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Thank you so much for all this additional information. This will no doubt keep me busy adding James' American line to my family history.
I so appreciate all this help!
I looked at my family history information last night and other descendants in this family tree may be interested to learn that James and Rose married on 24 June 1876 at Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph, Brooms, Durham. My own great Grandparents Simon Peter Conroy and Bridget McCabe also married here on 20 October 1873. This information is held at the archives at the Durham Record Office. James' Father (also called James) died on 24 August 1876 and had his burial service at this Church on 27 August 1876.
James and Rose's son Thomas was born on 13 March 1880 and was baptized at Our Lady & St Aidan, Willington Quay, Northumberland on 6 April 1880. The family were recorded as living in 'New York'. This information is held at Tyne and Wear Archives.
New York is a small village not far from North Shields. James' brother, Thomas and his family, also went to live there. There is a monument there which still stands today which has the name of Thomas' son 'J. Conroy' - (Jacob Conroy) who was killed in the Great War on 25 September 1915. My own Grandfather Bernard Conroy's brother John also died during the Great War on 5 February 1918. He is recorded on monuments at Sacriston. I have put information up about them on the WW1 Memoriam section of RootsChat.
I hope this is helpful for any American descendants who may wish to know a little bit more on James' relatives' background.
Conroy, Fitzpatrick, Watson, Miller, Davis/Davies, Brown, Senior, Dodds, Grieveson, Gamesby, Simpson, Rose, Gilboy, Malloy, Dalton, Young, Saint, Anderson, Allen, McKetterick, McCabe, Drummond, Parkinson, Armstrong, McCarroll, Innes, Marshall, Atkinson, Glendinning, Fenwick, Bonner
