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Re: James Bernard Duffy b. Jan 2, 1892 in Phila., PA

hamginc — 2012-05-07 01:29:53Z

I am trying to track down the family history of my grandfather's cousin, Julia Peak Duffy, and saw that you had a post about her in 2006. On the chance that you are still active with this message board, here are the details. :-)

The Julia I am looking for lived at 302A Delaware Circle, Newark, DE in her later years (1980s or so) - my family was in touch with her at that address. She grew up in and around Philadelphia, and spent some time living at a Catholic college/school of some sort during her childhood. Not sure whether that was because a parent worked there or because she was orphaned.

Her mother was Bridget Moran, my grandfather's aunt, who born in England to Irish parents in the 1860s. By 1880 she was living in Scranton with her widowed mother Julia, brother Thomas and brother Peter - there is also a sister Mary who married a Jones, but she appears to already be out of the house by 1880.

According to my grandfather, Bridget's husband (uncertain about first name) Peak was a "silk mill man" - not sure what he did in that capacity. He recalls them living in the Scranton area until he was about 10, and then moving to Philadelphia - making the move in the range of 1905-1910. He told me Bridget had another child who burned to death in Philadelphia.

I cannot find any definitive record of Bridget (Aunt Bridgie to him) or her husband - no idea how long she lived or where she is buried. My grandfather is dead for 30+ years, so I am working off of the typed notes from my interviews of him in the 1970s.

What is the source of the information you have indicating that your Julia Peak was adopted? Have you discovered anything else in your search?

Thanks for any assistance -

DUFFY Daniel B Jr - Vietnam Wall section 6E

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2012-05-06 11:38:34Z

DUFFY Daniel B Jr - Vietnam Wall section 6E

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Re: Edward Duffy, b. c. 1836 lived in Goulburn, Australia

anthonytobin73 — 2012-05-02 03:56:49Z

I now have a bit more info about Edward Duffy.

I now believe he was born either 1835 or 1836, and all paperwork insists Donegal. However Roots Ireland gives NO record of Edward Duffy born Donegal for that period or even further (+/- 5 yrs).

How can I find someone whom official paperwork, such as British naval vessels & census, states he was born Donegal but then there is no record??

Further info:

He appears to have been berthed at Portsmouth the night of the 1861 census, and then I believe he travelled to Australia - fleeing a convict sentence! - in 1863. He seems to have eloped with Isabella Mulherin, living in Lancs where Edward was convicted of larceny. There is no English marriage record.

Bernard Duffy Obit 1893 what church

Kathi_Kimber — 2012-05-01 02:03:50Z

Does anyone know what would be the closest irish catholic church to 62 Hasting St in 1893
My Great great grandfather Bernard Duffy obit states the procession was from the residence on Hasting to the Jesuit Church. I am trying to find out what church he belonged to
He was then taken via carriage to cavalery cemetary.

Re: Sir Charles Gavan Duffy b.Monaghan 1816

1_sharon_carr — 2012-04-22 10:11:30Z

Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (1816–1903)

by Joy E. Parnaby

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903), Irish nationalist and Victorian statesman, was born on 12 April 1816 in Monaghan, Ireland, son of John Duffy, shopkeeper, and his wife Ann, daughter of Patrick Gavan of Latnamard. Reading and dreaming over his few books, he grew up during the struggle for Catholic emancipation and his nationalism was kindled by stories of 1798. He boasted that he was the 'first Catholic emancipated in Ireland' as most of his schooling was at the local Presbyterian academy. He went to Dublin in 1832 to become a journalist, studied the 'panorama of Irish resistance' and 'burned to strike a blow in that hereditary contest'. He was admitted to the King's Inns in 1839 and went to Belfast to edit a Catholic weekly.

In 1842 Duffy married Emily, daughter of Francis McLauglin. He returned to Dublin and, with two young barristers, Thomas Davis and John Dillon, founded his own weekly, the Nation; with it he hoped to 'change the mind of his generation and so to change their institutions', to foster a sense of national unity and to educate the Irish people to achieve their national freedom. Daniel O'Connell, hero of Catholic emancipation, revived the movement for repeal of the Union in 1840 and the Nation supported him. Duffy was a good business manager; within two years he had a circulation of 11,000 and showed his skill in discerning talent. In 1845 he published the popular Ballad Poetry of Ireland, including some of his own poems. In that year he was admitted to the Bar and his wife died. In 1846 he married Susan, daughter of Philip Hughes of Newry.

Davis and other middle-class Protestant intellectuals in Trinity College Historical Society believed that the divisions of Ireland could be transcended only by awareness of a common national heritage; thus their ideas diverged from those of O'Connell. The basis of the repeal movement was the Catholic peasantry, but the Nation hoped to bring in the Protestant middle class. The great famine intensified the divisions between the old leader and the young men, and O'Connell forced the issue by demanding a pledge that no resort be made to violence. The Young Irelanders left Conciliation Hall and set up their own confederation. Davis had died in 1845 and without his leadership they were soon divided between the reformers William Smith O'Brien and Duffy, and the revolutionaries Peter Lalor and John Mitchel. The Paris revolution of February 1848 brought increased activity and a new Treason Felony Act under which Mitchel, O'Brien and other Young Irelanders were transported to Van Diemen's Land; Duffy was imprisoned but, ably defended by Isaac Butt, was freed after his fifth trial. He then revived the Nation and helped to organize a League of North and South of Protestant and Catholic, to send to parliament members pledged to secure the passage of a land reform bill. Duffy represented New Ross in the House of Commons in 1852-55, but his plan for creating an Independent Irish party was wrecked by discreet patronage and by withdrawal of support by Dr Paul Cullen, who regarded Duffy as an Irish Mazzini. In despair Duffy sold the Nation and in November 1855 sailed for Australia with his wife and children. Lucas, his closest colleague, thought, his 'real reason is want of means … but he wants to go off in poetry rather than in prose'.

