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A Reinhardt History
By Patricia Reinhardt

Elizabeth Cavanaugh and Patrick Gaffney
Parents Of Bartholomew Gaffney
Bartholomew Gaffney, father of Bessie Gaffney Rotherham, is the son of Patrick Gaffney and Elizabeth Cavanaugh. We know Patrick and Elizabeth were both born in Ireland--some say County Mayo, others say that County Roscommon was their birthplace.

The 1850 census of Ithaca, New York, Tompkins County, shows Patrick and Elizabeth Gaffney and their two children. Bridget was born in Ireland, and Bartholomew was born in New York State on February 13, 1849. Patrick and Elizabeth came to America around 1848.

Family members talked of a third child named Michael. Grandmother and Grandfather Gaffney told about Michael working in the mine at age 11. Young children would be taken into the mine to pick slate from the coal. Mine officials always sent canaries into the mine to determine if harmful gasses were present. On this day, due to negligence, the canaries were not sent in ahead and the boys perished.

It is believed that Bridget married and lived in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In an old Bible, the name Patrick Burnett appears which may be her husband's name. Bridget, sister of Bartholomew Gaffney, died giving birth to her first child, and the baby also died.

We know that Elizabeth Cavanaugh Gaffney passed away in the early 1860's. After the death of his wife, Patrick Gaffney enlisted in the Union Army on May 21, 1864 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is said that he took his children, Bridget and Bartholomew, to a priest in New York for him to take care of them.

Military records indicate Patrick was 5'7" tall. He had blue eyes, light hair and a fair complexion. He was in the 5th Artillery, Company E, and served at Fort Barrancas, Florida as a private. He was discharged on May 27, 1867.

It is said that when he got out of the service, he went back to New York and got his children from his priest friend. Then, he returned to Scranton. In later years he lived with his son, Bartholomew, and daughter-in-law, Mary McNally Gaffney. He probably died in Scranton before they moved to Nebraska.

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Patrick GAFFNEY
    B. Gaffney Family Bible Record
    M. Based on birth of first child (no proof)
    D. Daughter Mary McNally told Marie (BRITT) GAFFNEY that Bartley's
       father lived with them in Scranton PA so assume he died there
       Description of Patrick is from enlistment papers Civil War, from
       National Archives.

Elizabeth CAVANAUGH
    B. Date on 1850 Federal Census of Tompkins Co. NY Roll 606 P255 Line 4

Bridget
    B. Date on 1850 Federal Census as above.
       She married, name unknown, died in childbirth of first child

Bartholomew
    B. Gaffney Family Bible
    M. Marriage Certificate St Peters Cathedral Scranton Luzerne Co. PA
    D. Death Certificate Nebraska Dept of Public Welfare # 10531, Obituary
       from Atkinson Graphic Fri Nov 11 1913 Page 1 Co1 5, Picture of Tombstone.

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BARTHOLOMEW GAFFNEY PICTURE TAKEN IN 1866 HE BOUGHT SUIT WITH MONEY EARNED WORKING FOR RR AT 17 HE RECEIVED THE WATCH FROM RR

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DEPOT IN EMMET, NEBRASKA PICTURE TAKEN ABOUT 1908

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L. TO R. JANE ROTHERHAM LANGAN-BARTHOLOMEW GAFFNEY-PERSON ON R. UNCERTAIN PICTURE TAKEN IN 1913

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MARY ELLEN GAFFNEY, "AUNT MAYME" - BESSIE GAFFNEY'S SISTER

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STATUE OF THE SACRED HEART 1. MARIE BRITT GAFFNEY r. ROSE GAFFNEY PICTURE TAKEN IN 1981 GIVEN TO THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY IN EMMET, NEB. BY BARTHOLOMEW GAFFNEY

OBITUARY OF BARTHOLOMEW GAFFNEY IN THE ATKINSON GRAPHIC, JUNE 11, 1927 IN ATKINSON, NEBR.

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GAFFNEY RELATIVES
Bob Malloy is a veterinarian in Monterey, California. He is married to movie star, Kim Novak. Bob is the son of Bart Malloy and the grandson of Margaret Gaffney who married William Malloy. Margaret Gaffney Malloy is Bessie Gaffney Rotherham's sister.

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