Anthony Cassidy (abt. 1835 - 1910)

Born about 1835 in County Cavan, Ireland

Husband of Margaret (Unknown) Cassidy — married about 1857 in Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland

Husband of Jane (McGurgan) Cassidy — married 7 Sep 1865 in County Tyrone, Ireland

Died 15 Nov 1910 at about age 75 in Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Origins

Anthony Cassidy is the son of John Cassidy approximately 1835 in County Cavan, Ireland.

Early Life

Unfortunately, there are no records of his early life, though presume his family had money or he was generally just talented in finding new ways to make money and make a name for himself.

He first appears in records in 1857 – Griffiths Valuation as an occupier of a residence and land.

Family

He married Margaret t approximately 1857 possibly in Enniskillen.

• They had one son Patrick Anthony Cassidy

He then married Jane McGurgan 7 September 1865.

They had the following children

• Mary Cassidy
• Maurice Cassidy
• John Paul Cassidy
• Anthony Cassidy
• Henry Cassidy
• Anthony Cassidy
• Louis Lawrence Cassidy
• Winifred Una Cassidy

Occupation

He appears to have started out as a grocer. Other occupations listed merchant, tobacco merchant, provision dealer, Justice of the Peace, Governor of the Omagh Asylum Board.

Barely a year goes by and his name appears in the local newspapers.

Newspaper - Poem

1866 – Newspaper - An ode to Cassidy of the Graan - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne

1866 – Newspaper – An ode to Cassidy of the Graan - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne

Classified Adverts - Wine Merchant and Grocer

Advertisements appear for Imperial Wine - mid 1865 and cease in early 1866.

1865 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 16 May 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 03 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 05 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 06 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 08 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 09 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 12 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 13 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 15 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 16 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 17 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 20 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 22 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 23 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 26 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 27 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 28 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Northern Whig 29 June 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 29 July 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 05 August 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 16 August 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 26 August 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 30 August 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 02 September 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 16 September 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 23 September 1865

1865 – Newspaper - The Evening Freeman. 13 October 1865

1865 – Newspaper - Derry Journal 14 October 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 28 October 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 28 October 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 02 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 09 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 16 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 20 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 23 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 26 December 1865

1865 – Newspaper – Classified - Derry Journal 30 December 1865

1866 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 04 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 17 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 23 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper – Classified - The Evening Freeman. 29 January 1866

Classified Adverts - Bookkeeper for Grocer

1868 – Newspaper – Classified – Bookkeeper - Belfast Morning News 01 January 1868

1868 – Newspaper Classified - Bookkeeper - Belfast Morning News 03 January 1868

Tobacco Company

1864 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 19 September 1864

1869 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 15 March 1869

1869 – Newspaper - Belfast Morning News 17 March 1869

1874 – Newspaper - Tobacco Company - Derry Journal 17 April 1874

1875 – Newspaper – Contaminated Tobacco - Belfast News-Letter 03 November 1875

'1876 - Newspaper - Contaminated Tobacco - York Herald 06 January 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Tobacco Company - Belfast News-Letter 06 January 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Tobacco Company - Dublin Weekly Nation 15 January 1876

1885 – Newspaper - Tobacco Adulteration - Freeman's Journal 02 November 1875

Newspaper - Omagh Asylum

1892 – Newspaper - Omagh District Asylum - Derry Journal 15 January 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 16 January 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 13 May 1892

1893 – Newspaper – Derry Journal 13 January 1893 – Omagh Asylum.

1893 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 13 January 1893

1893 – Newspaper - Asylum Board - Derry Journal 14 April 1893

1894 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 12 January 1894

1894 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 10 August 1894

1894 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 10 August 1894

1894 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 14 December 1894

1895 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 04 January 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 14 June 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 09 August 1895

1896 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 08 January 1896

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 01 January 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 04 January 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 15 January 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 18 August 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 11 September 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum Board - Derry Journal 13 September 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 15 November 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 31 December 1897

1898 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 05 March 1898

1898 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 15 July 1898

1899 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Derry Journal 02 January 1899

1899 – Newspaper - Omagh Asylum - Belfast News-Letter 06 July 1899

Newspaper - Justice of the Peace or Various

1863 - Newspaper - Glasgow Free Press 31 October 1863

1865 – Newspaper - Derry Journal 17 May 1865

1865 – Newspaper - Londonderry Standard 17 May 1865

1866 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 08 November 1866

1866 – Newspaper - The Evening Freeman. 19 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper - Saunders's News-Letter 25 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper - Dublin Evening Mail 26 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper - Dublin Evening Mail 30 January 1866

