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Offline Brindie

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Why emigrate to California
« on: Monday 07 May 07 07:56 BST (UK) »
I wonder if anyone can tell me what was offering in California in the 1860s when my rellies emigrated there from Australia.  They seem to have settled in San Antonio, Monterey, California.

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Re: Why emigrate to California
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 08 May 07 01:46 BST (UK) »
Possibly gold or cheap land. Looks to be a good place for the fishing industry and a long history with Spainish exploration.

Here is a link that may help answer some questions.
http://www.cagenweb.com/monterey/index.html
George William Burke.. my missing link!! son of Wm Burke & Mary Jane Stone/Morris
Shields & Milner- Patrington  & Bilton, Yorkshire<br />Nixon & Bowers - Appleby, Broughton & Messingham, Lincolnshire<br />Hancock &Tyson- Tetford, Skendleby & Spilsby, Lincolnshire<br />Cochrane- Darvel, Loudon, Ayrshire<br />Yuill, Hardie- Paisley, Renfrewshire<br />Kennedy, Gardener & Clelland- Glasgow, Lanarkshire & Paisley, Renfrewshire<br /><br />Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchive

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Re: Why emigrate to California
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 08 May 07 09:09 BST (UK) »
Try Google or some other search engine to find history of San Antonio area- there might be clues there like a gold find, industry, etc.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Why emigrate to California
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 08 May 07 09:23 BST (UK) »
A bit late for the California Gold Rush.

Might they have gone to join other rells who had migrated to California earlier?

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Re: Why emigrate to California
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 08 May 07 13:42 BST (UK) »
I would also think, coming from Australia, that is the quickest route to take to the US and many people settled where or close to where they entered the country, as all my relatives went to the Northeast United States from England and Ireland.

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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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