Anne Naughton

Notes:

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

Family/Spouse: Michael Doherty. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

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.

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

Family/Spouse: 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]