Hi All,
I am hoping someone maybe able to shed some light on my Cassidy's. My g, great
grandfather Patrick Cassidy was born in Mayo County Ireland in 1798. To the best of my
knowledge he and his wife Mary Gavigan (born 1819 somewhere in Ireland) came to the US in
1875. I believe Mary is Patrick's second wife as the 1875 Town of Diana (northern New
York) Census lists Patrick as newly married. He worked in a Tannery in Harrisville, Lewis
County, New York and is the father of several children: Anna (married Dobson), Ellen (my
g, grandmother, married Forney), Thomas, Patrick, William and Hattie (married Horr). Mary
died on 2 February 1904 and is buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Harrisville. I have no
clue where Patrick is as he is note buried with his wife.
The families given above lived in and around Lewis and Jefferson County New York. I have
not be able to trace their port of entry into the US but assume it was either the port of
New York or Boston.
Would live to hear more about these or other Cassidy's
Shayne