K Doherty

Thomas married Barbara Jean Slocum. Barbara (daughter of Edward H. Slocum and Alice Maude Marks) was born on 30 Dec 1934 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 25 Aug 1996 in Queens, New York; was buried on 30 Aug 1996 in Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

That his middle name was Aquinas is confirmed by his draft card issued 16 Oct 1940, which also contains the following information:

Birth Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Birth Date: 3 Jun 1913
Residence: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Occupation: United Aircraft
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Elizabeth Doherty
Relationship to Draftee: Wife

The 1940 Federal census shows him living at 195 Burnside Avenue in East Hartford with his wife Elizabeth, 24; son Thomas, 5; and Arthur Story, 53, and Elizabeth Story, 50, presumably his in-laws. Industry: Aircraft; occupation: Grinder.

Thomas married Elizabeth Story. Elizabeth (daughter of Arthur Nicholas Story and Elizabeth Amelia Crowley) was born about 1916 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a painter.

Edward married Alice Maude Marks after 12 Sep 1932 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Alice (daughter of Arthur Lawrence Marks and Mabel Rogers) was born on 2 Apr 1908 in Connecticut; died on 9 Aug 1986 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was, at least at the time of her marriage, a stenographer.

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According to the 1928 and 1937 city directories of Hartford, in those years he was a janitor.

That the father of Thomas Doherty born 3 June 1913 was another Thomas Doherty who emigrated from Ireland in 1899 is established by the older Thomas Doherty's petition for naturalization dated 16 August 1913. Facts established by this document:

Residence: 19 Hamilton St., Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Foreman

Birth date: 25 December 1875

Birth place: Milltown, Ireland

Emigration: On the Teutonic, leaving Queenstown, Ireland 5 Apr 1899, arriving New York City 13 Apr 1899

Wife's name: Delia

Wife's birthplace: Dalgan, Ireland

Children: John, b. 29 Jun 1907; Edward, b. 17 Aug 1908; Thomas, b. 3 Jun 1913

Thomas Doherty stated his birthplace as "Milltown, Ireland," and in the 1930 US Census both his and his wife's place of birth is given as "Irish Free State."

There are a large number of Milltowns the Republic of Ireland. At least seven are in Wikipedia, plus many more hamlets, townlands, and sub-townlands of that name.

There are two Thomas Dohertys listed on the passenger manifest for the New York arrival of the RMS Teutonic on 13 Apr 1899. One of them states his age as 20, his last residence as "Caherduff", that he has $10 to his name, and that he is joining his sister Ellie in Hartford, Connecticut, who paid for his passage. The other states his age as 22, his last residence as "Carnaduff", and that he is joining his sister Mary in Hartford. Given the circumstances under which English shipping functionaries interviewed Irish passengers, is entirely possible that these listings refer to the same individual, and that the variations are down to simple mis-hearing. It is also possible that this sailing of the Teutonic contained two different Thomas Dohertys, both headed for Hartford.

There is a miniscule hamlet called Caherduff in county Mayo and a farming area called Carnduff in county Sligo. But I don't think either of these pertain to the origins of Thomas Doherty who gave his birth date as 25 December 1875 and his birthplace as "Milltown, Ireland."

The National Library of Ireland collects and preserves Catholic parish registers, and they're viewable on ancestry.com and elsewhere. There we find the record of a Thomas Doherty baptised on Sunday, 26 December 1875 at Carndonagh in county Donegal, son of Michael Doherty and Anne Naughton or Naughlen.

(Note that County Donegal is the part of Ireland with the largest concentration of persons named Doherty, both today and in the nineteenth century.)

Carndonagh, Carn Domhnach, is a town on the Inishowen peninsula; if Ireland were a clock it would be at about 12:30. Its current population is about 2,700. Photographs of it show it overshadowed by a very large and startlingly Italianate church, built in the 1940s on a high point over the town.

