Born 1870s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Denis Dempsey
and Mary (Pender) Dempsey
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Died 1970s.
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Biography
Family legend has it that Catherine came to the U.S. at age 16, a stowaway on a ship. It's hard to know whether "She bought her way across with Irish whiskey", is truth or fiction!
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Jacqueline (Barber) Jablonski 
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Rejected matches › Catherine Dempsey (1882-)
Catherine is 17 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 26 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 25 degrees from Maggie Beer, 50 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 27 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 34 degrees from Michael Chow, 27 degrees from Ree Drummond, 28 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 24 degrees from Matty Matheson, 28 degrees from Martha Stewart, 30 degrees from Danny Trejo and 33 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.