Duffy was welcomed with enthusiasm in Melbourne and Sydney, but settled in Melbourne, 'the capital of Australia; here the popular element is strong and triumphant'. He set up as a barrister but was persuaded to stand for the first parliament under responsible government and £5000 was raised by public subscription, £2000 of it in New South Wales including a donation from (Sir) Henry Parkes, to provide him with a freehold qualification for either House; half this sum was used to buy a house in Hawthorn and half deposited in a bank. Duffy was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Villiers and Heytesbury. As the only member who had sat in the Commons, he acted as parliamentary schoolmaster to secure close adherence to British procedure, although it was difficult for his opponents to reconcile this new role with the 'Irish rebel to the backbone'. Describing himself as a 'radical reformer', he began his political career by sponsoring a bill to abolish the property qualification for members.

Land reform was at the centre of the radical platform, and Duffy claimed that he suggested to his Young Ireland friend, Moses Wilson Gray, the idea of calling a convention modelled on the League of North and South. With his great prominence as a land reformer, Duffy was given charge of the Lands Department in the O'Shanassy ministries in 1858-59 and 1861-63, and his Land Act was passed in 1862. Like the Nicholson Act of 1860 which it modified, the Duffy Act provided for selection after survey within specified agricultural areas and extended annual pastoral licences to 1870. However, loose drafting made it easy for squatters to employ dummies and the Act soon broke down. The agricultural areas were withdrawn, and although some genuine selection took place, the Western District squatters were the chief beneficiaries. Duffy's attempts to amend the Act were defeated; he blamed its failure 'solely on the manner in which it was drafted' by Professor William Hearn, and the ministry's refusal of support to its amendment.

Tension between O'Shanassy and Duffy had led to Duffy's resignation from the ministry in 1859. O'Shanassy, a self-made early settler, a devout Roman Catholic and an O'Connellite, seemed jealous of the brusque new chum, fresh from the House of Commons, with his literary tastes and his legal knowledge, and his part as a leading Young Irelander in driving O'Connell to his death as O'Connell's son alleged. This early quarrel was patched up in 1861 but revived when O'Shanassy acquired squatting property and moved further away from the 'Popular Party'. When the ministry resigned in 1863, Duffy and three others had been in office long enough to qualify for life pensions of £1000, although the provision was revoked soon after their claims were made. This windfall enabled him to live as a gentleman 'dividing my time between politics and the pruning knife', to buy property at Sorrento and to visit Europe twice before he finally left Victoria.

Duffy made the first of these visits in 1865 to settle his sons at school; in speeches at dinners in his honour and in a public lecture he entered into discussion of the 1866 reform bill, with a spirited defence of colonial self-government in opposition to the criticism of Lowe. On his return to Victoria he took a leading part against the McCulloch government on education and the Darling grant. In the absence of O'Shanassy and Bishop James Goold, Duffy marshalled Catholic opposition to George Higinbotham's education bill in May 1867, and in February 1868 helped to found the Advocate, a Catholic lay journal. He wrote its first editorial, 'What shall we do in the pending elections?', to make Catholics aware of the power of their vote. Duffy had also been connected with but made no claim to ownership of the Victorian, an Irish Catholic weekly which ran from July 1862 to April 1864.

It was easier for Duffy to attack the government than to form an administration. His religion isolated him from other liberals; he was not popular and his free trade sympathies were out of touch with the mood of the 'Progressive Party'. Early in 1871 he contemplated retiring from active politics to the Speaker's chair but withdrew his candidacy after a riding accident. His influence was still great and he continued to be active in negotiations which accompanied changes of government, without a chance to form an administration himself. However, in June he was called upon by the governor to form a ministry 'because he was the principal agent effecting the organisation of the opposing sections of the Legislative Assembly which defeated the McCulloch administration', free traders under Duffy and protectionists under (Sir) Graham Berry. The McCulloch government was defeated on its budget proposal for a property tax of 6d. in the £. Some form of direct taxation seemed unavoidable, especially to the opponents of tariff increases, to finance new government responsibilities.

The new alliance was heavily weighted in Berry's favour. An able orator, he announced that this was the first truly radical ministry with no merchants, squatters, bankers or a single Melbourne representative in it. The free trader might organize the alliance but the protectionist treasurer dictated the policy, and the tariff of 1871 was a clear commitment to protection. Duffy was not happy about government control of railways, but his second measure was a bill providing for railway extensions to serve some of the centres represented in this 'provincial' ministry. When the Legislative Council opposed the economy change to a narrower gauge, Duffy averted a crisis by discreet appointments to a joint conference. The ministry avoided commitment on the education question, but Duffy and Berry were both opposed to increased state control. In the recess popular support was stimulated by banquets in country towns and city support by such radical groups as the new Democratic Association. While Duffy was heartened by the 'sympathy and applause of the industrious classes', many members of the assembly resented this appeal to the people over the heads of their elected representatives. Although this popular support was not then well organized, it was vocal enough to alarm business interests and large landowners. Berry's radical programme had aroused conservative opposition which could be easily combined with and channelled into sectarian and national opposition to Duffy's leadership.

Despite David Syme's prayer that Duffy would keep the Pope and the Irish out of his road, his premiership brought to the surface bitter religious and national prejudices. The Irish Catholic minority was large and growing, and Duffy was determined to make Catholic emancipation a reality and to secure for Catholics a fair share of positions of responsibility 'as a policy, proclaimed and defended, not by stealth'. Other factors also militated against Catholic leadership: the Pope's denunciation of liberalism in the Syllabus of 1864, the publication of the doctrine of Infallibility in 1870, the strong line taken by the hierarchy in Australia after the Provincial Council of 1869 particularly on education, and the increased proportion of Catholics shown by the 1871 Victorian census. In this setting the Duffy ministry could be made to appear a serious political danger.

