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Armagh / Re: Hamill Family Portadown
« on: Saturday 16 March 24 21:51 GMT (UK)  »
Breagh townland sits in three parishes -- Drumcree, Tartaraghan and Seagoe.   

It lies also in two registration districts (for civil registrations) -- Armagh & Lurgan.

https://www.townlands.ie/search/?q=breagh


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Apparently Newsday (Nassau Edition) ran a story on William. J. Dempsey on 14 Feb. 1941. If somebody could have a look-see, I'd be very appreciative..

An attorney with the same name.

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The citizenship question on the census would not have been questioned.

The one piece that still bothers me is why "Dempsey"?  If you wanted to get lost, why not "Smith"?

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I checked the declaration of intention for the 1898 William (says he's an 'oiler'), and he states he arrived on/about 01 July 1923 on the 'Franconia'. That checks out, so this really may be 'my' William!
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Which declaration of intention?

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And if we have the right Elizabeth Burke / Margaret Dempsey, in 1953:

Never mind ..... wrong women ....

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In the 1945 electoral roles, this Elizabeth Burke is living at 16 Gill Street with a Margaret Dempsey. No husband noted in the household.

In the same year, there is a Gerard John Burke living at 77 Miles Street (no wife indicated). In the 1930s, Gerard John Burke and Elizabeth Burke are living at 5 Wesley Street and 17 Carlton Hill and 122 Windsor Street.

Margaret and Elizabeth are already living together by 1935-36.

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When was Elizabeth Howard Foster Burke born?  An interesting newspaper article from the Liverpool Echo in 1945:


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I've checked in Newspapers.com and not seen anything noted.

Could you see whether that site has announcements for William's marriage to both Adeline A Sanders (06 Sep 1925, Roosevelt NY) and Alma Denton (01 Sep 1928, Freeport NY) ? I'm really curious whether there is more information there.

Here's a link to the marriage announcement to Alma Denton in 1928 (on page 2):

https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tnd19280904-01.1.2&e=------192-en-20-tdr%2cfpo%2ctnd-1--txt-txIN-alma+denton----1928---Nassau-Freeport-


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There is a reference on the ship record for the Homeric arriving in New York on 5 July 1923 for a William Foster who signed on 27 June 1923 who deserted (along with many others).  This would be the "trimmer" one.

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