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LorraineinFL
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My family originated in West Lothian
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I'm looking for someone who is familiar with a Lundy family from Sligo. I have an old letter written in 1924 from Denis Lundy to his niece, my grandmother. In the letter, he states that he's getting too old to manage the family home. He also mentions a brother who got hit by the New York Express train and a brother who fell from a building. He also said that he has a sister in Syracuse, NY who he hadn't heard from in some time.
In looking at the census I was unable to find a Denis the right age, so that lead no place. I should also mention that he had a sister, Mary Agnes Lundy, who went to the Philadelphia area as a teenager and married a Smith. If any of this sounds familiar, please let me know!
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aghadowey
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Welcome to Rootschat. You have quite a bit of detail there to start looking for other family members. If the relatives that left Ireland for America landed in New York try www.ellisisland.org to search for them on passenger manifests- should give name of nearest relative at home as well as who they were going to in U.S.- often a relative that had gone to U.S. earlier.
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LorraineinFL
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My family originated in West Lothian
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Hi,
Thank you for your reply, but Mary Agnes Lundy came over before Ellis Island opened. She married in 1892 and claimed she was born in 1869. I had sent to Ireland for a birth certificate, but am unsure if I asked for the right one.
Interesting to note is that in each of the census years (US census) she only aged about 4 years, every 10 years! This makes her age a big question!
Lorraine
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aghadowey
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Unfortunately Castle Garden records aren't as good and will only give basic details like 'Ireland' as residence. What about Mary Agnes Lundy's brothers- would they have gone to Ellis Island? might be a way to get more details if they did.
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aghadowey
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Trouble with Castle Garden site is that there is often not enough information in the records to confirm a person's identity. That's why I thought it might be worth looking for Mary Agnes' brothers on Ellis Island.
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aghadowey
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Had a very, very quick look at Ellis Island.
1898 Richard Lundy age 26 from Swinford (not far from Sligo) going to sister Annie Lundy in Syracuse,
Later but possibly related?:
1907 Annie Lundy born Aclare Sligo age 24 to brother Peter in NYC- father Edward Lundy Coolreemil? Aclare Sligo.
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