The Opposition under James Francis attacked the ministry for its neglect of the education question; after the final defeat the governor refused to grant a dissolution. Catholic clergy then entered the field to fight the new Francis administration in the ministerial elections, in hope of delaying the introduction of an unfavourable education bill. Bishop Goold's pastoral admonition on education was read in churches on the eve of the elections. This clerical interference rebounded on itself and confirmed the opposition of those who disliked Catholics and feared the influence of priests; the 1872 Education Act was carried in the wake of this sectarian bitterness. The education question had awakened the Catholics to the need to organize their vote; it was rarely united but followed personal and political divisions among the Catholic candidates. Duffy thus suffered from the fear of Catholic power, without benefiting greatly from any well-organized Catholic support. The Duffy ministry was short lived, but it was significant in the commitment to protection which reflected Berry's growing power, and in acting as a catalyst in the education question.

The 1871 tariff heightened trade rivalry between the colonies whose leaders now found it necessary to meet more often to discuss common problems. Some federal body would clearly have been valuable but was not possible while rivalry remained intense. Federation had a great academic appeal for Duffy but he found agreement with representatives from the other colonies very difficult. In 1857-62 he had chaired several select committees and urged the need for a conference to discuss federation. His able report for the first committee, 'the political art of Duffy at its highest', came to nothing. In 1870 when the withdrawal of British troops was proposed he chaired a royal commission on federation. Its recommendation that the colonies remain neutral in the event of war involving the mother country aroused more interest than its statements on federation. It involved Duffy in a wide correspondence, brought adverse criticism with the suggestion that he wished to sever the connexion, and was not well received in the colonies or in England. Again as host to the Intercolonial Conference in Melbourne in September 1871 he did nothing to diminish the rivalry between Victoria and New South Wales, but crossed swords with Sir James Martin with skill and relish. Negotiations to renew the border duties agreement of 1867 broke down, and although the colonies accepted the principle of reciprocal trade agreements with each other they could not agree on a joint statement for the Colonial Office. Duffy refused to sign the statement prepared by New South Wales which implied criticism of Gladstone, an 'unexpected gush of loyalty' noted with quiet surprise at the Colonial Office. In the depth of rivalry between Victoria and New South Wales Duffy could not think in federal terms while he was premier of a protectionist colony. Several of his ministers were protectionists vigorously opposed to federation or anything like intercolonial free trade, and in 1877 they were to carry the stock tax which further aggravated relations. The royal commission of 1870 was Duffy's last public move on federation in Australia. In 1890 when interest was reviving, he wrote 'The Road to Australian Federation' for the Contemporary Review; soon afterwards he found that Parkes had revived the subject and Duffy wrote to him with some bitterness: 'In the Federal movement, I not merely took the principal part but practically did everything … The flowers gathered from so much seed make but a scanty bouquet'.

In 1874 Duffy went to Europe for treatment for a voice ailment. He was asked to stand for parliament but would not accept Butt's Home Rule policy, and he came away from the O'Connell centenary celebrations distressed by the bitterness and divisions he had found in Ireland. On his return to Victoria in 1876 he opposed Berry's stonewall tactics, and was content to take the Speaker's chair in 1877, turning from active politics to writing. He had always thought of himself as a 'poet-statesman', above all enjoying talking about ideas and literature. The Carlyles were his lifelong friends and through them he met many English men of letters. In Victoria he helped Marcus Clarke with employment and literary criticism. He waited in the Speaker's room for a chance to discuss philosophy and history with Charles Pearson. He had been a trustee of the Melbourne Public Library and National Gallery for years, and in Europe was always on the look-out for suitable pieces of sculpture and pictures to send to the gallery.

Duffy was knighted in 1873 and appointed K.C.M.G. in 1877. He was growing weary of colonial politics and 'loathed the task of answering again and again the insensate inventions of religious bigotry' of Orangemen. After his sixtieth birthday he was free to leave Victoria permanently without losing his pension. His wife died on 21 September 1878 and of the few Young Ireland friends left in Australia, Michael O'Grady died in 1876 and Edward Butler in 1879. He complained of 'the exhausting and killing monotony of the Chair'. Like many liberal contemporaries in Europe he had become disillusioned. His private letters were filled with 'the groans of a disappointed reformer'. 'We have lost our way … Parliaments have become such bear gardens'. He was distressed at the 'naked selfishness of the democracy', at the 'unexpectedly bad class of representatives' returned by manhood suffrage. Compared with the pettiness and meanness 'in the bitter and blockhead cabals of Colonial life', 'Life in London is as little like life in the colony as the tide of the Atlantic is like a waterhole in the Lachlan'. It was not surprising that in 1880 he returned to Europe, 'to work for Ireland but not in Parliament'. He settled at Nice and devoted himself to writing articles for serious journals, letters to The Times and solid historical works.

He welcomed Gladstone's land bill in 1881 but would not join the Home Rule League. When the Conservatives came to power with Irish support, he tried to win Carnarvon to his own scheme: a 'Fair Constitution for Ireland'. He continued to stress the need for parliamentary self-government, 'The most perfect system of liberty that exists in the world'. The basis of his claims for Ireland now was the success of self-government in Australia and his own personal success in a free community. He stressed this 'Australian Example' so strongly that it provoked Dicey in 1886 to write 'Ireland and Victoria', to demonstrate the falsity of the analogy.

