George Francis Duffy was the eldest child of Frank W Duffy and Margaret J Duffy. He was born in Lockport, New York on February 22, 1876.  He was about four years old when the family moved to Fairview, Pennsylvania, where he appears in the 1880 U.S. Census.  He moved with the family back to the state of New York by 1886, and to Lockport by 1892, where the family appears in the 1892 state census.

At some point around 1900, he moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he worked in steel manufacturing. He met an Irish immigrant, Ellen Tully, who had arrived in the U.S. in 1893. They married in 1903. Ellen was also known as Nellie or Mollie.

The Duffys moved into a home at 59 Orchard Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where they would reside for the rest of their lives. They had four children:

Margaret Elizabeth Duffy (1903 – 1967)
Francis M Duffy (1906 – 1961)
Mary L Duffy (1908 – ?)
Eleanor P Duffy (1911 – 1958)

In 1930, a nephew, Joseph Donelon, lived with the family. He had immigrated from the Irish Free State. He was probably related through Ellen’s family.

George worked as molder and core maker for the Moore Brothers Foundry at 27 Bond Street in Elizabeth, a company founded in 1891. In the 1940 census, he listed his employer as the railroad. The occupation is listed as “boatman.” This was a little confusing to me until I found the railroad’s name in the 1947 Elizabeth directory — he was still working for the Central Railroad (CRR) of New Jersey  in 1947. As I learned from the New Jersey Transportation Chronology on this site, the CRR operated ferry boats between New Jersey and New York.

George died on April 15, 1948 and is buried in St Gertrude’s Catholic Cemetery in Colonia, New Jersey.   Nellie died on July 27, 1949.

Patrick Duffy (b 1812) + Elizabeth Dillon (b 1818)
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Margaret J Duffy (b 1850)+Francis (Frank) W Duffy (b 1855)
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George Francis Duffy (b 1876)

Sources for this post include:

“United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXD-CJS : 15 July 2017), George F Duffy in entry for Francis W Duffy, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 227A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1109; FHL microfilm 1,255,109. Accessed 12 Feb 2019

“New Jersey State Census, 1905,” database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMHK-7HY : 12 March 2018), George Duffy, , Union, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 19, line 33, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,625. Accessed 12 Feb 2019

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJ6-H4S : 13 March 2018), George Francis Duffy, 1917-1918; citing Elizabeth City no 3, New Jersey, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,712,099. Accessed 12 Feb 2019

“United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YG-N34 : accessed 13 February 2019), George L Duffy, Elizabeth City Ward 11, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing ED 102, sheet 11B, line 84, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1070; FHL microfilm 1,821,070. Accessed 12 Feb 2019

“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4NM-FZF : accessed 13 February 2019), George F Duffy, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 4B, line 65, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1387; FHL microfilm 2,341,122. Accessed 12 Feb 2019

“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4YR-B9X : 15 March 2018), George F Duffy, Ward 11, Elizabeth, Elizabeth City, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-97, sheet 2B, line 44, family 162, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2400.

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