Hi Debbie: Presume your Hugh & Bridget Curley were on the Canadian 1851 census? Did they live in Lower Canada or Upper Canada, the Martimes or? If they were in the Martimes, you may want to have someone check the U.S. 1860 Census for New England States and New York. Lots of border crossings for work back then. Both Boston and New York had large Irish Catholic areas. It is just great you were reunited and are close to one of your sisters. Glad you feel your were the lucky one. Many adoptive parents wanted children so badly and it must be hard for them when the children start looking for their roots, especially if they knew there were any negative things to find. Lauraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Bert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors > On our Curley line, can't find what happened to my Huge and Bridget Curley > after the census of 1851. They were an irish catholic family so I figure > there must be other siblings for their one son that we know of. I have > never turned up anything and I am still searching to find out when and > where > Huge and Bridget died. > > On another note, I am adopted and was reunited with my birth family at 38, > I > am now 56. > It was very healing and wonderful for me but I understand not everyone > feels > that way. > I was raised as an only child, so it was great to find out I was one of > seven children. > I now have a sister that I am very close to and their are other people > that > look like me! > My mothers life was not good and she was a horrible abusive mother, I was > the lucky one. > For me, I needed to know. > deb in mi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dalle, Nancy, Civ, 126 CES, CEOR, 4878" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:53 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors > > >>A lot of times you may want to find out information about brothers and >> sisters, and half brothers and sisters but other family members don't. >> Remember to respect the other members while you are researching. >> >> My husband and his brothers were placed in Foster Care when he was 3 >> years >> old. Their father had left their mother and remarried and has three more >> boys. Their mother passed away. My husbands brothers have been in >> contact >> with their father, and have met their half brothers, my husband has not. >> He >> has no desire to meet these people, he says as far as he is concerned his >> father died when he was 3. >> >> I am researching the family to help my brother-in-laws - but I don't >> discuss >> it with my husband and I don't tell him what I've found, because quite >> frankly he doesn't care and I respect his right not to care. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cynthia Phillips [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:46 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors >> >> and my mother and aunt were reluctant to talk about my father. But a >> half >> brother 14 years younger than me found me last year and thru his mother >> (my >> stepmother) who is only 10 yrs older than me i have pictures of my father >> and the 2 half brothers, fouond out he was married 4 times and had a >> daughter with the last wife, found out how he died and that even tho he >> never got in touch with me he carried my picture with him. >> >> We know where the half sister is but she won't talk to us neither will >> her >> mother. And this is the wife he was with when he died. So what's the >> harm >> after all these years. >> >> but still I know so much more than i did. I have court documents on the >> marriages and divorces now. All because a half brother found me. >> >> cindy >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Betty <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have always had an interest in finding out about the siblings of an >>> ancestor. It goes along with what was going on in the world - or in >>> their town - when the ancestor was living. I don't need to find out >>> everything about the sibling, but it would be nice to find out who they >>> married and how many children they had. After all those children would >> be >>> my ancestor's nephews and nieces. >>> >>> And, my "wish" - as someone else said - is that the descendants of >>> those nephews and nieces might have more information on my ancestor than >>> I >> do. >>> >>> And I'd like to mention half-siblings. My grandmother eloped at Age >> 17, >>> probably because she was pregnant. She lost that baby, and then a 2nd >>> baby, and then had a daughter and 2 sons. The first husband and she >>> divorced in 1935, and she was already pregnant with the man who would >>> be her >>> 2nd husband. She then had her 2nd daughter and another son. This >>> aunt >>> and uncle are only about 8-9 years older than I am. >>> >>> The reason I'm mentioning this is that this aunt knew her mother much >>> more >>> than I did. My father did not get along with his parents, so we >>> didn't >>> visit all that much. And, my aunt knew her mother's mother more than >>> I >>> did. So she can tell me lots of stories about her mother and >>> grandmother, >>> and I would never have heard them. >>> >>> Part of what I am saying is that there are more than 4-5 children in a >>> family, and they are spread apart in ages, the younger children in >>> the