About five miles to the northeast of Carndonagh is the seaside town of Culldaff, Cúil Dabhcha. It is easy to imagine this place name being spoken in a heavy Irish accent and transcribed by non-Irish officials as "Caherduff" or "Carnaduff."

County Donegal has at least three Milltowns. Milltown, Baile an Mhuilinn, is a farming hamlet about twenty miles west of Carndonagh as the crow flies, but over 35 miles away by road. Milltown is also the name of a substantial part of central Donegal town, at the other end of the county. The third Milltown in Donegal is on the Inishowen peninsula, a mere eight to ten miles from Carndonagh depending on which road you take. This Milltown is on the Milltown Road, in the townland of Lederg, in the electoral division of Desertegny, in the civil parish of Desertegny, in the barony of Inishowen West, in the county of Donegal. Its coordinates are 55° 11' 53" N, 7° 29' 41" W. This Milltown seems to be the likeliest candidate for the birthplace of Thomas Doherty.

Thomas married Delia Ferrick on 28 Sep 1904 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Delia was born on 22 Sep 1883 in Dalgan, Ireland; died on 8 Feb 1976 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1885, Ireland
• Alternate death: Feb 1976, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

That her maiden name was Ferrick is confirmed by the U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, which reports Delia Ferrick as the mother of Thomas Doherty who was born 3 Jun 1913 at Hartford, Connecticut and died 19 Sep 1992.

According to the 1920 and 1930 US censuses, she immigrated to the United States in 1898.

Several ancestry.com user-contributed trees give her parents as Thomas Ferrick, b. 1861, and Ellen Rohan, with no evidence provided.

Arthur married Elizabeth Amelia Crowley on 6 Oct 1913 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of John P. Crowley and Mary) was born about 1887 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1888
• Alternate birth: Abt 1890

Notes:

The 1910 and 1920 Federal censuses both say that her parents were born in Ireland, and that she was born in Connecticut.

Notes:

"Mrs. Elizabeth

Miss Elizabeth Amelia Crowley, daughter of Mrs. J. P. Crowley, and Arthur N. Story, Jr., of Wethersfield were married Monday morning by Rev. B. F. McCarthy at St. Patrick's Church. Miss Helen D. Crowley was maid of honor and Paul H. Elsdon was the best man. Mr. and Mrs. Story will live in Wethersfield." [Hartford Courant, 8 Oct 1913]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Oct 1882, New Jersey
• Alternate birth: Abt 1884, New Jersey
• Alternate birth: Abt 1885, New Jersey

Notes:

He was a millwright. Last appears in the 1940 census.

William married Mabel Sophia Pearce about 1904. Mabel (daughter of Joseph Pearce and Charlotte Esther Saunders) was born on 20 Sep 1882 in Buckinghamshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1961 in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida; was buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1883, England

Notes:

Came to the US in 1894, according to the 1930 census. Last census record is in 1940.

Notes:

The 1910 census calls him a traveling salesman in tea and coffee.

If the records are accurate, he died one day short of his 90th birthday.

Arthur married Mabel Rogers. Mabel was born on 20 Sep 1872 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 11 Aug 1931 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried on 14 Aug 1931 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1900 census gives her birth month as September 1872 and says that both her parents were born in New York.

She and her husband were returning from a vacation in Hampton Beach, New Hamsphire, and stopped in Worcester, Massachusetts, where, while returning to their car after buying some fruit, she was struck by a car and killed.

Notes:

There are at least eight Michael Dohertys recorded as baptized in Carndonagh, Donegal between 1855 and 1858; any of them could be the father of Thomas Doherty baptized in Carndonagh, or that father could be any of the innumerable other Michael Dohertys found in the correct range of years in the wider surrounding area.

Michael married Anne Naughton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Naughlen; the handwritten parish record is very hard to read.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Between 1853 and 1854, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: 1854, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

Factory bookkeeper.

