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PatB71 - I can't thank you enough for your efforts.  This may be my grandmother since I can find no other Margaret or Maggie Coughlan coming to the States in 1899.  The birth date in the census does not match up according to our family records and my grandmother's obituary, but that could be some sort of clerical record.  I've had another contact also suggest her birth record in Ireland shows Dec. 1880.  This detective work is new to me and quite fun.  Thanks again.  Tom White

This is a link to the ship's manifest that your uncle was registered on to travel to Newark, USA in 1909.  You must register with the Eilis Island site (free) to view information. Once registered, you can copy and paste this web address and it will take you to your uncle's information. Or, just go to the search page and type in his name.  You will get a hit on Michael Halligan arriving on 9 Sept 1909 with a final destination of Newark.  It shows he arrived with $35 and was going to Uncle Patrick Phelan, he was 5 ft 6 inches tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes. It appears on two pages - page 0141 and 0142.  There is a link to click on that shows a picture of the ship he arrived on as well.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0c2u/

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