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.