Descendants of John McLaughlin (1832-1922)
Branches of our Major family tree intersect with descendants of William McLaughlin Sr. (1793-1853). McLaughlin was born in Ireland and lived on the western shore of the peninsula of Inishowen on the east shore of Lough Swilly (pronounced Sooley) in the hamlet of Linsfort Glebe in the Parish of Desertegny in County Donegal, fourteen miles from the city of Londonderry. He and his wife, Molly Quigley (1796-1856), had seven sons and four daughters, several of whom emigrated to the United States. One of their sons, John, had a daughter, Rose, who married John Major. This page is devoted to John McLaughlin and his descendants.
John McLaughlin (1832-1922) was the twin brother of Ellen McLaughlin (about whom I have little information). The 1880 US census lists John McLaughlin as a blacksmith born in Ireland. Notes in a Bible belonging to Rose McLaughlin Major say John McLaughlin married Mary McGrorry, also from Desertegny, and that they sailed for the United States in 1851, arriving in New York on Dec. 7 aboard a ship called Vanguard. They settled in Skaneateles, but moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1858.
They had a son, Willie McLaughlin, who survived only 11 days after he was born, Dec. 12, 1858. Mary McGrorry McLaughlin died in Louisville in 1864 at the age of 30. She and Willie are buried in Louisville's Portland Cemetery. (Note: McGrorry is the way Rose Major spelled the name; the correct spelling might well be McGrory.)
John McLaughlin returned to Skaneateles in 1868. His second wife was Mary Casey (1842-1907). They are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Skaneateles, NY. We found five children for John and Mary Casey McLaughlin in the 1880 census – John, Catherine, Rose, Eliza (Elizabeth) and Ellen. |
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Primary source: 'This History of the McLaughlin Family' by Henry W. McLaughlin and Edward F. McLaughlin, a former New York State supreme court justice. E-mail corrections and additions to
JMajor9863@aol.com |
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John McLaughlin (1869- ??)
So far I have had no luck finding anything on John McLaughlin, who was listed as a survivor in his father's obituary in 1922. |
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Catherine (Kate) McLaughlin (1871-1928) m. John Deacy Jr. (18??-1955)
They lived in Auburn, New York. The newspaper obituary said her early death was unexpected, that she began her last day feeling well, then became sick and died about five hours later. I did not find a cause listed. There were five children who survived Kate McLaughlin Deacy. I am not sure of their birth order. |
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Marie Deacy (1902-1953) m. John W. Pratt (1901-1969)
According to his obituary in the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser, John Pratt, a native and longtime resident of Auburn, moved to Lyons, New York, a few years after his wife's death. He had been employed at the Henry & Allen Company of Auburn, then went to work at the Newark State School, retiring in 1968. I found names of three suriviving children: |
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John A. Pratt |
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Edward B. Pratt m. Maude Rowe |
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Kathryn Pratt (1933-1993) m. John Szczerba |
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Ellen Rose Szczerba m. ?? Oliver (As of 1993, living in Ithaca, NY) |
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Janice Szczerba m. ?? Morgan (As of 1993, living in Ithaca) |
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Michael Szczerba (As of 1993, living in Ithaca) |
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Robert Szczerba (As of 1993, living in Ithaca) |
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Edward Szczerba (As of 1993, living in Ithaca) |
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William Szczerba (As of 1993, living in Austin, Texas) |
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Margaret Deacy (1904-1956) m. Frank Rice
They lived in Auburn. Her obituary listed six children. |
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Margaret (Peggy) Rice (1926-1985) m. Andrew Hribick (19??-1984)
She retired from the Columbian Rope Company in 1967 after 11 years as a machine operator. Both Peggy Rice and her husband were lifelong residents of Auburn. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and at the time of their wedding in 1943 was a sergeant. Later he was employed in the maintenance department of the Columbian Rope Company, working there 30 years before he retired in 1974. |
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Andrew J. Hribick (1946-2003) m. Betty Jo Church |
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Wayne Andrew Hribick (1968- ) |
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John Michael Hribick (1969- ) |
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Lisa Marie Hribick (1971- ) |
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Jean Rice m. John Kehoskie. As of 1996, living in Alamogordo, New Mexico |
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Evelyn Rice (1933-1981) m. Thomas Bowman
She was born in Auburn, but lived her last 15 years in Waterloo, New York. She was employed in the climate control division of the Singer Company in Auburn. |
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James Sperlazza. As of 1981, lived in Waterloo. |
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Mrs. Jacqueline Ratt. In 1981, was living in Quebec, Canada. |
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Mrs. Geraldine Maniwaki. In 1981, was living in Quebec. |
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Joanne Bowman (1951-1971) m. Philip Woodman |
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Jinx Ann Bowman. In 1981, was living in Waterloo. |
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Frank J. Rice m. Ilene ?? |
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William T. Rice (1931-1993) m. Lena ?? He lived in Owasco, NY |
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Randall A. Rice. In 1993 was living in Waterloo. |
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Dorothy Rice (1938-1996) m. Thomas W. Gilmore Sr. |
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Thomas W. Gilmore Jr. m. Barbara Hoff. In 1996, living in Throop, NY |
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Sara Gilmore |
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Craig Gilmore |
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Christopher Gilmore m. Me-Suk (19??-1990)
Christopher Gilmore is an Army major stationed in Washington state. He served a tour in Iraq. |
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William Gilmore |
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David Gilmore |
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Dana A. Gilmore m. Nicole
As of 1996, living in Auburn. They have three children. |
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Kelly Anne Gilmore m. Daniel Thomas
Second husband: Allan L. Brooks |
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Joshua James Thomas (1982- ) |
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Joseph Andrew Thomas (1983- ) |
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Steven Christopher Thomas (1985-1991) |
