Notes on the Maley & Quinn Families

On April 26,1870 the S.S. Nebraska arrived in New York from Liverpool, England.On board was, Patrick Maley,listed as a laborer, his wife, Mary Quinn and four children.The children were: Katherine, 8 (Pat's grandmother); John, 5; Mary, 3; and Michael, 4 months.

Patrick Maley was born in County Mayo, Ireland about 1819. Around 1842 he married, Mary Quinn. Mary was born about 1827 in County Mayo to Patrick Quinn and his wife, Bridget, whose surname is unknown. Patrick Maley's parents were Patrick Maley and wife, Bridget, whose surname is also unknown. Nothing more is known concerning their parents.

The family settled in Cincinnati, Ohio and we have no knowledge as to why they went there, how they got there, or what may have transpired from the time the S.S. Nebraska docked until they arrived in Ohio. We do know the couple had two other sons who did not make the journey with them, but came to Ohio later on. They had a family of six children altogether, the four children already mentioned and two other sons, one of whom we are certain was born in Ireland and one who may have been born in Ireland or England.

Their oldest child, Joseph was born about 1842/43 in Knocklenare, County Mayo, Ireland. On 7/8/1864 in Chester, England he married Julia Stanley, the daughter of William Stanley, a farmer. On the marriage registration Joseph was listed as a grocer. Before eventually emigrating to Ohio, Joseph, who used the surname Mealy, went to Canada first as some of his children were born there.

Patrick, the second son, was most likely born in Ireland around 1849. He, like his older brother, married in England to Ellen Burns. At some point he emigrated to Ohio also and died in Springfield, Ohio on 18/12/1912.

Katherine was born in Chester, Cheshire County, England on12 July 1862, and according to the registration of birth the family was living at 34 ParryÕs Entry, Foregate St., Chester, England. She married William Francis O'Connell (see the O'Connell text) at Cinncinatti, Ohio on 15/8/1888.

John, born 13/3/1865 in Chester, England may have died young as no further records for him can be found in Ohio.

Mary, born in Chester, England on 24/6/1867, married Frank Gould and other researchers have said they had no children.

Michael, the last of the children, was born in Chester, England on the 23rd day of December in 1869. He married Catherine Quinlan in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a boiler maker and around 1940 he had retired to the Quinn farm which was located about 50 miles north of Milwaukee. His retirement was short lived since he died in Chicago on 4/2/1942.

As in any family there is some family lore concerning Patrick Maley and his wife Mary Quinn. It is said that Mary was a cousin to James Cardinal Gibbons, yet no direct connection has been found. We do know Mary had a brother named Patrick since he was listed with them in a census of Chester, England, being listed as her husband's brother-in-law. Patrick was said to be a Barrister in both Ireland and England, that he could read and wrote a very fine hand, and that he spoke several languages. If that is so, then why was he shown in the census as an agricultural laborer? Had he been trained as a Barrister and had to give it up because of the hard times and the famine in Ireland? His wife Mary was not educated and could only make her mark, an X made on Katherine's birth record. We may never know the answers to these questions. They both died in Cincinnati, Patrick on 31 March 1884, and Mary on 4 Nov 1887.

There was another Maley in Chester, England at the time of the 1861 census. His name was Thomas and the son of Edward Maley and his wife Catherine. He had married Margaret Brannon and they migrated to Ohio and can be found in the census records for 1880. Their daughter Mary, born in October of 1860 was most likely born in Chester, England.