Peter, Thank you very much for replying to my request. I don't think that this Catherine is my Luke Cranney's wife although I do think it is his brother John's wife. The Cranney name is not a common one in Ireland, especially spelled the way my family has spelled it. Luke Cranney's wife was Lucy (Hall) Cranney. She was born in 1839 so would have been 31 years old when they immigrated. They did have a child born in 1869 but she was a female named Mary and would have been less than a year old when they immigrated. You idea about Luke maybe working on the ship is one that I have not thought of. In Ireland he was a "saddler" and in America he is noted as a "harness maker", probably the same thing. I don't think he had experience working on a ship but his wife Lucy's father, John Hall, was a ships steward. In fact, he died at sea. Maybe Lucy told Luke how to work on a ship. They were quite poor and working on the ship would have secured his passage. I am going to go back and visit all the thousands of Ships Passenger site I've already been to, this time looking for a Cranney that worked on the ship. I have sometimes found his name spelled Cranny and Craney so I've been looking for all three spellings. Again, thank you very much for your help and your time looking for my g-g-grandfather. Riona ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter van Schaik Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:23 AM To: CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CASTLE-GARDEN] Re: Searching For CRANNEY, 1870 Riona, Sorry , no sign of a Luke on this CD ( FTM 264 , Irish to America) But maybe this mother and baby fit in some where. It could be that Luke was working on board the same ship , and thus does not appear on the passenger list? Passenger's Name: Catherine Cranney Age: 20 Gender: Female Occupation: Matron Nation of Origin: Ireland Date of Arrival: Apr. 26, 1870 Port of Debarkation: New York City Final Destination: USA Ship's Name: Nebraska Ship's Manifest Number: 902556 Port of Embarkation: Liverpool and Queenstown Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA Mode of Travel: Steerage ========================================================= Passenger's Name: John Cranney Age: 1 Gender: Male Occupation: Child Nation of Origin: Ireland Date of Arrival: Apr. 26, 1870 Port of Debarkation: New York City Final Destination: USA Ship's Name: Nebraska Ship's Manifest Number: 902556 Port of Embarkation: Liverpool and Queenstown Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA Mode of Travel: Steerage ================================================================= Groetjes from.......................Peter!!!!!! Docs4u Research. Genealogical research service for North Americans from the Netherlands, Belgium , Indonesia and the British Isles. Very reasonable rates. Mailto:docs4u@shaw.ca Peter Jm van Schaik 237 Mount Blakiston Road West , Lethbridge Alberta ,Canada postal code ; T1K 6M8 Phone number 403 - 394 - 0063 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com