family knew the parents much longer than their oldest sibling - >>> in some cases. >>> >>> >>> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) >>> >>> List Administrator >>> >>> >>> (My aunt lost all 4 of her siblings during the 1990's. Her younger >>> brother "dropped dead" at Age 60. He didn't like to go to doctors. >> An >>> autopsy showed he had undiagnosed heart disease, undiagnosed lung >>> disease, >>> and undiagnosed cancer at the time of his death. My aunt is >>> relatively >>> healthy.) >>> >>> (This is another case of "life-threatening diseases" coming down from >>> the >>> KIDDER / WILKINS ancestors near Calais, Maine. Or, as I was advised >>> several years ago, my parents and their siblings inherited "weak >>> immune systems" from their ancestors.) >>> >>> >>> >>> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, >>> I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include >>> the >>> SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there >> is >>> a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >>> >>> To search the archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>> The information page is: >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.ht >>> ml >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cindyp >> >> http://grammiesbears.com >> http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu >> http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips >> http://shaklee.net/naturalngreen >> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I >> find >> it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the >> SUBJECT >> from the post you are responding to !! 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In the 1851 census Huge and Bridget Curley were living with their son Thomas and his wife Susanna in Chinquacousy Township, Ontario, Canada. Eventualy Thomas and his wife moved down to Michigan. Huge/ hugh was born about 1795 in Taum, Galway, Ireland and Bridget in the same area about 1805. So they were quiet young still in 1851. Thomas was born in 1827 in Ireland. Just seems to me unless Bridget had medical issues that a catholic irish family would have more than one child. I have not been able to verify any of their births in Ireland yet. I keep looking and looking. THomas and Huge were both stone masons. Thomas came down to work in Emmett, MI. building a church. He liked the area so much he stayed and built a house there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors > Hi Debbie: > > Presume your Hugh & Bridget Curley were on the Canadian 1851 census? Did > they live in Lower Canada or Upper Canada, the Martimes or? If they were > in > the Martimes, you may want to have someone check the U.S. 1860 Census for > New England States and New York. Lots of border crossings for work back > then. Both Boston and New York had large Irish Catholic areas. > > It is just great you were reunited and are close to one of your sisters. > Glad you feel your were the lucky one. Many adoptive parents wanted > children so badly and it must be hard for them when the children start > looking for their roots, especially if they knew there were any negative > things to find. > > Lauraine > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Bert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors > > >> On our Curley line, can't find what happened to my Huge and Bridget >> Curley >> after the census of 1851. They were an irish catholic family so I figure >> there must be other siblings for their one son that we know of. I have >> never turned up anything and I am still searching to find out when and >> where >> Huge and Bridget died. >> >> On another note, I am adopted and was reunited with my birth family at >> 38, >> I >> am now 56. >> It was very healing and wonderful for me but I understand not everyone >> feels >> that way. >> I was raised as an only child, so it was great to find out I was one of >> seven children. >> I now have a sister that I am very close to and their are other people >> that >> look like me! >> My mothers life was not good and she was a horrible abusive mother, I was >> the lucky one. >> For me, I needed to know. >> deb in mi >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dalle, Nancy, Civ, 126 CES, CEOR, 4878" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors >> >> >>>A lot of times you may want to find out information about brothers and >>> sisters, and half brothers and sisters but other family members don't. >>> Remember to respect the other members while you are researching. >>> >>> My husband and his brothers were placed in Foster Care when he was 3 >>> years >>> old. Their father had left their mother and remarried and has three >>> more >>> boys. Their mother passed away. My husbands brothers have been in >>> contact >>> with their father, and have met their half brothers, my husband has not. >>> He >>> has no desire to meet these people, he says as far as he is concerned >>> his >>> father died when he was 3. >>> >>> I am researching the family to help my brother-in-laws - but I don't >>> discuss >>> it with my husband and I don't tell him what I've found, because quite >>> frankly he doesn't care and I respect his right not to care. