Micheál Leddy (abt. 1835 - bef. 1880)

Born about 1835 in Ireland

Descendants

Died before 1880 before about age 45 in New York, United States

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Biography

The Irish name “Michael” is “Micheál” and is pronounced “Meehawl”, but with a soft 'k' sound rather an open 'h'.

Michael Leddy appears on the records for his children, but died before the 1880 U.S. census in which his remaining family appears.

Research Notes

He may be the stone cutter who appears in the 1870 census in Brooklyn, New York with wife Mary and three children: Margaret (11), John (5), and James. ^[1] This only fits well if Marcella was mistakenly recorded as Margaret, a more common Irish name. John is the right age for the 1880 census, when Michael was deceased, and James was no longer there.

If so, Michael Leddy the stone cutter, born around 1833, died in 1878 in New York City.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8N5-6KX : 19 March 2020), Michael Leddy, 1870
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W39-R55 : 10 February 2018), Michael Leddy, 29 Jan 1878; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,562.

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