I had a relative that went to Nex York from Canada and died in the flu epidemic in 1918.  But do not know where,  Name  Ambrose Durkin.  Could he have gone to relatives  K --- On Sat, 4/3/10, durkin-request@rootsweb.com <durkin-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: durkin-request@rootsweb.com <durkin-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: DURKIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 10 To: durkin@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 12:02 AM Today's Topics:    1. Estranged New York Durkin (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:49:09 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DURKIN] Estranged New York Durkin To: <DURKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1270277240.1016579@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: evadurkin Surnames: Durkin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.durkin/586/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for Durkin lineage from Ireland to New York.  I have very little information due to a scandalous little secret, but the story goes:  My grandfather, James Edward Durkin Sr, born in 1921, had a family (wife and I think 5 children and something about a potato farm?) in New York before leaving them to start a family in Florida with Ila Virginia Cunningham Durkin.  They had 2 children, James Edward Durkin Jr and Ila Virginia Durkin Jr.  I am the daughter of James E. Durkin Jr.  And I remember him saying his family (parents or grandparents?) was from Ireland.  Does anyone have any information about this estranged Durkin family? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------ To contact the DURKIN list administrator, send an email to DURKIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the DURKIN mailing list, send an email to DURKIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DURKIN-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 DURKIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 10 *************************************