Mary D Hughes

Generation 5 back

Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Gregory James Leineweber ← John James Leineweber ← Mary Alice Farrell ← Anna Hughes Rafferty ← Mary D Hughes

Born

c. 1840 · Balla, County Mayo, Ireland

Died

March 29, 1911, at home in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

Migration

During childhood moved from Ireland to Lancaster, England with her parents

Photos

A candid group photograph including Mary D Hughes.

Uncle will & aunt minnie rafferty, 10th wedding anniversary.

Family

Father

Mother

Child in this line

Spouse

Children

Dominick A. Rafferty
b. Abt. 1865/66/67 in Onondaga County, New York · d. November 14, 1934, at home in Syracuse, New York
m. Lillie Sloan
Ellen “Nellie” Rafferty
b. Abt. 1868/69 in Onondaga County, New York · d. Bef. 1900
Agnes “Aggie” Rafferty
b. July 1871 in Onondaga County, New York · d. July 18, 1952, at home at 631 West Onondaga Street in Syracuse, New York
m. George M Barnes in abt. 1904
William F. Rafferty
b. February 24, 1873, in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York · d. December 10, 1931, at home at 949 West Onondaga Street in Syracuse, New York due to pneumonia
m. Minnie E ____ in late January 1901
Sarah “Sadie” M. Rafferty
b. February 1874/1875 in Onondaga County, New York · d. February 11, 1945, at Syracuse General Hospital in Syracuse, NY
John F. Rafferty
b. Abt. 1878 in New York · d. January 1899

Siblings

Catherine Hughes
b. Abt. December 1843, in Carrowkeel, Balla Parish, County Mayo, Ireland
Thomas Hughes
b. Abt. August 1846, in Carrowkeel, Balla Parish, County Mayo, Ireland · d. November 9, 1890, in Syracuse, New York from cranial hemorrhage after slipping on a banana peel
m. Mary____
John Hughes
b. Abt. 184934/185235, in Balla Parish, County Mayo, Ireland
James Hughes
b. Abt. 185435/185523/5722 in Warrington, Lancashire, England · d. September 2, 1900, near Phoenix, NY by drowning after hitting his head while falling off a boat in the Oswego River
Ann35/Annie21 Hughes
b. Abt. 1856, in Warrington, Lancashire, England
m. ____ Gallagher
Catherine/Katherine “Kate” Hughes
b. Abt. 184730/1857 in England
Marred: ____ Christian
d. June 10, 1891, in Syracuse, New York from Uterine Cancer
Lawrence P. Hughes
b. December 25, 1859, or abt. 1861 in Manchester/Warrington, Lancashire, England · d. July 3, 1934, in Syracuse, NY from Hypertrophic Liver Cirrhosis
m. Mary Rafferty

In brief

Born March 1719 or April16 1840, 4/431, 39/442/455, 6, 18, 19/4616 in Balla, County Mayo, Ireland. During childhood moved from Ireland to Lancaster, England with her parents. She died March 29, 1911, at home in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA.

Life story

From Mayo to Syracuse, by Way of England

Mary D. Hughes was born around 1840 in Balla, County Mayo, Ireland, the daughter of Patrick Hughes and Mary Durkin, and moved with her family to Lancaster, England, as a child before emigrating to Syracuse, New York, around 1859–1866. She married Dominick E. Rafferty and lived in the same Harrison Street house for over four decades, unable to read or write throughout her life. Mary died there on March 29, 1911, and was buried at St. Agnes Cemetery following a funeral at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

At a glance

Lived

Balla Parish, County Mayo, Ireland · Lancaster, England

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