Thanks everyone for your valuable info/advice so far. I'd appreciate it if you'd keep us in mind if you ever come across any more leads. Here¹s what I currently have: James Welch and Bridget Coughlin are born somewhere in Co Cork, immigrate to the US abt 1847 and marry there abt 1848 (1910 Census). They are both still alive at the time of the 1900 Census (James dies in 1907 and Bridget in 1909). Bonkersdog, can I take you up on your offer and ask you to look them up in the 1900 Census in Pembroke NH for me? I haven¹t found a marriage record for them yet ­ I'm looking mainly in MA and NH. Neither have I found an immigration/passenger record for either of them, or James's brother John (John dies at his brother James's home in Pembroke in 1897 aged 83 years, so born abt 1814, a few years before James) The 1850 Census has James and Bridget living in Pembroke NH. They are shown as having no children. The 1870 Census shows their children being born from abt 1850 onwards. One of my problems is the conflicting birth dates for James Welch gleaned mainly from several sources: 1907 Tombstone and obit: 1818 Obit says he lived in Pembroke 40 years (so arrived abt 1867-even though the 1850 census already has them in Pembroke then); previous residence Ireland (sic). 1907 death record: 1822 (death record shows his parents as being Morris Welch and Mary McDonald, Ireland) 1850 Census: abt 1814 1870 Census: abt 1825 1880 census: abt 1820 If I go by the usual Irish naming convention: First son named for Father's father = John (death record, however, shows James's father as Morris. 1900 census shows Morris as being born around 1850, not 1852 as indicated in 1870 census ­ so perhaps born before John?? This would make sense. Second son named for Mother's father =Morris (again, doesn't make sense: Morris must have been born before John, making Bridget's father's name John instead??) Third son named for Father =James Fourth son named for Father's eldest brother=Michael (James and Bridget's other children were William J, Thomas and Daniel) First daughter named for Mother's mother= Ellen Frances Second daughter named for Father's mother=no other known daughters On 3/3/10 3:00 AM, "countycork-request@rootsweb.com" <countycork-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > > Coughlan/Coughlin (Dave and Nancy) > 2. Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > Coughlan/Coughlin (Dennis Ahern) > 3. Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > Coughlan/Coughlin (Bonkersdog) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:49:04 -0600 > From: Dave and Nancy <dmaccabe@austin.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > > Coughlan/Coughlin > To: <countycork@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <C7B26560.5EE6%dmaccabe@austin.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello, Donna -- > > Have you located the James Welch family in the 1850 (or 1860) U.S. Census > for New Hampshire? That could provide some useful background information. > > Were James or Mary still living in 1900? Enumerators in that U.S. Census > asked for the year that a person immigrated to the U.S. That information > could also be helpful in more narrowly focusing your search. > > I don't believe that New Hampshire conducted state censuses but neighboring > Massachusetts did so in 1855 and 1865 and there might also be useful clues > there if the family had moved across the state line. > > Good luck in the eternal search for ancestors! > > Dave MacCabe > Austin, Texas > > > on 3/2/10 2:00 AM, countycork-request@rootsweb.com at > countycork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:15:39 -0500 >> From: de Laat William <william@delaatglobal.com> >> Subject: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget >> Coughlan/Coughlin >> To: <COUNTYCORK@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <C7B1B4CB.5752%william@delaatglobal.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" >> >> I?m trying to find a birth record for James Welch, born County Cork, >> emigated to the US around 1850 we believe. He was born around 1818-1822 to a >> Morris/Maurice Welch/Welsh/Walsh and a Mary McDonald, farmers. James had a >> brother John, born around 1814 who also emigrated. He was married to >> Bridget Coughlan/Coughlin, also born Co Cork, around 1820. To the best of my >> knowledge, the eldest children of James and Bridget were John, Morris, Ellen >> and Michael. Their children were all born in the US, beginning shortly after >> James and Bridget arrived in New Hampshire, likely via New York or Boston. >> Any assistance in finding birth, marriage or departure information for this >> couple would be much appreciated. >> >> Donna Welch >> Lexington Virginia USA > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:29:43 -0500 > From: Dennis Ahern <ahern@world.std.com> > Subject: Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > Coughlan/Coughlin > To: countycork@rootsweb.com > Cc: de Laat William <william@delaatglobal.com> > Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.61.1003021127270.3737181@shell01.TheWorld.com> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > See: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~walsh/ > Walsh Family Genealogy > > http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/welsh/ > Welsh Family Genealogy Forum > > http://www.excel.net/~dcoughla/family.html > The Coughlans > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:26:42 -0500 > From: Bonkersdog <Bonkersdog@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [CO CORK] James Welch/Welsh/Walsh and Bridget > Coughlan/Coughlin > To: countycork@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4B8D4A52.8060706@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > The 1900 census for Pembroke, Merrimack, NH has that James and Bridget > immigrated in 1847. I couldn't find any record of them. > > In 1860 their children are John [10], Morris [9], James [7], Ellen [6], > Michael [4], William [3] and Thomas [9 mo]. If you want the other > census records, contact me at bonkersdog@aol.com > > Molly > > On 3/1/2010 6:15 PM, de Laat William wrote: >> I?m trying to find a birth record for James Welch, born County Cork, >> emigated to the US around 1850 we believe. He was born around 1818-1822 to a >> Morris/Maurice Welch/Welsh/Walsh and a Mary McDonald, farmers. James had a >> brother John, born around 1814 who also emigrated. He was married to >> Bridget Coughlan/Coughlin, also born Co Cork, around 1820. To the best of my >> knowledge, the eldest children of James and Bridget were John, Morris, Ellen >> and Michael. Their children were all born in the US, beginning shortly after >> James and Bridget arrived in New Hampshire, likely via New York or Boston. >> Any assistance in finding birth, marriage or departure information for this >> couple would be much appreciated. >> >> Donna Welch >> Lexington Virginia USA >> Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ >> It is a good place to find information related to your family research. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COUNTYCORK list administrator, send an email to > COUNTYCORK-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COUNTYCORK mailing list, send an email to > COUNTYCORK@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COUNTYCORK Digest, Vol 5, Issue 28 > ***************************************** >