>I am researching the CLANCY name. Margaret CLANCY is my ggg grandmother who >was born in Ireland. She married George SIMONS from Germany(Prussia?). I >believe we are the same line because my line had "Jane" as middle names in >generations. Margaret and George SIMONS had had three children that I know >of-Mary J., Zachariah, and Elizabeth who was my gg grandmother. Elizabeth >married Ferdinand HANTKE and they had five living children:Albert, Mary, >Ida, Jennie, and George-the latter being my grandfather. >They were marrried in NYC in 1860. > >Mary J.'s (SIMONS) 1914 death certificate states that she was born in NY >state and moved into the city-5 boroughs-when she was 5 years old, or >approximately in 1849. She was 70 years old at death. I believe that her >first five years were spent in the Rochester area-presumably NY. That would >put her parents in the same area. She was a dressmaker and single according >to her death certificate. > >Zachariah Simons died at age 50 in 1899 in Brooklyn. He had served in the >military for a couple of months. I have his sword. > > >I do not know where George and Margaret CLANCY SIMONS are buried, nor what >religion they were. I would be most interested. I have everyone else but >those two in the family plots. > >I am most certain that they resided in Brooklyn-the related families were >all rooted there. > >I am searching the parents/siblings/families/relatives of Margaret CLANCY >and would appreciate any information regarding the CLANCY clan. > >Thank you >Susan Hantke-Ogden >s1036503010@mindspring.com >