Person:Owen Duffey (1)

Watchers
Owen Eugene Duffey
b.4 Jun 1844 , , , Ireland
  1. James Duffey1837 -
  2. Marcella Duffey1841 -
  3. Owen Eugene Duffey1844 - 1908
  4. Nicholas Duffey1847 -
m. 1864
  1. Arabella G. Duffey1865 - 1959
  2. Clarence Edwin Duffey1867 - 1959
  3. Twin1 DuffeyAbt 1867 -
  4. Twin2 DuffeyAbt 1869 -
  5. Lillian M Duffey1871 - 1954
  6. Mary Duffey1871 -
  7. William Harry Duffey1874 - 1926
  8. Russell Newman Duffey1876 - 1964
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5] Owen Eugene Duffey
Gender Male
Birth[6][7][8][9] 4 Jun 1844 , , , Ireland
Marriage 1864 Alton, Madison Co., Illinoisto Frances Ellen Belk
Alt Marriage 1864 Alton, ILto Frances Ellen Belk
Alt Marriage 1864 Alton, Madison, Illinois, USAto Frances Ellen Belk
Death[10][11][12][13] 17 Jan 1908 Bethalto, Madison, Illinois, USA
Other[14] 1TQR-T9CAncestral File Number

[v12t0272.FTW]

He was a stonemason and helped build the Old City Hall in Alton in thedowntown square at the foot of Broadway. The Lincoln- Douglas debate was heldthere. fAMILY LORE HAS IT THAT HE DESERTED HIS FAMILY AND WENT TO iOWA TO WORKAS A STONE MASON. HIS WIFE FARMED OUT THE OLDER CHILDREN WITH OTHER FAMILIESFOR FARMING OR HOUSEWORK. HE RETURNED HOME IN ILL HEALTH EITHER DUE TObRIGHT'S DISEASE (GLOMERULONEPHRITIS) OR MORE LIKELY ALCOHOLISM WITH CIRRHOSIS.

oN THE 1880 CENSUS IOWA ENUMERATION DISTRIVCT #342, SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT#2, PAGE #16 LISTED: OWEN DUFFEY 38, STONECUTTER; WIFE FRANCES E., BORN INMARYLAND FATHER BORN IN ENGLAND & MOTHER BORN IN MARYLAND. SALLIE MAY BORN INILLINOIS, NEXT CHILD MARY BORN IN IOWA. THEY MUST HAVE MOVED TO IOWA BETWEEN 1868 &1871. THE DIVORCE MUST HAVE OCCURRED AFTER 1880. The name Duffey originallymeant grandson of Dubhithach.

References
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    Date of Import: 8 Dec 2000

  2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R). (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
  3. DUFFEY-Tree.ftw.

    Date of Import: 25 Jun 2004

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  6. v12t0272.FTW.

    Date of Import: 8 Dec 2000

  7. DUFFEY-Tree.ftw.

    Date of Import: 25 Jun 2004

  8. OneWorldTree.

    Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

  9. OneWorldTree (2). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc.).
  10. v12t0272.FTW.

    Date of Import: 8 Dec 2000

  11. DUFFEY-Tree.ftw.

    Date of Import: 25 Jun 2004

  12. OneWorldTree.

    Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

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  14. DUFFEY-Tree.ftw.

    Date of Import: 25 Jun 2004