Hi Jerry - I reside in Western MA (on the CT border) and in today's world, travel time to Rhode Island is about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours. I am not familiar with the travel time from Fall River. My Irish ancestors settled in West Springfield, MA in the late 1850s but, to date, I have not determined where in Ireland they were from. I do belong to NEHGS and have access to MA Vital Records. If you'd provide the name of your ancestor and the names of the parents, I'd be happy to check for the birth record. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> To: beara <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 7:35 pm Subject: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hello to the Beara List. The recent postings of Beara surnames from the 1853 Fall River, Massachusetts directory has inspired me to try to make some progress on my ancestors in that state as well as possibly in Rhode Island. I'll save the specifics of my query for a separate posting but for here have a general question. My great-great-grandfather and at least two siblings (brothers) were in Massachusetts by around 1849-1852. His first child was born around 1852 in Massachusetts and the second child born around 1854 was possibly born in Rhode Island. I have no specific place names and the family left "the east" and settled in Wisconsin by 1856. Jerry Brosious, Minneapolis, Minnesota ------------------------------- 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

Hi Carolyn.  Thanks for your reply and thanks for your generous offer to check for the ca 1852 birth record.  I'll send you another e-mail off-list. Jerry   ________________________________ From: Carolyn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 15, 2013 7:12:10 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hi Jerry - I reside in Western MA (on the CT border) and in today's world, travel time to Rhode Island is about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours.  I am not familiar with the travel time from Fall River. My Irish ancestors settled in West Springfield, MA in the late 1850s but, to date, I have not determined where in Ireland they were from. I do belong to NEHGS and have access to MA Vital Records.  If you'd provide the name of your ancestor and the names of the parents, I'd be happy to check for the birth record. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> To: beara <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 7:35 pm Subject: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hello to the Beara List.  The recent postings of Beara surnames from the 1853 Fall River, Massachusetts directory has inspired me to try to make some progress on my ancestors in that state as well as possibly in Rhode Island.  I'll save the specifics of my query for a separate posting but for here have a general question.  My great-great-grandfather and at least two siblings (brothers) were in Massachusetts by around 1849-1852.  His first child was born around 1852 in Massachusetts and the second child born around 1854 was possibly born in Rhode Island.  I have no specific place names and the family left "the east" and settled in Wisconsin by 1856. Jerry Brosious, Minneapolis, Minnesota ------------------------------- 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

I traced my great grandmother's brother and sister living in Fall River, MA around 1912 (my great grandmother was Georgina Sheehan, and the brother and sister I found in Fall River were Patrick and Elizabeth).  When Elizabeth died in 1947 she was living in Newport, RI and had lived there at least 10 years or more.  The brother died in the military in 1912 and eventually buried in Fall River.  When Elizabeth died, she was also buried in the Fall River Cemetery.  Not sure why Elizabeth moved to Newport.  My greatgrandmother, Georgina Sheehan was in NYC as early as 1891, when she married, and they eventually moved to Springfield, MA in 1914 ________________________________ From: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hi Carolyn.  Thanks for your reply and thanks for your generous offer to check for the ca 1852 birth record.  I'll send you another e-mail off-list. Jerry   ________________________________ From: Carolyn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 15, 2013 7:12:10 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hi Jerry - I reside in Western MA (on the CT border) and in today's world, travel time to Rhode Island is about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours.  I am not familiar with the travel time from Fall River. My Irish ancestors settled in West Springfield, MA in the late 1850s but, to date, I have not determined where in Ireland they were from. I do belong to NEHGS and have access to MA Vital Records.  If you'd provide the name of your ancestor and the names of the parents, I'd be happy to check for the birth record. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> To: beara <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 7:35 pm Subject: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers Hello to the Beara List.  The recent postings of Beara surnames from the 1853 Fall River, Massachusetts directory has inspired me to try to make some progress on my ancestors in that state as well as possibly in Rhode Island.  I'll save the specifics of my query for a separate posting but for here have a general question.  My great-great-grandfather and at least two siblings (brothers) were in Massachusetts by around 1849-1852.  His first child was born around 1852 in Massachusetts and the second child born around 1854 was possibly born in Rhode Island.  I have no specific place names and the family left "the east" and settled in Wisconsin by 1856. Jerry Brosious, Minneapolis, Minnesota ------------------------------- 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

Hi Carolyn Burke,Any connection to Burkes (from Bantry, Co. Cork) who settled in Charlestown, MA about 1890s? Still looking, Mary Ellen in NH > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:10:05 -0400 > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers > > > Hi Jerry - > > I reside in Western MA (on the CT border) and in today's world, travel time to Rhode Island is about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours. I am not familiar with the travel time from Fall River. > My Irish ancestors settled in West Springfield, MA in the late 1850s but, to date, I have not determined where in Ireland they were from. > > I do belong to NEHGS and have access to MA Vital Records. If you'd provide the name of your ancestor and the names of the parents, I'd be happy to check for the birth record. > Carolyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerrold Brosious <[email protected]> > To: beara <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 7:35 pm > Subject: [BEARA] Massachusetts and Rhode Island Beara settlers > > > Hello to the Beara List. The recent postings of Beara surnames from the 1853 > Fall River, Massachusetts directory has inspired me to try to make some progress > on my ancestors in that state as well as possibly in Rhode Island. I'll save > the specifics of my query for a separate posting but for here have a general > question. My great-great-grandfather and at least two siblings (brothers) > were in Massachusetts by around 1849-1852. His first child was born around > 1852 in Massachusetts and the second child born around 1854 was possibly born in > Rhode Island. I have no specific place names and the family left "the east" and > settled in Wisconsin by 1856. > > Jerry Brosious, Minneapolis, Minnesota > > ------------------------------- > 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