S7: Mary Clasby(1834-UNKN)

Mary Clasby was born about 1834 in Chappataggle, Galway, Ireland to John Clasby and Mary Laughnan. She was baptized Roman Catholic on July 24th, 1835 in the Clonfert diocese. She immigrated to the United States on the Princess Alice out of Liverpool to New York on July 12th, 1850.

She married John McCann on January 27th, 1856 in Lee, MA. They had at least three children together and possibly a fourth. George McCann was born on November 30th, 1856 in Lee, MA. Mary Jane McCann was born on January 1st, 1859 in Lee, MA. Catherine Ellen McCann was born on January 3rd, 1861. Lizzie Ann McCann may have been their forth child, born in 1862.

John and Mary were living with their first two children in 1860 in Lee, MA. By 1865, she was living alone in Lee and working as a laborer. By 1870, she is in the County Jail in Lenox, MA with no occupation. After that, we loss track of her, but I suspect she died before 1876 when John remarried. We do have a newspaper article from 1975 about John looking for his missing wife in Gloverville, NY.

March 11th, 1875

John McCann is hostler at the Morgan house. Four years ago his wife left him to go to Gloverville, N.Y., since which time he has never heard from her. About two years ago a report reached him that she was living there but he never had confirmation of it. This item may reach some one who can contribute a little information on the subject.

Branch

• Generation 3 (2nd Great Grandparents): John McCann and Mary Clasby

  • Generation 2 (Great Grandparents): Merrick Luther Smith and Catherine Ellen McCann

    • Generation 1 (Grandparents): David Sanders Wright and Florence Edna Smith

      • Generation 0: Robert Ervin Putnam and (Florence) Caroline Wright

Sources

• Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915; Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02431 / 04; Name Mary Clasby, Baptism Age 0, Event Type Baptism, Birth Date 1835, Baptism Date 24 Jul 1835, Baptism Place Cappataggle, Galway, Ireland, Residence Place Cappataggle, Parish Variants Capatagal, Killalaghtan, Killalaghten, Killallaghten, Kilrickill, Kilrickle, Diocese Clonfert, Father John Clasby, Mother Mary Laughnan

• Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851; Name Mary Clasby, Birth Year abt 1833, Age 17, Gender Female, Embarkation Liverpool, Ship PrincessAlice 225 12 July 1850, Princess Alice, Ship Princess Alice, Occupation Immigrant, Passengers 225, Native Country Ireland, Destination USA, Arrival Place New York, New York, USA, Arrival Date 12 Jul 1850

• 1860 United States Federal Census: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_487; Page: 683; Image: 684; Family History Library Film: 803487

• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915: Name John McCann, Age 25, Birth Year abt 1831, Birth Place Ireland, Marriage Date 27 Jan 1856, Marriage Place Lee, Massachusetts, USA, Father Geo McCann, Spouse Mary Clasby

• Massachusetts, State Census, 1865; Name Mary McCann, Gender Female, Marital Status Married, Birth Year abt 1837, Birth Place Ireland, Residence Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA, Enumeration Year 1865, Age 28, Household Number 657, Reel Number 2, Volume Number 3

• 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_601; Page: 429B; Image: 132697; Family History Library Film: 552100