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Note: according to the Eulalia Cemetery database, he died April 27 1940, We had April 25, with burial date of April 28. Laura Larrabee McConeghy's notes from 1941 say he died April 28 1940 after a lingering illness of 18 years.
James was for years in the service of the C&P.A. RR as conductor and during the First World War in the Pennsylvania munitions factories.
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1870 US Census, Franklin, Delaware County, New York, page #50 (174-B) & #51 (175-A), dwelling #388, family #437,
ancestry.com image #50&51 of 85, enumerated July 26, 1870.
Dan'l McConaghy, (head) age 57, occ: laborer R.R., born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth, not a citizen of US
Matilda, (wife), age 49, occ: keeping house, born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth,
John, (son), age 18, occ: laborer R.R., born in Delaware, parents of foreign birth,
Dan'l, (son), age 16, occ: laborer R.R. born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth,
Mary J., (daughter), age 9, at home, born in Pennsylvania, parents of foreign birth, attended school,
James, (son), age 7, at home, born in Pennsylvania, parents of foreign birth, attended school
Fanny, (daughter) age 6, at home, born in Pennsylvania, parents of foreign birth
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Matilda, (daughter), age 4, at home, born in Pennsylvania, parents of foreign birth
Robert, (son), age 10/12, at home, born in August in New York, parents of foreign birth
(also living with them were 3 other non-relations, probably boarders, 3 different surnames but names are difficult to read,
1 RR Laborer age 60, 1 RR laborer age 45, 1 female age 31 keeping house, all were born in Ireland,
the oldest man and the woman could not read or write.)
On the first page the McConeghy surname is difficult to read, it looks like McConagr/v or McConager or McConafer, on the second page it is looks more like McConethy. It is misindexed as Mc conager(Unknown) or Mc conaghr (Unknown) in ancestry.com's index
on genealogy.com it is indexed as McConafer.
wife Matilda's age appears to be listed as 49 but she should have been 47 so it is possibly just sloppy writing.
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1880 US Census Larrabee Village, Eldred Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, ED #87, Dwelling #558, family # 580, page #58,
sheet 274-B, enumerated July 16, 1880, ancestry.com image # 58 of 67.
Matilda McConeghey (sic), head, widow, age 58, occ: keeping house, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland
John K. , son, age 27, single, occ: RR Brakeman, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland
Daniel R.(sic), son, age 25, single, occ: RR Express Manager, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland
Mary, daughter, age 19, single, occ: housekeeper, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland
James, son, age 18, single, occ: laborer, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland
Fannie, daughter, age 16, single, at home, attended school within the year, born in PA, parents born in Ireland
Matilda, daughter, age 13, single, at school, born in PA, parents born in Ireland
(note: age discrepancy on widow Matilda's age again. If she had been 36 in July 1860 (census) she should have been 56 in July 1880 (census) the birthdate we have for her would have made her 37 in 1860 and 57 in 1880 not 58.)
Census ages are sometimes confusing - the 1880 census instructions say to enter the age at last birthday prior to June 1 1880. The census year officially ended May 31, so they wanted the age of people within the census year, but in this case they were enumerating 90 days later than that so who knows what they were actually recording) Other than the mother, the ages are all about as expected plus or minus one year.
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1900 US Census, Coudersport Borough, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, ED #105, sheet 10B, dwelling #216, family # 222 enumerated June 7, 1900, genealogy.com image # 53 of 91.
address : Mill Street.
James McConneghy (sic), head, born July 1862, age 37, married 14 years, born in Delaware, both parents born in Ireland,
occ: RR Conductor, owned his home free of mortgage
Alma, wife, born Jan 1869, age 31, married 14 years, 4 children - 4 living, born in Pennsylvania, both parents born in Switzerland
Carl, son, born Sept 1889, age 12, born in Pennsylvania, both parents born in Switzerland (?? this was probably an enumerator error), at school
Ida, daughter, born Jan 1890, age 10, born in Pennsylvania, at school
Verena, daughter, born July 1893, age 6, born in Pennsylvania, at school
Dorthy (sic), daughter, born Jan 1896, age 4, born in Pennsylvania,
Ida Hertig, sister-in-law, born March 1867, born in Pennsylvania, both parents born in Switzerland, single
Verena Kepler, sister-in-law, born Jan 1851, age 49, born in Switzerland, both parents born in Switzerland, immigrated in 1856,
married for 12 years, had 2 children, none living
(verified by examination of the census image)
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1910 US Census, ED #111, Ward2, Coudersport, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, sheet #10-B, enumerated April 25, 1910,
dwelling #231 , family #244 , image 20 of 34.
address : 502 Maple St.
James McConeghy, head, age 47, married 23 years, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland, occ: engineer on railroad, owned his house.
Alma, wife, age 41, married 23 years, had 4 children, 4 living, born in PA, parents born in Switzerland, occ: none
Verena, daughter, age 16, born in PA, occ: none
Dorothea, daughter, age 14, born in PA, occ: none
(verified by examination of census image)
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1920 US Census, Coudersport Boro, Ward 2,Eulalia Twp, Potter Co, PA, ed #113, dwelling # 78, family # 81, pg 5 of 33
enumerated January 6, 1920.
Address: 502 Maple Street
James M. McConeghy, 56, head, born in Delaware, father born in Ireland, mother tongue Irish, mother born in Ireland, mother tongue Scotch, owned home free of mortgage, occupation "road" ?? or maybe "none"
Alma, 50, wife, born in PA, parents born in Switzerland, their mother tongues Swiss-German.
Dorothy, 24, daughter, single, born in PA. occupation, clerk - dry goods store.
(verified by examination of census images)
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Note: according to given census age he should have been born in 1863, not 1862. or he should have been 57 in 1920, if the month is correct.
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1930 US Census, Ward 2 Coudersport Boro, Eulalia Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, image 11 of 53, sheet 6-B, enumerated April 12, 1930. Dwelling #152, family # 154.
address: 502 Maple Street
James McConeghy, head, age 67, owned his home - value $6000, did not own a radio set, first married at age 24, born in Delaware, parents born in Ireland, occ: none, was not a veteran.
Alma, wife, age 60, born in PA, parents born in Switzerland, first married at age 17, occ: manager - department store
Verena Raymond, daughter, age 36, married, born in PA, first married at age 24, occ: musician - church
June McFarland, grand-daughter, age 15, born in NY, father born in NY, mother born in PA
Jack Raymond, grandson, age 11, born in PA
Jeanne Raymond, grand-daughter, age 8, born in PA,
James Raymond, grandson, age 5, born in Maryland
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The Coudersport cemetery records transcription indicates that a stilborn child of James and Alma is buried in the family plot. There is no stone, and the records do not give any dates or a name. This fact was also mentioned by Frances McConeghy Philo.
The 1900 census indicated only 4 children all living, so if there was a stillbirth it probably occurred after 1900.
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