Ann - I see you already got responses to this question, but here is the web site again: _http://www.ellisisland.org/_ You can view the ship manifest images on line. Be sure to check to see if there is a second page. Sometimes there are. You can order a hard copy of the manifest from that web site if you want. You can also order photos or drawings of the ship. You can search the site to find your person also. Loreen Wells Ann McKernan wrote: > Could you possibly tell me how you obtained a copy of > a ships manifest from Ellis Island. I cannot seem to > find where I could order one. > Ann McK. > --- Loreen Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thank you. This is the Ellis Island information I >> already have. Actually >> I got a copy of the ship's manifest from the Ellis >> Island people. That >> entry further says she is from Mitchelstown. I don't >> know whether she is >> my grandmother or not, although I suspect she is. I >> guess one of my >> questions is whether someone born in Ballynabrock >> might logically later >> reside in Mitchelstown. I don't know if the >> Ballynabrock birth is her >> for certain either. Just looking for ideas how to >> connect these >> different pieces of information together to see if >> they fit. Or not. >> Loreen Wells >> >> Edgar (Russ) Bralley wrote: >> >>> A Kate Norris, age 23, Irish servant, entered >>> >> through Ellis Island onboard >> >>> the Ship Cymric, having sailed from the port of >>> >> Queenstown, Cobh, (Ireland) >> >>> Ireland on 13 April 1899. She had $15 in her >>> >> pocket and was en route to >> >>> visit her cousin, unnamed, who lived at 12 East >>> >> 9th Street in New York City. >> >>> She was in good health and could read and write. >>> >> Might this be your lady? >> >>> If so, I found this data on the Ellis Island >>> >> website, which his free and >> >>> searchable. >>> >>> Russ Bralley >>> Visiting in the shadow of the Great Smoky >>> >> Mountains, Tennessee >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> >> Of Loreen Wells >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:48 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [COUNTYCORK] Ballynabrock/NORRIS >>> >>> I hope to get ideas how to look for my >>> >> grandmother. She was Kate >> >>> (Catherine) NORRIS, b. in Cork and immigrated to >>> >> the USA in 1899. She >> >>> told us she was born 14 Feb 1880. She did not want >>> >> to talk about her >> >>> past, her life in Ireland, or why she came here. >>> >> She only said that her >> >>> sister had already gone to Australia and there was >>> >> nothing left in >> >>> Ireland for her. Her father served in the Crimean >>> >> War. She talked about >> >>> seeing the Statue of Liberty on her arrival here. >>> >> She met and married my >> >>> grandfather in 1906. They then went to Alaska for >>> >> the gold rush. They >> >>> are well documented after that. All her US census >>> >> records say she >> >>> immigrated in 1899. The 1910 Alaska census lists >>> >> her birth date as 1878. >> >>> I believe that information must have come directly >>> >> from her, given her >> >>> living conditions that year. In the 1920 Alaska >>> >> census, she gave the >> >>> 1880 date. She was Catholic. >>> >>> I have never found anything that looks like her in >>> >> Boston, but city >> >>> directories that era don't list household help. I >>> >> once found a Patrick >> >>> NORRIS listed as a Crimean casualty. >>> >>> My cousin looked in the Dublin archives for a >>> >> birth record, 10 years of >> >>> either side of that 1880 date, all variations of >>> >> Kate/Catherine. He did >> >>> not find any record that matched. He found a >>> >> series of possibilities. We >> >>> settled on one as the most likely. It is Catherine >>> >> NORRIS, b. 24 Oct. >> >>> 1876 in Ballynabrock. Father: Patrick NORRIS, >>> >> farmer; mother's former >> >>> name: Anne BAILY. >>> >>> We found a Catherine NORRIS in Ellis Island >>> >> records dated 1899. That >> >>> record says she is from Mitchelstown and going to >>> >> join her cousin at a >> >>> NYC address. That address was the home of a >>> >> wealthy Irish widow woman. >> >>> In the 1900 NYC census, what looks like that >>> >> Catherine is working at the >> >>> House of Calvary as a maid. HofC was a hospice for >>> >> terminally ill and >> >>> destitute women. It was started by a group of >>> >> wealthy Irish widows in >> >>> NYC. The Kate who is in Ellis Island records came >>> >> immediately before >> >>> that charity opened its doors. I have come to >>> >> believe this woman is >> >>> likely our grandmother, possibly recruited in >>> >> Ireland, and another >> >>> servant in the widow's household, Nellie CONDON, >>> >> to be the cousin. The >> >>> 1900 NYC census lists Nellie as b. Ireland in >>> >> 1877. >> >>> I will likely never get to Ireland, but my cousin >>> >> travels there on >> >>> business so he could look if we had ideas where. >>> >> If there are flaws in >> >>> my reasoning, please advise. >>> >>> Loreen Wells >>> Salem, OR USA >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! 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