20 February 1811 – 29 December 1849) was an Irish-born co-operative movement organiser, Owenite, joiner, and founding member of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers.
[3] Daly moved to Rochdale, Lancashire, where he worked as a joiner and was active in the Owenite movement.
[2] Due to their poverty, Daly and his wife decided to emigrate to Texas in the hope of starting a co-operative community.
However, Daly died of cholera on 29 December 1849 in the mid-Atlantic aboard the SS Transit.
His wife and youngest child also died on the voyage and their other children were subsequently put up for adoption in New Orleans.