George Henry DUFFY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1919-42753
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2012-MN-004538

Notes:

Lived in Burnsville in 1992.

Duffy, George Henry of Burnsville, age 92, died on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at his daughter's home. Born August 6, 1919 at home in Mpls. to Harry E. Duffy and Ida (Nee Janisch). Retired 20 year Navy Vet, retired Republic Airlines mechanic and an avid gardener. Preceded in death by wife, Dorothy. Survived by children, Thomas, Patricia (Allan) Bodenstab, Randal (Caroline), Valerie (Patrick) Adams and Stephanie Duffy; grandchildren, Christopher, Erica, Bradley, Jennifer, James, Joseph, Matthew and Rachel; great-grandchildren, Lukas and Zachary; brother, Leonard; sisters, Gladys, Ann and June. Funeral Service, Wednesday, 10:30 AM at Trinity First Lutheran Church, 1115 East 19th Street, Mpls. Visitation Tuesday from 4-7 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Home, 9947 Lyndale Ave S., Bloomington, visitation also starting one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday. Interment Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to Trinity First Lutheran Church and School.

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Faye PEMBERTON. Dorothy was born on 19 Feb 1926; died on 17 Jan 1995 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-020544
• Occupation: Railroad Switchman (Milwaukee Road)

Notes:

The Schnellman Family Tree and biegel Family Tree on Ancestry.com incorrectly show his parents as John Duffy (1844-1917) and Ellen Gallery (1851-1922). That couple resided in Scott County, Minnesota, in 1900. The Harry cited as their son was born in Minnesota in 1890.

The 1900 census, in which he is shown as Henry Duffy, age 14, born Jun 1885, has his family living in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In the 1906 city directory of Lincoln, Nebraska, he was Henry Duffy, a laborer rooming at 111 N 12th. He was not in the 1905 Lincoln directory.

In the 1907 Lincoln directory, he is probably the Henry E Duffy, driver, residing at 1328 O.

In the 1908 Lincoln directory, he is probably the Henry Duffy, switchman C B & Q, residing at 2013 O.

In the 1909 Lincoln directory, he may be the Henry Duffy, driver for Miller & Paine, living at 328 N 7th.

He is not listed in the 1910 Lincoln directory.

Nebraska Marriages shows Henry E Duffy, b. ca 1885, age 20, married Myrtle Dyer, age 19, in Lancaster, Nebraska, on 15 Dec 1905. Henry was the son of James Duffy and Rachel Ivers.

He registered for the draft as Harry Edward Duffy on September 9, 1918, in Minneapolis. He gave his permanent address as 1847 East 25th-and-a-half Street in Minneapolis although he listed his nearest relative as Ida M. T. Duffy of 633 East 5th Street in St. Paul. Harry was short and of medium build with brown eyes and dark brown hair. He was a railroad brakeman for the River Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad. For this registration, the registrant was not required to provide his place of birth.

He and his family lived at 1808 East 24th Street in Minneapolis at the time of the 1920 census. Harry was born in Kansas, as was his father. Harry’s mother was born in Nebraska.

In the 1930 census, in which for some reason he was entered as “Dubby”, he and his family lived at 2111 Snelling Avenue in Minneapolis. He was a railroad switchman and was not a veteran. Both of his parents had been born in Ireland.

In the 1940 census, Harry is shown as born in Minnesota. He and Ida and all of their children live at 3105 33rd Avenue S in a rented residence. Harry was not employed and was unable to work. Harry and Ida had fourth-grade educations. The main breadwinners for the household appear to be Robert, George, and Raymond. The address of 3105 33rd Avenue S was also the address Harry gave for his daughter Marion’s death certificate.

There was a Pearl, age 1, in the family in the 1940 census but this must have been a confusion with Raymond’s new wife who also may have been living in the household at the time.

Harry was never in the armed services. He died of basilar artery thrombosis. His body was autopsied. The informant for his death certificate was his son, Robert E Duffy of 9009 Bryant Avenue South.

