| 1. Hugh Doherty (1844-1921) |
| Hugh Doherty married Catherine "Kate" Buckley (1842-1899). Both Hugh Doherty and "Kate" Buckley
were born in Ireland. They settled in San Jose, CA, where they had three children: William, Hugh and Thomas: |
1. William J. Dougherty(1869-1911) m. Mary "May" Joseph Dwyer (1870-1939)
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Claire Evelyn "Danny" Dougherty (1895-1965) m. Lloyd Byron Fletcher (1891-1945) Their wedding took place in 1912. In 1916 Claire Dougherty Fletcher m. John Edgar Britschgi(1894-1980), a native of Switzerland.
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Lloyd Byron Fletcher II (1913-63) m. ?? Wilson |
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Clare William "Bill" Fletcher (1913-44) m. ?? Mackenzie |
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Bonnie Jean Britschgi (1919-97) m. James Howard Paul (1918-1990) |
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William L. "Willie" Dougherty (1897-1941) m. Marcia Carlton (?) (1898-1983) |
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2. Hugh Joseph Dougherty (1872-1923) m. Anna Matilda Smith (1876-1965) |
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3. Thomas Richard Dougherty (1874-1935) m. Viola Belle Stillwell (1884-1960) |
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The spelling of the last name varies by family member, some of whom preferred Doherty, others preferred Dougherty.
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| 2. Mary Doherty (1846-1918) |
| Mary Doherty married Theodore William Petersen (1837-1902). Peterson was a native of Denmark. The couple was married in San Jose, CA, where their children were born. |
Frederick Theodore Petersen (1869-99) |
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Lillie Petersen (1872-1905) m. Frederick Dreischmeyer Jr. (1866-??) |
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William Thomas Petersen (1880-1940) m. Mary (1882-??) |
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| 3. Michael Doherty (1847-1915) |
| Michael Doherty married Mary ?? (1853-??) They lived in Troy, New York. |
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Mary E. Doherty (1872-1905) |
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| 4. Ellen Doherty (1849-1852) |
| [Notes provided by James Dougherty included an item from the Dec. 24, 1853 issue of the Skaneateles Democrat that says a girl named Ellen, daughter of Patrick Daugherty, died seven days earlier by inhaling steam from the spout of a tea kettle. Her age was given as 2 years and 9 months. This doesn't quite fit the dates of the girl's life or the spelling of her last name obtained from other sources, but those dates might be incorrect, and names often were misspelled (or spelled inconsistently) in newspapers, Doherty/Daugherty/Dougherty being a prime example. So the girl who died might well be the Ellen who belongs on this family tree. Such tragic household accidents were not uncommon in the 19th century. – JSM.] |
| 5. William Doherty (1853-1893) |
| William Doherty married Ellen McDonald (1858-1901). William Doherty was born and died in Skaneateles. His last name is spelled Dougherty in the St. Mary's Cemetery records. He and Ellen had ten children – William, Frederick, Mary, Ada, Hugh, Grace, Genevive, Walter, Fanny and James: |
1. William P. Doherty (1877-1923) m. Julia M. McCarthy (1877-1965) |
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Ida J. Dougherty (1906-2004) m. Herbert Leroy Slack (1905-48) |
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George W. Slack (19??-2002) |
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Helen C. Dougherty (1915-1998) m. Maurice J. Loveless (19??-1972). She worked for the Baldwinsville School District. |
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Beverly Loveless m. William Quartz. In 1998 she lived in Pulaski, NY. |
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Julia Loveless m. Michael Doran of Baldwinsville |
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| Jennifer Ann Doran (1972- ) |
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| Kenneth Andrew Doran (1974- ) |
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Maurice "Butch" J. Loveless (1938-2002) of Fulton |
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2. Frederick Doherty (1880-??) |
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3. Mary Doherty (1882-1953) m. Owen Haley (1879-1958) |
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5. Hugh Dougherty (1885-1948) Unmarried. |
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6. Grace Alita Doherty (1888-1972) |
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7. Genevive Ellen Doherty (1889-1976) m. Pete Schneider (1889-1955); she was a life resident of the Skaneateles area. |
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William Donald Schneider of Fort Worth, Texas |
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Peter J. Schneider of Skaneateles, New York |
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Dorothy Schneider m. Kenneth Lansbury |
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8. Walter M. Doherty (1891-1892) |
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10. James Martin Doherty (1894, died in infancy) |
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| 6. Daniel C. Doherty (1856- ?? ) |
NOTE: What follows involves more speculation and guesswork than usual. And if I am wrong, then apologies to this particular Daniel Doherty, whose nickname (according to information provided by Jim Dougherty of Syracuse) was Dapper Dan. Jim and I believe this Daniel Doherty was married to Ellen McGuinn, but at least one family tree online does not mention a wife, saying only that Daniel was somewhere in Texas in the early 1900s.
