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Birth: MAR 1834 • Tuam, Galway County, Ireland
Death: 1910 • Littleton, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
When Katharine Rafferty was born in March 1834 in Tuam, Galway, Ireland, her father, Thaddeus, was 45, and her mother, Honora, was 34. She married Patrick J O’Dea on February 2, 1857. They had five children in 13 years.
According to family history related by Mary Catherine (Sister St. Rita) Clarkson, Katharine’s granddaughter, to Jim Barclay, husband of Carol Clarkson, in October 1977, the O’Dea family arrived in Philadelphia in 1865, the year Lincoln was assassinated.
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Katharine Rafferty
b: Mar 1834
d: 1910
b: Mar 1834
d: 1910
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| PARENT (M) Thaddeus "Timothy" Rafferty | |||
| Birth | abt 1789 | Tuam, Galway , Ireland | |
| Death | 1869 | Tuam, Galway, Ireland | |
| Marriage | 1823 | to Honora Cullinan | |
| Father | ? | ||
| Mother | ? | ||
| PARENT (F) Honora Cullinan | |||
| Birth | Sep 1799 | Tuam, Galway , Ireland | |
| Death | 28 Sep 1870 | Galway, Ireland | |
| Marriage | 1823 | to Thaddeus "Timothy" Rafferty | |
| Father | Andrew Cullinan | ||
| Mother | Bridget Mullowney | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Katharine Rafferty | ||
| Birth | Mar 1834 | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | |
| Death | 1910 | Littleton, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA | |
| Marriage | 02 Feb 1857 | to Patrick J O''Dea at Ireland | |
| F | Mary Sarah Rafferty | ||
| Birth | abt 1830 | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | |
| Death | |||
| Marriage | to Thomas Casey | ||
| Marriage | to Mary Sarah Rafferty | ||
| M | Patrick Rafferty | ||
| Birth | 17 Mar 1822 | Tuam, Galway County Ireland | |
| Death | 26 APR 1895 | Sherman, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States | |
| Marriage | 20 Feb 1849 | to Nancy E. Wright at Gilmer, Virginia, West Virginia, United States | |
| F | Honora Rafferty | ||
| Birth | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | ||
| Death | |||
| F | Bridget Rafferty | ||
| Birth | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | ||
| Death | |||
| M | William Rafferty | ||
| Birth | Mar 1822 | Tuam, Galway, Ireland | |
| Death | 13 May 1910 | Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA | |
| Marriage | Abt. 1853 | to Margaret Clishiam at Virginia, United States | |
| M | John Rafferty | ||
| Birth | 1828 | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | |
| Death | Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | ||
| Marriage | to Margaret Hannely | ||
| PARENT (M) Patrick J O''Dea | |||
| Birth | Jan 1833 | Galway Co., Ireland | |
| Death | 14 Oct 1908 | Littleton, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States | |
| Marriage | 02 Feb 1857 | to Katharine Rafferty at Ireland | |
| Father | John O''Dea | ||
| Mother | Mary Mullowney | ||
| PARENT (F) Katharine Rafferty | |||
| Birth | Mar 1834 | Tuam, Galway County, Ireland | |
| Death | 1910 | Littleton, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA | |
| Marriage | 02 Feb 1857 | to Patrick J O''Dea at Ireland | |
| Father | Thaddeus "Timothy" Rafferty | ||
| Mother | Honora Cullinan | ||
| CHILDREN | |||
| F | Sarah Josephine (Sallie) O\\'dea | ||
| Birth | 19 Oct 1857 | Melick, Galway, Ireland | |
| Death | 13 Jan 1927 | Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, USA | |
| Marriage | 9 Oct 1879 | to Thomas Michael Clarkson at Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA | |
| F | Anna O''Dea | ||
| Birth | Abt 1868 | West Virginia, USA | |
| Death | |||
