Carolyn, please send me your private email address, that way we don't have to use this meassage board.
valedypett@yahoo.com.
I went home and retrieved the census records.
There were many William Goughertys. I am having a bit of trouble keeping them all straight. My great grandfather was a William as I believe was his grandfather. My great grandfather's family resided in Caledonia New York for 3-4 generations. Thomas was the oldest son
Here is a list of names from the 1860 census from Caledonia, New York.
Name Relationship Age birth year birthplace
Thomas Gougherty father 29 1831 Ireland
Maria (Calaker) Gougherty mother 30 1830 Ireland
Thomas son 9 1851 New York
Ann daughter 7 1853 New York
Johanna daughter 4 1856 New York
William (my g-grandftaher) son 2 1858 New York
Mary daughter 1 1859 New York
The 1870 census shows an additional 3 children: Katie (1862), Maggie (1864), and Daniel (1867). The 1880 census shows no additional children.
I also have the 1900 census record for the family of Thomas Gougherty the oldest son from above. It has more detail than the 1860 census.
Name Rel. Birthdate Age
Thomas Gougherty head Dec. 1851 48
Mary wife May 1863 37
Maria daug. Aug 1889 10
William son Aug 1890 9
John son Jan 1892 8
Daniel son May 1895 5
Thomas son Jan 1897 3
Is this your Thomas? Let me know. I have other info on this line, if you're interested. Valerie