I don't really have any experience tracing family in the USA, as my direct ancestors stayed in the UK after leaving Ireland, but I am interested in what happened to some of the relatives that did move to the USA. I've had difficulty tracing what happened to them after they left the UK.
Eleanor Cassidy was born in Liverpool on 9 November 1856, the daughter of George Cassidy and Mary Cassidy, nee Finn. She married Julian de Ovies, a Spanish 'count' in 1875 in Liverpool.
Eleanor, Julian, their children, and several of the Cassidy family (including Eleanor's parents) left Liverpool for the USA, and arrived in New York City on 21 March 1887, but I've struggled to trace Eleanor and her parents after this.
Julian married a woman named Minnie McDonald in 1891, but I was under the impression that his wife Eleanor died in Lancashire in 1907, with her reference in the English civil registration records being:
D QTR 1907: D'Ovis, Eleanor, age 51, registered Prescott, Lancashire, Vol. 8b, pg. 47.
I have her death certificate, it states she died at the Rainhill Asylum on 27 October 1907, it records her as a 'widow of no occupation'. This doesn't necessarily mean that this is the wrong Eleanor, I have other records of family members who are recorded as 'widow(ers)' when actually they had just split up. Her last permanent address was 181 Lime Street, Liverpool. So, the connection to Liverpool adds even more support for this death, in my eyes. She died to cancer of the Uterus. I'm not sure why she would've been in the Rainhill Asylum.
I assumed this must be her, because de Ovies, and variations thereof are not common names in the UK, and with the death being in the correct county, makes me think that this is even more likely to be her.
But when did she return to England? Did she and Julian divorce, or did she die in the USA, and the above Eleanor is just a coincidence?
Can anyone help provide any answers please? Thanks in advance for any help.