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Ellen Rose Deacy (19??-1982) m. Thomas Deuel
They were married in 1937 and lived for many years in Port Byron, NY. I found reference to four Deuel children: |
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Barbara Jean Deuel m. W. Ronald Focht
They have three children and four grandchildren and live in Statesboro, Georgia. She is with the School of Economic Development at Georgia Southern University. |
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Veronica Jean Focht m. ?? Burdett |
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Alexandria Dorothy Burdett |
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Samantha Breanne Focht |
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Timothy Walter Focht |
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Joshua Thomas Focht |
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Robert J. Deuel (1945-1991)
A native of Auburn, he lived several years in Port Byron and was a resident of Beaver Dams, NY, when he died. He was a state corrections officer for 21 years, the last 12 of which were spent at Monterey Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in Beaver Dams. This is a minimum-security camp, without fences or walls, on 10,000 acres of state forest land in Schuyler County. In 1987 it became New York's first "shock incarceration" facility. Inmates still perform forestry work, but the facility is more widely regarded as a "boot camp." |
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Elizabeth Deuel m. Kirk Sprague |
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J. Thomas Deuel m. Nancy Poplawski |
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Krista Deuel m. David R. Plish. They live in Auburn. |
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Elizabeth Ellen Plish (1997- ) |
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Joseph Deacy (19??-1945) m. Mabel Truax (19??-1962)
Deacy was a telegraph operator for the Syracuse Post-Standard for many years. |
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Mary Elizabeth Deacy (1931-1990) m. Joseph Testa
Mary Deacy Testa, a 1951 graduate of the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Syracuse, was the school nurse for 24 years at Liverpool (NY) High School. |
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Anthony Testa (1951- ) m. Rebecca Snell |
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Gina Testa (1955- ) |
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Mary Testa (1959- ) |
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William Deacy (19??-1957). Lived in Auburn. |
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Rose McLaughlin (1872-1943) m. John W. Major (1869-1940).
Notes in Rose's Bible say her sister Kate was her maid of honor. Rose and JohnMajor moved from Skaneateles to Solvay. They had six children – Emmett, Margaret, Viola, William, Stanley and Irene. Stanley would become mayor of Solvay (1949-61) and William would become the Solvay police chief. |
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Kathleen Nicholson (1926-2001) m. Robert Mullally (1925-1984)
Kathleen's second husband: Donald Johnson |
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Michael P. Mullally (1949- ) resides in Wilton Manors, FL |
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Karen Mullally (1951- ) m. Lloyd Smyth. They live in Duncannon, PA |
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Patricia A. Mullally Knopp (1954- ) lives in Lafayette, NY |
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Eileen Mullally (1956-97) |
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Kathleen Mullally (1956-) Now living in Etters, PA |
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Maureen Mullally (1962-
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Loretta Kane(1922-2006) m. Francis Orlando ( ??-1954)
Loretta's second
husband: Edward Lindsay. |
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Thomas Orlando lives in Lakeland, FL |
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Jackson Orlando |
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Gianna Orlando |
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Adrianna Orlando |
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Robert "Bobby" Kane (1928-1966) |
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William "Billy" Major (1929-1986) m. Anne Kornutiak |
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Patricia Major |
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Kathleen Major |
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William Major |
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Lisa Major |
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Jonah Allen Major (2000- ) |
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Ethan Henry Major (2002- ) |
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Mary Elizabeth Major (1943- ) m. Frederick Chard.
They left Westvale, NY, in 2002 and moved to Naples, FL |
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Brian Chard (1969- ) lives in Syracuse, NY |
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Danielle Chard lives in St. Petersburg, FL |
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Elizabeth (Eliza) McLaughlin (1874-1922) m. Martin Roe (18??-1941)
Her death notice in a Syracuse newspaper spelled her married name Rowe. His obituary in the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser (August 26, 1941) spelled it Roe, which was supported by most newspaper articles I found. He was a native of Skaneateles, lived several years in Auburn, then moved to Syracuse where he died. His obituary said he was survived by his wife, who must have been his second. No name was mentioned. I believe the two children who survived him were from his marriage to Elizabeth McLaughlin. Also, Frances Roe (1895-96) is buried in the same plot at St. Mary's Cemetery, Skaneateles, as John and Mary McLaughlin. I do not know if this is coincidence or if John and Mary McLaughlin were the grandparents of the tragic child. |
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Mary Ann "Marie" Roe (1903-1996) m. William Hoppe
This is an educated guess. Martin Roe's obituary referred to his daughter as Mrs. William Hoppe. I remember Marie Hoppe from countless reunions, but was too young to figure out how she fit into the family. Now I think I've got it. She was born in Auburn, but lived most of her adult life in Syracuse. She worked for many years at Pass & Seymour in Solvay. |
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Ellen McLaughlin (1876- )
Ah, but if there's a family mystery, Ellen McLaughlin is at the center of it.
The death notice for Mary McLaughlin (Auburn Citizen, March 29, 1907) says the deceased was the mother of Mrs. Martin Roe, Mrs. John Deacy ... and Mrs. C. Crofut.
The obituary for John McLaughlin (Auburn Citizen, April 13, 1922) says the deceased was the father of Mrs. John Major, Mrs. Martin Roe, Mrs. John Deacy ... and Mrs. Glenn Smith.
However, when Rose McLaughlin (Mrs. John) Major died in 1941, her only surviving sister was referred to as ... Mrs. Nell Corbett. When Kate McLaughlin Deacy died in 1928 one of her bearers was Frank Corbett. I do not know if there is a connection, though I saw one reference to Frank Corbett being a grandson of John McLaughlin. |
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