Dunfee/Dunphy

Marcia:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and found two James Dunphy baptismal records with parents Luke Dunphy and Mary Walsh. Very likely the 1842 James dies young and the next son was given the same name. There were three sisters also.  Judith 1838 Catherine 1840 Bridget 1846 I did not locate a marriage record.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Name:James DunphyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:05-Feb-1842Address:ListerinParish/District:ROSBERCONGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Luke DunphyMother:Mary WalshOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Patrick BarronSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Catherine Byrn

Name:James DunphyDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:07-Feb-1844Address:ListerlinParish/District:ROSBERCONGender:MaleCountyCo. Kilkenny
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Luke DunphyMother:Mary WalshOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Michael BarronSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Judith Walsh

Your lucky you got a reply. No one answers sligo

Sorry no one answers county Sligo.

Hi Roger: thanks for your assistance. Are you thinking my James was born later because of the baptismal date? I have many family members who were baptisized together on a later date. I know that my James had an older brother John, I do not know of any sisters though I do know that there are many Dunfee/Dunphys who settled in Ontario but haven't established a link with them. I see that I made an error above, James came to Canada when he was 10 years old. He married Catherine here, in Canada.

Cheers, Marcia

PS James was supposedly born 25 Dec 1842 so the first baptism could not be his. Is it not possible that there are 2 Luke Dunphy's? Thanks again. Marcia

I'm wondering if this might be a connection??  My 3rd great grandfather, Michael McDonnell married Mary White.  They had two children:

Catherine McDonnell, born 1813 in Urlingford Parish, County Kilkenny

Martin McDonnell (my 2nd great grandfather) born 1815.

Martin emigrated to Ontario, Canada about 1845 and married Hanora Carroll (born 27 May 1821, Kilkenny).  On the 1861 Canada census, Martin is listed as a journalist.  The following children, all born Lower Canada, are listed:

Brigid, 1845

Michael, 1848 (my 2nd great grandfather)

James, 1849

Catherine, 1853

Martin, 1855

Margaret, 1857

Thomas S, 1859

I'd be most grateful for any information you might be able to provide.

Ann

Hi Ann: I am sorry but I don't have any connection in my database. Where in Ontario did they emigrate to? I looked at the Port Hope BDM data I have and cannot find any of them.

 Why did you think that there may be a connection? If I knew it may give me an idea of where to look. Marcia

Marcia:

Frequently, you see immigrants who say that their birthday was Christmas or St. Patrick's Day when very likely their birthday was a different day.

Based on the two baptismal records, I am thinking that the James for this family was born in 1844. Maybe this is a different family but Luke is not a common given name so I think it is unlikely that there was a second couple Luke Dunphy and Mary Walsh in Kilkenny during this time period.

Roger

My 2x ggm was Bridget Dunphy (abt 1831-1875) who came to Rome NY in 1852 with husband John Grogan(1815-1897) from Kilkenny. My research shows her father was Patrick Dunphy (1799) and mother Anne Sinnott. She had 6 siblings...Catherine, John, Mary, Margaret, William and Anastasia all born before1838. I found Caherlesk and Loughtbrak as places they might have lived. I don't know how helpful this info would be to you but I would like to see if there is a connection so I could learn more, Sadly, Bridget died in a kitchen fire in 1875 and I cannot find an obituary that would tell more about her roots.

 Thanks Roger, wish I could find any of the other children. I will keep digging.

Not sure who wrote about their 2xggm but I know for sure that Luke & Mary Walsh are James' parents based on his marriage certificate to Catherine. Now her parents were Jno (which I took for Jonathon) Consedene & Mary White while her Death Certificate has Miashel Consestain & Mary White.

the only children of Luke that I can verify in Canada are James & John. John & wife Ellen had 6 children Margaret, Catherine, Luke, John, Ellen & Frederick. James & Catherine had three children, James, Mary Ellen & Annie. none of the children continued the naming patterns of old. Not sure I can help, I wonder if Dunfee is as popular as Smith?

Sorry if my name did not appear. I was the one who posted about Bridget Dunphy. If anyone has information about her line,  f would appreciate it. There could be connection further back.

Thanks,   Cheryl