John Joseph Shanley, early 1900s, Utah
I know it is a long shot, but I was wonderingif anyone had any information about my great
grandfater John Joseph Shanley and his family (there must be thousands of John Joseph Shanleys!).All I know about him is
that he came over from Ireland as a boy with his family to prospect for gold in the Yukon, probably in the early 1900s.
After making a small fortune, he moved to Park City, Utah, where he married my great grandmother, Clara Neal.When his only child, my grandmother Kathleen Shanley (now
Kathleen McRae) was 2 years old, he was killed in a mining accident in New York state.I know quite a lot about my great grandmother and the rest of that side of my
family, but very little about the great grandfather I was named after.Any information would be most appreciated!