James P. McNally (1869 - ?)
James P. McNally — The name of McNally has long been prominently identified with the wholesale distribution of woolen fabrics in Pittsburgh, and Mr. McNally, one of the present heads of the business, is a son of James A. McNally, the founder of the firm James A. McNally & Sons. James A. McNally established the business in 1867, and built up a large trade in imported and domestic woolens by the yard at wholesale, special attention being given to the famous hand loom products by the Irish cottage industries. He married Mary Ingoldsby, who was descended from one of the earliest pioneer families of Pittsburgh.James P. McNally was born in Pittsburgh, Jan. 8, 1869, and was educated at Fordham University, of New York City, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1892. After finishing school he spent one year in travel abroad, then, in 1893, entered business with his father in Pittsburgh, and has since taken an increasingly responsible interest in the business, which dates from 1867.Mr. McNally for many years was identified with Pennsylvania military affairs, entering the service as second lieutenant in 1894, and passing by promotion to the rank of captain of Company D, Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. During the Spanish-American War he served as adjutant of this regiment. Mr. McNally has always been deeply interested in outdoor sports, and particularly enjoys golf, hand ball, and horse-back riding. He is a member of the American Republican Club, Shannopin Country Club, and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
On Jan 31, 1900, Mr. McNally married Constance Keating, daughter of Anthony F. and Emily (Toner) Keating, the father a well-known steel man of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. McNally were the parents of five children: James A., Constance Mary, William Keating, Victor A., and Emily Patricia. The family resides in at Shields, Sewickley Valley. Mrs. Constance (Keating) McNally died Jan 2. 1918, and on Sept. 22, 1920, Mr. McNally married Emily Alice Keating, a sister of his deceased wife, who was for a number of years interested in juvenile court work in this city, and is still active in various phases of child welfare work. A daughter, Barbara, was born in Mr. and Mrs. James P. and Emily A. (Keating) McNall, July 18, 1921.
Source: Fleming, George Thornton, History of Pittsburgh and Environs, published 1922 by The American Historical Society, New York, p. 98. Available via books.google.com.
I live at Crobane, in Newry, Northern ireland, James McNally son of Michel & Brigid McNally, left here with his three brothers during the familine years. These are my ancestors
Hi, Therese. This is probably not related at all. But…my grandfather James McNally came to Melbourne, Australia in the early 1920s from Scotland. He had an Irish background, which he didn’t talk about because of the treatment he received when his mother died. He had brothers whom he Sponsored to come out, Andrew and Jack, and had married Anna Macleod in Scotland who got him to change it to MacNally to Scottish-ise it. He also had half-silbings when his father remarried. I wish all the sources I want to research weren’t asking for money to do it!