Duffy from Tullamore, Ireland

[ElmTree]

We are looking for the Duffy family from Tullamore.

John Duffy was born in Tullamore, Ireland around 1841. We know his father was James Duffy and his mother's maiden name was Flinn.
John joined the army, married a Welsh girl and lived in Scotland until she died in 1881.
We think John then married Bridget Booth in 1884 in Tullamore and they had a son John Duffy born in 1886.

Does anyone recognise these family names from Tullamore,Offaly

With thanks Amle

[heywood]

Hello Amie,

if you don't already have it - here is the marriage index information for the 1886 marriage:

Tullamore July -September 1884 volume 3 pg 467

John Duffy and Bridget Booth are possible spouses

regards
heywood

[heywood]

1901 census Tullamore has John Duffy with grandmother Ann Boothe. I am sure you have this.
Ann B is born abt 1851 which would make her younger than her John Duffy snr.
I know that there were often large age gaps between spouses but as you have said you 'think' your John married Bridget, I just wanted to mention it.

[ElmTree]

Thanks Heywood
I think it maybe a younger wife as it was John's second marriage, he was a widower with a young son. I can not find anything out about Bridget or Ann though.
Amle

[heywood]

You would find Bridget's father from the marriage certificate - you already have her mother Anne in the census.

You might be able to get the marriage details from Scottish records.
Was the older child, William James born Ayr?
If so, his birth details would give you Ann's maiden name.

I think Find My Past, which is a  subscription site, has military records. You might be able to find out more about John perhaps.

[ElmTree]

I have John's first marriage, it is to a Welsh lass Martha Hays and William James is from that marriage. I think we have worked out the family of Martha pretty well.
As you say I may have to get John and Bridget's marriage cert. I think I was trying to link them up more positively. William James always said he was an only child.
With thanks Amle

[heywood]

I must have the wrong William James then as he is with a mother Ann. (I thought you called her Ann before, not Martha)

Was William James raised by his Hays family? He may have lost contact with his father.

It seems that you  need to get the marriage certificate for John and Bridget to compare father's names and also the occupation of John which may help.

[ElmTree]

Sorry Heywood
Martha was the first wife. Then I believe Bridget. I have found Ann Boothe on the 1901 census she was grand mother to a John and a James Duffy. John Duffy was born c1886. John is possibly a son of John and Bridget but James birth is recorded as c 1889 when Bridget's husband John had died in 1887. Of course James could be a son of another of Ann's children, a cousin to John. Is it the 1901 census you have seen? I think it says grandmother!

So I have Ann Boothe whose daughter Martha married John Duffy who had a son John. I thought if anyone had any information on the Duffy family I could link them up somehow but perhaps we should start with Martha and John's marriage as you say.
With thanks Amle

[ElmTree]

William James Duffy is recorded on the 1881 census in Ayr  with mother Ann. We do not know why but Martha was his mother and she died just a couple of days after the census was conducted, so may have been an error.
Amle