Dear James, Wow, what a coincidence! No, I really don't know the man's full name. Did you read my story about the voyage of the William and Mary? If not, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Sincerely, Bob Armstrong James D. Allen wrote: >Bob, >Mine was a Miller. My Mother's father's side. Any idea how old he was? > >Hmmmm. > > > >Robert E. Armstrong wrote: > > >>Dear James, >>There were only 208 passengers aboard the William and Mary. Most were >>Irish, and the second largest contingent were Dutch. There was two small >>families of English passengers, my grandmother's family was from >>Scotland, and there was one additional Scottish male, Mr. Miller from >>Edinburgh. There was one Frenchman aboard. The two English were named >>Mr. Luke Stewart with a wife and two daughters, and Mr. Joseph Brooke >>and his wife. >>All the Dutch passengers have names difficult for me to spell. >>Sincerely, >>Bob Armstrong >> >> >>James D. Allen wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Here's a good example of unintentional consequences. >>>I have a relative that came in to New Orleans as an orphan about 1853. >>>We couldn't figure out why he CAME as an orphan but this would be an >>>interesting angle to check out. >>>One of those "duh" revelations. >>> >>>THANKS! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Robert E. Armstrong wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dear James, >>>>For what it's worth, I found the microfilmed passenger list of one of >>>>the two rescue boats that brought survivors of the William and Mary >>>>disaster to New Orleans in 1853. I found them at the Clayton >>>>Genealogical Library in Houston. All five members of my grandmother's >>>>family of Browns were listed, however two of the names were hardly legible. >>>>Sincerely, >>>>Bob Armstrong >>>> >>>> >>>>James D. Allen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Marilyn and List: >>>>> >>>>>Any idea where I'd go to get passenger list for a Scotsman who came to >>>>>the US (ending up in either MA or RI) after the Civil war (I assume >>>>>1865-72) from an unknown port of departure? >>>>> >>>>>I've drawn blanks from searching the standard on line or MA Archive >>>>>passenger lists, and am not real familiar with different books or other >>>>>resources out there. There are so many ports and boats, >>>>>I'm not sure where to best spend my energy. When you refer to "ships >>>>>records" is that a single source or do you have to search each ship somehow? >>>>> >>>>>Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Marilyn Otterson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hello, Faye, >>>>>>You have given very little information to help find more about your William >>>>>>Armstrong. (It's a very common name.) >>>>>> >>>>>>You might try researching ships' records for 1820 arrivals to Australia from >>>>>>Ireland. It's possible you could find more information about your William >>>>>>there. Do you know if the children who were left behind were with their >>>>>>mother? Do you happen to know her name? Do you know the names of the kids? >>>>>>Can you find immigration records about William in Australia...sometimes >>>>>>those reveal more information about the person arriving there. (For >>>>>>instance, there were probably 100 or more William Armstrongs in Ireland in >>>>>>1820 and you would need to know what country William came from.) Do you >>>>>>know if he ever was able to bring the children to be with him in Australia? >>>>>>Without knowing more, I think you are going to have a difficult time finding >>>>>>more information about William's family in Ireland. >>>>>> >>>>>>Sorry not to be of more help. >>>>>> >>>>>>Marilyn >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Sincerely, Bob Armstrong in Houston, TX picture "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without regret." 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