1866 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 19 March 1866

1867 – Newspaper - Northern Whig 04 January 1867

1867 – Newspaper - The Evening Freeman. 03 April 1867

1867 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 29 June 1867

1867 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 03 July 1867

1867 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 04 July 1867

1867 – Newspaper - Belfast Morning News 05 July 1867

1868 – Newspaper - Belfast Morning News 03 April 1868

1868 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 12 November 1868

1868 – Newspaper – Election - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 30 November

1868 – Newspaper – Election - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 03 December

1869 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 23 August 1869

1869 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 16 September 1869

1869 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 15

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 06 January 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 24 February 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 07 April 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 18 April 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 05 May 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commisioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 16 June 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 04 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 11 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 13 June 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Quarter Sessions - Londonderry Sentinel 05 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 06 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 07 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Saunders's News-Letter 22 July 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chairmanship - Kings County Chronicle 10 August 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 18 August 1870

1870 - Newspaper - Town Commissioner - The Evening Freeman. 16 September 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Borough Magistrate for Enniskillen - Dundalk Democrat, and People's Journal 17 September 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Town Commissioner - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 17 November 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 01 December 1870

1870 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 15 December 1870

1871 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Quarter Sessions - Londonderry Sentinel 17 January 1871

1871 – Newspaper - Londonderry Sentinel 15 December 1871

1872 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 26 November 1872

1873 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 21 July 1873

1873 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 13 September 1873

1876 – Newspaper - Derry Journal 25 February 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 10 June 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Court of Bankruptcy - Derry Journal 14 June 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Landed Estates Court - Derry Journal 29 November 1876

1876 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 29 November 1876

1877 – Newspaper - Town Commissioners - Dublin Weekly Nation 17 February 1877

1879 – Newspaper - Town Commissioners - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 08 September 1879

1880 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Quarter Session - Freeman's Journal 06 January 1880

1880 – Newspaper - Court of Bankruptcy - Dublin Daily Express 04 August 1880

1882 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 13 March 1882

1882 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 13 March 1882

1882 – Newspaper - Acting Trustee - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 10 August 1882

1882 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 25 November 1882

1883 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 08 March 1883

1885 – Newspaper - Quarter Session - Belfast News-Letter 22 January 1885

1885 – Newspaper -Grand Juries - Co Fermanagh - Dublin Daily Express 07 March 1885

1885 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 03 April 1885

1885 – Newspaper - Coursing Meeting in Fermanagh - Belfast News-Letter 03 April 1885

1885 – Newspaper - Quarter Session - Belfast News-Letter 01 July 1885

1885 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 11 July 1885 – JP

1885 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Assizes - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 13 July 1885

1885 - Newspaper - Assizes - Dublin Daily Express 16 July 1885

1887 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 18 April 1887

1888 – Newspaper - Omagh - Land - Belfast News-Letter 25 January 1888

1888 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Quarter Session - Belfast News-Letter 10 February 1888

1888 – Newspaper - Horse kills man - Belfast News-Letter 15 March 1888

1888 – Newspaper – Assizes - Dublin Daily Express 05 July 1888.

1888 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 03 August 1888

1888 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 10 October 1888

1888 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Quarter Session - Belfast News-Letter 01 December 1888

1888 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 04 December 1888

1889 – Newspaper - Quarter Session - Belfast News-Letter 14 February 1889

1889 – Newspaper - Lord Ashbourne's Act - Dublin Daily Express 14 August 1889

1890 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Enniskillen - Dublin Daily Express 07 March 1890

1890 – Newspaper - Dublin Daily Express 09 August 1890

1891 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 04 March 1891

1891 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 07 March 1891

1891 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 28 April 1891

1891 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 03 July 1891

1891 – Newspaper - The Assizes - Dublin Daily Express 03 July 1891

1892 – Newspaper - National Fund - Derry Journal 24 February 1892

1892 – Newspaper -The Assizes - Dublin Daily Express 04 March 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 12 July 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Dublin Daily Express 13 July 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 03 August 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 18 August 1892

1892 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 22 August 1892

1893 – Newspaper - Enniskilen Election - Derry Journal 10 May 1893

1894 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 05 March 1894

1894 – Newspaper - Enniskillen Board of Guardians - Belfast News-Letter 18 April 1894

