Cecil Howard DUFFY (Born 1888)

[~MERLIN~]

Burial of Cecil at Fawkner:

DAFFY Cecil H age 71yrs 21/01/1960   
Protestant, Compartment B, Grave 3982 - Monumental

[judb]

Probate link:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/72537550?

Judith

[tropicalj]

Burial of Cecil at Fawkner:

DAFFY Cecil H age 71yrs 21/01/1960   
Protestant, Compartment B, Grave 3982 - Monumental

nice find Merlin,
it would be interesting tosee if there is a headstone and what it says on it

[markdrogers99]

Thanks Merlin!!  I have emailed the cemetary and asked if there is a headstone, and if so, what the inscription says on it.

[markdrogers99]

The varying documents I have indicate DUFFY was born in Australia.  In 1908 he enlisted with the British Military in Colchester, Essex, England and stated he was born in Melbourne Australia in 1888.

As we are unable to still locate any birth record for DUFFY, I would be keen to locate any immigration/ship records of a C Duffy (or similar, possibly 'Davey' born 1888) departing Australia and/or arriving in England between 1888 and 1908.  He could have been in the company of his parents, Samuel (or George) and Annie Duffy (or similar name variations). Possibly Cecil could have been a sole traveller.

I have found a lead in respect to a possible living relative of his deceased eldest daughter. Due to privacy act and confidentiality laws I am awaiting the family to contact me.

Again thanks to everyone for the continued help.

Mark

 

[majm]

This could be a side track, but I have just searched the National Archives of Australia for Amy DUFFY .... and turned up the following (not yet digitised)

William Austin PENGELLY, VX71990, born 18 Nov 1905, at Looe, England, enlisted Caulfield Vic, next of kin AMY DUFFY ...

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/search/index.aspx  the barcode for that specific file is  6071648

Fingers crossed, cause the 1931 Electoral roll has his then address as 24 Sutherland St, Coburg... and he was still there in 1949, still a labourer




Cheers,  JM

[markdrogers99]

Thanks JM....  I found William Austin Pengelly's record on the WW2 archives a month back when searching individually for Duffy records. I paid for the records to be opened and am awaiting a copy of his WW2 file. Before finding this on NAA I was not aware that Amy Duffy's brother migrated out to Australia. I have since located the same electoral records with William (known as Austin) living with Amy Duffy from when he arrived until after he got back from the war.

[majm]

Well, my fingers are definitely crossed now  hoping there's correspondence on that file, perhaps correspondence from/to Amy or Cecil Duffy or even from/to Mrs R Duffy ....

Cheers,  JM

[markdrogers99]

Fingers crossed indeed!  I started reviewing the electoral roll for West Brunswick in 1949 when Cecil was living at 72 Moreland Road.  I managed to get through A - K and then R (with no luck) as am very keen to understand who else lived at that address with Cecil.  Need to sit down and go through the rest... very tedious process though keen to uncover who R Duffy was as she definately was not married to Cecil so her surname would be different.. needle in a hay stack!