| M | Lawrence Joseph O''Dea | ||
| Birth | 9 Oct 1860 | Galway, Ireland | |
| Death | 28 Nov 1936 | Wetzel, West Virginia, United States | |
| Marriage | 8 Oct 1893 | to Julia Frances Lavelle at Wetzel, West Virginia, United States | |
| F | Katherine (Katie) O''Dea | ||
| Birth | 22 Dec 1870 | Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Death | 6 Apr 1950 | Corpus Christi, Kleberg, Texas, United States | |
| F | Mary Magdaline O''Dea | ||
| Birth | 17 Oct 1858 | Melick, Galway Co, Ireland | |
| Death | 14 Feb 1923 | Littleton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America | |
1 Katharine Rafferty b: Mar 1834 d: 1910
+ Patrick J O''Dea b: Jan 1833 d: 14 Oct 1908
2 Sarah Josephine (Sallie) O\\'dea b: 19 Oct 1857 d: 13 Jan 1927
+ Thomas Michael Clarkson b: 21 Apr 1858 d: 24 Jan 1905
3 Paul Joseph Clarkson b: 22 Apr 1897 d: 31 Jul 1951
+ Mary Virginia Fischer b: 1 Mar 1893 d: 4 Oct 1977
4 Thomas Clarkson b: 5 Jul 1926 d: 5 Jul 1926
4 Albert Clarkson b: 5 Jul 1926 d: 5 Jul 1926
4 Robert Fischer Clarkson b: 16 Mar 1924 d: 6 Dec 1997
4 John T Clarkson b: 11 Nov 1928 d: 31 Dec 1999
4 Richard Joseph Clarkson b: 13 Mar 1925 d: 8 Jun 1998
+ Private
+ Pearl Louise Dittfurth b: 31 May 1928 d: 20 May 1973
4 Mary Virginia Clarkson b: 6 Jul 1927 d: 6 Feb 2002
4 Peter Joseph Clarkson b: 31 Jan 1923 d: 4 May 2011
+ Helen Rita Richter b: 11 Feb 1924 d: 23 Sep 2004
4 Joseph Albert Clarkson b: 19 Aug 1931 d: 26 Apr 2010
3 Mary Catherine (Sister St. Rita, CDP) Clarkson b: 19 Jun 1899 d: 19 Feb 1987
3 Anna M Clarkson b: 5 Oct 1894 d: 7 Nov 1972
3 Lawrence J. Clarkson b: Abt. 1886 d: Abt. 1887
3 Catherine (Katie) Clarkson b: 19 Jan 1889 d: 8 Dec 1897
3 Richard John Clarkson b: 11 Jan 1881 d: 11 May 1939
+ Mary Lillian Gould b: 29 September, 1880 d: 8 Feb 1966
4 Sarah L. (Sally) Clarkson b: 29 Apr 1913 d: 2 Jul 2003
4 Catherine Anne Clarkson b: 24 Dec 1914 d: 3 Feb 2000
4 Albert Gould Clarkson b: 15 Jul 1912 d: 11 May 1939
4 Francis Richard Clarkson b: 22 Sep 1917 d: 17 Apr 2010
3 Thomas Homer Clarkson b: 22 Aug 1891 d: 13 Jan 1970
+ Maria Gesina Schepers b: 8 February 1901 d: 6 May 1942
4 Gesina Joan Clarkson b: 25 Jul 1935 d: 24 Jan 2015
+ Ruby Veronica Clay b: 25 May 1897 d: 3 Feb 1919
4 Infant Girl Clarkson b: 3 Feb 1919 d: 3 Feb 1919
4 Thomas Lewis Clarkson b: 28 Aug 1915 d: 1953
4 Mary Yvonne Clarkson b: 12 Mar 1917 d: 30 Dec 2001
+ Mary Lorraine Emily Evans b: 12 Mar 1904 d: 29 Aug 1926
4 Margaret Ann (Peggy) Clarkson b: 19 July 1926 d: 13 Aug 2011
+ Daniel Dunn Meaney b: 07 Nov 1924 d: 13 Apr 2011
4 Paul Gregory Clarkson b: 19 Oct 1924 d: 4 Jan 2005
4 Robert Thomas Clarkson b: 24 Dec 1922 d: 15 Mar 1990
+ Private
+ Private
4 Jerome Joseph Clarkson b: 7 May 1921 d: 20 May 1989
3 Joseph James Clarkson b: 19 Mar 1885 d: 29 Feb 1960
+ Lulu L Lemley b: 31 May 1882 d: 6 March 1975
4 Thurman Gregory Clarkson b: 29 Nov 1906 d: 27 Mar 1968
2 Anna O''Dea b: Abt 1868
2 Lawrence Joseph O''Dea b: 9 Oct 1860 d: 28 Nov 1936
+ Julia Frances Lavelle b: 19 Jan 1860 d: 25 Oct 1933
3 Genevieve O''Dea b: 17 May 1900 d: 1986
3 Lawrence Anthony O''Dea b: 27 Sep 1905 d: 18 Apr 1989
3 Bernadette O''Dea b: 22 Feb 1902 d: 4 Apr 1984
+ Arthur Thomas Traubert b: 30 Sep 1898 d: 2 Jan 1991
4 Regis Traubert b: 8 Feb 1934 d: 31 Oct 1987
4 Rosemary Traubert b: abt 1938 d: abt 2010
4 Lawerence Traubert b: 14 Dec 1930 d: 24 Feb 1932
3 Anna Clare O''Dea b: 26 Jan 1899 d: Mar 1982
3 Patrick Lavelle O''Dea b: 6 August 1897 d: 15 Apr 1950
+ Katherine Annastatia McConlague b: abt 1900
4 Leo Patrick O''Dea b: 2 Mar 1927 d: 9 Mar 2007
3 Mary C. O''Dea b: Mar 1896 d: 1915
2 Katherine (Katie) O''Dea b: 22 Dec 1870 d: 6 Apr 1950
2 Mary Magdaline O''Dea b: 17 Oct 1858 d: 14 Feb 1923