Elizabeth is the daughter of Lieut. John and Margaret Elizabeth Duffey who were stationed with the British army in Jamaica. When her father died, she boarded a ship owned by Capt. Denis Daly, with her widowed mother, and sailed to New York. A romance blossomed and she and Capt. Daly married shortly after the voyage ended in New York in 1834. After marriage the couple settled in Plymouth, No. Carolina where Denis engaged in the lumbering trade, and where they had a daughter, Catherine who died at 2 years. Their two sons, Famed New York theater Manager, Augustin John Daly, and former New York Supreme Court Justice, Joseph Francis Daly were also born at Plymouth, No. Carolina. After the death of her husband, she settled his business affairs as best she could and moved the family, first to Norfolk, Virginia, then to New York City, in 1849 where she resided until her death at the residence of her son N.Y. Justice Joseph F. Daly, 19 E 62nd St. in her 89th year. Funeral was at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Yonkers, Dec. 14, 1900 10:00 a.m.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Lieut. John and Margaret Elizabeth Duffey who were stationed with the British army in Jamaica. When her father died, she boarded a ship owned by Capt. Denis Daly, with her widowed mother, and sailed to New York. A romance blossomed and she and Capt. Daly married shortly after the voyage ended in New York in 1834. After marriage the couple settled in Plymouth, No. Carolina where Denis engaged in the lumbering trade, and where they had a daughter, Catherine who died at 2 years. Their two sons, Famed New York theater Manager, Augustin John Daly, and former New York Supreme Court Justice, Joseph Francis Daly were also born at Plymouth, No. Carolina. After the death of her husband, she settled his business affairs as best she could and moved the family, first to Norfolk, Virginia, then to New York City, in 1849 where she resided until her death at the residence of her son N.Y. Justice Joseph F. Daly, 19 E 62nd St. in her 89th year. Funeral was at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Yonkers, Dec. 14, 1900 10:00 a.m.
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