Catherine "Kate" Garrity was born in 1858 in New York. Catherine was the daughter of Patrick and Catherine Glinnan of Shrule Parish in County Longford,  Ireland. The Garritys came to the United States about 1847, where they joined other Irish Catholic families at Victory, Saratoga County, New York. Patrick soon established a grist mill at the base of the dam on the Fish River which flows between Schuylerville and Victory Mills. He operated the mill for many years. The Garrity family lived at Smithville (Victory Mills), New York. Catherine Garrity married Thomas Nacy Sr; on  _________at _________.Catherine died in 1920 and was buried at Visitation Cemetery, Schuylerville, New York. They were the parents of Thomas Jr; Mary "Mayme", Mathew, Sylvester, Margaret "Rita", Charles and Harry. Thomas Nacy was a widower with four small sons when he married Catherine Garrity. His first wife was Elizabeth Morin (Moran). Thomas Nacy Sr. and Eizabeth Morin had Edward, Thomas Jr. (1880), Joseph and William.