Thanks all who responded to request. I am new to this rootschat and don't know exactly how to answer each response. The earliest information of Daniel McCarthy and his wife I have located was their Marriage information in Liverpool England. I discovered this connection by researching backward from their children, a son Patrick, was my Grandfather John Joseph McCarthy's father. I discovered on his marriage information from Jersey City to his wife, one Maria Gavin, that the church had their parents names listed, Daniel McCarthy and Mary Ann Moran and a Patt Gavin and Honorah Higgins. Quickly, I was able to follow the Patt Gavin/Honorah Higgins line back to county Mayo, in Ballina, Ireland, however I had to take to the internet search engines and found a link to St Peters(now defunct) RC church in Liverpool with the Daniel McCarthy/MaryAnn Moran connection. On that information I discovered that both Daniel and his father were listed as Tinplate workers and the earliest census in Jersey City I could find had that as Daniel occupation, and the names and dates matched up. Also on the marriage info from St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (now defunct), 28 Feb 1854, was an address of Fontenoy St, for both Danl./MaryAnn and witnesses were listed as Patrick Moran and a Bridget Moran. Father of MaryAnn Moran was a Patrick Moran who was listed as soldier. And that's as far back as I get with placing Daniel and MaryAnn back into their homes in Ireland. I cannot place Daniels death certificate or when and where he died as much as I've tried. Ive done DNA and am fumbling through that as well trying to pin point county in Ireland he maybe from...My Dna shows a connection to Connaught, Ireland, which would make sense to that Maria Gavin connection. Anyway, Thanks to all who helped out! Mimi
