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James J. Duffy and Minnie Fisher |
Photos and information courtesy of Mike Duffy. |
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1 James Joseph Duffy in uniform in 1918 as he entered the military service in World War I. James returned to military service during World War II and the Korean War. Click an image to enlarge. |
2 Minnie Mae Fisher in 1917 as she graduated from Springwater High School. Minnie also graduated from Geneseo College, taught in Springwater and was the Town Clerk for Springwater. |
3 A photo of James Joseph Duffy and Minnie Mae Fisher Duffy on 19 August 1945. They were married on 3 November 1919 in Springwater NY and had three children. |
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4 James Duffy in Boston in 1920 sitting on an Indian motorcycle. |
5 Dorothy and George Duffy in 1926. They were the first two children of James and Minnie. |
6 John Charles Duffy (on the right) was the third child of James and Minnie. He is with his first cousins Gary and Sally Braun. The photo was taken in about 1940. |
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The Family of James Duffy and Minnie Fisher Duffy |
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The Parents of James Duffy Hugh Duffy and Margaret Barrett Duffy
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The Parents of Minnie Fisher George P. Fisher and Carrie B. Wheaton Fisher
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Duffy Family Tree
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Barrett Family Tree
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Marriages of James Duffy Marriage to Minnie Fisher in 1919
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Marriages of Minnie Fisher Marriage to James Duffy in 1919
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The Wedding of Minnie Fisher and James Duffy From the Springwater Star, 6 November 1919 Springwater - Miss Minnie May Fisher, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Fisher of this village, was quietly united in marriage to James Joseph Duffy of Springwater at the home of the bride’s parents, Monday, Rev. J. E. Tallant performing the ceremony. Miss Elizabeth Wemett of Springwater and Mr. Mahlon Bomstad of Valley City, North Dakota, acted as bride’s maid and best man. The bride wore a traveling suit of blue and carried a handsome bouquet of bride’s roses. Immediately after the ceremony, the happy couple left for an extended wedding trip to New York, Boston and other points, after which they will reside in Springwater where the groom will engage in business. Mr. and Mrs. Duffy wwere accompanied as far as Rochester by Miss Wemett and Mr. Bomstad. They are both prominent and popular young people of the town and the best wishes of their many friends go with them.
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The Obituary of James J. Duffy 27 March 1897 - 23 December 1966 From the Democrat and Chronicle, 28 December 1966 Springwater - One of the few survivors of three American wars was buried here yesterday to the sound of bugles, rifle reports, and gently falling snow. James J. Duffy, age 69, of School Street died Friday (Dec. 23, 1966) in the Canandaigua VA Hospital. He had enlisted in the Navy during World Wars I and II and during the Korean War. Born in Boston March 27, 1897 to Hugh and Margaret Barrett Duffy, he enlisted in the Navy for the first time in 1917. He served two years aboard the USS Leviathan, a troop ship, as a boiler technician. During World War II Duffy served from 1942 to 1944 on the USS Quincey. He was aboard when the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt was taken to the Yalta Peace Conference according to his widow, Mrs. Minnie Duffy, Springwater Town Clerk. Duffy was injured during the Korean War when explosions ripped the USS Bennington on which he served from 1951 to 1955. He was stationed on the USS New Jersey for nine months in 1950 before transfer to the Bennington. He was a charter member of an American Legion post in Boston and was a charter member of the Kern-Robinson Post 905 here. Post Commander Ronald Proctor said Duffy was the post’s only life member and had held county and state Legion offices. The rifle salute was given by a squad of Navy men from the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center at Horseheads, Lt. John S. Herrmann commanding. Mrs. Duffy was presented the U.S. flag by J. Reid Robinson, a World War I Navy veteran from this village. Bearers were Harold Francis and Robinson, World War I veterans; Keith Straight and Leo Colegrove, World War II veterans, Ronald Proctor and Norman Fox, Korean War Veterans, Richard Miller and Gerald Finn, servicemen on leave from active duty. Survivors are his widow, a son, John C., here; two sisters, Mrs. Winnie Conell and Mrs. Marguerite Burns; two brothers, Joseph and John all of Boston, and three grandchildren. Burial was in the Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery.
Veteran of WW I, WW II and the Korean War
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The Obituary of Minnie Fisher Duffy 23 October 1899 - 4 January 1985 From an Unknown Newspaper Minnie Mae Fisher was born at home in Springwater, NY and lived most of her life there. She married James Duffy on 7 November 1919 at the home of her parents and they had three children together. She graduated from Springwater High School and Geneseo State Normal School, now known as Geneseo State College. She was a teacher at Springwater Union School, was very active in the Republican party and retired in 1975 after serving 30 years as Springwater town clerk. Her husband Jim died in 1966 and she remained in their Springwater, NY home at the corner of School Street and Howe Avenue until moving into the home of her son John at Neptune Beach, Florida in 1984. Minnie’s name is etched into a family gravestone in Springwater, NY but she was cremated at Jacksonville Beach, FL. Her ashes were scattered over the Atlantic ocean.
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The Burial of James Duffy The Springwater Mt. Vernon - Evergreen Cemetery
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The Burial of Minnie Fisher Duffy The Springwater Mt. Vernon - Evergreen Cemetery Minnie’s name is etched into a family gravestone in Springwater, NY but she was cremated at Jacksonville Beach, FL. Her ashes were scattered over the Atlantic ocean. |
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Newspaper articles from FultonHistory.com |