John Michael Kaley ^{1 2 3 4}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ^{1 6} John Kaley, occupation homemaker, 44, Jul 1855, was married for 6 years to wife Laura B., 40, Aug 1859. She had birthed one child: Harry E., 4, Nov 1895. Living with them was father-in-law Henry W. Embich, occupation sexton, 64, Nov 1835, and mother-in-law Catherine E. Embich, 59, Mar 1841. Henry and Catherine were married for 41 years. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 121 8th Street: Henry W. Embich, widowed, no occupation, 74. In his home are son-in-law John M. Kaley, saddler, 45; daughter Laura B., 48; grandson Harry E., 15; and granddaughter Catherine E., 8. John and Laura were married for 15 years and she had birthed 2 children by 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1920 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded at 121 North Eighth Street: John M. Kaley, saddler and harness maker, 63, living with wife Laura B., 57; daughter Catherine E., bookkeeper are hankerchief factory, 19; and father-in-law Henry W. Embich, carpenter at planing mill, 84. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1930 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded owning a $3800 home at 530 N. 8th Street: John M. Kaley, harness maker, 73, living with wife Laura B., 68; and daughter Catharine E., bookkeeper for real estate, 27. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1940 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded owning a $5000 home at 530 North 8th Street: John M. Kaley, saddler, 83, living with wife Laura B., 77, and daughter Catherine E., stenographer for insurance company, 38. All were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Occupation: retired saddler on 16 Dec 1941 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³

7. Residence: 530 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pa. On 16 Dec 1941 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³

8. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of John Kaley on 17 Dec 1941 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁴ JOHN M. KALEY DIES TUESDAY AT HOME HERE
Last Of Old School Of Saddlers In Lebanon
John M. Kaley, who for many years held the reputation of being Lebanon's only surviving saddler of the old school of harness makers and leather workers, passed away at 10 o'clock Tuesday evening, at his home at 530 North Eighth Street. He was ill nine weeks, the last seven of which he spent In bed. He. had been in failing health, however for some months previously, suffering from a complication of ailments which arose from a pen-eral debility incident to advancing age. The decedent was born and reared at Jonestown, and was the last member of the family of John and Susanna (Capp) Kaley. He came to Lebanon as a boy of seventeen years, and spent his entire life here in leather work. In his early days he enjoyed a high reputation as a saddle and harness maker, and spent upwards of forty years at the little shop at Ninth and Water Streets. He continued his work there despite the fact that the automobile displaced most of his handicraft of the olden days, but he was busy in other leather work until two years ago when he gave up at the age of 83 years. He passed his 85th birthday anniversary in July of this year. He was widely known to the older generation of the community, and also had an extensive acquaintanceship among younger citizens also. He was a regular attendant at services in Salem Lutheran Church, having a membership there which extended many years back. He resided for many years just a few doors north of the church on Eighth Street. He was a member of Washington Camp 254, Patriotic Order Sons of America, since its organization, and only by a narrow margin and force of peculiar circumstances, missed being included in the charter membership. Devoted to his home he had few organized relationships but was nevertheless widely known and highly esteemed because of his exemplary citizenship. Mr. Kaley leaves his wife. Laura (Embich) Kaley, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Embich: a daughter, Miss Catherine Kaley, at home, and a married son, Harry K. Kaley, of Haddonfield, N. J. The only other relative is a niece, Miss Sarah Kaley, of this city.

John married Laura Bicher Embich, daughter of Henry William Embich and Catherine Elizabeth Beicher, on 10 Jan 1895 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. (Laura Bicher Embich was born on 27 Aug 1862 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{11 12}, christened on 5 Jan 1863 in Lebanon: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA,¹¹ died on 11 May 1942 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{12 13} and was buried on 14 May 1942 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{12 13}.)