almost certainly gives us Jane's grandparents too!

25 June 1900 - US Census for McHenry Twp, Lycoming Co, PA

The family was living in or near Lock Haven and Adrian had not been born yet.

22 April 1910 - US Census for Towanda, Bradford Co, PA

The Shay family finally settled in Towanda and Jane had her last child, Louise, in Oct 1905. In fact, some of the children had already left home.

1914 Work Journal

Shows how a railroad maintenance supervisor worked in the early part of the 20th century when trains were still the primary method of long distance travel or for heavy hauling.

7 Jan 1920 - US Census for Towanda, Bradford Co, PA

Jerry is still working for the railroad in 1920. Mayme is 37 and still unmaried and living at home. This was not out of the ordinary; children generally left when they began a new family and not before.

7 May 1930 - US Census for Towanda, Bradford Co, PA

This page is confusing. Jerry was living with his daughter Lena McCracken in 1930. I don't know who Kinsman might be. And the list is split between May 6 & 7 mid-family.

2 Jul 1937 - Death Certificate

Jerry Shay and his wife Jane only received a gravestone several decades later when their grandchildren Philip Daly & Betty Daly purchased a marker for them. Information inscribed on the headstone was taken from Jerry's death certificate.

3 Jul 1937 - The Daily Review (newspaper) - Obituary

Jerry Shay died of an infection contracted after he had his appendix out. His grandson, Philip Daly, remembered that Jerry was mowing the lawn when he originally fell ill.