I am looking for the Young Family from Monaghan. I know, pretty vague, but here's what I do know:
William Bedell Young born or christened : 11 March 1809 Monaghan, Ireland
died: 15 November 1818 Chicago, Illinois
Mary Nicholson Young born or christened: 12 JUL 1810 in Armagh, Ireland (or Monaghan not confirmed)
died: 2 SEP 1866 in Peoria, Illinois
They married 21 March 1828 in Monaghan, Monaghan, Ireland
* This is all information from our family records my gggrandfather had. Most of it confirmed except marriage.
They had 6 kids, 4 born in Ireland, 2 in Illinois:
Andrew : b. 1829 Monaghan
John b. 1831 Monaghan
Elizabeth b. 1833 Monaghan
Mary b. 1837 Monaghan - my 3rd grandmother
William John b. 1842 Bureau County Illinois
Henry George b. 1848 Bureau County Illinois
From our family records and census info they came to the US in Jan 1842. I have searched for every ship I could find online in 1841/1842 to see if I could find them. Nothing. Looked to see if they came in groups. Nothing. Not sure what port them came through but their destination was Bureau County Illinois.
It was also stated at some point in their travels their ship wrecked or had some sort of accident, but that all aboard survived. Searched wrecks...nothing.
I do not know religious information for them. I do know from census records that they were farmers for quite sometime after they came over (and very wealthy ones at that), then William Bedell Young was listed as a "gentleman" then a real estate agent. Several of his sons became real estate/land agents in Chicago, IL.
I was going to order their death certificates, but their area of birth would only say Monaghan Ireland. At this point I'm at a loss. For experienced Irish researchers, are there any other ways of finding information about their life before they came to the states? I have looked at almost every resource listed in this forum without success, so I wanted to try the Monaghan board for my one last shot at the Young Family.
I'd appreciate any advice or ideas you could send my way
Thank you,
Cindy
Bradenton, FL, USA