Gaffney of County Cavan, Ireland.
kerry4305
I have traced my GGG Grandmother Catherine Gaffney back County Cavan in Ireland. Catherine arrived with her sister Bridget in NSW 1849 on the ship "Digby". Theses girls were "potato famine orphans" and were part of the assistant imigrant scheme. Some of these girls stayed at the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, where there is now a memorial to honour the Irish famine orpahans.I would love to find information about what these girls did soon after their arrival until the time of their marriage.Catherine married Felix Mcloughlin. Fortunately the shipping records gave a lot of information and the girls parents were James Gaffney and (Bessy)Elizabeth Murphy from Butlers Bridge,County Cavan,Ireland. I would also like to find more information about James and Bessy. For more information on the Irish Famine Orphans the web site is http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/
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Daisy606 on 2011-02-05 21:15:41Hi,
There's a Gaffney section in the Cavan Genealogy Forum:
http://www.irishdescent.net/cavanforum/viewforum.php?f=159
KarenLang on 2011-09-04 04:25:40Hi Bridgett was my great great grandmother, she married Nathaniel Lawrence an ex convict who had already server 20 years in penal colonies. He was 38 and she was 16. They proceeded to have 13 children. I have more if you are interested.
ryangaffaney on 2018-11-04 16:13:31I have been looking for relatives of a james Gaffney! I'm currently trying to create my family tree and this is the first mention I have seen of a james Gaffney. Can you contact me directly? ryan.gaffaney@yahoo.com or via facebook?
lpen31 on 2020-01-17 07:53:19Hi. I am researching the family of Bridget Lawrence (nee Gaffney). My husband is a great great grandson of Bridget and Nathaniel. Because I live in Australia, their Aussie history has been relatively easy to find. I am though having trouble verifying the Irish details. Can anyone help me with source documents for details for Bridget, and her parents James Gaffney and Elizabeth Murphy.