The most popular of Duffy's historical works was Young Ireland (London, 1880). It was followed by Four Years of Irish History (1883), The League of North and South (1886), the Life of Thomas Davis (1890), Conversation with Carlyle (1892) and My Life in Two Hemispheres (1898). Duffy contributed a section on the 'Carnarvon Controversy' to R. B. O'Brien, Life of Charles Stewart Parnell (1898), and expanded a chapter of Young Ireland into a Bird's Eye View of Irish History (1892). These histories became classics, but a recent critic has detected a 'subtle bias', for although Duffy makes much of his fairness and keeps close to the documents, these books were written by a patriot for patriotic purposes as yet unachieved, a participant defending himself against O'Connell and Mitchel and complaining that the contributions of Young Ireland had been belittled by later leaders. Duffy appears best as an organizer and scene shifter for the prominence of others. This talent of the old campaigner was not appreciated by the younger generation in the Irish Literary Society. He was its president in the early 1890s and planned to publish Young Ireland writings in a revived Irish Library series, but Yeats ridiculed the romanticism of Young Ireland, was irked by Duffy's prestige and his old-fashioned notions and 'pressed upon an unwilling Gavan Duffy the books of our new movement'.

Duffy's retirement at Nice was enlivened by the four young children of his marriage at Paris on 16 November 1881 to Louise Hall; when she died on 17 February 1889, he brought his daughters from Victoria to look after the household. One of his last political stands was in favour of the Boers to the dismay of the English colony at Nice. He died on 9 February 1903 and was buried at Glasnevin cemetery beside his Young Ireland friends within the circle of the O'Connell monument.

Duffy's eldest son was John Gavan; of the children of Duffy's second wife, Sir Frank Gavan (1852-1936) became chief justice of Australia, Charles Gavan (1855-1932) was clerk of the House of Representatives in 1901-17 and of the Senate in 1917-20, Philip was a surveyor and civil engineer noted for his work in Western Australia on the Coolgardie water supply, and Susan was gifted as a writer. The children of his third marriage were George, president of the Irish High Court, Bryan, a Jesuit educationist in South Africa, Thomas, a missionary in India, and Louise, M.A., who was given an honorary doctorate by the National University of Ireland for her educational work.

Duffy was a man of charm, wit, talent and learning, and a devoted friend. He knew that he was brusque and peremptory in controversy. His enemies complained of his 'morbid vanity' and Deakin wrote of his 'subtlety, finesse and insincerity', but granted him the sincerity of his liberal sentiments. For Duffy was above all a Liberal. Frustrated and disappointed in his work for Ireland, his optimism tempered by his colonial experience, he continued to write to educate and so to free his countrymen. 'Duffy was a liberal by instinct and on reflection, and remained true to his colours to the last'.
Select Bibliography

W. B. Yeats, Autobiographies (Lond, 1926)
D. R. Gwynn, Young Ireland and 1848 (Cork, 1949)
A. Deakin, The Crisis in Victorian Politics, 1879-1881, J. A. La Nauze and R. M. Crawford eds (Melb, 1957)
J. H. Whyte, The Independent Irish Party, 1850-59 (Lond, 1958)
A. G. Austin, Australian Education, 1788-1900 (Melb, 1961)
G. Serle, The Golden Age (Melb, 1963)
K. B. Nowlan, The Politics of Repeal (Lond, 1965)
L. O'Broin, Charles Gavan Duffy (Dublin, 1967)
J. M. Ward, ‘Charles Gavan Duffy and the Australian Federation Movement, 1856-70’, Journal and Proceedings (Royal Australian Historical Society), vol 47, part 1, 1961, pp 1-30
J. E. Parnaby, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy in Victoria (M.A. thesis, University of Melbourne, 1941)
J. E. Parnaby, The Economic and Political Development of Victoria, 1877-1881 (Ph.D. thesis, University of Melbourne, 1951)
G. R. Bartlett, Political Organization and Society in Victoria 1864-1883 (Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, 1964)
Charles Duffy papers (State Library of Victoria)
Henry Parkes letters (State Library of New South Wales)
CO 309/99-104.

David W. Duffy, 69, of Mt. Washington,

KENNELLYMARKA — 2012-04-15 17:37:22Z

David W. Duffy

Mt. Washington

David W. Duffy, 69, of Mt. Washington, died Thursday, April 12, 2012. He was the loving father of Kim (Rick) Winterhalter, Jacqueline Horvath, Mauri Swanson, Brandon, Alaina, Libby and the late Daric David and Chance Duffy; brother of Carol (Clyde) Rossiter, Edward (Kathy), Albert "Rick", Susann (Smiles) Moore, Debra (Gary) Rittle, John (Beth), Bernard (Lisa) and the late Dennis and Regis Duffy; nephew of Irene Lutz; also survived by 10 grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends will be received from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the BRUSCO-FALVO FUNERAL HOME INC., 214 Virginia Ave., Mt. Washington. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m.
Monday in St. Justin Church.
(Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh )

St. Justin Church. "

Re: Michael Duffy/Duffey and Mary Kelly

kaminv — 2012-04-03 18:40:14Z

Looking for the son of Mary Duffy. She was married to James Volker in 1958 and they later divorced. I have reason to believe her son is my half brother. I have been searching for many years for him. Please help. My name is Kamin Volker and I reside in Oceanside, CA. my email address is kaminv@hotmail.com. My address is 4326 Morgan Creek Way. Oceanside Ca 92057. Any information please. I would be forever grateful.

Re: DUFFY/JESSUP, Ontario Canada

Dan_Cayen — 2012-03-31 11:04:32Z

Contact me @ cayend@shaw.ca Thanks!

Re: DUFFY/JESSUP, Ontario Canada

jamesnana — 2012-03-30 17:47:19Z

One of Christopher and Mary's children was my g grandmother, Mariah. She married a James Hamilton. My father use to talk about his grandma James/ grandma Duffy. He never knew that she was one woman and not 2. She was his great grandmother. I remember Dennis Duffy or Denny as my father called him. He walked in a walk a thon back in the mid 70's in Kirkland Lake.

