James A. McCafferty - Donegal, Scotland, NY
My great grandfather James A. McCafferty, a Civil War veteran who enlisted at age 17 with a NY Zouaves regiment, was born in County Donegal, 14 March 1845. He was the son of Hugh, b. Ballyshannon, Donegal, 1815, and Margaret (McIntyre) McCafferty of Ballyshannon, b. abt. 1811 we believe. The family went to Scotland sometime after the birth of daughter Rose at Donegal in 1851 and before the 1854-55 birth of a son Hugh. Before 1860, it further removed to NY where the census of that year found the family living in Manhattan. In 1868, James A. McCafferty married Catherine Ann Doyle in Brooklyn where he later owned and operated a paint manufacturing company. I'm wondering whether any of this strikes a chord, or even one little bell, with anyone. If so, perhaps we're cousins. If not, maybe we can help one another, regardless.
Tony Sylvester