Other Tudgay families in North America

Ellis Island Arrivals - 1900-1920

The records of the Ellis Island arrivals have the following -

William Henry Tudgay, age 36, single, left Cherbourg, France, aboard the ss Friedrich der Grosse, arriving 22 May 1906. His place of residence was given as Pan. [I guess this was Panborough, a village to the west of Wells in Somerset]. Possibly he was the same as William Tudgay, b 1873, Essex, lodger, 1881 Census for Essex. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces in World War I, see below.

Alfred Tudgay, age 29, single, from Bridgewater, England, arrived on 8 April 1910, aboard the ss Mauretania. He was 5'10" with a fair complexion and hair, and blue eyes. He is described as "going home to Calgary". On 14 April 1912, he was recorded again arriving on the ss Carmania. He was going home to Robson St., Vancouver, with place of birth as Gloucestershire [now age 31, but other details the same]. He was the youngest son of John Tudgay and was born in Dyrham, Gloucs, although the family mainly lived in Othery, Somerset . Alfred was killed while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces in the First World War, see and below.

Two brothers from Lydford, Dorset are recorded
Henry Jno. Tudgay, age 20, single, from London, England, arrived 18 March 1910, aboard ss Mauretania. From the manifest, it seems he was travelling to his friend Mr C P Strong, of Sycamore, De Kalb, Illinois. He was 5'8" of fair complexion, with light brown hair and brown eyes. His home was given as Evercreech, Somerset. Henry John Tudgay, age 22, single, arrived on 28 February 1913, aboard the ss Mauretania. He had boarded at Queenstown, Cork, Munster, Ireland. The manifest records him as going to join his brother Herbert in Syracuse, Illinois. He was 5'8" of fair complexion and hair, with brown eyes; and was born in Lydford [I assume Lydford-on Fosse, Somerset].
Herbert Tudgay, age 17, single, arrived on 17 March 1911, aboard the ss Lusitania. His place of residence was Lydford, England. The manifest records him as joining his brother, (?H.) J Tudgay, of Sycamore, De Kalb, Illinois. He was 5'0", of fair complexion, with brown hair and grey eyes. He appears to have travelled with three other lads from Lydford and all going to Sycamore. One was described as going to his friend, ? J Tudgay. Of the other two, one joined his brother-in-law, Fred G Miller, and the other his friend, Fred G Miller. A fifth lad from Bath, was joining his friend C. String of Sycamore.

The National Archive of Canada has records of two Tudgays who fought in the First World War -
Alfred Joseph Tudgay, Regimental No. 447231
William Henry Tudgay, Regimental No. 252339

The De Kalb Illinois Family

Clearly this family branch starts with Henry John Tudgay, b ca 1890, and his brother, Herbert, b ca 1894, both born in Lydford, Dorset. Details of their arrival in the USA are shown above.

John Tudgay - b 26/12/1891, Illinois; d 03/1977, Genoa (Chapanville), De Kalb, Illinois (west of Chicago)

Hilda Tudgay - b 6/07/1894, Illinois; d 22/05/1994, of De Kalb, De Kalb, Illinois (presumably wife of John)

Harry Tudgay - b 25/01/1904 d 08/1977, Ohio, I guess a younger brother of Henry John and Herbert.

Mary Tudgay - b 10/04/1905, Ohio; d 12/1983, Lordtown, Trumbull, Ohio (of Warren Turnbull, Ohio, pre-1951) [Trumbull is just north of Warren].

Marie Rose Tudgay, lifelong resident of Waukesha, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee), died Wednesday April 3, 2002 at the Linden Grove Health Care Center at the age of 83. She was born November 7, 1918 in Waukesha a daughter of the late William “Buck” Lemitz and Emma (Nee Golomgeske). Marie is a member of Trinity Ev Lutheran Church in Waukesha. She had worked at Borden’s. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband: Herbert Tudgay on September 4, 1990 and two sisters: Evelyn Andersen and Violet Peters. Marie is survived by her nephew: Bruce (Jackie) Peters of Wales, Wisconsin, along with other relatives and friends. The funeral services for Marie will be held Friday April 5, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home in Waukesha. The Rev. Scott Oelhafen of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Waukesha will be the officiant. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha. http://www.waukeshafuneralhome.com/obit-mtudgay.htm

Also of Waukesha - DeWayne H. Zastrow of Waukesha died May 7, 2002. He was 58 years old. He was the beloved husband of Sandra (neé Tudgay) for 35 years. He was the loving father of Chad (Lisa) of Big Lake, Minn., Nadine (Richard) Stevenson of Menomonee Falls and Jason (Cheryl) of North Prairie. He was the proud grandpa of Madison, Jacob, Joshua, Jordan and Connor Zastrow. He was the cherished son of Vivian Zastrow. He was the dear brother of Christine (Marty) Duszynski of Waukesha, Ruth (Ray) Ragland of Hartland and Kurt (Toni) Zastrow of Shawano. He is further survived by other relatives and friends. DeWayne was preceded in death by his father, Henry, and his sister, Sue. DeWayne was a retired truck driver with the Fleming Co. web link.

The Tudgays of Newton County Indiana
Herbert Tudgay - b 25/02/1895, d 25/03/1983, of Indiana (pre-1951) married Margaret Wallace, 11/07/1934 web link to source
Harriet Tudgay married Clarence Leitzow, 20/06/1959
Margaret P. Tudgay married Robert M. Mast 09/01/1960 web link to source
So, speculatively -

Tudgays listed in the web-based US phone directory for 2000 AD - Town and State only. As a pure guess, some may be descended from the Osage County line.

California residents
Descendant of Frank Tudgay, b 1922, emigrated from UK in 1950's; cousin of Jenny, retired Mental Nurse, once of Fulbourn Hospital, near Cambridge, UK
Audrey Tudgay, b 19/07/1924, Pennsylvania; d Feb 1993, Burbank, Los Angeles, California (US Social Security Death Records).
Terri Lee Barbara Tudgay, b 02/05/1960, at Los Angeles, California; is married to Howard Rudolph Fromberg, b 09/10/1961 at Encino, California; m 23/12/1986, at Las Vegas, Nevada web link to source

Texas? - Toni Germaine Tudgey helped us increase our ramp bowling knowledge. Each one of us who participated in ramp bowling at the 20th National Wheelchair Games won a blue or gold ribbon. The 20th Paralyzed Veterans of America Wheelchair Games were held in San Antonio, Texas. source - The Times Leader for Wilkes Barre, August 2000

Massachusetts - Martha Tudgay owns The Village Tea Shoppe at Natick, near Boston [web link to source}

Jeff Tudgay was Drum Major in the Dorman High Marching Band, 2000-2001 [web link to source]

?? - Carol Tudgay Farasetto is listed among the alumni of Liberty High School, 1115 Linden Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018 for 1962 [web link to source]