Birth:
his draft registration said June 3rd, his death certificate says June 30

Died:
St. Barnabas Hospital, where he had been for 3 days

Henry married Ida Matilda Martha JANISCH on 3 Jun 1931 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of William Theodore JANISCH and Amelia KOHLMANN) was born on 25 Apr 1899 in Morgan, Redwood County, Minnesota; died on 15 Mar 1990 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Bloomington Cemetery, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1990-MN-006746

Notes:

She died as Ida Duffy. Her son Raymond was the informant for her death certificate. At that time Raymond lived at 5649 Garfield Avenue South in Minneapolis. Ida normally lived at 9200 Nicollet in Bloomington. Ida was the widow of Harry. She died of sepsis and diabetes.

Died:
She died at Fairview Southdale Hospital at 12:20 PM. SSDI last residence Scandia, Washington County, Minnesota.

Notes:

Married:
As Harry E Duffy and Ida M. M. Janiesch. Perhaps they got married a second time!?

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he is probably the 16 year-old James Duffy, son of Peter, 50, and Elizabeth Duffy, 40, of Center Twp, Doniphan County, Kansas. Peter was born in Scotland, Elizabeth was born in Ireland. James’s older sibling, Mary, 18, was born in Scotland. His younger sibling, Henry, 10, was born in Kansas.

In the 1880 census, he and his family farm in the Peru Precinct of Nemaha County, Nebraska. He is shown as having a father born in Scotland and a mother in Ireland. His brother-in-law, A. J. Ivers, age 30, lives with them. Both girls (”Z.E.” and Sylvia, 2 months old) are shown as having the measles.

In the 1900 census, he is a railroad yardman, living with his family in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In the 1910 census, he is a widower. He still lives in Lincoln and still works for the railroad, now as a signalman. Ralph and Francis live with him.

In the 1920 census, as James “Duffey”, he is a roomer with a family in Lincoln. He is a flagman for the railroad. In this census, he shows his father as born in Scotland and his mother in Ireland.

Birth:
birthplace according to the 1900 census

James married Rachel A IVERS about 1878. Rachel (daughter of Adam IVERS and Zela) was born in Aug 1859 in Nebraska; died on 24 Jul 1901; was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 4 still living. Her parents were born in Ohio (father) and Pennsylvania (mother).

In the 1920 census, her two youngest sons are shown as having had a mother born in Kentucky (?).

Buried:
Sec-14 Lot-896 Gr-9

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1952-MN-001524

Notes:

His family adopted the spelling Janisch. Originally, it was Janiesch.

He and his family lived on a farm in Morgan, Redwood County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1900 census. William came to the U. S. in 1890.

The family lived in Sherman Twp. Redwood County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, William and Amelia lived in Sleepy Eye. William was a laborer for the railroad.

In the 1930 census, as William Janisch, he and Amelia, their three youngest children, and a grandson, Kenneth, lived in New Ulm. No one in the household had an occupation. Kenneth was born Kenneth Harold Janisch on 9 Jun 1922 in Brown County. That birth is not recorded in the MHS index of Minnesota birth certificates. Kenneth married Violet A Pechtel on 1 Aug 1947 in Brown County, Minnesota. That Kenneth Janisch died in St. Paul on 6 Jul 1987. According to the MHS death certificate index, Kenneth’s mother’s maiden name was Brown which suggests that his mother may have been Hattie.

In the 1940 census, as William Janisch, he and Amelia and son Sylvan and daughter Anna (Hedwig?) lived in New Ulm.

William married Amelia KOHLMANN about 1894. Amelia was born on 6 Nov 1877 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 18 Jan 1944 in Brown County, Minnesota; was buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-001371

Notes:

Shown in the 1900 census as having had 4 children, all 4 still living. Those numbers were 10 and 10 in the 1910 census.

Came to the U. S. in 1882 according to the 1900 census.

Died:
as Amelia Janisch

Notes:

He is probably the Adam Ivers of Hancock County, Ohio, in the 1840 census. That household had three people: a person under the age of 20 and two people age 20-49.

In the 1850 census, he and his family lived in Salem Twp, Delaware County, Indiana. The household consists of Adam, 37, Zela, 31, William, 12, Robert, 7, Thomas, 5, John, 3, and Andrew, 1.

Several family trees in Ancestry.com erroneously show him as dying in 1864.

In the 1870 census, he was a farmer in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

He, 64, and Zela, 62, still lived in Lancaster County, Nebraska, in the 1880 census. Their 16 year-old daughter Jennie still lived with them. (Their youngest daughter in the 1870 census was the then-eight-years-old Alice V.)

Adam married Zela. Zela was born about 1819 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Cecilia.