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Alternate Spellings include: Claffee, Claffy, Clafy, Chappy, Cleffey, Cloffey
Claffey Family in Michigan
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Updated October 2002
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| 01-James Claffey
b. Ireland 1810 or 1815
02-+Mary Claffey b. Ireland 1825 03-----James Claffey b. 1849 in Michigan 04-----+Sarah b. 1862 in Kansas 05-----Francis Claffey b. 1858 in Michigan 06-----Daniel C. Claffey (b. 1860?) in MI NOTES: These Claffeys lived in Bertrand, Michigan. I suspect that John J. Claffey b. 1856 in Michigan is also their son. His wife was named Amy, b. 1861 in Michigan. 03-Was a farmer in
1880 and had no children at that time
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| Claffeys from Bertrand
(Berrien Co.) Michigan who attended Notre Dame were:
Francis Xavier Claffey 1872 to 1876 James Claffey 1865 to 1868 John J. Claffey 1872 to 1875 |
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Catholic Cemetery, Bertrand, Michigan Thomas C. Claffey
died 4 July 1868 ae 5 y 2 mo 21 da
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| This Claffy/Claffee
family lived in Saugatuck (Allegan Co.)
Michigan as early as 1860: 01-John Claffy b. 1824 Ireland 02-+Mary Claffy b. 1834 Ireland 03----James Claffy b. 1861 in Michigan 04----Frank Claffy b. 1863 in Michigan 05----Lalla Claffy b. 1864 in Michigan 05----Samuel Claffy b. 1866 in Michigan 06----Ira Claffy b. 1868 in Michigan 07----David Claffy b. 1870 in Michigan |
| Claffey/Clafferty
Family: Ireland to Canada to NY to Michigan and
Texas: Note that 01 Michael below is the same person numbered 03 Michael on Dolly Rogers page. Also note that 05 William Henry Claffey, Sr. changed his name to Clafferty. 01Michael Claffey
b. @ 1844 in Canada
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| NOTES:
Birthdates given as @ can be plus or minus one year. 01-Michael Claffey b. 1844 in Canada is the son of James b. @ 1811 and Bridget Claffey b. @ 1814 both born in Ireland and came from Ireland and were in Canada in 1844 and NY by 1846. They are buried in Norwood, NY. (See Dolly Rogers page on the Claffey Home Page--Michael is 03 on her page.) Michael's brothers were John Claffey b. June 1847, St. Lawrence Co., NY, James Claffey b. 05 May 1855, Charles Hurlbert Claffey b. 1858 in NY. 02-Abigail died 27 Jul 1930, buried in Norwood, NY, death certificate records her maiden name as Bulland. In 1910 lived in North Stockholm, NY 03-Henry Thomas Claffey was born in North Stockholm, St.Lawrence Co., NY. Birth year may be 1877. 04-Anna Mable Rutherford was born in Waddington, NY, daughter of Charles Robert Rutherford, died 29 Nov 1902 in Mt. Pleasant, MI. She married Henry Thomas Claffey about 1898 in Isabella Co., MI. 05-William Henry Claffey/Clafferty, Sr. born Mt. Pleasant (Isabella Co.) MI d. 26 Aug 1956 of a heart attack in Longview, TX, buried 28 Aug at Grace Hill Cemetery. He was a bookkeeper for Lone Star Steel Company. Name was probably changed after moving to Texas. 06-Nettie Mable Smith Clafferty was born in Bivings, TX 07-Anna Regina Claffey was born in Mt. Pleasant (Isabella Co.) MI. Buried at Memory Park Cemetery, Longview, TX. She died of a heart attack. She was married to Cleo Hendricks. 08-Mary Helena Claffey was born in Mt. Pleasant (Isabella Co.) MI. Buried at Memory Park Cemetery, Longview, TX. She died of a heart attack. She was married to William Duguay. 09-Mabel Catlin married Henry Claffey 13 Jan 1908 in Mt. Pleasant, MI 10-Homer George and Mary Claffey had 8 children 11-Mary Eileen Daly Yager died 13 Sep 1962 Wayne, MI 13-Harold M. Claffey buried in Walter Buehler lot, Freeport Cemetery, Barry Co. MI 14-Hirem Claffey lived on John Mahoney Road in Stockholm, NY in 1920 as a farmer. His parents Michael and Abbie lived with him as did Olive Collins, a female orphan b. @ 1908. |
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