I need to disambiguate men named John Meighan. I have found three John Meighans in the 1880 census who were born in Ireland between 1830 and 1845 ie living Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, Birth about 1840 Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin, Birth about 1837 La Fayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Birth about 1837 Does anyone recognise any of these three, and can say whether or not he was the oldest of three sons (they had one sister), children of Eliza and Thomas Meighan? ============================= Reason for asking: The John Meighan I am searching for, and (separately?) his sister, emigrated to the US, as did their brother George William (who died in the Civil War, as a result of which his mother was granted a pension in the 1890s). Their mother Eliza (Protestant), wife of Thomas Meighan (Roman Catholic) worked in Ireland 1864-1888 as a Nannie for a large family. One of her charges remembered in the mid 20C: "Nannie made a journey to America, to visit her daughter. Her elder son, and her daughter, had both settled in America. Her son Mr John Meighan had gone up in the world, and there was a paragraph in the newspaper announcing the arrival of his 'agéd mother'. This was very gratifying to Nannie." Her mother's notes of family events dates this journey by including, at the end of 1886, 'Nurse hearing of the serious illness of her daughter, sailed also in October for New York.' I have gained (thanks to the kindness of others) additional information about George William and his parents from the USA Army Records and Civil War Pension Records. Eliza married Thomas Meighan in 1837, and was said to be 29 in 1846, and 73 in 1892. They had three sons and one daughter. George William, the third son, was born in Dublin in 1846. At that point, Thomas was a servant. Thomas died 1891. For the last 10 years or so of her life Eliza acted as housekeeper for her brother-in-law, also John Meighan. "Her grave is in Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin; and there is a small brass tablet to her memory in Ballyeglish Church" near Moneymore in Ulster.

While you're at it you need to figure out how to tell them apart, too! ~(;->)< cecilia wrote: > I need to disambiguate men named John Meighan. > > I have found three John Meighans in the 1880 census who were born in > Ireland between 1830 and 1845 ie living >

I don't think one can 'disambiguate' people; but then I might be wrong? John "cecilia" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] >I need to disambiguate men named John Meighan. > > I have found three John Meighans in the 1880 census who were born in > Ireland between 1830 and 1845 ie living > > Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, Birth about 1840 > Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin, Birth about 1837 > La Fayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Birth about 1837 > > Does anyone recognise any of these three, and can say whether or not > he was the oldest of three sons (they had one sister), children of > Eliza and Thomas Meighan? > > ============================= > > Reason for asking: > > The John Meighan I am searching for, and (separately?) his sister, > emigrated to the US, as did their brother George William (who died in > the Civil War, as a result of which his mother was granted a pension > in the 1890s). > > Their mother Eliza (Protestant), wife of Thomas Meighan (Roman > Catholic) worked in Ireland 1864-1888 as a Nannie for a large family. > One of her charges remembered in the mid 20C: > > "Nannie made a journey to America, to visit her daughter. Her elder > son, and her daughter, had both settled in America. Her son Mr John > Meighan had gone up in the world, and there was a paragraph in the > newspaper announcing the arrival of his 'agéd mother'. This was very > gratifying to Nannie." > > Her mother's notes of family events dates this journey by including, > at the end of 1886, 'Nurse hearing of the serious illness of her > daughter, sailed also in October for New York.' > > I have gained (thanks to the kindness of others) additional > information about George William and his parents from the USA Army > Records and Civil War Pension Records. > > Eliza married Thomas Meighan in 1837, and was said to be 29 in 1846, > and 73 in 1892. They had three sons and one daughter. George > William, the third son, was born in Dublin in 1846. At that point, > Thomas was a servant. > > Thomas died 1891. For the last 10 years or so of her life Eliza acted > as housekeeper for her brother-in-law, also John Meighan. "Her grave > is in Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin; and there is a small brass tablet > to her memory in Ballyeglish Church" near Moneymore in Ulster.