Daniel McGeehan was the youngest known son of Edward (John?) McGeehan and his wife, Ann Boyle (Mary?).
Hugh McGeehan’s 1903 obituary says that his brother Daniel was living in Hazleton at that time. The 1900 census lists two Daniel McGeehans in Hazleton as well as one in nearby McAdoo; all three Daniels were married to women named Mary (naturally). However, census records, obituaries, and death notices in Hazleton newspapers help sort out which of these three Daniels was Hugh’s brother.
Our family’s Daniel was born in March 1844 in County Donegal, Ireland, and arrived in the United States around 1857. He joined his siblings in the Hazleton area, living for a while in Ebervale. (We haven’t yet found him in the 1860 census.)
About 1868, he married Mary Quinn, who was born in 1851 in Pennsylvania to Charles Quinn and his wife Bridget, both Irish immigrants themselves. Daniel and Mary were enumerated in Luzerne County in the 1870 census with no children. By 1880, however, they had an adoptive daughter, Isabella (Bella) Givins, in their household.
The 1900 census is the only one that includes both Daniel and Mary with their sole child, Anna, born in 1885. (The census indicates that Mary had borne only one child, with one surviving: Anna.)
Mary died five years later, and her obituary names husband Daniel and daughter Anna as her survivors, in addition to her mother, Mrs. Charles Quinn, and sister, Mrs. Dennis Conahan (Catherine).
By 1910, Daniel and Anna were living as boarders in the Hazleton home of Catherine Conahan. Sometime between then and 1920, Daniel moved into the home of his niece, Bridget McGeehan McGlynn, daughter of his sister, Rose; he was enumerated there in the 1920 census. His 1923 obituary also states that he lived with his niece Bridget and notes that his daughter Anna was very ill and living in Philadelphia; it also mentions his adoptive daughter, Bella. We have no further information on what happened to Anna.
Daniel McGeehan (b. Mar 1844, Derryleconnel, County Donegal, Ireland – d. 10 Mar 1923, Hazleton, Luzerne Co, PA)
m. 1868, probably Luzerne County
Mary Quinn (b. Jun 1851, Pennsylvania – d. 5 Feb 1905, Hazleton, Luzerne Co, PA)
Children:
i. Anna “Annie” McGeehan (b. Aug 1885, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA — d. aft 1923, possibly Philadelphia, PA); no further information
ii. (adoptive) Isabella “Bella” Givins (b. 21 Feb 1872, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA — d. 26 Feb 1939, Philadelphia, PA); m. John Connor
Sources:
- Hugh McGeehan obituary, names County Donegal as birthplace, late wife Mary, surviving children and siblings, Hazleton PA, Hazleton Daily Standard, 18 Apr 1903, p 5.
- Rose McGlynn obituary, died 14 Jan 1905, Hazleton, parents not named, survived by one daughter, Mrs. Daniel Harkins, two brothers, James and Daniel McGeehan, of Hazleton, Hazleton, The Plain Speaker, 16 Jan 1905, p 5.
- Mrs. Susan Lockman, obituary, 5 Mar 1904, parents not named, born in Derlaconnell; arrived in America (Philadelphia) in 1854; names children, surviving siblings Rose McGlynn, James McGeehan, Daniel McGeehan of Hazleton; Hazleton, The Plain Speaker, 4 Mar 1904, p 1.
- Daniel McGeehan, certificate of death, PA Dept of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, file #35579, dated 10 Mar 1923, date of death, 10 Mar 1923, broncho-pneumonia, aged 85, born Ireland, parents, Edward McGeehan, Ann Boyle, Mrs. Bridget Harkins, informant, PA Death Certificates, 1906-1967, online, accessed 16 Feb 2021.
- Daniel McGeehan (obituary), died 10 Mar 1923, Hazleton, parents not named, survived by daughter, Miss Anna McGeehan, adopted daughter Mrs. Bella Connors, Hazleton, Standard-Speaker, 12 Mar 1923, Monday, p 12.
- Mrs. Daniel (Mary) McGeehan obituary, d. 5 Feb 1905, mother, Mrs. Charles Quinn; sister, Mrs. Dennis Conahan, wife of Daniel McGeehan, Hazleton, Plain Speaker, Sunday, 6 Feb 1905, p 5
- Daniel McGehin HH, 1870 US census of population, Luzerne, PA, 18 Jul 1870, pp 130-131, dwelling #896, family #899, Ancestry online.
- Daniel McGeehin HH, 1880 US census of population, Ebervale, Luzerne, PA, 16 Jun 1880, ED 156, SD 5, p 12D, dwelling #94, family #95, Ancestry online.
- Daniel McGahan HH, 1900 US census of population, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA, 13 Jun 1900, ED 66, SD 6, sheet 18B, dwelling #235, family #274, #487 Broad Street, Ancestry online.
- Catherine Conahan HH, 1910 US census of population, Hazleton City, Luzerne, PA, Apr 1910, ED 41, SD 6, sheet 10A, dwelling #176, family #187, 102 North Cedar, Ancestry online.
- Bridget Harkin HH, 1920 US census of population, Hazleton, Luzerne, PA, 5 Jan 1920, ED 74, SD 8, sheet 4A, dwelling #68, family #73, 116 S. Pine Street, Ancestry online