James
Thomas
Donahue
Born in At sea
Son of John Donahue
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Agnes (Ryan) Donahue
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth M (Donahue) Keller
Died
at age 71
in Seattle, WA
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Sep 2018
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Biography
James Thomas Donahue was born on a boat January 11th 1850, with several census’s saying England and others saying “at sea eng”. He was born to John and Mary Donaghue.
He worked as a plasterer all his life. His family was living in Brooklyn in 1879, and he married in 1880 to Mary Agnes Ryan. In 1885 the family was living in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha Nebraska in 1887. In 1894 he was a driver for John Huba. In 1896 his job was labeled “bricklyr”. Then the family moved to Spokane, WA in 1903. After 1915 James and Mary moved to Seattle.
According to his son-in-law, who saw him in Seattle, James spoke several languages, was very well educated and read several European newspapers he was subscribed to.
James passed away March 30th 1921 in Seattle.
Sources
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Hillyard,
Spokane, Washington; Roll: T624_1669; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0207; FHL microfilm: 1375682
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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