Sorry all; I replied to the wrong email!
Janet
On Aug 28, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Stephen Cassidy wrote:
A quick note - my great grandfather came from Galway near the Mayo
border along Lake Corrib and lived on the Doorus (sometimes spelled
Duras) peninsula. He settled in Saratoga Springs, New York. I
assume there was a Cassidy contingent in upstate New York, but
always wondered why he picked Saratoga Springs.
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From: wb rice <wbrice_99(a)yahoo.com>
To: cassidy(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:02:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CASSIDY] Cassidys from Fermanagh
Hello Janet~~
It's been several years since you've heard from me. My PC crashed,
my data got scrambled & I had some family issues that kept me from
continuing my research. But things have more or less fallen back
into place & I've regained some of my interest now that I've come
across two Cassidy cousins on
Ancestry.com.
To refresh your memory, I'm a great-great-grandson of William
Cassidy (c1825-c1895) & Margaret Bridget (or vice-versa) Carroll
(c1835-c1905) of Drumanane, Devonish Parish, from at least
1856-1911 from the data I've seen. William's first wife was Jane
(?) Hall, who I assume was of the Drumanane Halls, and their
children were William (c1849-1903, NY), Robert (c1852-1937, CA) &
Jane Fogarty (c1854-1931, NY.) (Going by this naming pattern
alone, I assume that William (c1825-c1895) was the son of a
previous William. Robert might have been named after his maternal
grandfather, a theoretical Robert Hall, since another Robert Hall
of roughly the same generation as Robert Cassidy is living in
Drumanae in the 1901 census.)
William (c1825-c1895) & Margaret Bridget Carroll (c1835-c1905)'s
children were Mary (1856-?), Catherine (1858-?), Margaret (1860-?),
Morris/Maurice (1861-?), James (1863-1927, NY), John, my great-
grandfather (1868-1931, NY), Patrick (1869-?), Nicholas (1871-?),
Philip (1874-1914, NY), Margaret Jane (1878-?)(Both god-parents
were Halls.)
You may recall that my Cassidys settled in Flushing, NY and were
probably cousins of the Jack/David Cassidy line judging by the
extremely close proximity of their houses and the similar naming-
patterns. The first of this Jack/David Cassidy line to arrive in
Flushing was Patrick (c1820-c1870) and he named his first-born
William (c1851-1901, NY). This William (c1851-1901, NY) sported
the name William F Cassidy in the Flushing directory, most likely
to differentiate himself from his neighbor & probable cousin
William Cassidy (c1849-1903, NY), my great-grandfather's brother.
(Ironically perhaps, William (c1849-1903, NY) & William F
(c1851-1901, NY) are buried within 100 feet of each other, which
caused some confusion in the cemetary office.) This William F also
named his first-born William, as did his brother Patrick (c1852-
c1932). Patrick (c1852-c1932)'s son William was the father of Jack
Cassidy.
Another Cassidy living by today's Main St. & Roosevelt Ave in
Flushing Was Morris Cassidy (c1830-c1890, NY). As with William
Cassidy (c1825-c1895) & Patrick (c1820-c1870, NY), Morris named his
first-born son William. Also showing this Morris' closeness to my
family is the fact that when my great-grandmother died, my great-
grandfather John (1868-1931, NY) moved in with Morris' widow before
his re-marriage.
I'm sure this is confusing & long-winded, but I'm throwing it out
there in the hope of making some connection & re-gaining the data
which I've lost. I remember that someone (perhaps you, Janet) gave
me my great-great-grandfather's death date, c1895 & the name of one
Oliver Cassidy (I think) who might have some info on my family.
Both of these notes I lost when my PC crashed.
Well, it's good to be back & I hope to hear from you soon.
Bill Rice
Old Flushing Township, NY
--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Janet Cassidy <caiside(a)comcast.net> wrote:
From: Janet Cassidy <caiside(a)comcast.net>
Subject: [CASSIDY] Cassidys from Fermanagh
To: cassidy-l(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 11:21 PM
I am interested in establishing links between all Cassidys from the
Fermanagh parishes of Devenish, Boho, Inishmacsaint , and possibly
Cleenish. If you have gotten your family back to Griffith's Valuation
in one of these parishes, and earlier (circa late 1700s--early 1800s)
please let me know. I suspect that if we could get back to the early
1800s or late 1700s with records, we'd see they are connected.
My own gang comes from near Derrygonnelly, probably from townland of
Drumgormly, and are probably descended from Brian or Francis
Cassidy . Related names include McCaffrey, Flanagan, and Love, but
must be many more related families.
Janet C
NY
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