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Rose Farrell, my gg grandmother, dau. of James & Mary, was born in Ireland, abt. 1832. She immigrated to US & married Frank Busch April, 1853 in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Lowell, Massachusetts at the age of 22.

According to online records, we believe Rose was bapt. April, 1832 in Ardagh and Moydow Parish, Co. Longford. Rose's maternal grandparents may be Peter Petridge & Anne Burke. Her maternal great grandparents may be William Petridge & Anne Beherton. Possible siblings are Catherine, b. 1830; Edward, b. 1834; Peter b. 1836; and Francis b. 1839.

The last record we can find for Rose (Farrell) Busch is the 1870 US census when she is living with her husband and children in New Hampshire. We can not find a record of her death in the US. Did Rose return to Ireland after the 1870 census and die there?

Thanks,
Richard Morrison

I have located 3 great uncles from Northern Ireland on the 1910 U.S. Census in Boston, MA but am unable to find two of them after 1910. They are living as lodgers with Laura Langdon, (b. 1881, MA), a widow with no children listed.

The brother's surname, Morrison, is mis-transcribed on the Ancestry 1910 Census as Moonson.

William Morrison (1875-1912) arrived in Boston 1 Dec 1909. The passenger list for the S.S. Pretorian names Thomas Morrison of Portadown as a contact person in Ireland and Portadown is listed as William's place of birth. Thomas (1841-1919) in Portadown is William's father and my great grandfather. William died in Maynard, MA in 1912. The 1910 Census lists his occupation as a department store salesman and the passenger lists states his occupation as `draper's assistant'.

The 1909 Pretorian passenger list also states that William is going to join his brother, Bob Morrison, Charlesgate Hotel, Boston. The 1910 Census lists Robert's occupation as restaurant cook. Robert Morrison was born in Northern Ireland in 1885 and, according to the 1910 Census, arrived in the States in 1904.

The 1910 Census also lists and a third brother, Thomas Morrison, (b. 1873, Northern Ireland) and, according to the 1910 Census, arrived in the States in 1899. His occupation is listed as hotel porter.

A Laura Langdon (b. 1882, MA) is seen living in Cambridge on the 1920 U.S. Census with her parents and three older teenagers listed as her children. This is probably not be the same Laura Langdon. It is possible, I guess, one of the Morrison brothers might have married Laura.

The 1920 and 1930 Census reports list lots of Robert and lots of Thomas Morrison's but I can't prove which might be the correct ones.

I have two Morrison trees on Ancestry. Important places in the history of this Morrison family are Portadown, Co. Armagh, Mullavilly Parish, and Derryhale. There are other brothers: James (1869 -1948), my grandfather; George (b. 1871); Richard (b. 1882). I know nothing of George. Richard may have entered the States at Niagara Falls in 1914 as a record of the crossing lists Portadown as his place of birth.

I would like to find Robert and Thomas Morrison after 1910 or anything on George or Richard. I've tried MA marriages and deaths; haven't been able to locate Boston city directories; naturalization papers, and passenger lists for George & Richard. The major problem seems to be that their names are very common.

Richard

Greetings,

We are seeking information concerning WILLIAM JOHN MORRISON [1842 - 1919] in Derryhale, Co. Armagh.  He was the second son of James MORRISON [b. abt 1812] and an unknown mother.

William John MORRISON, according to a 1939 family tree penned by Hewitt HENRY, entered the banking business in Belfast as a apprentice and worked his way up to manager. He was said to have been a very fine man of the best style. 

His siblings were Mary Jane [1834-1858];  Thomas [1840-1919];  James [1846-1884];  George [1846 -1927];  Margaret [1848-1899];  Elizabeth [1850 - ?] and  Robert [1860 - ?].

William John married Sarah KIRKPATRICK in August 1867 in Belfast.  Their children were Mary Margaretta [1868 -  ];  Georgina Kirkpatrick [1870 -   ?];  Samuel Kirkpatrick [1872 - 1939];  James Frederick [1874 - 1943]; and  William John [1876 -  1878].

We five descendants of the Morrison’s of Derryhale would be interested in any information about William John MORRISON or any of his family.

Richard A. Morrison
near Boston, MA  USA

Greetings,

Would anyone know where I might locate a list of casualties of the Armagh Train Disaster which occurred on 12 Jun 1889?  I have found numerous accounts of the accident but not a list of casualties.  it's a long shot, but I am wondering if any Morrison's were among those killed.

Richard