Hugh Dougherty (1849-1936) and Mary Grant (1864-1938)
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Hugh
& Mary (Grant) Dougherty
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Msgr.
Daniel M. Dougherty (left) former Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Verplanck
and Msgr. John C. Dougherty (right) former Vicar of Westchester County
pictured with Cardinal Archbishop Francis J. Spellman. New York.
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In Ireland,
Hugh Doherty attended Carradoan School and afterwards trained to be a Hand
Weaver with the Ferry family at Meenasona, Oughterlin. The handwoven Linen
tablecloth which he made from Flax grown on the home farm and which he gave
as a wedding present to Emanuel Boyle and Bridget Morning, (parents of Margaret
Boyle) is an heirloom which remains in the Doherty family.
Hugh
emigrated to U.S.A. 1884. Some time before leaving, he assisted with John
Edwards of Gortlough to restrain his uncle, Owen Sheridan (his mother's brother),
while a Doctor performed an Appendectomy operation, (no Anaesthetics then)
in Sheridan's kitchen. The Doctor sterilised the instruments
by heating them in the open fire. Sadly Owen did not survive the operation
and died.
In
USA, Hugh joined his eldest brother James who was working on a Farm at Flushing,
N.Y. James advised him to change the spelling of his name to Dougherty, "Or
you'll never get anywhere here". Hugh married Mary Grant and lived at
Flushing, but moved to NYC after their 3rd child was born. In 1900 Hugh was
a Fireman at the Gasworks. His age is given as 40 years in the census of 1900
but 56 in 1910.
Mary
Grant 1864 -1938 (emigrated to USA, 1883).
Daughter of Mathew & Mary (Walsh) Grant,
Grandchild
of William & Mary Grant and Bernard & Peggy(Savage)Walsh
Kilcoo, Castlewellan, Co. Down.
Mary Grant's siblings:
William(USA)
Hannah (not married)
John (married Frances Johnson in USA)
Frances (married in USA)
Daniel
Mathew
Eleanor
Rose.
Cousins; in Co Down, Elizabeth Kane, Maura McKevitt & Elizabeth O'Hare.
Present relations, Mrs Ann Owens, and son Kevan Owens, Castlewellan, Co Down.
Kevan's twin sister Anna died from an acute Asthma attack in 1999.
In 1985 while Anna was at school she researched a family history project on her ancestors, the McCrickards, whom she traced to Co Wicklow from where they came to Castlewellan as stone cutters of Mourne granite. The granite stone for the Chapel in Castletownbeare, Co. Cork was quarried in the Mourne's and the McCrickards went to Co.Cork and built the Church there which is a replica of the R.C. Chapel in Castlewellan. James McCrickard who became blind in the later part of his life died some years ago.
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