Hello,
I have Cassidys in my family. My gg grandmother was Marie Adelaide Cassidy (Delia) (also
spelled in a variety of ways) Casda, Cassite, Casete, Cassete, Cassada, and on and on. One
thing to remember is that spelling was not an issue in those days. Often people were not
literate and wouldn't have known the correct spelling anyway.
The recorder just wrote down the sounds they heard and were not always the same as the
next recorder.
For instance, when her husband died in 1850 (she married Francis DeRosier) his tombstone
read Dewrosier. It was in the census that she could not read or write.
Anyway, her parents, my ggg grandparents were Patrick (often listed as Pierre) Cassidy and
Marie Desange Boudreau.
Could this be your line? I have much more information but no sense going into it unless we
have them in common.
Marilyn Craig
On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:17 PM, R Mau wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure the protocols for posting here, but here goes! I hope this
isn't too long.
Along with a couple of other family members I've discovered along the way,
I'm investigating the Cass?dy family or families who were in and near Sussex
County, NJ in the late 1700s and early 1800s. We have wills and other
records that place John Cassidy and his four sons, John Jr., James, Patrick
and William, in Sussex County around 1820. There are other records that put
a John Cassidy and a Patrick Cassidy in Sussex county in the late 1700s and
earlier 1800s.
We have evidence that some of the family migrated to Michigan, some to
Illionis, some to Kansas and there are links to the areas of New York and
Pennsylvania that adjoin Sussex County in the far northwest corner of New
Jersey.
The work, as I'm sure others have discovered, of following a person through
those time periods is hampered by the many spellings of the name. We have
records with Cassidy, Cassady, Cassida, and Cassedy that we believe all
refer to the same family line we're interested.
So the 'ask' is for any one with a John Cass?dy or a Patrick Cass?dy, where
the '?' represents any of the different spellings, to please post or contact
us via this board. We'd be happy to share the what we know and what we think
about Cass?dy in and from Sussex County, NJ.
Thanks and best regards,
Rick Mau
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