My theory is based largely on Skaneateles and Syracuse newspapers, with some support from census and cemetery records. My guess is this: Daniel was in Erie, Pennsylvania, when he was counted for the 1880 United States census. New York-born Daniel Doherty was listed as an unmarried carpenter living in either a hotel or a boarding house with several other people. I believe he later returned to Skaneateles, and got married about 1887. His wife was born in Ireland, the daughter of John McGuinn and Bridget Stenson.
There were three men named Daniel Doherty in or around Skaneateles in the 1880s. One was a horse trainer, one was the local highway supervisor, and the other had a wife named Ellen. The first two died around 1894. The third Daniel Doherty left Skaneateles and was reported living first in Solvay, then in Syracuse, where in 1899 his wife, Ellen, charged him with deserting the family. A Syracuse Post-Standard story (Oct. 31, 1899) identified her husband as a carpenter. It was also about this time that Dougherty became the preferred spelling for most of those previously known as Doherty.
The 1906 obituary for Elizabeth McLaughlin Doherty listed among her survivors a son named Daniel who was living in Texas, where he might well have gone – and remained.
When Ellen McGuinn Dougherty died in 1930 she was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles. There is no Daniel Doherty (Dougherty) buried nearby, but she does share a plot with three of her four sons – James, John and Emmett.
To me, it's also significant that her other son, Paul Augustus Dougherty, had the same unusual middle name as Daniel's younger brother, James. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it. For now.
– JACK MAJOR
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| Daniel C. Doherty married Ellen McGuinn (1867-1930). They had four children: |
1. James M. Dougherty (1888-1906). An obituary in the Auburn Citizen Advertiser (March 29, 1906) seems to refer to this James Dougherty (though the online listing of burials in St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles, lists his year of death as 1908).
The family moved to Auburn after the death of Daniel Doherty. James died at Auburn's City Hospital after a long illness that followed an attack of typhoid fever. The obituary said he was survived by his mother, Mrs. Ellen Dougherty, and three brothers. (Information provided by Jim Dougherty of Skaneateles indicates the boy had recently had his appendix removed and was recoverinng, but he and another boy engaged in some rough horse play, opening his stitches. As a result, he bled to death. This note also indicated James' middle name was Patrick, though the 1892 U.S. Census and his obituary give him the middle initital M.) |
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| 2. Paul Augustus Dougherty (1890-1959) m. Mabel "Marie" Spaulding (1891-1986). They lived in Scipio Center, New York, near Auburn, and he was a guard at Auburn Prison for 39 years, retiring in 1958. He was a member of the Prison Guards Association, a communicant of St. Bernard’s Church in Scipio and a member of its Holy Name Society. He was a member of the Auburn Council of Knights of Columbus for more than 40 years. Paul and Mabel Dougherty had six children: |
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1. Elizabeth Marie Dougherty (1918-1996) m. Albert Ilion Waddington. Waddington was from Pontiac, Michigan. Elizabeth Dougherty, a native of Auburn, graduated from Alma College, Alma, Michigan. At the time of their wedding in January 1949, she was a Navy lieutenant stationed in Washington, DC; he was a Marine sergeant stationed at Quantico, VA. Later they lived in Aiken, South Carolina, where she died. |
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2. Paul Dougherty Jr. (1919- ) m. Kathleen Barrington. Paul Dougherty Jr. was a pilot with the Army Air Force in World War II. In 1986 he and his wife were living in Deerfield, Illinois. |
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3. Linnette Dougherty (1920-2008) m. Robert Chester Slightam Jr. Slightam was from Madison, Wisconsin. Linnette was in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in World War II, he was in the Army. They were married in 1946. |
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4. Ellen Irene Dougherty (1922-2001). Ellen Dougherty was a nurse and a nun. In 1959 Sister Paul Marie was at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, New York; later she moved to Rochester, where she died. She is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetry, Auburn. |
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5. Margaret Ann Dougherty (1924- ) of Scipio Center, NY |
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6. Edwin J. Dougherty (1928-2004) m. Elsie Nicpon. Home: Salisbury, MD |
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| 3. John Michael Dougherty (1892-1935). He was a veteran of World War I and was worked for a funeral home in Auburn. During the war both he and his brother, Emmett (below), were exposed to mustard gas. |
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| 4. Emmett Daniel Dougherty (1894-1936). He was a veteran of World War I, lived in Auburn and Rochester. He also had worked as an undertaker in Auburn. |
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| 7. James Augustus Dougherty (1857-1936) |
| James Augustus Dougherty married Anna Elizabeth Walsh (1863-1945). They had six children: |
1. Marie Irene Dougherty (1891-1969) |
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| 2. Francis Leo Dougherty (1894-1981) m. Agnes Veronica King (1894-1974). An article in the Skaneateles Press said he was better known by his nickname, "Con," and was noted as a star baseball player at Skaneateles High School and Colgate University. |
