Delaney Update

Today I braved the Nor'easter and ventured into Manhattan.  It is supposed to be seventy degrees by the end of the week, and as much as I love researching, I really don't want to spend beautiful vacation days inside NYC Department of Records.

I am not really sure how to write up my new findings.  For some people it is not a problem because I haven't posted their story, but for those I have, I feel it is too soon to post them all over again.  For the time being I think I am going to break up my findings by families, and later I will rewrite the stories that need to be rewriten.

The Delaneys

Birth Certificates
William Delaney and Elizabeth Blanchard

• William Delaney (1872-1908)
• Thomas Edgar Delaney (1874-1878)
• Catherine Delaney (1879- ) 

All of the above children were born at 444 West 37th Street, Manhattan, New York. 

Birth Certificates
William Joseph Delaney and Anne Greenwood

• Joseph Edwin Delaney (1903-1905)
• Edward Delaney (1906-1995)

Missing Children

• William Delaney and Elizabeth Blanchard between 1880-1892 updated Tuesday, August 17, 2010
• William Joseph Delaney and Anne Greenwood between 1903-1906

Elizabeth and the Delaneys

Elizabeth Blanchard was born circa 1846.  She was living with her family in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, in the 1861 Canadian Census.  Elizabeth married William Delaney, 10 December 1871, at the Church of St. Michael, Manhattan, New York.  Her marriage certificate lists her parents as Stephen Blanchard and Catharine Ferris.  After her marriage, Elizabeth lived at 444 West 37 Street.  She was listed at this address in both the 1880 and 1900 United States Censuses.  Elizabeth and William had eight children.

William Joseph Delaney (abt 1872-1908)
Thomas Delaney (abt 1874-1878)
Mary Ellen Delaney (1876-1897)
Catherine Delaney (1879- )
Joseph Delaney (1881 - )
Anne Delaney (1883-1907)
Elizabeth Delaney (1888- )

Elizabeth Blanchard Delaney died 18 January 1901, from pulmonary phthisis.  Elizabeth is buried with family members in Calvary Cemetery.

To complete my research on Elizabeth and her family I need to find, and/or follow up on quite a few things

• Elizabeth's baptismal record.
• Immigration records for Elizabeth.
• William Joseph Delaney and Thomas Delaney's birth records. The Church of St. Michael's searched their records for 1872, 73, 74 and 1874, 75, 76 respectively, but couldn't find anything. updated Tuesday, March 30, 2010
• Joseph Delaney's baptismal sponsors were George Blanchard and Mary Kennedy. The Kennedy name appears on numerous Blanchard family documents.
• Elizabeth Delaney's baptismal sponsors were William J Delaney and Ellen Ferris.
• I do not have any records on Catherine, Joseph, and Elizabeth Delaney after 1900.
• I only have records for seven Delaney children.  updated Tuesday, August 17, 2010
• William Joseph Delaney had at least two living children when he died in 1908, William Delaney (abt 1901- ) and Edward Delaney (abt 1906- ).

Three + One = Four

I have been searching for four baptismal records from Prince Edward Island.  Without civil records, baptismal records are the only way to establish birth, and links to parents.

I have no records for Elizabeth (abt 1846-1901) and George (abt 1864-1940).

I have two records for Stephen (abt 1861-1936); however I am not sure if either is correct.

That is three.  My fourth record is for a girl listed in the 1861 Canadian Census.  The 1861 Canadian Census isn't nominal; however it does list the ages of people in the household.  According to the census there should be a girl, aged 16-21.  Assuming this girl isn't a servant, and based on her age and where her immediate siblings were baptized, I should find her record  at St. John the Baptist.

So to figure all this out, I ordered microfilm from my local Family History Center.  I ordered two different films.  One from St. John Baptist and one from St. Simon and St. Jude.