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John Mehaffey formerly Mahaffey

Born 4 Oct 1867 in 18 Hemsworth Street, Belfast, Ireland

Son of Unknown Mahaffey and [mother unknown]

Brother of Jean Mahaffey

Husband of Jane (Bone) Mahaffey — married 22 Dec 1891 in Crosscauomby Church, Somerset, England

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Descendants

Father of Jack Mahaffey, Male Mehaffey, Jennie Mahaffey, Samuel James Mahaffey and Elleen Mahaffey

Died 16 Sep 1928 at age 60 in 5 Esther Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Biography

Birth

John Mehaffey was born about 1867 at Belfast, Ireland.

1901 Census of Ireland

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**16 Edlingham Street, Duncairn ward, Belfast, County Antrim**
Surname	Name	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Birthplace	Occupation	Religion	Marital Status
Mehaffey	Jane	31	F	Head of Family	England	-	Church of Ireland	Married
Mehaffey	Jack	4	M	Son	Antrim, Ireland	-	Church of Ireland	Not Married
Bone	Sarah	63	F	Mother	England	-	Church of Ireland	Widow

1911 Census of Ireland

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**1 Charlemont Terrace, Clontarf West, Dublin**
Surname	Name	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Birthplace	Occupation	Religion	Marital Status
Mehaffey	John	43	M	Head of Family	Belfast, Co Antrim	Engineer Representative	Protestant Church of Ireland	Married
Mehaffey	Jane	41	F	Wife	England	-	Protestant Church of Ireland	Married
Mehaffey	Jack	14	M	Son	Belfast, Co Antrim	Scholar	Protestant Church of Ireland	Single
Mehaffey	Jeannie	9	F	Daughter	Belfast, Co Antrim	Scholar	Protestant Church of Ireland	Single
Mehaffey	Samuel James	2	M	Son	City Dublin	-	Protestant Church of Ireland	Single

Engineering Career

JOHN MEHAFFEY was trained at Belfast as a marine engineer and obtained a first-class Board of Trade certificate.

He was apprenticed with a firm of millwrights and boilermakers in Belfast and afterwards worked in the locomotive works of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway for three years.

From 1888 to 1901 he served as second and chief engineer at sea on cross-channel and foreign trading steamers. After a further period as assistant surveyor to a firm of consulting engineers he was appointed engineer in the lubricating department of the Standard Oil Company.

In 1911 he relinquished this position and commenced consulting practice on his own behalf. The intervention of the War, however, prevented the development of this practice. He took up munitions work, and in 1917 was appointed engineer surveyor to the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society.

In 1923 he was obliged to retire, owing to ill-health, and his death occurred on 16th September 1928, at the age of 61.^[3]

Death

**Belfast - Urban 2**
Reg No.	Date & Place of Death	Full Name	Sex	Marital status	Age	Occupation	Cause of Death	Informant	Date	Registrar
422	1928 Sixteenth September 5 Esther St	John Mehaffey	M	Married	60 yrs	Engineer	Arterio Sclerosis Cerebral Haemorrhage Certified	J Mehaffey Son Present at death 5 Esther St	Seventeenth September 1928	J Harkness Asst Registrar

Burial

John was buried on September 18, 1928, in plot reference L1 251, at Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.^[4]

Sources

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: