McGee Family

[Ditty]

Looking for the parents of James Moler McGee b. 1 Jul 1823 in County Roscommon.  He immigrated to the United States in 1848.  Died 13 Apr 1906 in Dayton, Ohio USA.

[chempat]

Welcome to rootschat, ditty.

Is this him, as the date of birth is different?

James McGee
 in the Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958
James McGee   born  18th July 1823 in Ireland
Enlistment Date: 5th June 1846   Discharge Date: 4th November 1846
Death Date:   13th April 1906  in Dayton, Ohio
Burial Date: 15th April 1906  in Cemetary Rd. ??m E. of Beavertown, USA
Cemetery:   Beavertown
Rank: Private   Branch of Service:   Army

[aghadowey]

If the record chempat found is correct then year of arrival can't be 1848. Perhaps that year (1848) was from census records or family stories?

[Ditty]

This is very interesting.  I have documentation ( petition for naturalization) that a James McGee from Ireland with a DOB of 1 Jul 1823 immigrated in 1848.  Could there be two James McGees from Ireland that have the same DOB??  The record that chempat posted (thanks for that) is for sure my James McGee as the family is from Beavertown, Ohio.  In the 1900 Federal Census he says he immigrated in 1833.  Guess I need to go back and recheck/verify what I found.

[chempat]

Does the documentation say that he arrived in the USA in 1848, or in Massachusetts in 1848?

[oldohiohome]

If he had a sibling who died in Ohio even just 2 years later, try their records. The Ohio death records started asking for parents' names in 1908.

edit to add

who is Charles in his household in 1850?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX37-JWJ

[chempat]

This record is 1856 in Maine, so not in Ohio in 1850?
USA Naturalization records
James McGee
Born 1st July 1823 Ireland  age now 33
Court District:   Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Date of Action:   10th October 1856

[chempat]

This one arrived in 1848 with Pat McGee age 32 and Mary McGee age 23

James McGee
age 25 born about 1823 arrived 6th may 1848
Departed Liverpool, arrived Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ship  Elizabeth

[oldohiohome]

I didn't find him in either of these two histories:

History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio

https://archive.org/details/historycitydayt00compgoog

History of Dayton, Ohio : with portraits and biographical sketches of some of its pioneer and prominent citizens.

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/2279136

Have you tried a local library for an obituary, not just a death notice? It looks like Beavertown is part of Kittering, Ohio, at present. It's a slim chance there is one, let alone that it will mention his parents, but you might learn something else, like brothers and sisters.