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Francis Leo Dougherty Jr. (1917-1994) m. Blanche Stewart. Francis Dougherty and Blanche Stewart were married in 1943 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a native of Syracuse, graduated from Saint Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada, and studied law at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He was a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His wife, a graduate of the Mississippi College for Women in Columbus, also worked at the FBI. When he died he was a resident Wilmington, Delaware. |
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Francis Leo Dougherty III (1943-1999) m. ?? Townsend; 2nd wife: Anne Lefferts (1941-1981); 3rd wife:
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Stephen King Dougherty (1950-1955) in Wilmington, Delaware |
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Robert King Dougherty (1920-1999) m. Helen Fitzgibbons (1927-2006) |
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3. Raymond Patrick Dougherty (1897-1969). Apparently Raymond Dougherty never married, though he and Anna C. Shea (1897-1967) maintained a relationship for about 40 years. He was a life resident of Skaneateles and attended Skaneateles High School and served in the U.S. Navy in World War I. He retired as a postal mail carrier after 37 years of service. |
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4. James Henry Dougherty (1898-1956) m. Catherine Marie Heffernan (1894-1976). He was born in Skaneateles, but lived the last 34 years of his life in Syracuse where he was employed as a salesman for the Ward Baking Company. He also worked for the City Taxi Company of Syracuse.
His obituary indicated he was often referred to as Hank Dougherty. She was born in Cazenovia, the daughter of Patrick Heffernan and Barbara Ryan. James and Catherine Dougherty had four children: |
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1. James Henry Dougherty Jr. (1928- ) m. Joanne Wills (1925-95). Her obituary said she and her husband lived in Long Island, and returned to Skaneateles in 1991 to retire. Location of their four children was taken from that 1995 obituary. Jim lives in Skaneateles, works with the local historical society and has been extremely helpful by providing me with much of the family information on this website. Joanne Wills Dougherty was born in Buffalo, the daughter of James Gardner Wills and Mildred Schwingle. |
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Peter John Dougherty (1954- ) of Eastport, Long Island |
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John Edward "Teddy" Dougherty (1955- ) of Steelton, Pennsylvania |
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Nancy Dougherty (1959- ) of Sayville, Long Island |
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Joseph Michael Dougherty (1964- ) of Smithtown, Long Island |
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2. Thomas Patrick Dougherty (1933- ) m. Margaret Ann Clemons (1934-1985). They were married in 1956, settled in Virginia Beach, Virginia, later moved to Chester, VA. |
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Theresa Anne Dougherty (1957- ) b. Emporia, Virginia |
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Thomas Patrick Dougherty Jr. (1958- ) m. Robin Scott Peterson |
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Dennis William Dougherty (1962- ) b. Hopewell, Virginia |
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3. Barbara Dougherty. According to the 2001 obituary for her brother, John Terrance Dougherty (below), Babara Dougherty was living in Sleepy Hollow, New York. |
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4. John Terrance Dougherty (1935-2001). John T. Dougherty was born in Syracuse, died in Hua Hin, Thailand; he was married three times, to Janet Ruth Fuller in Skaneateles in 1966, Virginia Pemberton in California in 1977 and, finally, to Ead ?? He was an alumnus of the Manlius Military Academy, attended the University of Alabama and was in the Marine Corps. For many years he was associated in business with his uncle in the J. W. Dougherty Construction Corp., later running the firm after his uncle died. Still later he worked for Aramco, a Saudi Arabian oil company. Known as Terry Dougherty he grew up in Skaneateles living wih his uncle and aunt, John and Dorothy Fraser Dougherty (below), who legally adopted him when he was 21. |
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Kim Elizabeth Dougherty (1967- ) m. Thomas Bursler; Dover, Del. |
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Lisa Colleen Dougherty(1969- ) m. Walter Upham Jr.; Central Square, NY |
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5. Anna Loretta Dougherty (1901-1987). She was a life resident of Skaneateles and for many years worked as secretary at the Don Clark Oil Company in that village. Her obituary said she was known to many by her nickname, "Sweet." Also, she also was known by her middle name, which is often spelled Lauretta. |
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6. John Walsh Dougherty (1904-1968) m. Dorothy Fraser (1901-1971). John W. Dougherty was a self-made man who bought a dump truck in 1926 and started a trash-hauling business that eventually became two companies, one for collecting garbage, the other for road work. John and Dorothy Dougherty had no children, but in 1956 adopted their nephew, John T. Dougherty (above). |
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