Mary E. SIGNOR married Patrick O Sullivan about 1890/91 and had three sons. OSCAR born ca 1892; JOHN born ca 1900; and CHARLES born ca 1903; all resided in Syracuse. On the 1910 census Mary is shown as a housekeeper for a William Deffiney a widower. He had two sons, William and Louis. By 1930 Mary is listed a wife of Fred MADER living in Syracuse with a son, Eddie MADER and step-son, Charles Sullivan. I have not been able to find Mary on the 1920 Syracuse census under any of the above names. Did she marry Mr.Deffiney? The obituary on one of her sons indicated he had two step-brothers named Deffiney! Any help sorting out Mary's marriages and children will be greatly appreciated! Mary

Do you know if this "Definney" is Irish? I have been trying to trace my gr gr gr grandmother's maiden name. It is recorded as "Devinney" and "Devinne" and family history/recording has it as being an Irish name. I never thought to change the "v" to an "f". Maybe it's the same name! Let me know what you think. Thanks, Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Dobard" <mdobard@msn.com> To: <NYONONDA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:02 AM Subject: [NYONONDA] DEFFINEY (DE fINEY), SULLIVAN and MADER > Mary E. SIGNOR married Patrick O Sullivan about 1890/91 and had three > sons. OSCAR born ca 1892; JOHN born ca 1900; and CHARLES born ca 1903; > all resided in Syracuse. > > On the 1910 census Mary is shown as a housekeeper for a William Deffiney a > widower. He had two sons, William and Louis. > > By 1930 Mary is listed a wife of Fred MADER living in Syracuse with a son, > Eddie MADER and step-son, Charles Sullivan. > > I have not been able to find Mary on the 1920 Syracuse census under any of > the above names. > > Did she marry Mr.Deffiney? The obituary on one of her sons indicated he > had two step-brothers named Deffiney! > > Any help sorting out Mary's marriages and children will be greatly > appreciated! > > Mary > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYONONDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message