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cynthia Phillips [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:46 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Finding Out About Siblings of Ancestors >>> >>> and my mother and aunt were reluctant to talk about my father. But a >>> half >>> brother 14 years younger than me found me last year and thru his mother >>> (my >>> stepmother) who is only 10 yrs older than me i have pictures of my >>> father >>> and the 2 half brothers, fouond out he was married 4 times and had a >>> daughter with the last wife, found out how he died and that even tho he >>> never got in touch with me he carried my picture with him. >>> >>> We know where the half sister is but she won't talk to us neither will >>> her >>> mother. And this is the wife he was with when he died. So what's the >>> harm >>> after all these years. >>> >>> but still I know so much more than i did. I have court documents on the >>> marriages and divorces now. All because a half brother found me. >>> >>> cindy >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Betty <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have always had an interest in finding out about the siblings of an >>>> ancestor. It goes along with what was going on in the world - or in >>>> their town - when the ancestor was living. I don't need to find out >>>> everything about the sibling, but it would be nice to find out who they >>>> married and how many children they had. After all those children >>>> would >>> be >>>> my ancestor's nephews and nieces. >>>> >>>> And, my "wish" - as someone else said - is that the descendants of >>>> those nephews and nieces might have more information on my ancestor >>>> than >>>> I >>> do. >>>> >>>> And I'd like to mention half-siblings. My grandmother eloped at Age >>> 17, >>>> probably because she was pregnant. She lost that baby, and then a 2nd >>>> baby, and then had a daughter and 2 sons. The first husband and she >>>> divorced in 1935, and she was already pregnant with the man who would >>>> be her >>>> 2nd husband. She then had her 2nd daughter and another son. This >>>> aunt >>>> and uncle are only about 8-9 years older than I am. >>>> >>>> The reason I'm mentioning this is that this aunt knew her mother much >>>> more >>>> than I did. My father did not get along with his parents, so we >>>> didn't >>>> visit all that much. And, my aunt knew her mother's mother more than >>>> I >>>> did. So she can tell me lots of stories about her mother and >>>> grandmother, >>>> and I would never have heard them. >>>> >>>> Part of what I am saying is that there are more than 4-5 children in a >>>> family, and they are spread apart in ages, the younger children in >>>> the family knew the parents much longer than their oldest sibling - >>>> in some cases. >>>> >>>> >>>> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) >>>> >>>> List Administrator >>>> >>>> >>>> (My aunt lost all 4 of her siblings during the 1990's. Her younger >>>> brother "dropped dead" at Age 60. He didn't like to go to doctors. >>> An >>>> autopsy showed he had undiagnosed heart disease, undiagnosed lung >>>> disease, >>>> and undiagnosed cancer at the time of his death. My aunt is >>>> relatively >>>> healthy.) >>>> >>>> (This is another case of "life-threatening diseases" coming down from >>>> the >>>> KIDDER / WILKINS ancestors near Calais, Maine. Or, as I was advised >>>> several years ago, my parents and their siblings inherited "weak >>>> immune systems" from their ancestors.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, >>>> I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include >>>> the >>>> SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure >>>> there >>> is >>>> a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >>>> >>>> To search the archives: >>>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>>> The information page is: >>>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.ht >>>> ml >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cindyp >>> >>> http://grammiesbears.com >>> http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu >>> http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips >>> http://shaklee.net/naturalngreen >>> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I >>> find >>> it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the >>> SUBJECT >>> from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a >>> SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >>> >>> To search the archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>> The information page is: >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I >>> find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the >>> SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there >>> is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >>> >>> To search the archives: >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>> The information page is: >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I >> find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the >> SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there >> is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >> >> To search the archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >> The information page is: >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! 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