She was the Head of Household after her widowed Father, Timothy Gilroy, died. Katie Gilroy in the 1880 US Census in Newport, Newport, RI. (Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island; Roll: 1210; Family History Film: 1255210; Page: 234D; Enumeration District: 096; .)
My Mother always referred to her as "Aunt Kate". Catherine Gilroy was born in Newport, Newport, RI, in 1858.
She married William Rafferty, and they moved to New York City.
The 1892 Providence directory shows my great-great grandfather, John George Gilroy, and William P. Rafferty residing at 106 Manton Ave, Providence, RI.
William Rafferty was listed in the 1910 US Census as a Supervisor in the Street Cleaning Department. My Great-Grandfather (his brother-in-law) and Grandfather worked for the Department of Sanitation. Daughters Elizabeth (born about 1890), Henrietta (born abt 1892), Alice (born about 1893), and son Harry (born about 1895) are living with them in Queens, NY.
William Rafferty was listed in the 1920 US Census as a Manager in the stable at the Street Cleaning Department. Henrietta C. (born abt 1893 in Rhode Island) and Alice (born about 1894 in Rhode Island).
From the New York Census in 1925 does not show William Rafferty with the family, and the US Census in 1930 lists her as a widow.
She died 1939.
I knew that her daughter married Andrew Veeck from an obituary for another family member, but I was not sure of the daughter's first name. I traced through the US and New York Censuses, and thought her name was Elizabeth. However, when I found her son's (Andrew R. Veeck) death record entry on FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGGK-8CJ, his parents were listed as Andrew R. Veeck and Elizabeth Rafferty. Although he died at 201 Ransom St. Apt. # 1-B in
| Fuquay-Varina, Wake, North Carolina, he is buried in Greenfield Cemetery in Hempstead, New York. |
So I will be looking for some birth records of Katie Gilroy's children in Rhode Island.
And looking for death records of the Veeck's in New York City, and burials in Hempstead at Findagrave.