The record of his 13 Jun 1879 baptism as an adult (he was confirmed two days later) at Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford's Episcopal cathedral) reads: Arthur Nicholas Story (adult) (hypoth.), Hartford, Sept. 20, 1853. [Parents] George and Antoinette Ayrault. [Sponsors and Witnesses] Charlotte Marcella Story.

Arthur married Charlotte Marcella Carroll in 1878. Charlotte was born in Mar 1859 in of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 23 May 1941 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1900 census says both her parents were born in Connecticut. The 1910 census says her father was born in New York state. The 1930 census says both her parents were born in New York. The latter census also says "Attended school: No" and "Able to read and write: Yes."

We derive her middle name Marcella from the recorded presence of a "Charlotte Marcella Story" as a sponsor or witness at the 13 Jun 1879 adult baptism of her husband Arthur Nicholas Story at Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut.

The 1860 state census of Connecticut lists a Marcella Caroll, age 3, born in Connecticut, living with presumed parents Thomas and Marcella Caroll, both age 34, both born in Ireland. They also have a son Thomas, age 13, born in Ireland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1844, Ireland
• Alternate birth: 1846
• Alternate birth: Abt 1850, Ireland

Notes:

Described as a coachman in the 1880 census, and a mail carrier in the 1910 census, he and his wife immigrated about 1870. The 1880 census says that both of his parents were born in Ireland.

John married Mary in Jun 1873. Mary was born about 1854 in Ireland; died after 15 Aug 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1880 census says both of her parents were born in Ireland. The 1910 census records her as unable to read or write.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1855, New Jersey
• Alternate death: Bef 1920

Elijah married Sarah J. Lewis on 15 Sep 1881 in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey. Sarah was born in 1853; died before 11 Oct 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1856, Great Missenden, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes:

He was a wheelwright.

Joseph married Charlotte Esther Saunders between Oct 1876 and Dec 1876 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. Charlotte (daughter of James Harris Saunders and Sarah) was born on 28 Mar 1854 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 20 Jan 1931 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1853, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1832

Notes:

Notes of Terry Families says "He is a painter, and lives in Windsor, Conn."

Civil War service: Corporal, Company D, 16th Connecticut Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers. He was a wagonner. Enlisted 14 or 24 Aug 1862; fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg; mustered out 18 Dec 1862.

William married Harriet Maria Button in Oct 1855. Harriet (daughter of Jonathan Button and Elizabeth Terry) was born on 30 May 1833 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 23 Jul 1918 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1833
• Alternate birth: May 1834, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

Her Find a Grave page gives her death date as 23 May 1918, but the grave itself clearly says 23 Jul 1918, which accords with other existing records.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: Abt 1810, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: Aft 1870, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate death: Aft 1872, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

According to the 1870 census, he was a shoemaker.

George married Antoinette Ayrault. Antoinette (daughter of Daniel Ayrault and Hepsibah Kentfield) was born about 1830 in Connecticut; died on 21 Aug 1862 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices (citation details below) records her death on 21 Aug 1862, and also records the death, on 28 Aug of the same year, age 19 months, of George Story, "Son of George and the late Antoinette A."

Notes:

He was a victualler and a wheelwright.

James married Sarah. Sarah was born in 1824 in Lee, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1798

James married Saphronia Griswold on 14 Mar 1821. Saphronia (daughter of Capt. Joel Griswold and Martha) was born about 1801; died on 9 Apr 1878 in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, East Granby, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 22 Jun 1799, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate death: Aft 1880

Notes:

He was a harness-maker.

He and his wife were third cousins, both of them great-grandchildren of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins (1677-1768) and Alice Adams (1682-1735). Alice Adams was in turn a great-granddaughter of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford (1590-1657).

Jonathan married Elizabeth Terry on 8 Apr 1823. Elizabeth (daughter of Solomon Terry and Hannah Pease) was born on 28 Feb 1802 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 4 Dec 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her husband were third cousins, both of them great-grandchildren of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins (1677-1768) and Alice Adams (1682-1735). Alice Adams was in turn a great-granddaughter of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford (1590-1657).