Thomas McCaffery
3x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #54, MFMMF)
✓ Sourced record
ℹ Marriage foundHis 1864 marriage to Sarah McPike is in the Dromore register, County Tyrone (15 January 1864). It names his father as Andrew McCaffrey, labourer. The age on the entry is hard to read (26 or 20), against about 1841 in the tree. The 1865 birth of his daughter Mary gives his home as Kildrum, Dromore, and his work as labourer.
Born
About 1841, Ireland
Died
9th September 1897, 104 Reid St, Glasgow
Documents
8 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Marriage of Thomas McCaffrey and Sarah McPike, 1864
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Thomas McCaffery marriage Sarah mcpeak 15 Jan 1864.jpg
An Irish civil register entry, Dromore, County Tyrone.
Birth of Mary McCaffrey, 1865
Source: irishgenealogy.ie, free civil records (searched 30 October 2026) — births_1865/03573/2316840.pdf (cropped to the page heading and entry 181)
An Irish civil birth return, Dromore registrar's district, Omagh union, County Tyrone, 1865, page 293, entry 181. Cropped from the register page.
Baptism of Maria McCaffrey, Dromore, 1865
Source: National Library of Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers (browsed 30 October 2026) — Dromore (Clogher), microfilm 05568/04, image 6, entry 30
A row from the Roman Catholic baptism register of Dromore, Diocese of Clogher, County Tyrone. Cropped from a low contrast microfilm image, so the writing is faint.
Valuation Roll, Reid Street, Glasgow, 1885-86
Source: New batch, October 2026 — 104 Reid Street Valuation Roll francis Ward.jpg· match unconfirmed
Francis Ward and Thomas McCaffery, both labourers, are tenants a few doors apart in the same street. Matched by name and trade.
Death, 1897
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Thomas McCaffery 1897 Death.pdf
Death of Sarah McCafferty, 1908
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Sarah McPeake mCAFFERTY Death 1908.jpg
Entry 395. Entries 394 and 396 are unrelated.
Death of Mary Ward, 1936
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Mary Ward death 1936.jpg
Entry 1113. Entries 1111 and 1112 are unrelated.
Death
Source: McClure Gavigan — Thopmas mccaffery death entry.pdf· match unconfirmed
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Valuation roll, Reid Street, 1885-86
Valuation Roll for the City of Glasgow, 1885-1886 · Parish of Barony, page number faint (looks like 122)
Entry 10
Thomas McCaffery, labourer, tenant and occupier. Rent 5 pounds.
Entry 22
Francis Ward, labourer, tenant and occupier. Rent 4 pounds 15 shillings.
Street
Reid Street (the proprietor of the first block is the Trustees of Thomas Gibb, and of the 104 block Charles Summers of Sydney Street)
ℹ Father-in-law and son-in-law on the same stairFrancis Ward married Mary McCaffery in 1882, and her father Thomas McCaffery, also a labourer, rents a house a dozen entries above him. The two families were neighbours in Reid Street, Bridgeton, three years after the wedding.
⚠ 102 or 104?The street numbers are faint. Thomas McCaffery sits under 104 and Francis Ward under 102 or 102 1/2 as far as the numbers can be read. The file was named 104 Reid Street. Check against the address on the 1897 death certificate, which has Thomas dying in Reid Street.
ℹ Reading the pageTranscribed from a low-resolution scan. Only the entries that matter are copied.
Marriage of Thomas McCaffrey and Sarah McPike, 1864
Irish civil registration, marriage no. 2 (the number is hard to read) · Roman Catholic Chapel of Dromore, Union of Omagh, County Tyrone
Married
15 January 1864
Groom
Thomas McCaffrey, bachelor, servant, age written 26 or 20 (hard to read)
Bride
Sarah McPike (written McPeak, McPike struck out), spinster, servant, full age
Groom's father
Andrew McCaffrey, labourer
Bride's father
James McPike, farmer
Witnesses
Hugh McCarren and Rose McCaffrey
Priest
Michael Carney, R.C.C.
Signed
Both signed with a mark
ℹ Parents confirmedThomas's father Andrew McCaffery and Sarah's father James McPike both agree with the tree and with the 1908 death entry for Sarah.
ℹ SpellingsThe surname is written McPike, McPeak and McPyke. The tree has McPake.
ℹ A first childMary McCaffery, who married Francis Ward, is given as born in Ireland about 1865, which fits a first child of this marriage.
