Joseph Trefflée (Ethier) Hickey (bef. 1843)

Born before 26 May 1843 in Lachine, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Biography

Joseph was born to Felix and Suzanna and baptised at Sts-Anges-Gardiens on 26 May 1843^[1]. Around 1852-3 he moved, with his parents and a number of siblings, to Oswego NY. He appears in the 1855 NY census as Trifley^[2], and as Joseph in 1860 US census^[3].

Joseph served with the Cavalry during the Civil War^[4].

By the time of the 1865 NY census he was back at home with his parents^[5]. Within five years he has a wife, Mary, and two young daughters^[6] and they are living next door to his half-brother Felix, and two doors from his parents^[7]. No record of his marriage to Mary has been found.

A descendant of Joseph's sister, Eliza, provided the information that Joseph worked on the canal boats with his second great grandfather Malcom Thurston (one of Eliza's daughters married one of Malcolm's sons) and that Malcolm's brother Hiram owned a fleet of canal boats.

Joseph's Civil War pension record^[4] shows that Mary began receiving a widow's pension in February 1906. This matches with a burial record for Joseph that gives a date of death as 20 January 1906^[8]. However, a Mary Hickey with the same set of children appears in the 1900 census as a widow. Further research will be required to resolve these discrepancies.

In March 1900 a number of NY state residents were awarded, or had a change to, their Federal pensions; one of those was Joseph Hickey who received an increase from $6 to $8^[9].

The number of children born to Joseph and Mary is not completely clear; a discussion on this issue is on Mary's profile.

According to a newspaper report^[10] a Trifley Hickey was the victim of assault and battery at the hands of John Houlihan, who was sentenced to thirty days in jail for the offence. This would be the only known case where the name Trifley was used since he was a child.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.ca
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q8-G1P : 19 November 2014), Trifley Hickey in household of Felix Hickey, Ward 3, Oswego City, Oswego, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 857,436.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC49-VVZ : 30 December 2015), Joseph Hickey in entry for Felix Hickey, 1860.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Various records including his pension file Ancestry.ca
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-D573 : accessed 16 July 2016), Joseph Hickey in household of Felix Hickey, Ward 01, Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States; citing source p. 22, line 13, household ID 124, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 857,438.
6. ↑ Although one of these was probably adopted, see Mary's profile for more details.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8VL-RCC : 17 October 2014), Joseph Hickey, New York, United States; citing p. 41, family 333, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,572.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG1-W47L : 13 December 2015), Joseph Hickey, 1906; Burial, Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States of America, Saint Peters Cemetery; citing record ID 131772349, Find a Grave.
9. ↑ The Times-Union (Albany NY), 13 March 1900, p6.
10. ↑ Oswego Daily Times, 21 November 1877, p1 available from fultonhistory.com