Margaret Mary Dufficy (McCormack) : Short Biography

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	1901 Census for Lisduff	Ireland	VIEW SOURCE
	1911 Census for Lisduff	Ireland	VIEW SOURCE

Margaret Mary Dufficy (McCormack) 1886

Kiltrustan (Roscommon) Clooncraff (Roscommon)

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Place of migration

Stayed in Ireland

Tom and Margaret McCormack

Margaret Mary "Maggie" Dufficy was born on 21 Dec 1886 in house 5 in Lisduff, Ballygarden. She was the last of ten children born to Bridget Flanagan and Martin Dufficy, who died a few months before Maggie was born.

She attended Clooncullane National School up until sixth class when she dropped out to help her mother manage their small farm. Her second cousins lived up the road from them and would likely have helped out. Her brother Thomas died in 1899 when she was just twelve.

A match was arranged between her and a farmer of Carrowkeel- Thomas McCormack. They were married on 6 Mar 1916, witnessed by his cousin Jerome Kennedy and her sister Anne. They had six children during their marraige, Mary, Bridget, Kathleen, Margaret, John Joseph and Thomas.

Maggie died on 17 Mar 1965, aged seventy nine.

Additional Information
Date of Birth	21st Dec 1886	VIEW SOURCE
Date of Death	17th Mar 1965	VIEW SOURCE
Father (First Name/s and Surname)	Martin Dufficy	VIEW SOURCE
Mother (First Name/s and Maiden)	Bridget Flanagan	VIEW SOURCE
Townland born	Lisduff	VIEW SOURCE
Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname)	Thomas McCormack	VIEW SOURCE
Names of Children	Mary McCormack Regan, Bridget McCormack, John Joseph McCormack, Margaret McCormack Glynn, Kathleen McCormack Casserly and Thomas McCormack Jr
Place of Death	Carrowkeel	VIEW SOURCE
Names of Siblings	Mary Dufficy, Honoria Dufficy Beirne, Mary Anne Dufficy O'Donnell, Thomas Dufficy, Bridget Dufficy McDermott, Anne Dufficy, Timothy Dufficy, Patrick Dufficy, Martin John Dufficy
New Type	Paternal Grandparents: Thomas Dufficy and Mary Coleman
New Type	Maternal Grandparents: Michael Flanagan and Bridget McDermott (?)

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I'm looking for records of my grandfather who was called Martin Dufficy and born in 1879 or 1880 - might Mary have been his sister?

Paul Dufficy

pduf

Friday 28th February 2020 04:27AM

Hi Paul,

Margaret's brother Martin was born in 1883 and immigrated to Denver, Colorado circa 1908. He worked as a coal miner. I have only traced him as far as 1930, by which time he was still not married. There is more info about Martin Dufficy in his wiki tree profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dufficy-377 . Do you think this could be the same Martin you're looking for?

Alicia

aliciamccormack

Friday 28th February 2020 06:50PM

Hello Alicia

Thank you so much for this. Unfortunatelt my grandad went to Australia. Thanks again

Paul

pduf

Saturday 29th February 2020 12:15AM

Hi Paul,
For finding more info about your grandfather before he immigrated, I would recommend www.irishgenealogy.ie, www.familysearch.org, www.rootsireland.ie and national archives.ie. Do you know what county in Ireland he came from? If you would like I could run a search for you on a few different websites and see if I can find anything to help.

Alicia

aliciamccormack

Saturday 29th February 2020 12:13PM

Hello Alicia

And thank you again. From what I understand he was born in Alphin, County Roscommon in I believe 1879.

He (MARTIN) and three brothers (JAMES, MAURICE, EDWARD) emmigrated around 1900 (I think) and (maybe) all came to Australia.

Martin (my grandfather) married Brigit Kenny in Gerringong (south of Syddney) on St Patrick's Day 1904.

Warm regards

Paul Dufficy

pduf

Sunday 1st March 2020 01:21AM

Hi Paul,

There was a Martin Dufficy born in Carrigeen/Carrigeenappul, Tulsk, near Elphin to James Dufficy and Mary Gavin, on 23 June 1871. The age is eight years off but it was not unusual for people to give incorrect ages on other records.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1871/03283/2203438.pdf

His siblings were :

Patrick B. before 1864 (before civil registration)

James B. before 1864

Honor B. 20 Apr 1865 (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03571/2316149.pdf)

Maurice B. 29 May 1867 (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1867/03483/2280544.pdf)

Thomas B. 14 Feb 1869 (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1869/03407/2249624.pdf)

Edward B. 24 May 1873 (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1873/03195/2171767.pdf)

Martin's father James died in 1895:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1895/05914/4678860.pdf

Followed by his mother Mary in 1897:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05855/4659194.pdf

After the deaths of both their parents, James, Maurice, Edward and Martin disappear from Irish records (so it makes sense that they immigrated) and their brother Patrick stayed behind to live with an older uncle Martin Dufficy Sr:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Roscommon/Tulsk/Carrigeenagappul/1673303/

Patrick later married: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Tulsk/Carrigeenagappul/796504/

Honor married Pat Hanly and lived in Drumna, Tulsk : https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1889/10725/5910650.pdf

Do you think this could be your grandfather's family? I think so, as the siblings names match and the details check out, though he is older than you thought. If you think this is him, I can research more and put it into a document to send to you, or I could direct you to a few places to search if you would rather find out the info yourself.

Hope some of this helps!

Alicia

aliciamccormack

Sunday 1st March 2020 07:50PM

Hello again Alicia

Once again, how can I thank you for this? I was born 20 years after my grandparents (paternal) and am one of the youngest grandchildren. I was never told about this history and you have opened my eyes. My goal is to return to Ireland with an Irish passport and go to my grandparents birthplace - to close the circle I suppose. Also, I wish to document for my children - Rory, Katie and Tom Dufficy. Thanks so much for your help. I guess the question for me is how do I prove I am Martin's grandson? But that's for another day. Maybe I can help you out when you come to Australia or I will thank you in person in a year or two when I return.

Paul

pduf

Monday 2nd March 2020 12:56AM

Hi Paul,

No problem. Happy to help. I was looking at the site wiki tree today and saw that a woman named Helen Gardner has a family tree that your grandfather Martin seems to be part of:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dufficy-10

The profile she has for him matches the info you had already and what I found. She has info on his parents and siblings, including immigration information. You can send her a message to see if she is a relation or not, this could help prove that the Martin Dufficy of Carrageenappul is your grandfather.

If you have any more questions, just let me know. Hopefully you will get to come to Ireland one day to see Roscommon!

Alicia