Re: Michael Duffy/Duffey and Mary Kelly

duffy001 — 2012-03-09 02:34:56Z

see my tree Duffy from Easton MN not clear this will help but another thread

Anna A. Duffy

jennfamily2 — 2012-03-05 04:01:43Z

I am trying to locate Anna Duffy's parents. What I know of her she was born 1885 and came to the states in 1895 and by the 1900's census she is working as a servant. So I am having a hard time tracing her back into Ireland. I have heard family talk that they thought our ancestors came from Mayo County or Donegal County. Oh and I know she had two daughters Mary born 1909 and Irene 1910, she was married to Charles Hunt in 1906. Any help would be fantastic. Thank you.

DUFFY Donald R Jr - Vietnam Wall section 4E

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2012-03-03 14:13:35Z

DUFFY Donald R Jr - Vietnam Wall section 4E

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Re: Duffy's from Freeland and Hazelton Pennsylvania

molloy67 — 2012-02-26 14:54:40Z

Hi I know its along time down the line but Dennis Duffy sponsered my GGrandfather Bernard Mulloy when he came to Philadelphia, my ggrandfather came from Ardara, Co Donegal

Please get in touch

Kind regards Jane

Breen and Duffy in Jersey City

devrieschris — 2012-02-26 13:48:49Z

I have been researching an old family plot in St. Peter's Cemetery in Jersey City, NJ. The plot is mainly for the family of James Breen (1833-1895), however there are many burials in the same plot for other names including Catherine Cullen (1826-1876) and her son David Cullen (1847-1875), Mary Sheehy (1865-1867), Ann Sheehy (1869-1869), Catherine Sheehy (1866-1867), and Eliza Duffy (1821-1864).

Does anyone know how any of these people may be related to each other?

Thanks!

From Ireland To Maryland in the 1840s

WandaSimmons3959 — 2012-02-23 15:20:12Z

Hello,

If there is anyone who has information on the Duffy family or other Irish immigrants who came from Ireland during the potato famine of the 1840s to Maryland, please contact me at: cbs196395@yahoo.com.

I would be interested in finding out what port they arrived at, why they may have chose to live in Southern Maryland and any other information on this family - Hugh and Betty Duffy and their children that someone might be able to share with me.

Thanks so much! Wanda

Duffy's in Elyria

arcmikmum — 2012-02-13 19:50:34Z

Seeking anyone related to the following family:

William Thomas Duffy b1846 Manchester, England, married Anna McCabe in 1865 Salford, England. Children are:

William Francis b 1868 Manchester, England
Pauline b 1872 New York
John Joseph b 1874 Manchester, England
Eugene Paul b 1876 Elyria
Annie b 1878 Elyria
James Albert b 1880 Elyria
Mary Louise b 1882 Elyria
Florence Agnes b 1885 Elyria
Agnes Florence b 1891 Elyria

Marguerite K. Duffy, Dayton, Ohio

karmit007 — 2012-02-05 16:56:18Z

Marguerite K. Duffy of Dayton, Ohio was the recipient of an inheritance in 1934 in the estate of Edward Reardon of Galion, Ohio. Marguerite is named as a niece, I'm not yet able to make the connection. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Lord Roy Edward Duffy

1_sse — 2012-01-19 17:04:40Z

From 1551 to 2007 the past history of Lord Duffy can be found on Earl of Castlehaven. under the free encyclopedia

Michael Conlon and Bridget XXXX, Tusker

mickduffy2306 — 2012-01-03 12:44:01Z

Looking for descendants of Michael Conlon and Bridget XXXX who lived at one time in the Townland of Tusker, Parish of Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan, Ireland.

They are documented here as per the Griffith Valuation(Monaghan County finished on 1 July 1861 ) in the Townland of Tusker in Plot 20b leased from a Francis Duffy who I suspect was Bridget’s father with a house and garden on 8 perches of land .

They had at least one Irish born kid, Bridget 3rd April 1863 and there are no further records of any Births or Deaths that I can find in Ireland. I cannot validate my suspicions on the mother’s maiden name with Bridget juniors birth certificate as civil records only start in 1864. I also checked emigration records to the US and could find none so suspect this couple may have possibly moved to the UK or elsewhere between 1863 and 1870. I would love to hear from any of Michael or Bridget’s descendants.

Bernard Duffy, Co. Monaghan and New Jersey/USA

mickduffy2306 — 2012-01-03 08:56:37Z

Looking for help to find descendants of Bernard Duffy, born 11/Jan/1866 in the Parish of Aughnamullen, Co. Monaghan, Ireland who emigrated to America (haven’t got a date for this but prior to 1897).

I know his mother Bridget died 10months after his birth (29th Oct 1866 aged 24 in Aghamakerr, Aughnamullen registered by her father Bryan on the 10th Oct 1866) and his father Francis Duffy remarried.

His half sister Bridget Duffy, 20 years old, Housekeeper, Single, from ‘Crossalore’ emigrated to join her brother Bernard Duffy 29th 2nd St, Jersey City, NJ, USA. Sailing from Liverpool 29th September 1897 arriving in New York on the 14th Oct 1897 arriving on the Teutonic.

Not sure if Bernard married or not but would love to contact descendants of him or his half sister Bridget.

duffy's of kilmovee

philip_duffy1 — 2011-12-19 15:08:56Z

would love to hear from any distant relatives , my GF was patrick duffy born in 1900 , son of Michael duffy.

Michael B Duffy

Kduffy59 — 2011-12-16 03:40:26Z

Wanting info about Michael B. Duffy and his family. This is what I have. Would love to know wife's last name, where married, where children born. Michael died in a coal mine in Royalton, IL at the age of 37. Any help would really be appreciated.

