My 2nd great-grandfather is Edward Duffy, born around 1846 in Ireland (possibly around Donegal where his sister was born 15 years later) and married Ellen McCurdy (in Scotland).
What's the source for Edward's sister's birthplace?
What did Edward give as place of birth on census returns? Which census years did he & sister appear on? Have you found any more siblings?
Did John Duffy & Catherine move to Scotland?
Hi Maiden Stone,
Donegal is a placeholder at the moment. I picked it off another tree that had other verified information. (Not best practice, I know).
The Ancestry Scottish census records for 1881, 1891 and 1901 Edward's birth place simply as Ireland.
There are no census records of Edward and Teresa together that I have found.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ doesn't hold records for 1861 when Teresa was born, or 1871 (though Edward may have been in Scotland by then but I haven't found him on the census).
I haven't found any other siblings. I've looked for John Duffy and Catherine Docherty's death certificates (in Scotland, John Duffy was at Edwards wedding in Scotland, not sure if it was a visit of if he had relocated) to see who the informants are, to see if there may be another child of theirs. Can't find census records that might indicate other siblings.
Unclear if John and Catherine moved to Scotland. Like I mentioned earlier, a John Duffy is listed on Edwards wedding certificate, so I'm assuming it's his father at his wedding, but I can't find anything that confirms if he (and Catherine, though she passed before Edward's wedding in 1876)
Thanks for your questions!