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Anna Hughes Rafferty

Madigan, Dee & Farrell Generation 4 back

Meghan’s great-great-grandmother; her parents came from Balla, County Mayo.

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

Born
December 15, 1864 · Onondaga County, New York
Died
September 12, 1946 · home in Syracuse, New York
Married
January 28, 1891

Photos

Frederika and Mom Minnie Downding Rafferty.
Frederika and Mom Minnie Downding Rafferty.
William F Rafferty.
William F Rafferty.
Patrick Mary Hughes CC.
Patrick Mary Hughes CC.
Anna and Anthony J at home.
Anna and Anthony J at home.
Rafferty St Agnes Cemetery Plot.
Rafferty St Agnes Cemetery Plot.
Anna and Agnes Rafferty.
Anna and Agnes Rafferty.
Rafferties from Top left Lillie Dominick Agnes R Barnes Will Minnie next row Fredericka Georgianna Barnes Doris Donald.
Rafferties from Top left Lillie Dominick Agnes R Barnes Will Minnie next row Fredericka Georgianna Barnes Doris Donald.
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception Syracuse.
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception Syracuse.
Anna Rafferty.
Anna Rafferty.
Fitch 2013.
Fitch 2013.
Rafferty pocket 2 0013 b.
Rafferty pocket 2 0013 b.
Anna and Anthony J.
Anna and Anthony J.
Patrick and Mary Durkan Hughes.
Patrick and Mary Durkan Hughes.
Anna Rafferty Portrait from Julie.
Anna Rafferty Portrait from Julie.
LTo RBTo FFlorence Farrell Howard Farrell Helen Farrell Janet Clarke Bettie Clarke Anna Rafferty.
LTo RBTo FFlorence Farrell Howard Farrell Helen Farrell Janet Clarke Bettie Clarke Anna Rafferty.
106 Fitch Street Site in 2023.
106 Fitch Street Site in 2023.

Family

Father
Dominick E Rafferty
Mother
Mary D Hughes
Child in this line
Mary Alice Farrell
Spouse
Anthony James Farrell

Siblings

In brief

Born December 15, 1864 in Onondaga County, New York. She married January 28, 1891 and worked as tailoress. She died September 12, 1946 in home in Syracuse, New York.

  • A tailoress in 1880.
  • Buried at St. Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse.

Life story

A Syracuse Tailoress

Anna Hughes Rafferty was born on December 15, 1864, in Onondaga County, New York, the daughter of Dominick E. Rafferty and Mary Hughes, and worked as a tailoress before marrying Anthony James Farrell on January 28, 1891. She lived for over thirty years in the same house on Fitch Street in Syracuse.

Community Life

Anna was a longtime officer of the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association's Syracuse branch, serving as vice-president and then, from 1915, president, and belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Ladies Auxiliary of the House of Providence. She helped fill Christmas gift bags for orphans at St. Vincent's Asylum for years running. Anna died at home in Syracuse on September 12, 1946, and was buried at St. Agnes Cemetery.

At a glance

Work
Tailoress
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