Death of Sarah McCafferty, 1908
Statutory Deaths 644/01 0395 · Bridgeton district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 132, entry 395
Name
Sarah McCafferty, widow of Thomas McCafferty, labourer
Died
7 March 1908, 2:30 am, at 104 Reid Street, Glasgow
Age
67
Father
James McPyke, farmer (deceased)
Mother
Bridget McPyke, maiden surname McGraw (deceased)
Cause of death
Acute bronchitis, 2 months. Certified by Thomas Colvin MD.
Informant
Mary Ward, daughter, 47 Franklin Street, Glasgow
Registered
9 March 1908, Glasgow
ℹ Her parentsThis names Sarah's mother, Bridget McGraw, for the first time. They are now in the tree as James McPike and Bridget McGraw.
ℹ Same address as her husbandThomas McCaffery died at 104 Reid Street in 1897, and the 1885 valuation roll has the family in Reid Street.
ℹ Mary WardThe informant is Mary McCaffery, who married Francis Ward in 1882 and lived at 47 Franklin Street.
Death of Mary Ward, 1936
Statutory Deaths 644/05 1113 · Springburn district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 371, entry 1113
Name
Mary Ward, widow of Francis Ward, gas work labourer
Died
19 August 1936, 5:10 pm, at 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow (usual residence 37 Gretna Street)
Age
71
Father
Thomas McCaffrey, coal miner (deceased)
Mother
Sarah McCaffrey, maiden surname McPike (deceased)
Cause of death
Senility, bronchitis, cerebral haemorrhage. Certified by H C Smith MB ChB.
Informant
Francis Ward, son, 114 French Street, Glasgow
Registered
20 August 1936, Glasgow
ℹ Her death is newThe tree had no death for Mary McCaffery. An age of 71 gives a birth about 1865, as the tree has.
ℹ Her father's workThe 1885 roll has Thomas McCaffery as a labourer. A coal miner is how she described him in 1936, and the 1908 entry calls him a labourer.
ℹ Gas work labourerFrancis Ward's work at the end of his life is given as gas work labourer. The 1928 death certificate and the 1911 census give him as a bricklayer's labourer.
Birth of Mary McCaffrey, 1865
Irish civil births 1865, page 293, entry 181 (register image 02316840) · Dromore registrar's district, Omagh union, County Tyrone
Born
24 March 1865 at Kildrum, Dromore
Name
Mary
Sex
Female
Father
Thomas McCaffrey, labourer, of Kildrum
Mother
Sarah McCaffrey, formerly McPeake
Informant
Sarah McCaffrey, mother, Kildrum (her mark)
Registered
7 April 1865, by Joseph Marshall, registrar
ℹ Mary is foundThis is the Mary McCaffery who later married Francis Ward in Glasgow. Her 1936 death gives age 71 and parents Thomas McCaffrey and Sarah McPike, which fit a birth in March 1865. It is her first Irish record and it gives a townland, Kildrum, in Dromore parish.
ℹ Her parentsThis agrees with their marriage at Dromore on 15 January 1864, 14 months before. Sarah's maiden name is written McPeake here, and McPike, McPeak and McPyke on the other records.
ℹ Index spellingThe free index has her as Mary Mccaffrey, Omagh district, 1865. The page is from the registrar's copy dated 18 July 1865.
Baptism of Maria McCaffrey, 1865
NLI microfilm 05568/04, image 6, entry 30 · Dromore, Diocese of Clogher, County of Tyrone (Latin register)
Child
Maria (Mary) McCaffrey
Date given
24 March 1865 (the 24th, in the month of March)
Parents
Thomas McCaffrey and Sarah McPeake
Townland
Kildrum
Priest
M. Carney, the priest who also signed the entries for the neighbouring children
Sponsors
Too faint to read
ℹ Agrees with the civil birthThe day, the parents and the townland match the civil birth return (entry 181, born 24 March 1865 at Kildrum). The surrounding babies match the civil page too: Mary Slevin on 31 March and Isabella O'Brien on 2 April.
⚠ Hard to readThe register is a low contrast microfilm. The day reads as 24 and the surname as McCaffry or McCaffrey. The sponsors on the facing page cannot be made out.
ℹ Sarah's surnameWritten McPeake here, as on the civil return.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 15 January 1864, Roman Catholic Chapel, Dromore, County Tyrone, Ireland
Children