Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

The Wedding

Who: Martin John Dailey an Martha Ellen Renner

What: Their Wedding Day

When: June 22, 1946

Where: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; Akron, Ohio

Why: Love

Their Studio Photograph

At The Church

Mom with her parents Charles and Nellie Hitchcock Renner

Mom and Dad on the left. Their Best Man & Maid on Honor on right

When Mom and Dad got married he was almost 15 years her senior. That is challenging enough, and I know this first hand.  On top of that add that as a new bride mom had to start her married life in the home of dad's mom, who was elderly. My mom didn't have a chance to put any of her personal touches to the home until Grandma died in 1959.

Although dad died in 1987 mom would have mixed emotions every year on their Anniversary. Today I don't think mom's concept of time would allow her to know it's her Anniversary. That may be a good thing.

Mom's brother & sister-in-law, Ernie & Myrtle Billings Renner were the Best Man and Maid of Honor. I really don't know why Aunt Myrtle's dress looks like a bridal gown. One of my unanswered questions. Another unanswered question is why there was no picture of my Grandma Minnie Dailey with either my Dad or my Dad & Mom. I know she was at the wedding. Strange!

I always thought my mom was "some kind of special" because she converted to Catholocism in order to marry my dad who was Roman Catholic. Back then both bride and groom had to be Catholic to marry in the Catholic Church, and for it to be recognized by the Church. After my dad passed away my mom started going back to her original religion, United Methodist.

I still have mom's wedding dress and veil. I'd like to do something with it but I'm not sure what as it's very fragile. I'm thinking of of making some kind of small keepsake for each of the kids and grandkids.

Happy Father's Day Daddy

This year it's 28 yrs since Dad went to his heavenly home, and not a year goes by that I don't miss popping in on Father's Day with some goofy gift. If I bought him useful stuff, like clothes or tools, he'd throw a fit claiming there was nothing wrong with the clothes or tools he had. Soooo... I got him goofy stuff. He didn't seem to mind those gifts.

My dad as a boy making his First Holy Communion

My dad in his younger days returning from the hunt.

My dad when he was in the Army Air Corps, WWII

My Dailey Family Unit

Remember my post a couple of days ago about the Daily-Mathias outing around 1924? Well, today I’m bringing you My Family Unit in the photo. My dad is #90, Martin Dailey. My family unit, being Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey, is on the far right side of the panoramic photo. I cropped this area for reference.

All of the people shown, except for one child #19 and one man #92, are my family unit.

Row 1: #20 Margaret Dailey, daughter of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

            #21 Ruby Dailey Crispin, daughter of Herb & Vera Gaugler Dailey

Row 2:

#55 Philomena “Minnie” Mathias Dailey, wife of Charles Dailey deceased at the time the                photo was taken.

#56 Anna Josephine Tompkins Dailey, wife of Charles R “Dick” Dailey

#57 Vera Gaugler Dailey, wife of Herbert Dailey

#58 Virginia Dailey Bohm, daughter of Herbert & Vera Gaugler Dailey

#59 Herbert Dailey, son of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

Row 3:

#90 Martin John Dailey, my dad, and son of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

#91 Charles R “Dick” Dailey, son of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

#93 Ernest Dailey, son of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

#94 Albert Dailey, son of Charles & Minnie Mathias Dailey

#19 is listed as Lyle Dailey, son of Jacob & Mary “Molly” Davis Dailey. Jacob was deceased          when this photo was taken, and was my grandfather’s brother.

#92 is unknown but listed as a friend of Ernest Dailey.

The Dailey-Mathias Clan

I would like to take you back to about 1924 in Chillicothe, Ohio. The Dailey and Mathias clans got together for a family outing, and it was held at the then Smith Junior High School on Arch Street. The turnout for these outings was huge! Why? Remember… my grandfather’ Charles Dailey, had married my grandmother, Minnie Mathias. Charles’ sister; Aretha Mae Dailey, had married Minnie’s brother, Joseph Dailey. 

Left side of the photo

Right side of the photo

A photographer was on hand to take a panoramic photo of everyone. I have one of these long photos which belonged to Grandma Minnie. At a later time someone made two photocopies of the picture and gave everyone a number. A list was compiled that tried to identify every number with a name. There were quite a few people who were not identified at that time. The information was supplied by:

          (1)  Elizabeth H. Flesher Gilmore #18 on the photo.  [Granddaughter of Rebecca                            Elizabeth Dailey and Peter Henry Flesher] 

          (2)  Ruby A. Dailey Crispin #21 on the photo.  [Granddaughter of Charles Dailey and                      Minnie Mathias Dailey. 

I think this is awesome; because when the photo was taken the two informants were just children. 

