Thomas Duffey

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Duffey was born on 5 December 1793, in Springfield Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Duffey, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Stains, was 25. He married Hannah Lane on 30 April 1817, in Bolt, Raleigh, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 18 February 1879, in Springfield Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Springfield Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Thomas Duffey
1793–1879
Comfort Isgrigg
1803–1873
Marriage: 18 February 1824
Isabella Duffey
1827–1911
Sarah Duffey
1828–1910
Nancy Ann Duffey
1829–1911
Comfort Duffey
1831–1892
Thomas Duffey
1834–1854
Eleanor Duffey
1836–1903
William Harrison Duffey
1844–1916

Sources (5)

  • Thomas Duffey, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas Duffy, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
  • Thomas Duffey, "United States Census, 1830"

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Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish (Galway and Roscommon): variant of Duffy .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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