Mary Elizabeth Dalay

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Dalay was born in June 1848, in Jackson, Ohio, United States, her father, Jacob Delay, was 29 and her mother, Eliza Elizabeth Thompson, was 34. She married Joseph Thorpe on 17 July 1870, in Adams, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Burrell Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died on 1 May 1928, in Davis City, Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Municipal Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Thorpe
1846–1932
Mary Elizabeth Dalay
1848–1928
Marriage: 17 July 1870
Homer C. M. Tharp
about 1872–1943
John Jacob Tharp
1878–1954
Cora Estella Tharp
1878–
Oscar Blaine Tharp
1889–1949

Sources (24)

  • Mary E Delay in household of Jacob Delay, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary E. Dalay - Published information: birth-name: Mary E. Dalay
  • Mary E. Delay, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Decatur, Iowa, United States

1861 · Denver Becomes a City

In 1861, Denver City was incorporated into the territory as an official city.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Hungarian Szalay and of Slovak, Croatian, Czech, and Slovenian Salaj, which is a Slavicized form of the Hungarian name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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