Dear listers I need some help and hope someone will be able to do this challenge for me.
Mary A. Gormley, born 1856, married a (?)Gormely and had 5 children, named: Michael, Bridget, James, Mary, and Annie. Mary left from
Liverpool, England (at least that is what it says in on the passenger list for the ship Iowa), in February,1887 to arrive in Boston on 7 March 1887 in Boston. No husband listed with her. I am assuming that he left two to three years earlier for Boston, MA, USA as their youngest was two years old when Mary left for the states. I know he was alive in the US as she had four more children born in Boston, MA but she is listed as Widow during the first census I can find which is the 1900 census.
Later a brother Patrick came to Boston From Knockersghery to visit his sister Maryin Boston. He arrive in 1899.
Is there any way one can check census records prior to 1884 for a Mary A. Gormley and family hopefully the husband's name will show up. As I have tried all shipping lists but there were so many Gormleys listed and I have no first name for the husband that it could be any one of them, that is why I prefer the census lookup so that I can trace it back to the passenger list or in the Ireland marriage records. I am not even sure that the Patrick Gormley is actually brother or that he comes from Knockersghery, I am only going on statement on his ship passenger record.
I had posted this message on the English site but was told that
Knockersghery was in Rosecommon, Ireland that is why I am re-posting in hopes that someone can do a look up in the census for me.
She would be my greatgrandmother on my father's mother's side.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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