Hello KGW !! Thrilled (and surprised!) to hear from you and welcome to Rootschat, also!! Have you been doing family research long and just happened on to this site?? Did my posting show up in a Google search ??
Apologizes for the delayed reply, I was away and only just returned to find this post. One of my New Year's resolutions was to attempt to research the NZ connection to my Anna Theresa Berry --- but I had no clue how or where to begin!
I still know very little (actually nothing!) about Anna Lynch Berry -- pretty much stuck at the brick wall with the information I originally posted in October, 2007. Did Anna ever visit her children in NZ?? Or did they return to Ireland ?? Did she correspond regularly --- hmmm, I assuming she was literate ?? Do you know of her other children remaining in Ireland ?? Did they ever live in Scotland ??
I only became aware of Anna when I discovered her grave along side her daughter's (Anna Moran) and then found her death cert and the passenger record!! She does not show on the 1910 US census for some reason.
Correction on my original post -- Anna (with her son John as an escort) came to the US (Kansas City) in
1909 (not 1911 -- my typo!) on the "Carmania". John was listed on the passenger list as married and I assumed he returned to Ireland
Can't wait to hear back from you --- Darn for so many time zones between us! Will be anxiously awaiting to see if we really do have a connection.
On RC, you have to post publically 3 times (I think) before the PM (Private Messaging) system will work. Through PM's we can share information we don't want to post here which will end up on the internet. To PM, just click the PM "scroll" icon on the header of the left side of the posting or click on my name in the post header -- this will take you to the Profile screen and from there you can go to "Send This Rootschatter as Personal Message".
Hopefully
your American cousin, lissa