John Fahy 1843 : Short Biography

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John Fahy 1843

County Galway

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Born abt. 1843 the first record that is certainly him is a census in 1861 St George, Charlotte, New Brunswick where he and his future wife Annie Ash worked on the farm of Samual and Charles Johnson. They were married in 1862 and Ellen was born shortly thereafter. He is found in the 1871 census but not the 1881 census. My great great grandmother was either his last daughter (so the records say) or first grand daughter (so I think). Annie Bertha Fahy was born 1880 and emigrated to Bangor, Maine, 1900, where she married Chester Clark Jr. 1n 1901. I suspect Annie Bertha was Ellen's daughter by James Hornibrook of Cork after they worked a farm in Calais, Maine together in 1880 US census. Ellen and Bertha are in the 1881 St George census...

John fits well the entry in Poor, "Ignorant Children": "A Great Resource," The Saint John Emigrant Orphan Asylum Admittance Ledger in Context, Peter Douglas Murphy, Master's Thesis, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 1997:

III Mary (40)- Mary (15), Thomas (6) and John Fahey (4), natives of County Galway and passengers on the Sea. were admitted to the Emigrant Hospital, with fever, on 14 October 1847. Thomas was discharged on 4 November. John was discharged on 24 November 1847 (Al ff. 122 and 132).

Another note in the Thesis claims that their father (no name given) was already in Boston.

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Date of Birth	1st Jan 1843 (circa)
Date of Death	1st Jan 1880 (circa)

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I have a John and Mary Fahy/Fahey in my family tree but a lot earlier. from Gort, Galway

Margaret

Tuesday 19th January 2021 04:42PM

Margaret, how much earlier? John's mother, Mary, was born c. 1807.

Which son would be named after the father? If my back tracking to Peter Murphy's thesis recors is correct, then the oldest son was Thomas (b. 1841) and John was the youngest. Sister Mary was b. 1832.

Did this John and Mary you have emmigrate by 1847?

Jeff andle

Tuesday 19th January 2021 05:28PM

i have not got a lot of dates as they had a large family with brother and sister John and Mary. ..coming back to your years do you know what Mary`s maiden name was. There is a daughter Bridget Fahey born 1815, so i think the John and Mary Fahey i have would be born late 1700`s. I think the maiden name will be the family link. sorry it`s late so maybe get back tomorrow. Margaret.

Margaret

Tuesday 19th January 2021 09:47PM

OK, I have no idea of Mary's maiden name. I am not 100% that they lived in Galway, just that that is where they boarded...

All of the DNA relatives I have via Fahy are either in Canada/Maine or in Australia, so I only have the surnames of descendants.

I did have some guesses that it would be Reiley but those DNA relatives are in the area I grew up, so may be locally related...

... I guess I need some new 4th cousins in Ireland!

Jeff andle

Tuesday 19th January 2021 10:06PM

none of the Fahey family that i have records about went there, Patrick and James came to England first and later to USA. The daughter Bridget came to England , her daughter Married thus though her i am a direct descendant. would love a reply back from Sister Fahey at convent in Gort, have sent email a good while dack. I would love to know where she fits in, which of the Gort`s was her parent. like you, I want to get to know relative in Ireland .

Margaret

Wednesday 20th January 2021 12:06PM

My ancestor was Richard Fahey born circa 1847 son of James and Mary (Cahill) - James immigrated to NZ and married Sabina Qualter

Mary

Thursday 21st January 2021 04:10AM

Because i have no dates of the younger children , its hard to connect. I know they LIVED in Crow Street Gort co. Galway they were there in the 1851 census does this fit in at all. There is a John - could be James i suppose but i have no dates for him.

Margaret

Thursday 21st January 2021 09:16PM

Margaret, the Fahy's I know and can identify were on a ship and into New Brunswick in 1847, so anyone in the 1851 census in Gort is a cousin of theirs at best. Thanks!