Michael HANNAFON Syracuse NY late 1800s
Some Spelling Variants of the surname are:
Haanefan, Hanafan, Hanafin, Hanavan, Hanaven, Hanavin, Hanefin, Hanephin, Hanifan, Hanifen, Hanifin, Haniffan, Haniffen, Hanifon, Hannafan, Hannafin, Hannafon, Hannefin, Hannephin, Hannifan, Hannifen, Hannifin,Hanoven, Henifin
It is my belief that the many variant spellings of the Hannafon/Hanifan surname have caused various branches of the family to lose track of each other. If your family background contains some variation of the Hannafon/Hanifan surname, please post to this forum.
Here is my contribution:
Michael HANNAFON Syracuse NY 1800s
Seeking ancestors, siblings, descendants and places of origin of Irish emigrant Michael Hannafon (b. c. 1833) and his wife Ellen O’Brien (b. c. 1831). I would also like to know WHERE in Canada the HANNAFON family lived before coming to New York.
Michael immigrated first to Canada by 1851 where he married Ellen O’Brien. Around 1865, the family moved to Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.They had 13 children, probably b. in Canada except for the last four:Jane, John, Delia, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Timothy, Michael, Ellen, Mollie, Julia, Sarah J.,Dennis and _______.
The family moved from place to place frequently in Syracuse.For a time they and their extended family, including Michael’s sister Bridget (Hannafon) Flynn, lived on the towpath of the Erie Canal where Michael was described in 1900 as a partially blind laborer who was unable to read or write.Michael d. 1901 in Syracuse.Ellen d. 1908 in the town of Dewitt.
At the present time, July 2000,there are known descendants from the following Hannafon children:
........1.JOHN HANIFAN, eldest son,(b. Jan. 1853) a cigar maker in Syracuse, who m. Margaret Caffray or Caffrey (b. abt. 1853 in Syracuse).The spelling of the surname HANNAFON was changed to HANIFAN, reportedly by a teacher.John and Margaret’s children, all b. Syracuse, were:
............... 2.William T. Hanifan (b. 1876 and never married).Died 1958.
............... 3.Clara Veronica Hanifan(b. 1878), m. Arthur James Wilcox 1910.No children.She was baptized Clara Catherine Hanifan.Clara Wilcox died 1914.No children.
............... 4.Jane or Jennie Hanifan(b.1880), m. Albert Warner.Jennie Warner d. bef 1967 in Scranton, Lackawanna Co.,PA.No children.
................5.John J. Hanifan (b. 1882 and never married).Died 1969.
................6.Francis Hanifan (b. 1884), m. Susan Nelson.Died 1958.Six children.
................7.Dennis James Hanifan (b. 1886), m. Lena May Hart 1909.Died 1970.Four children.
................8.Bessie Theresa Hanifan (b. 1889), m. William Sheridan.Bessie Sheridan died 1970.Three children.
................9.James Joseph Hanifan (b. 1891), died young.
..............10.Irene Lillian Hanifan (b. 1893), m. Charles Philbrook.Irene Philbrook died 1968. No children.
........11.TIMOTHY HANNAFON (b. 1862), who m. Frances J. Lyons abt. 1889.He died 1921.Timothy and Frances’ children, all b. Syracuse, were:
..............12.Timothy Anthony Hannafon (b. 1890 and never married).Died 1945.
..............13.Nellie M./Ellen Hannafon(b. 1893), m. Carl Schupp.Ellen Schupp died 1975.Three children.
..............14.Agnes F. Hannafon (b. 1896), m. Frederick Zinter.Agnes Zinter died 1958. No children.
..............15.James Henry Hannafon (b. 1900), m. Edith Wilbur.Died 1971. Four children.
........16.JULIA A. HANNAFON (b. 1871), who m. James Conway.Died 1909.
..............17.William James Conway (b. 1890) and died 1952.
..............18.Ethel Marie Conway (b. aft. 1891) and died young.
..............19.Edna Marie Conway (b. 1896), m. Frank H. Nelson, Jr.Edna Nelson died 1969.
..............20.Viola Loretta Conway(b. aft. 1900), died young.
..............21.Gertrude Ann Conway (b. bef. 1907) died young.
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