Censuses of the Shaughnessy's 1850 - 1860 - 1870 - 1880 - 1900 - 1910 - 1920 - 1930
Michael Shaughnessy (1816-1885) & Ann (1818) (1st generation)
John J. Shaughnessy (1845-1922) & Mary Louise Brewer (1855-1894) (2nd generation)
Michael Shaughnessy (1816-1885) & Ann (1818-pre1880) Children: John, William, Mary. Michael may have immigrated 16 Dec 1847, with possibly a brother Robert. I found the following immigration for Ann - Shaughnessy, Ann, (31), Ireland, Liverpool - ship Silas Greenman, date 5 Jun 1850. The 1850 census was taken 23 July. The 1860 census shows Michael Oshanghnepey, (50), blind and son John, (14), Utica NY. Unknown where Ann and Mary are. 1870 census has Michell Oshannasey, blind, (60) Ireland, Ann (50) Ireland, John (24) Ireland, Mary (22) Ireland, Michell (2) b. NY.
Ann
died prior to 1880. 1880 census has Michael Shaughnessy (60) which his age
should be 70, father-in-law, daughter Mary Brady (35) m. John Brady (40)
Ireland, living at 30 Exchange St., Binghamton, NY. Children: Julia (5)
NY, Edward (4) NY, Mary (2) NY and John (8 mos) NY.
John J. Shaughnessy, b. 10 Jul 1845, Ireland, d. 9 Nov 1922, Utica NY - Probate - Last Will & Testament
Mary L. Brewer, b. 5 Mar 1855, NY, d. 9 Sep 1894, Utica, NY
Children:
John F. Shaughnessy, b. abt. 1872, d. 1918, New York City. Per the Utica Saturday Globe, 12 May 1909 , John F. Shaughnessy, was born 46 years prior (1872), that he left Utica about 1898 for NYC. John F. Shaughnessy married Katharine Barton Prior, 11 Feb 1901, NYC. In 1910, John and Katharine, no children and in the 1920 census Katharine as a widow. Utica Saturday Globe, 12 May 1909, "Former Utican Who has Won Wide Success in New York"
Sarah S. Shaughnessy, b. abt. 1874, d. 4 Jul 1943, m. Leverett Smith, MA, abt. 1904, Utica, NY children: Leverett Smith Jr., 1909, Utica NY and William L. Smith
William Shaughnessy, b. abt. 1877, d. 11 Feb 1923, m. abt. 1903, Utica NY, Mable C. Maxwell, b. abt 1878. I have found William J./H./G. Shaughnessy as found in the census of 1880,1900, 1910, 1920 and by the1930 census William has died. However in 1930 census, I found Mabel C. with her mother Teresa D. Maxwell, living at 1434 Francis St. Utica. Which is the address in the 1920 census and the article "Seriously Ill in New York" 7 May 1918, about John F. Shaughnessy. Mabel C. Maxwell is the daughter of William, b. abt. 1851, England and Teresa Maxwell, b. abt. 1857, NY.
Anna L. Shaughnessy, b. abt. 1881, d. 11 Feb 1923, m. Arthur C. Ruden, Utica NY, lived Syracuse for a while members of the Disciples Christian Church, died while visiting from her home in Cleveland, Ohio almost the same hour as her brother William Shaughnessy.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shaughnessy, b. 6 Sep 1882 or 1888, Utica NY, d. 8 Jan 1949, San Francisco, CA. May have married George Felix Begnal prior to 1902. Children: Clifford Franklin Begnal, 31 Mar 1903, Utica, NY.
Mary Louise Shaughnessy, b. 24 Nov 1884, Utica, NY, d. Jan 1969, Utica, NY, never married
Ella/Ellen S. Shaughnessy, b. abt. 1889, d. 5 May 1947, Utica, NY, married Dean Rockwell, abt. 1918, children: Dean M. III and John W.
Censuses of this Shaughnessy' line
1850a & 1850b - Michael Shanesa (34) - Ann (32), Children: John (4), William (1) and Mary (8)
1860 - Michael Oshanghnepey (50) - Blind - with son John (14) only
1870a & 1870b - Michell Oshannasey (60) - Blind - Ann (50), John (24) brick mason, Mary A (22) seamstress and Michell (2)
1880 - Michael Shaughnessy - Blind - living with daughter Mary Brady (35) and husband John Brady (40)
1880 - John J. Shaughnessy and Mary Louise Brewer and children
living at 23 Hobart St. Utica
1900 - John J. Shaughnessy, Mary died 1894, living at 146 Howard St. Utica.
Children: Sarah, William, Anna L., Lizzie, Mary L., Ella.
1910 - line 17, John J. Shaughnessy and children, living at 35 Chestnut St., Utica. Mary Louise Brewer Shaughnessy, d. 9 Sep 1894. He is indexed as Shawghessy
1920 - line 63, John J. Shaughnessy, dau. Mary L., Ella/Ellen Shaughnessy Rockwell w/husband Dean M. Rockwell Jr. living at 809 Chestnut St., Utica. He is indexed as Shaunghey.
Census of Elizabeth Shaughnessy Begnal 1910, 1920, 1930
The following Shaughnessy's are buried at the New Forest Cemetery, Utica, NY
Father - John J. Shaughnessy, parents Patrick Shaughnessy, b. 10 July 1845, d. 6
Nov 1922
Mother - Mary L. Shaughnessy, parents John & Mary Brewer, b. 5 Mar 1855, d. 9
Sep 1894
Dau. Sarah S. Smith, parents John J. & Mary L. Brewer Shaughnessy, b. 14 Nov
1873, d. 4 Jul 1943
Dau. Mary L. Shaughnessy, parents John & Mary Shaughnessy, b. 1 Oct 1884,
d. 5 May 1947
Variations of the surname per census findings/other records - Shanesa, Oshanghnepey, Oshannasey, Shawghessy, Shaunghey
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