Previous Message.

.Next Message

		CLOSE
Re: [TSL] Sue's Success story
JFW <jowyn@comcast.net> on 06/20/2010

Great story, Sue. I'm glad you took the time to share it--no apologies needed at all! And thank you so much for all you do on the Ships List; it's monumental!

I only wish my similar story could have such a satisfying ending. My gggrandfather on the 1900 census indicates he emigrated to the US from Ireland in 1844 (in a "cattle boat" according to oral family lore). He married here in 1846 (I have that record), BUT his wife's emigration date on the 1900 census is 1852! And their two oldest children are listed in various censuses as being born in 1848 and 1851 in New York!! Go figure!!

I have pored over every passenger list I could find and have had no joy. Can't find his naturalization papers either, though that 1900 census says he was naturalized. It happened in either NY or MA, and I have really worked to try to find it.

Just in case anyone can help: his name is Nicholas FORD, b. 1827 in Kings County, Ireland; lived in Kinderhook, NY (c. 1849-1854) and settled in Pittsfield, MA (1855-1902, when he died).

Cheers to all.
Jude


On Jun 20, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Sue Swiggum wrote:

> Yesterday was a wonderful day  ... I apologise ahead if this gets a little long
> 
> I have been searching for the passenger list for my ggrandfather's 
> immigration to the US for at least 15 years.  In the meantime I have been 
> able to help countless others find their ggrandfather &c. through this 
> email list and TheShipsList website, but I kept coming up empty for myself 
> and had become resigned to never being able to find it.
> 


-------------------------------
visit TheShipsList Website
http://www.theshipslist.com/
-------------------------------
To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Previous Message.

.Next Message

back to The ShipsList