James and his wife Sarah (Mulvey) McNamara are found in abt 1850 in Virginia (now West Virginia) USA with the birth of their first child; in the city Wheeling, Ohio County; and another time nearby in Marshall WV. Children were Catherine (a nun), Dell/Delia/Bedelia m. Jonathan Gilmore Jennings; John m. Abby; Mary m. Michael Fox; Joseph James m. Matilda Ebbinghaus/Groppe.
Do not know where James and Sarah married, in Ireland or USA. She may be from Roscommon also.
McNamara, James b abt 1830 Roscommon, d. West Virginia USA
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