Michael B Duffy
b Jan 20, 1892 Durham England
d Dec 5, 1929 Zeigler, IL
Married to Margaret ???
2 daughters
Agnes A Duffy 1922 Kansas
Pauline M Duffy 1923 Kansas

Thanks
Kathy
kduffy@du.edu

Re: Patrick Duffy/PhilipClark Families

mizkmc — 2011-12-01 20:29:50Z

I'd be interested in exchanging information regarding an entirely separate Patrick Duffy/Phillip Clark lineage. County Tyrone(Duffy) to upstate NY about 1850s and Clark(County Cavan) to Boston about 1837 and then onto upstate NY. Clinton and Ellenburgh County in NY. Phillip Henry Clark and Sarah Jane Duffy Clark(daughter of Patrick Duffy and Catherine Monaghan Duffy) are my GG Grandparents. Kelly Clark mizkmc01@hotmail.com

Re: Seeking Duffy from Berkshires, MA

marialeblanc79 — 2011-11-25 21:45:33Z

My grandfather was James Duffy. I believe he was born around 1882. He married Lillian Fraser (Hurley) and they lived in Lenox, MA. Their children were Lillian M. Duffy (Mahoney), Elizabeth Duffy (O'Brien) and Alice Duffy (Rennie).

Re: JAMES AND GRACE DUFFY

lotsippete — 2011-11-25 02:11:20Z

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Thelma thank you for the response. My name is Peter Majewski. James Duffy was my grandfather and Grace Farley would have been my grandmother but she passed long before I was born. I never knew that Grace passed from cancer. My mother Susan Duffy Majewski also died from cancer in 1997. She was the youngest of their three children. Linda the middle child has also passed. Coincidentally, she was a nurse for a long time. The oldest child is still alive. My uncle Jim Duffy. Retired. Playing golf with his sons when he can. James, Grace and Susan and Linda Duffy are all buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Tonawanda Ny.

Re: JAMES AND GRACE DUFFY

Lillehammer94 — 2011-11-23 14:12:37Z

Hi Thelma,
Thanks for your posts here. I have updated my family tree with the Darr and McVey family information. I am Gretta Farley the granddaughter of Jim's younger brother Michael Francis "Frank" Farley (1912-1986)and his wife Mary Louise Aberer (1921-1986). Our mutual cousin Mercedes Farley (graddaughter of Jim and Frank's brother Edward Farley) shared many Farley family photos from Dunbar she said she got from you. I gave them to my dad for Christmas 2 years ago and they really meant a lot to him. Thank you for that. Where in Buffalo are your parents buried and is Grace Farley Duffy buried in the same place? You may e-mail me at gmfar1980@hotmail.com. I've heard many good things about you, it's nice to finally "meet" you.

Re: JAMES AND GRACE DUFFY

t1678 — 2011-11-19 18:30:41Z

Mary Darr Farley was born in Steubenville, Ohio 1905 and die January 23, 1953 of cancer. I am one of two adopted daughters; Thelma Farley b. July 8, 1938. My sister, Barbara Sloma passed in December, 2009.
My mother had sisters, Margaret, Kathryn, Gertrude. Her brothers were John and Harry. All deceased.
Mary lived with my James Farley in Buffalo, New York all of their adult lives. Mary came to Tonawanda, NY from Geneva, NY at the age of 30.

Re: JAMES AND GRACE DUFFY

t1678 — 2011-11-19 18:11:22Z

I am Thelma Farley, my sister Barbara Sloma died in 2009. Jim Farley was our dad. He passed in 1986. He sure did love cigars, and you have it right...chewing tobacco and ends of cigars were his reaction to being told not to smoke them.
Grace was a beloved aunt who lived about 10 minute walk from our house at 150 Royal Avenue in Buffalo, NY. She and Jim Duffy and their kids lived on Ontario Street. Grace took care of my mom who died from cancer in 1953, and then she herself passed with the same disease.

Re: JAMES AND GRACE DUFFY

t1678 — 2011-11-19 18:02:04Z

Grace Farley was my aunt. I am one of two children of James Farley and Mary Darr. My sister, Barabara Sloma dies in 2009.
Grace did in fact die of cancer as did my mother, Mary Darr.
Mary died January 23,1953.
My father remarried (Marcella McVey) in 1954 or 55.
Grace was a nurse at one time and took care of my mother during the last few months of her illness.

Re: X Marks the Spot.....

AD515052 — 2011-10-29 22:57:20Z

aaaw - that's a shame, would have been lovely to find more Duffy relatives in Scotland. I applaud your extreme nosiness - would love to find out how you go hold of the townland and very interested in the New York connection. Through family stories we believe that either Bridget or Lizzie emigrated to America and we also know that the Duffys in Falkirk received food parcels from the US during the war. While I'm talking about family stories, we also believe my GG Granparents sheltered family who escaped Ireland following the Easter uprising and kept them safe until they emigrated to the US.

Will send you my e-mail.

Thanks!
Alison

X Marks the Spot.....

GRAHendry — 2011-10-29 21:29:36Z

Hello Alison,
You'll be dreadfully disappointed to discover that we're probably not related (Ha! Ha! Ha!), however I do know of a Duffy in New York who possibly is. Due to extreme nosiness I checked the birth records that are available online, and your branch of McNiffs come from the Townland of Moneenatieve, which lies just south of Drumkeeran. At the time of Griffith's Primary Valuation (roughly 1857) there are 4 McNiff families listed in Moneenatieve, who may, or may not, be related to each other; in my own Great Great Grandfather's Townland there were 5 McNiff families, and I've yet to establish a family connection with any of them, Leitrim records are a bit thin on the ground, and you'll maybe not have the same successes there as you did with the Roscommon ones. Can I ask a favour of you, would you send me a private message with your e-mail address (rather than post it here) and I'll get in contact with you directly. Look forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes,
Graeme

Re: More Questions Than Answers.....