1894 – Newspaper - Freeman's Journal 05 July 1894

1895 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Grand Jury - Derry Journal 08 March 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Premises for Sale - Derry Journal 22 May 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Premises for Sale - Derry Journal 05 June 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Assizes - Belfast News-Letter 06 July 1895

1895 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Grand Jury - Derry Journal 08 July 1895

1896 – Newspaper - Assize Intelligence - Belfast News-Letter 09 March 1896

1896 – Newspaper - Derry Journal 24 April 1896

1896 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Assizes - Derry Journal 10 July 1896

1897 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Derry Journal 08 March 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 07 July 1897

1897 – Newspaper - Fermanagh Grand Jury - Derry Journal 09 July 1897

1898 – Newspaper - Grand Jury - Belfast News-Letter 06 July 1898

1899 – Newspaper - Belfast News-Letter 19 April 1899

Newspaper - Family Notices

1860 – Newspaper – death of Anthony’s first wife Margaret - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 09 August 1860

1865 – Newspaper Family Notice – Married Jane McGurgan - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 14 September 1865

1890 – Newspaper announcing his son Maurice completing his veterinary degree and Anthony is mentioned.

1892 – Newspaper – death of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Derry Journal 28 September 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Freeman's Journal 01 October 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Derry Journal 03 October 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 06 October 1892

1899 – Newspaper – son’s wedding – Dr. John Paul Cassidy and Ellen Harkin – Anthony Cassidy is mentioned

1901 – Newspaper – Family Notice – daughter Winifred Una to Patrick Gordon – Marriage - Derry Journal 06 February 1901

1902 – Newspaper – Son’s wedding – Louis Cassidy and Matea Emilia Madden his name is mentioned

1910 age 75 Dublin South, Volume 2 Page 558. Died 15 November 1910 date shown from Probate.

1911 - Probate 23 January 1911, Dublin, Ireland

Death & Legacy

• '1917 - Newspaper - Searching for Anthony Cassidy's son - Anthony Cassidy Junior Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 31 July 1917

• 1928 – Newspaper – death of Louis Cassidy – mentioned again Derry Journal 29 October 1928

• 1950 - Newspaper – death of Mrs Stack – Anthony and Jane’s daughter

Timeline

1835 – born about 1835 County Cavan, Ireland

1857 - Ireland, Griffiths Valuation date: 1857 Occupier Anthony Cassidy, County Cavan, Barony Tullyhaw, Parish Killinagh, Towland Tullynamoyle. House and land.

1860 – Newspaper – death of Anthony’s first wife Margaret - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 09 August 1860

1864 - Ireland, Griffiths Valuation date: 1864 – Occupier Anthony Cassidy, County Fermanagh, Barony Tirkennedy, Parish Enniskillen, Townland Enniskillen. A house, offices and yard.

1865 - 7 September 1865, married Jane McGurgan, Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland. FHL Film Number 101480 Reference p 284 cn 9. Shown as widowed. 1865 Ireland Registration Omagh, Ireland Volume 12 Page 284.

1865 – Newspaper Family Notice – Married Jane McGurgan - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 14 September 1865

1892 – Newspaper – death of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Derry Journal 28 September 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Freeman's Journal 01 October 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Derry Journal 03 October 1892

1892 – Newspaper – funeral of Anthony’s son Patrick Cassidy - Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet 06 October 1892

1899 – Newspaper – son’s wedding – Dr. John Paul Cassidy and Ellen Harkin – Anthony Cassidy is mentioned

1901 - Census 1901 - Graan, Enniskillen, Ireland

The Graan - is mentioned numerous times - found a link [1]

1901 – Newspaper – Family Notice – daughter Winifred Una to Patrick Gordon – Marriage - Derry Journal 06 February 1901

1902 – Newspaper – Son’s wedding – Louis Cassidy and Matea Emilia Madden his name is mentioned

1910 – Newspaper - Family Notice Anthony Cassidy - Dublin Daily Express 17 November 1910 -

Sources

• Newspaper - Family Notice Anthony Cassidy - Dublin Daily Express 17 November 1910 -

• 1910 - Anthony Cassidy Ireland Registration, born about 1835 died Oct/Nov/Dec 1910 age 75 Dublin South, Volume 2 Page 558. Died 15 November 1910 date shown from Probate.

• 1911 - Probate 23 January 1911, Dublin, Ireland