Great Grandmother's Birth Town has vanished??

[chip19474]

Hello,

First time poster!  The info I have for the birthplace of my wife's great grandmother in Ireland is a town listed as Tulana, Ireland.  I can't find it anywhere in my searches.  I tried Tulla, Tullana, Tulania….no luck.  We know that she was born circa 1837.  Her name was Bridget McCue. The man she married: William Sweeney circa 1837, came to America in 1849 so we're guessing that she must have come over around the same time + or - a few years.  Ellis Island has William's name on the passenger list but she doesn't show up on the Ellis Island records at all....wonder if snuck in some how!!??

Has anyone ever heard of Tulana, Ireland?

Thanks,

Chip

[bevj]

Possible (from FamilySearch)

Christened 7th April 1837, in Tawnagh, county Sligo.

father: Jacobi Mc Cue
Mother: Mariae Clarke

Bev

[Dundee]

Can you please post a snip of this word from the document?  I suspect the word is 'Ireland', not 'Tulana'.

Debra 

[Sinann]

Can you please post a snip of this word from the document?  I suspect the word is 'Ireland', not 'Tulana'.

Debra 

also may not be a town, could be a townland or parish.

[chip19474]

thanks to all who replied so far....I'm on the trail!  the funny thing is, we're really after clues that could help the real search we're interested in and that's my wife's great grandfather (the man who married Bridget).  Our real effort is to try to establish if there are any relatives we could contact on his side and perhaps visit when we travel to Ireland next year....we may have to breakdown and pay a fee to some search site to get the profile we need but, for now, I'm trying to gather as much info on my own...thanks again for responding.

[oldohiohome]

Can you please post a snip of this word from the document?  I suspect the word is 'Ireland', not 'Tulana'.

Debra 

you are correct. Ancestry inaccurately transcribed it as Tulana. see attached image.
Bridget Sweeney died 1907 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

[oldohiohome]

Your family appears to be in Slatington P.O., Coplay, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1870. I can't find them on familysearch or I would post a link. The oldest son in the family is Manus Matthew, born 1864, Coplay, PA, according to his death record. Others in the family are:

John, born  c 1866
Hugh J, born c 1872
James, born c 1874
Mary, born c 1879

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Also in Slatington P.O., Coplay, PA in 1870, is this family:
Michael Sweeney, 35.
Ann, 30
Catherine, 9, born in NJ
Mary J, 7, PA
Manus, 4
Annie, 2
John, 1 month

So Michael also has a son, firstborn, named Manus. Manus's death record said that his mother was Ann McCue. Second son in both families is named John.

This is probably not a coincidence. Maybe brothers married sisters. So you have 2 Sweeneys and McCues to look for. And the father of your William and Michael could be named Manus or John. The McCue father would be the other name.

Since Michael and Ann's daughter Catherine was born in New Jersey, that is probably where they are hiding in 1860. You might find them all with their parents.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Can you please post a snip of this word from the document?  I suspect the word is 'Ireland', not 'Tulana'.

Debra 

That was a good call.

[chip19474]

My wife's trail goes from Manus M. Sweeney (1864-1941) born in Catasaqua, PA, died Philadelphia to his parents: William Sweeney (born 1837) and Bridget McCue (born 1837).  Manus had 4 children: Matthew (my wife's father), William, Margaret, and Marie.  I found a passenger record for William traveling to New York City at age 12 from Liverpool on the ship: Oxford....that date was August 21, 1849.  I also found a death record for a William H Sweeney (born 1837 Ireland) that dates: July 9, 1891 in Philadelphia but I can't validate if that's the same person because there's no family info listed so the quest for William Sweeney (Manus' father) goes on.  Obits back in the 1800's don't seem to be very detailed!  I also can't find any marriage record for William and Bridget...since he came to America when he was 12, I'm assuming that he married Bridget somewhere in Pennsylvania but maybe they never got married!!!??  The plots thickens...