My mothers maiden name is De Courcy. This surname is spelled in different ways by related members of the family group, De Courcy; Decourcey; Decoursey, with De Courcy being the most pre-eminent. My GGG grandfather was Henry De Courcy who was born about 1811 in County Cork. He died in 1890 in Bolton, Lancashire. His death certificate records the fact that he was a brush maker by trade and following his marriage to Eliza Wood in 1833 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire the family lived in Mansfield, Liverpool and Bolton.

It is far from clear who Henry's father was and it is this particular line of enquiry I am hoping others may be able to resolve. There is a possibility that his father could have been Willet De Coursey (note spelling)
who died on 11 March 1838 in Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, aged 64 years.

Other members of the De Courcy family lived predominently in Liverpool, Bolton, Manchester and ultimately Bradford. West Yorkshire where the trade of industrial brush making resulted in the establishment of F De Courcy & Sons, the business being incorporated in 1946.

One of my relatives, William Henry De Courcy (a great uncle)emigrated to the US in 1905 and settled in Kennebunk, Maine with his wife Nellie. They had two daughters, Lillian De Courcy (married Gordon Phillips)and Lena De Courcy (married Kendall F Adams) I would be interested in tracking down any of my De Courcy cousins in the the US' some of whom may have married into a family called Brady..

On a final note David De Courcy, my great grandfather, born on 16 December 1859 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, also emigrated to the US in May 1913, I have no idea where he lived save for the fact that on 6 October 1919 he died in Philadelphia General Hospital. Any information about him would be gratefully received.