Last updated 9/2/2013

Several Duffys are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn:

1.  The following are in one plot:

  Catherine, 1896, age 2 4/12                   - Mary & Patrick's daughter

  Michael, 9/21/1901, age 27                   - Grandfather's brother, of dysentery

  Christopher, 10/4/1904, almost 4          - Uncle, result of a fire

  Palmer Joseph, 12/27/1909, age 27     - Grandfather's brother

  Anthony, 9/22/1930, age 58                   - Grandfather's brother

 

2. The following are in St. Joseph's Section, Range 2, Plots 1 to 4A

      (All are from the Patrick J. and Bridget (nee Taylor) Duffy family): 

  Mary Duffy, 5/1/1922, age 57                 - Grandfather's sister

  Patrick J. Duffy, 7/26/1930, age 66       - Mary's husband (known as 'Little Pat')

 John J. Duffy, 8/18/1934, age 38            - Mary & Patrick's son

  Mary Duffy, 1/21/2005, age 97               - Mary & Patrick's daughter (on 1910 census as Marie;

                                                                                                               on 1930 census as Marion)

  Lillian (Duffy) Mohin, 5/18/1951, age 52 - Mary & Patrick's daughter

  Eugene Mohin, 12/21/1948, age 50       - Lillian's husband

  Catherine Reaney, 12/28/1957, age 83  - Patrick J. Duffy's sister

  William Prior, 12/12/1953, age 55          - Patrick J. Duffy's nephew, son of his sister, Bridget

                                                                    and John Prior

  John J. Duffy, 4/16/1957, age 88            - Patrick J. Duffy's brother

  Bridget A. (Timlin) Duffy, 9/14/1967, 90   - John J. Duffy's wife and Patrick J. Duffy's sister-in-law

  Michael E. Duffy, 4/30/1965, age 60       - Patrick J. Duffy's nephew, son of his brother, Michael 

                                                                    and Belinda Duffy

  Loretta (Smith) Eilers, 5/15/1961, 57     - on 1930 census as Patrick J. Duffy's cousin?

  Ernest Eilers, 12/28/1977, age 77         - husband of Loretta Eilers

   

There are 3 other Duffys in this Plot, still to be researched.  They are:

 Arlene Duffy,12/9/1944, age 1; Robert J. Duffy,12/9/1971, age 38;John P. Duffy,3/30/2001, age 61.

 I'm sure there are other Duffy family plots still to be discovered in this cemetery.

 

Great Grandparent Duffy family:  11 children per 1911 Ireland Census (8 living & 3 deceased) -

7 emigrated to U.S.: Mary, John, Anthony, Michael (dec'd 1901),

                                 & PalmerJoseph (dec'd 1909); and James & Thomas 

                                 (both of whom returned to Ireland).

                                 (James is not in the baptism records? See History Pg.) 

4 stayed in Ireland:  Ellen, Patrick, Edward (died in infancy 1886?),

                                 and Bridget.  (Bridget is not in the baptism records?)

                                 

Great Grandparent O'Brien family: 9 children per 1911 Ireland Census -

5 emigrated to U.S.: Margaret, Bridget, Catherine, Anna, Mary

3 stayed in Ireland : Michael, Ellen, John

1 unknown             : Born before 1864 and died?

                                Note:  Margaret, Bridget, & Catherine are not

                                          in Baptism records but we know of them

                                          because of U.S. records

 

 Note: At last count:   For Gerald and Rose Duffy --- 41 Grandchildren, 77 Great

           Grandchildren, and 5 Great Great Grandchildren (underJovovich)

           The latest Grandchild is - Kyle Robert Stretch (Czajkowski)