Then, in the late 1980’s, four more people sat down and tried to fill in the missing names. These four were my mom, Martha Renner Dailey; myself, Marlene Dailey Diefendorf; and two cousins Martha Mathias Bowman and Frances Davis Ulry. Quite a few name were filled in but there are still some unidentified people… but there’s always hope that some day, some one, could fill in more blanks.

Our Branch of the Tree

All of us “Dailey Cousins” are from one of the children born to Charles Dailey and Philomena ‘Minnie’ Margaret Mathias. As one can imagine the name Dailey can be found spelled many ways, and sometimes on the same document. My dad, Martin John Dailey, said he heard the family is of Irish and German ancestry. There is plenty of documentation of the German ancestry, but I have not found anything to support the Irish ancestry legend.

My dad, Martin, didn’t remember his dad Charles that well because he died when my dad was very young. From Census records I have found Charles, as well as his father Joseph, were Carriage Makers/Woodworkers. Long after my dad died my mom, Martha, showed me an old wooden box in the basement that was full of old wood working tools. Mom said dad told her they belonged to his dad.

Charles Dailey

Philomena "Minnie" Margaret Mathias Dailey

Philomena "Minnie" Margaret Mathias Dailey as most of us remember her.

Charles Dailey was born 10 April 1866 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio to Joseph & Elizabeth Dailey. Minnie Mathias Dailey was born 25 November 1874 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio to John and Margaret Mathias. Charles and Minnie were married in Chillicothe 15 May 1892 by Reverend J. C. Cupp. Together they had 6, possibly 7, children who were all born in Ross County, Ohio except the youngest who was born in Summit County, Ohio.

Children of Charles and Minnie Dailey

1 Albert Joseph Dailey

Born:  9 November 1892 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio

Died: 15 Apr 1931 in Barberton, Summit Co., Ohio

Legend has it that Albert had a twin who died at birth. I have not found anything to prove or disprove this legend.

            Married Ruth E Baughman

                        Barbara Dailey Rohrer

2 Herbert Anthony Dailey

born: 16 October 1894 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio

died: 15 Jan 1975 in Barberton, Summit Co., Ohio

            Married Vera Fern Gaugler

                        Virginia Dailey Bohm

                        Ruby Dailey Crispin

                        Edna Dailey Barnes

3 Charles Roland “Dick” Dailey

born: 16 June 1900 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio

died: 1 Sep 1970 in Ontario, Canada

            Married Anna Josephine Tompkins

                        Richard Dailey

                        Joanne Dailey Dowler

                        Gordon Dailey

4 Ernest Dailey

born: 17 March 1905 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio

died: 2 Aug 1958 in Akron, Summit Co., Ohio

            Married Edith Lila Wolfenbarger

                        Margaret Dailey Schoolcraft

5 Martin John Dailey

born: 5 May 1908 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio

died: 6 Mar 1987 in Barberton, Summit Co., Ohio

            Married Martha Ellen Renner

                        Marlene Dailey Travis Diefendorf

6 Margaret Philomena Dailey

born: 7 April 1913 in Kenmore, Summit Co., Ohio

died: 22 Jul 1936 in Akron, Summit Co., Ohio

Never married.

Dailey Clan circa 1948-49

Sharing some of Martha Ellen (Renner) Dailey's photos of the Dailey Clan;

Family picnic, but I don't know where. Judging by my age in the 2nd photo I'd guess 1948-49.

L-R: Margaret Dailey; Dick & Jo Dailey; Vera & Herb Dailey; Ernie Renner

L-R: Martha & Martin Dailey; Marlene Dailey; Minnie Dailey; Ernie & Edith Dailey; Margaret Dailey; Herb Dailey

4 of the 5 Dailey brothers: L-R; Herb, Dick, Ernie, Martin

(Albert Dailey was deceased)

Hello

Hello Everyone!

I've decided to create this blog, Search Through Time, to connect with family members who are interested in their Family Tree, but not so much in wading through countless forms. Let's face it... those forms can be confusing and hard to understand unless you are used to working with them.

I started with the Dailey-Mathias Family Tree back in 1986. Back then there weren't all the online records that are available today. Back then genealogy was done through research trips, countless hours searching through old, dusty records, and lots of time and money. If you couldn't travel to where an ancestor had lived you had to actually sit down and write a letter asking for information and patiently wait until someone, hopefully, wrote back.

In the 1990's I started tracing the Diefendorf-Norris Family Tree because little was known or recorded about Ken's family. I had to stop all my research when Ken became sick because he was my main priority. Records got misplaced; and a home break in a few years ago didn't help any. Many of my records, documents, and pictures were lost or damaged and are gone forever. Time and money won't allow me to even try to replace them.

Even so, I'm bound to recreate what I can, mostly through online searches, so that something is recorded for these families.