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Harry D. McCoy was b. @ 1879 in Ireland. He may have went to Canada before entering the States.He probably left Ireland in the late 1890's or early1900's. He is found in the 1905 census for Montevideo, Chippewa, Minnesota. It says he had been in Minnesota for four years. His wife Elizabeth Collins was b. 31 Aug. 1885 in Sparta, Chippewa, Minnesota. They md. 22 Jun 1904 in Montevideo. Their son Donald James was b. 18 Aug 1905 in Montevideo. Elizabeth's family were from Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada and Dublin, Ireland. When Donald was a couple years old Harry D. abandoned his wife and child. There are several stories as to why but I have been unable to prove or disprove either of them. We have several photos of Harry D. one of them with him in front a flour mill Whitman Bro.'s in Minn. I have been unable to find any further records for Harry D. or his ancestors. Presumably he was the only Family member to leave Ireland.

Cynthia McCoy

Thursday 25th Jul 2013, 08:07PM

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  • Hi Cyn,

    That's a very clever user name!

    I'm a bit 'wild about Harry' as I haven't been able to find him anywhere!

    As you can see, the results of the rootsireland births/baptisms search found 3 matches - 2 of which are Helens so Hubert might be your man. However, I notice that a couple of ancestry public member trees had his birthplace as Northern Ireland though there wasno source given for this. Mayo is not Northern Ireland and I don't know if you were called Hubert whether you would call yourself Harry but I think I might!

    I'm wondering whether the marriage certificate might have his parents' names on it to give us some clues?

    Col

     

     

    ColCaff, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Friday 26th Jul 2013, 06:56AM

  • Hello Cyn,

    As the name Harry is a nickname for Henry, then I performed a quick search of www.rootsireland.ie .  I found 3 baptismal records in the time frame.

     

    3 matches for the search criteria: mccoy (plus variants) henry 1874-1884First Page 
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    ActionCostSourceSurnameFirst NameYearCounty
    View25 creditsChurch BaptismMcCoyHenry Joseph1877Co. AntrimView25 creditsChurch BaptismMcCoyHenry1876Co. AntrimView25 creditsChurch BaptismMcCoyHenry1876Co. Down

     

    I t might be worth your while viewing these records,

    Regards,

    Anne Dennehy

    kenden

    Friday 26th Jul 2013, 02:29PM

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