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- Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:03 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Mescall, Kilrush to Canada and back
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Mescall, Kilrush to Canada and back
The author of this website states: "The Mescall family scattered, sometime between 1850 and 1870, to Canada (Quebec & Nova Scotia), USA (Chicago & Arkansas) and Australia, with my great-grandparents returning from Nova Scotia to Kilrush in 1880" http://homepage.eircom.net/%7Ejohnbquigley/GenealogyPa...
- Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:12 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Clare-type surnames in Civil War listings of Canadian men
- Replies: 2
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Reply to Civil War listing of Clare-born soldiers
Paddy, I am very sorry that I missed seeing your question, although I do have my settings made so that I receive an alert about replies to any postings I make. However, no harm done as, to my knowledge, there is no list on-or-offline in which soldiers and sailors are identified as to a Clare origin....
- Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:28 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: May 1849 ship Lady Harvey, Kilrush to NYC
- Replies: 4
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More possible U.S. locations of Lady Harvey passengers
All are 1880 census listings, starting with the most obvious and descending into guesses. Western Mound, Macoupin, Illinois Ralph WOLF 66 IRE Farmer Mary Wife 80 IRE The 6-year-old who arrived with only his brother James-- Raymond, Champaign, Illinois Jerry GORMAN S 36 IRE Farmer Kitty GORMAN Mother...
- Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: May 1849 ship Lady Harvey, Kilrush to NYC
- Replies: 4
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Terrence Cunningham of OH, possible Lady Harvey passenger
Here is attempted follow-up on a passenger from the May 1849 Lady Harvey arrival, because the personal name Terrence is quite unique in Clare. This can serve as a primer on how U.S. censustakers record a family, because we see in each census listing inconsistencies which become less important when a...
- Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:15 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: May 1849 ship Lady Harvey, Kilrush to NYC
- Replies: 4
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May 1849 ship Lady Harvey, Kilrush to NYC
A Kilrush sailing is described in this biography from a Minnesota local history book: "McInnery, Patrick M., (page 958) merchant, Lake City, is a native of Mount Rivers, County Clare, Ireland, and was born in 1822. His early boyhood was spent on a farm, after which he received a classical education,...
- Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:39 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Clare-type surnames in Civil War listings of Canadian men
- Replies: 2
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Clare-type surnames in Civil War listings of Canadian men
Easter greetings to forum members. I know that this is a place to post about Clare's history, but some of its history were Clare men who left for Canada and the U.S., who once again were united in the Union forces involved in the U.S. Civil War of the 1860s. Thus you will see Clare-type surnams on t...