William John Clifford (1884 - 1917)

Born 19 Aug 1884 in Derrinraw, County Armagh, Ireland

Husband of Susan (Woods) Colegrove — married about 1912 in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Died 1917 at about age 32 in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

William Clifford was born in Ireland.

William Clifford migrated from Ireland to United States.

Biography

William was born on 19 August 1884, parents William John Clifford (weaver) and Rachel Forbes (?). ^[1]

On 31 March 1901 the Clifford family lived in Cloncore, Tartaraghan, County Armagh.^[2] William J Clifford (37) Linen Weaver & Rachel Clifford (37) Linen Weaver with children; Minnie Clifford (18) Linen Weaver, Alexander Clifford (20) Linen Weaver, William J Clifford (16) Linen Weaver, Lizzie Clifford (13) Linen Weaver, Robert Clifford (10) & James A Clifford (5). All Church of Ireland.

William emigrated from Ireland on board SS Columbia and arrived in New York, USA on 17 April 1905.

In 1910 William Clifford, 24 & single, lived in Garden Street, Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut with his sister & brother-in-law, Samuel Brown (27) & Minnie Brown (27) with Ethel Brown (1) and his sister, Lizzie Clifford (23). William was a Weaver in a silk mill.

Susan Woods married William J Clifford (1885–1917) in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Children

Woodrow Alfred Clifford (1913–1981)

William J Clifford Jr (1916–1917)

He passed away in 1917.

Sources

1. ↑ Civil Records at irishgenealogy.ie
2. ↑ 1901 Ireland Census

• Ancestry Family Trees
• Connecticut, Military Census, 1917
• 1910 United States Federal Census
• Find A Grave