John Aloysius Shea

1874 - 1968  (93 years)

• Name	John Aloysius Shea  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	15 Jun 1874	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  		1881 Wales Census
  		England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  		Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962 The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Ser
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales   [4]
  Relationship: Son
  Residence	1900	Smith, Mahoning, Ohio, USA   [6]
  25 Age: 25; Blacksmith Occupation: Blacksmith; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Y; CanRead: Y; CanWrite: Y; EnumerationDistrict: 0053; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: Naturalized; OwnsFarm: H; YearsInUS: 8; YearsMarried: 4; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1950	Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA   [7]
  StreetAddress: W. ???; 76 Age: 76; Odd Jobs Occupation: Odd Jobs; ApartmentNumber: Apt. 3; Citizenship: Yes; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 100-37; HoursWorked: 20; Industry: Anybodys; OccupationCategory: Working; Brother RelationToHead: Brother; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed
  Death	Jun 1968  [5]
  	94 Age: 94
  SocialSecurityNumber	715168915  [5]
  Name	J Shea  [5]
  Name	John Shea  [6]
  Name	John Shea  [8]
  Name	John Shea  [7]
  Residence	Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA   [8]
  Death	3 Jun 1968	Youngstown, Mahoning, USA   [8]
  	93 Age: 93
  Person ID	I55	Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel Shea,   b. 29 Apr 1845, Kerry, Ireland d. 26 Jul 1909, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Flaherty,   b. Abt 1844, Ireland d. Oct 1884, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales (Age ~ 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Jan 1862	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales   [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  	According to the Marriage Certificate, Daniel Shea and Mary Flaherty were 19 years old, indicating they were born in January, 1843. Potential Catholic Churches they were married in: • St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church - Closes to Quarry Row • St. David’s Church • St. Tydfils Old Parish Church Married at the Catholic Chapel in George Town
  		Daniel Shea Flaherty marriage ct
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  Age at Marriage	He : 16 years and 9 months - She : ~ 18 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maggie Shea,   b. Nov 1874, Ohio, USA
  Marriage	Apr 1896	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales   [3, 6]
  		England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 10 months - She : 21 years and 5 months.
  Children	1. Annie Shea,   b. Apr 1897, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Shea,   b. Dec 1899, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - StreetAddress: W. ???; 76 Age: 76; Odd Jobs Occupation: Odd Jobs; ApartmentNumber: Apt. 3; Citizenship: Yes; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 100-37; HoursWorked: 20; Industry: Anybodys; OccupationCategory: Working; Brother RelationToHead: Brother; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed - 1950 - Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Residence - - Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Wales Immagration ship

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962
  		Descendants of Jeremiah Shea
  		Descendants of Jeremiah Shea_1

  
  

• Sources

  [S200] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S23] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [S141] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [S77] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Class: RG11; Piece: 5318; Folio: 13; Page: 19; GSU roll: 1342280. 1881 Wales Census [S385] Ancestry.com, U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;;), The National Archives at Atlanta; Morrow, Georgia; Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934 - 1987; Record Group Number: 184. Record for J Shea https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61597&h=288177&indiv=try [S420] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Smith, Mahoning, Ohio; Roll: 1300; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0053. Record for John Shea https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=40981594&indiv=try 1900 United States Federal Census [S589] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; Roll: 1047; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 100-37. Record for John Shea https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=203334479&indiv=try 1950 United States Federal Census [S558] Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007. Record for John Shea https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5763&h=3575429&indiv=try [S438] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1789-2016, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-S59H-T4?cc=1614804&wc=ZYJX-RM9%3A121347801%2C122765101 : 15 July 2014), Mahoning > Marriage records 1914-1915 vol 33 > image 116 of 326; county courthouses, Ohio. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-S59H-T4?i=115&cc=1614804 [S439] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZY-BPHB?cc=2128172&wc=7DZ2-PSG%3A1296033901%2C1296511902 : 2 October 2014), Belmont > Death certificates, 1940-1942 > image 1838 of 3027; county courthouses, Ohio. Timothy D Shea death certificate https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZY-BPHB?i=1837&cc=2128172 [S440] England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJ1-7N6 [S440] England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJY-TQZ [S442] in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=25837799 [S442] in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=9862514 [S446] Marriage Certificate of Daniel Shea and Mary Flaherty, Certified copy of an entry of Marriage in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Brecon Wales. Marriage solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel George Town in the District of Merthyr Tydfil in the Counties of Glamorgan and Brecon. No. 198 When Married: Twenty-fifth January 1862 Name and Surname: Daniel Shea. Mary Flaherty Age: Years 19 19 Condition: Rank or Profession: Navvie (manual labor of roads, canals or train tracks) Residence at Time of Marriage: Quarry Street. Father’s Name and Surname: Jeremiah Shea. Patrick Flaherty Rank or Profession of Father: Navvie Married in the Catholic Chapel George Town according to the rites and ceremonies of the Catholic Church. This marriage was solemnized between us: X the mark of Daniel Shea. X the mark of Mary Flaherty in the Presence of us, X the mark of Florence and Ellen MacCarthy. Note: Florence and Ellen MacCarthy were living next to Jeremiah Shea in 1861 census Daniel Shea Flaherty marriage ct