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[jaylay]

Hi Tees

I have spent a small fortune trying (successfully in the end!) to locate a James Kelly in the US census - all I knew was that he was somewhere in New York State.  I'm only using Ancestry on a pay per view basis since there are only a few relatives (so far) that I'm looking for in the US - but I managed to narrow this guy down by finding his WW1 draft card, which listed his father's address in Belfast, which I knew.  So I then checked the address the WWI draft card had for James Kelly - it's a very roundabout way of finding someone on the census I know but worth it in the end....

The other guy I had trouble finding was Edmund O'Reilly.  It seems Ancestry don't really recognise apostrophes - I eventually found this guy under the name Edward Orelly.  Keep trying - I'm sue you'll find her family on the census enventually!  (Have you considered - sure you have - that they maybe moved to another state?)

Jaylay

[jaylay]

Hi Tees

I think I may have found them on the Immigration Records in Ancestry (free until April 30) - Mrs. McKenna, Thomas , James and William (Infant) (on next page) arrived from Scotland on 18th August 1888 at Philadephia.  Her occupation is given as housewife, but she is not travelling with any husband that I can see, and her age is given as 25. So perhaps the husband died in Scotland.  (Brave lady, starting a new life like that with three small children). Their final destination is given as Philadelphia.

Could this be them?

Jaylay

[maryderry]

hello tees, found this, time scale is not yours, thought i would put it on let you look at it anyway. birth. FRANCIS MCKENNA. 24-2-1872. ANT, IRE. PARENTS. FRANCIS MCKENNA & MARY JORDAN.  CIVIL REG.

                                          REGARDS MARY.

[Tees]

Hi Mary,

Thank you for a possible name of Francis McKenna as her husband.

Jaylay--how about that one?

Jaylay,

Good finding you have there!! They must be mine--they must be travelling from Philaphedia to Illinois as Mary McKenna only got married in the same year!

Yes, it does seem that she is a widow when she came here. Now, I am starting to wonder if her sons were born in Ireland as opposed to Scotland?

William may be one of the children who died--according to the Census from 1910.

Umm....wondering why I could not find her under her married surname of Kelly....

Kind regards,

Tees

[Tees]

Hi Jaylay,

It looks like the McKennas you found on Immigration--all of them were born in Scotland and were going to a town in Ohio.

Not sure if they are mine?

Regards,

Tees

[Tees]

Hi again,

I take another look at the 1910 Census--it clearly stated that the family did not know when they came to the USA!

Mary was born in Ireland according to this census which is correct. Her age on this census showed her to be 55 which means she was born in 1855.

Will check other site to see if they have her baptism entry from that year.

The sons were born in Scotland. Their father was born in Ireland.

Kind regards,

Tees

[jaylay]

Apologies Tees - misread their final destination (obviously using this laptop FAR too much!!)

Jaylay

[Tees]

No worries about it, Jaylay! 

Will put this family on the backburner for now.

Thanks, Mary and Jaylay, for your kind efforts to help me out with finding Mary Jordan's first marriage.

It is much appreciated!

Kind regards,

Tees

[Tees]

Hi Jaylay,

Hope you do not mind another wee request--perhaps we will be a bit luckier this time:

Could you look at the database to see if there are any Alexander Henning or William McElroy marriages in Co Armagh?

Kind regards,

Tees