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Photo Album: Four Generations
The above photo, taken in 1909, shows four generations of my family. Top
center is my great-great-grandmother, Julia Carolan Daily. On the right is
Julia’s daughter, my great-grandmother, Catherine A. Dooley. Left is Joseph
Michael Dooley, my grandfather. Center is the first child of Joseph, my
aunt, Frances Rella Dooley. Julia Carolan was born in Nobber, County Meath,
on October 8, 1835. When she was 15, she came to the United States in 1850
with her father, Thomas, surviving a crossing of fourteen weeks. Julia
married a Galway man, Michael J. Daily on October 29, 1859 in Canton,
Illinois. He died on April 5, 1878, leaving her with four children to raise.
She never remarried. Julia died on January 8, 1912 at the age of 76.
Catherine A. Daily was born on September 3, 1862 in Canton. On June 25, 1884
she married my great-grandfather, John Michael Dooley, who had roots in
County Laois. Their marriage produced four children. Catherine died on
January 5, 1938, at the age of 75.
Joseph M. Dooley was born on October 22, 1885. He married Laura Jane Bronson
in Canton on April 24, 1907. They had three children, Frances Rella, Laura
Josephine, and my father, Joseph Bronson Dooley. He died on January 6, 1947
in Davenport, Iowa at age 61.
Frances was born on May 16, 1909. She married William T. Caffery in 1928 in
Davenport, and had three sons. She died on September 9, 1990 at the age of
81.
Our family now spans the United States, and we are forever grateful to Julia
Carolan Daily for her courage and fortitude in crossing over.
Submitted by John M. Dooley, Davenport, Iowa
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