Saturday, February 23, 2013
Timothy Gilroy's Civil War Draft Information
Timothy Gilroy was designated Class II in the 1863 Civil War draft. My research indicates that he did not serve in the Civil War. He is listed on Line 20, at the bottom of the page.
TImothy Gilroy's Algebra Book
In the late 1990's I established contact with my cousin, Jack Gilbert through a Gilroy message board. It had been decades since I had seen him. He shared an image of what Timothy used to record his marriage and births. Instead of a bible, it is his algebra book.
"Timothy Gilroy was married
to Eliza Boyle on the 18th
of January 1855 by Father Fitton
Mary Born October 25th 1855
Anne Born January 12th 1857
Catherine Born April 12th 1858
Thomas Born October 14th 1859
Bernard born April 28th 1861
James Born August 22nd, 1862
Timothy Born January 29 1864
Charles Born February 10th 1866
Elizabeth Agnes Dec 12 1867
Sarah July 23rd 1869
Mary Jane Sept 19th 1871
John, Born June 8th 1873"
Timothy Gilroy's Naturalization
Our line of Gilroys in the US began with Timothy Gilroy.
His Naturalization Papers yielded this data:
Birthdate: 10 May 1818
Birthplace: Sligo, Ireland
Arrived: New York 30 June 1851
Date of Naturalization: 18 Oct 1864
He had resided in RI last 13 years (since 1851)
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His Naturalization Papers yielded this data:
Birthdate: 10 May 1818
Birthplace: Sligo, Ireland
Arrived: New York 30 June 1851
Date of Naturalization: 18 Oct 1864
He had resided in RI last 13 years (since 1851)
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I have not yet found the passenger manifest for his entry into the United States.
Family lore was that he left Ireland after publishing seditious material, and went to Holland. When he was there he realized that his children would not speak English, so he left for America. There was also a story that he attended Trinity University and studied math in Dublin, but I was unable to verify that when I contacted archivists in the mid-1990's.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Timothy Gilroy and Eliza Boyle's daughter Catherine
Tonight I have been doing some work on Catherine (Kate, Katie) Gilroy.
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
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.
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.
Friday, November 16, 2012
A Gilroy Birth in RI
Female Gilroy
| birth date: | 25 Oct 1855 |
| birthplace: | Newport, Newport, Rhode Island |
from "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
The only parent listed is Father's Name: Gilroy
I will have to compare this information to what I have gathered about Gilroy families in RI in that timeframe, but this looks to be a child who died at (or shortly after) birth.
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