AD515052 — 2011-10-28 21:50:10Z

Hi Graeme,

So, over the last week I've found out SO much more about the family! What a difference a McNiff makes. Here's a bit more of what I knew and some of what I've recently found out (following the McNiff/Duffy line):

early 1800 (not found marriage certificate yet): Michael McNiff m Anne Byrne

Michael McNiff b1828 Co Leitrim m Anne Guihen b1837 Kilronan Co Roscommon at St Mary's Athlone, Ardagh and Clonmacnois, Roscommon and Westmeath. 1st Witness, Miles McPartlan
Mary (or Maria) McNiff b1861
John McNiff b1864
Hugh McNiff b1866 Drumkeeran co Leitrim (my GGrandad)
Michael McNiff b1969 Drumkeeran co Leitrim
Eliza (Lizzie) McNiff b1872 Drumkeeran Co Leitrim
Bridgit McNiff b1874 Drumkeeran Co Leitrim
Thomas Duffy b1880 Falkirk Scotlad

Hugh Duffy m Barbara Walker b1881 Falkirk Scotland
Barbara Duffy b1898
Annie Duffy b1901
Davina Duffy b1905
Michael Thomas Carlos Duffy b1907 (my Grandad)
Ina Duffy b1909

Hugh and Barbara owned the 'Old Colonial Bar' in Falkirk (was known as Duffy's Bar) - it's still there, my mum and dad have visited.

What I now know is that the McNiffs were from Drumkeeran Co Leitrim and the Guihens from Kilronan Co Roscommon. Am all the way back to my GGGG Grandparents on Anne Guihen's side with her mum Maria Daly b1814 St Mary's Athlone Kilronan and her dad Jacob Guihen (1st witness Michael Guihen) and Maria's parents Eliza Mulloy and Bearnard Daly. Not got past my GGG Grandparents on the McNiff side.

The McNiffs left Ireland between 1874 and 1880 and changed their names by the time Thomas was born in Falkirk. Is interesting what you said about this being the earliest change you've heard of - we have no idea why they changed.........talk of dark deeds but I reckon that's all just a good story.

Haven't found Michael McNiff b1828 birth record but since the children were baptised at St Brigid's in Drumkeeran Innishmagrath parish then he must have been from near your Matthew (surely). And your GG Grandmother is Catherine McPartlan.......Anne and Michael's witness is Michael McPartlan - interesting.

So a few answers but non to the $64000 question. We're close but no prizes yet!

Alison

Duffy Marriage - Cambuslang Dec 1919

doyem7 — 2011-10-27 09:00:31Z

26 December 1919 - Parish of Cambuslang, County of Lanark
St Charles Chapel, Cambuslang

Groom: John DUFFY(32), Cambuslang, Steelworker
Bride: Mary Alice MICHAEL(26), Cambuslang

Grooms Parents:
Patrick DUFFY - Retired Steelworker
Mary Jane JACKSON

Brides Parents:
James MICHAEL - Steelworker (deceased)
Sarah LOUGHLAND

Lenore Edith Ruff Duffy

1putrinoscanlan — 2011-10-27 02:15:54Z

I have the announcement from the paper for the marriage of Lenore to Martin J Duffy, Jr. Please contact me if this would be of use to any of you.

Louise

Re: When Is A Duffy Not A Duffy?

AD515052 — 2011-10-22 23:42:42Z

I also have McNiffs who changed their name to Duffy when they moved from (around) Drunkeeran Co Leitrim to Falkirk Scotland (I don't know if you're from Scotland but Falkirk is close to Edinburgh). My McNiffs left in the late 1870s.

My GG Grandparents were Michael McNiff (b 1831 in Drumshanbo (we think)) and Anne Guihan (b 1843 in Drunkeeran) - I wonder if Michael and your Matthew may have been related.

They had 6 children - my G Grandfather Hugh McNiff (b 1866)was their 3rd child and my Grandad Michael Thomas Carlos Duffy was Hugh and Barbara Walker's son.

I've just found Michael McNiff and Anne Guihan's marriage certificate (1858 in Athlone Co Roscommon) with Miles McPartlan as their witness.

There may be connections here.........

Alison Duffy

Julia Duffy born 1866

brendaturner1159 — 2011-10-19 20:34:29Z

Julia Duffy was the second wife of my great grandfather Ben Hopkinson. She was born in 1866 in Bradford and her parents were John Duffy, a slater and Mary Connor, (I think they came from Ireland). John had died when Julia married Ben in 1907.
Please get in touch if you think you have a connection.
Thank you, Brenda.

Duffy, Charlotte Co VA

bonigrs — 2011-10-05 03:35:40Z

Looking for info re Robert Allen Duffy & wife Isabella Bettie Chism married 28 Aug 1871 in Charlotte Co VA.

DUFFY Daniel W - Vietnam Wall section 2E

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-09-19 23:17:18Z

DUFFY Daniel W - Vietnam Wall section 2E

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 222,447 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Duffy's of Goles, Cty Tyrione, N.I.

markaduffy — 2011-09-16 15:52:54Z

I'm looking for information on my great, great grandfather Patrick Duffy from Goles. In the 1901 census, he is listed as 60 years old and Married to Hannah Duffy (Not sure of her maiden name) who is listed as 58. Oddly in the 1911 census there are 80 and 75. Their children in the 1901 census are listed as.

Duffy John 30 Male Son
Duffy Patrick 23 Male Son
Duffy Mary 26 Female Daughter
Duffy Lawrence 20 Male Son (My Great Grandfather)

1911 census.

