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- Charles Claffy was born in Offaly County Ireland on 25 December, 1797. On 15
January, 1834 he married Esther Condrun who was born some time between 1805 and
1815 also in Offaly County, Ireland.
Prior to the birth of their 1st child John, Charles and Esther migrated to the United States.
I assume that the ship they came to this country on docked in the port of Baltimore,
Maryland, as John was born in Maryland circa 1837. The name of the vessel Charles and
Esther obtained passage to the United States on remains unknown to me.
The family can not be found in the census records until 1850 when the family is living in
Hardin County, Kentucky. Charles is shown as being employed as a turnpiker. Sons
James and Thomas and daughter Katherine have also been added to the family.
The 1860 Hardin County census reflects that Charles is now a farmer. Another child,
Mary, has been added to the family but John has left home. John married Olive Joann
Grimes in 1859 and is employed as a farm laborer. The 1860 census also raises two
questions.
Another John Claffy, 40 years of age, born in Ireland and also a farm laborer lives in a
dwelling next to Charles. Is this a brother of Charles? He is not seen in a Hardin County
census again.
There is also a nineteen year old Pat living with Charles and Esther as a farm laborer
from Virginia but no James is listed as being in the dwelling. This is interesting in that
the 1840 soundex for Virginia hints that the family may have been in Virginia for that
census.
The 1870 Hardin County census reveals no change from the 1860 census in the dwelling
of Charles and Esther. Charles is still a farmer now worth $600 in real estate and $400 in
personal property. Thomas, James, Catherine and Mary M. are still at home. It is for this
reason that I believe the Pat of the 1860 census is in reality James. This family stayed
together all of their lives.
By John Melvin Claffy
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1797 - 1871 (73 years)
