Anna (Delej) Deley

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Anna (Delej) Deley has Slovak Roots.

Anna was born on 27 December 1897 in Tarnov, Bardejov, Prešov, Slovakia.^[1]

She married Ján Cuper Delej on 12 February 1919 in Sveržov, Bardejov, Prešov, Slovakia.^[2]

She immigrated to the United States and arrived at Ellis Island on 15 August 1923 on the Laconia.^[3] She travelled with her daughter, Mary Agnes Deley.^[4]

Her family settled in Braddock, Allegheny, PA, which is where they were living for the 1930 U.S. Federal Census.^[5] By the 1940 U.S. Federal census, the family had moved to Swissvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^[6]

She died on 16 January 1998 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^[7] She was buried at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Certified transcription of birth record for Anna Delejová, Birth Records, Volume 1, Page 205, Number 83, Bardejov Register Office, Bardejov, Prešov, Slovakia.
2. ↑ Certified transcription of marriage certificate for Ján Cuper Delej and Anna Delejová, Marriage register, Volume 2, Page 60, Month 5 of 1919, Bardejov Register Office, Bardejov, Prešov, Slovakia.
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNX7-X2Q : 2 March 2021), Anna Cuper Delej, 1923.
4. ↑ “Passenger and Ship Search,” database with images, The Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation (https://www.statueofliberty.org/ : accessed 05 April 2017), “Passenger Record,” entry for Maria Cuper Dalej, age 3, arrived 15 August 1923 on SS Laconia from Hamburg; citing passenger ID 602054040098, frame 0316, line 7.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHZ-XRB : accessed 19 April 2022), Anna Deley in household of John Deley, Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 517, sheet 7B, line 56, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1960; FHL microfilm 2,341,694.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ83-DFC : 7 January 2021), Anna Deley in household of John Deley, Swissvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-540, sheet 14B, line 60, family 287, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3418.
7. ↑ “DELEY Anna,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 18 Jan 1998, page 38, col 1.
8. ↑ Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78202678/anna-elizabeth-deley : accessed 19 April 2022), memorial ID 78202678, Anna Elizabeth Deley Deley (1897–1998), created by "RobMinteer57"; citing All Saints Catholic Cemetery, Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Anna Deley and John Deley. They matched as full siblings with 2,480 cM of shared DNA across 58 segments.