Duffy Family, migration from Ireland to England, to USA, to Peru.
Hi:
I am a descendant of Peter Duffy and Margaretha Kierans (also misspelled as Carnes).
Peter parents, Robert Duffy and Ellen Therese moved from Ireland to Manchester, England in 1896. Their five older sons moved to the United States in 1836, one of them was Peter Duffy.
Peter married Margaretha Kierans in Manhattan, New York in 1839, they had several children (Mary Ann, Francis, Bridget, Thomas, Bernard, Elizabeth and Margaret). Their second son was Francis (Frank) Duffy was born in Rome, New York State in 1942. Francis married Margaret McGuire in Galena ,Illinois in 1863. Francis enlisted in the Union and went to fight during the US. Civil War and came back to Galena in 1866. They had 5 children (Thomas Bernard, Peter James, Elizabeth Helen, Henry Francis and William Edward).
The oldest son, Thomas Bernard Duffy, move to Peru at the turn of the century, hired by Henry Meiggs to be a Supervisor for the Locomotive Department for the Peruvian Central Railway.
Thomas married Maria Leonor Soto de Vargas-Machuca in the City of Cerro de Pasco, Peru in 1906 and had three children, two born in Lima, Peru (Tomas Francisco and Luis Alberto) and one born in Antofagasta, Chile (David Santiago).
Thomas and his family lived in Chile from 1913 to 1920, then they return to Peru in October of that year and make their residence in the city of Chosica,until he died in 1929, he was buried at the British Cemetery in the Port of Callao, Lima, Peru.
His Second son Luis Alberto Duffy, married Irene Giurfa in Lima, Peru in 1939, they had 4 children (Vilma Irene, Tomas Bernardo, Luis Alberto and Roberto Emilio).
Their third son Luis Alberto Duffy, married Bertha Alicia Baraybar Malpartida in 1968 in Lima, Peru; They have 4 children (Mariella Cristina, Luis Alberto, Jean Pierre and Pamela Melissa).
I am their second son Luis Alberto Duffy Baraybar.
I have more Information, Documentation and Photography of my ancestors to share or exchange.
My contact information:
Luis A. Duffy
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