This tall monument at
St. Joseph’s
Cemetery in
Sandusky, Ohio, honors the memory of several members of
the Halley family. Laurence and Anastasia Halley were natives of
Ireland, and emigrated to
Sandusky, Ohio.
By 1860, Laurence Halley had died, and Anastasia was living in
Sandusky with several children.
Anastasia Halley died in 1860. The Halley monument also honors the memory of sons James Halley,
who died in 1862, and Morris Halley, who died in 1926.
In the 1880 U.S. Census, brothers John, Patrick, Nicholas, and
Morris Halley were all residing in Toledo,
Ohio. They worked as fish dealers,
while their sister Mary Halley was listed as a house keeper.
Martin Halley moved to Dayton,
Ohio, where he was a day laborer.
William Halley, also known as William Holley, was in the 1870 U.S. Census with his
wife Margaret, and two small children. By 1880, he was connected with the Union
Pacific Railway. He died in 1886. William and Margaret named two of their children
Lawrence and Anastasia, after William’s parents.
Though several members of the Halley family moved away from Sandusky, they spent their younger years in Sandusky, Ohio, where they attended the Catholic Church.