Duffy Patrick 34 Male Son Catholic
Duffy Lawrence 28 Male Son Catholic (My Great Grandfather)
Duffy Charles 25 Male Son Catholic

I'd also like information on one of Patrick and Hannah's sons who left for America in the early 1900s (My grandfathers uncle). He said that he went through Pittsburgh. I'm not sure of which uncle it was right now, im thinking it was Charles (Charlie). But will find out. He may have stayed with relatives over there. Im not sure.

Re: Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

lindamccanney — 2011-09-12 01:57:28Z

Brenda, Fascinating story. I would be interested to see if you find any relevant records. If you fancy a coffee when in Dundalk, let me know.

Good luck

Linda

Re: Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

Bennie666 — 2011-09-12 01:57:11Z

Hi Linda thanks for your early reply. I have brought the whole family history I have mostly Thomas and mary's children and their children some in Australia (my grandfather Frederick John) some in Canada and some staying around Liverpool.my grandfather took his mothers maiden name when he jumped ship in Aust.(1913).will do as you suggest and go to library thank a zillion.Thomas and Mary married Ardee.22/6/1825. Brenda

Re: Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

lindamccanney — 2011-09-12 01:56:59Z

Brenda,

Dundalk library holds microfilmed Catholic Baptismal and Marriage records dating 1790-1881 FHML 0979711.
If you have time to spare and you want to do your own research when you get Dundalk, head to the reference section of Dundalk library. If not bring your info and the reference librarian can run a search for you, however that service comes with fee.

Have you anymore information on this family.

Linda

Re: Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

Bennie666 — 2011-09-12 01:56:45Z

Thank you Stephen have been searching to find where in Dundalk. What I am after is the bride and groom parents name then I my huge hope would be to find a descendant of a Duffy and get the whole history of my dads family. Can provide the more recent history and photos quite a few mysteries too.my email is pwilli@clear.net.nz.will be in touch thanks so much brenda

Re: Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

stephenSaorog — 2011-09-12 01:56:27Z

Hi,

If you come to Louth I would advise coming to Ardee (as well as or instead of Dundalk). They are very close, and easy to go between.

I think your Thomas and Mary were from Ardee Parish :)

From my records of the Duffys:

Parish: Ardee
Date: 22/06/1825
Groom: Duffy, Thos
Bride: Crawford, Mary
Bride's Address: Lanes
Witness: Robert McDonald
Witness: Amelia McDonald

Sadly, can't find any children for you.
There is a Mary Crawford married to Terrance Duffy at this time with some kids in Drogheda (up the road a bit) but none with exotic names like June.

I'll send you the records anyway so you can discount them.

Ardee is a small, busy town with lots of history. I live nearby and would be happy to meet you and show you around.

Regards,

S

Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806

Bennie666 — 2011-09-12 01:55:44Z

Hi Linda, I am trying to find my Duffy Thomas 1801 and Mary Crawford 1806 ancestors or siblings They went to Liverpool about 1839-40 and lived in Albert st. Toxtethpark. Children born in Louth Mary 1830 John 1831 Thomas 1833 margaret1837 June 1838 then Elizabeth 1840 Liverpool Joseph 1844 Liverpool.Joseph my 2xgrandfather he married a Campbell then my 2grandmother Rebecca Hampson. Long shot we are connected but am coming Dundalk in a weeks time. I live in New Zealand.any help much appreciated. Regards brenda

DUFFY - Massachusetts

LC_1212 — 2011-09-07 06:32:34Z

Thomas and Isabella Duffy came to Tyringham, MA around 1891 or 1893 from Liverpool, England. About 1905/1910, they moved to Lee, MA. Isabella had six children, some by her first husband: one was Daniel Keegan; another was Annie Duffy. Who were her other children? Isabella was born either in Ireland or Paris or Liverpool. Her mother was Susan Hylands Roberts Van Nort (about 1830 - 1900).

Joseph Duffy (Iowa-South Dakota)

diduffy1 — 2011-08-30 01:02:35Z

I've been searching and searching, with no luck, for the parents/ancestors of Joseph Duffy. There seems to be no record of him before 1910... He was born February 8, 1877 and died September 26, 1950. Him and his wife, Mary Seloover, lived in Sherman, South Dakota and are buried in the Garretson, South Dakota cemetery. They had several kids, including Homer, Laurence, Fairy, Myron, and Earl. There was a different Joseph Duffy born in 1877 in Iowa, who married a Mary Pirsch and is buried in Oldham, SD. This is not the same person. Any information about Joe before 1910 is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

Re: duffy history

tierneyjohnj — 2011-08-29 20:49:39Z

Hello!

While researching my wife's side of the family tree I came across this posting. A little more searching on the Internet came up with a genforum message where you also mention a Michael Duffy who was a Merchant Marine and who died in Finland.

Both of these together lead me to believe the people you mention are my wife's great-grandparents and above.

My wife's paternal grandmother was Dorothy Duffy, and I recently found her parents' marriage certificate in Iowa. Their names were Michael Duffy and Josephine Bernemann, and Michael's parents are listed as Anthony Duffy and Annie O'Harra (sic).

I had also made contact with someone else researching that part of the tree who mentioned (as did my mother-in-law) that Michael was in the Merchant Marine and died in Finland. (The Duffys end up back here in NY in a later census.)

I realize these messages are fairly old, but hoping a notification goes out for this response! I'd love to share notes on the family (and hopefully learn some more.)

If you can't reach me via this board, you can get me directly at my genealogy blog contact form here:
http://currach.johnjtierney.com/contact/

Regards,
.JT.

Re: Geo. Duffy - 1905 Arizona

alaskapackerbacker — 2011-08-29 03:07:22Z

I am wondering if his middle name began with "S." I just bought a storage lock in Alaska than contained an 1891 Stanley level. On that level "Geo S. Duffy" was stamped on it. I plan on selling it, but it would be nice to know the history before I do. Thanks, Mike