I have three brothers in the 1880 census in Davenport who work on a steam boat. I know there were a lot of boats around back then, but does anyone have any clue as to what they may have been doing or where the boat would have taken them? After 1880, I can't find any of them and so I'm wondering if being associated with the boats may have some thing to do with that. They obviously left Davenport.... They are James, Michael, and John Tynan. (Oh, I know that Michael died in Davenport in 1899 so...I guess I know what happened to him) Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris

No doubt carrying Passengers and Freight up and down the Mississippi River from New Orleans to as far up river as their route was. Martha in VA who used to live in Davenport ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [IASCOTT] steam boat occupation question > I have three brothers in the 1880 census in Davenport who work on a steam > boat. I know there were a lot of boats around back then, but does anyone have any > clue as to what they may have been doing or where the boat would have taken > them? After 1880, I can't find any of them and so I'm wondering if being > associated with the boats may have some thing to do with that. They obviously left > Davenport.... > > They are James, Michael, and John Tynan. (Oh, I know that Michael died in > Davenport in 1899 so...I guess I know what happened to him) > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Chris > > > ==== IASCOTT Mailing List ==== > Check out Cathy Labath's IAGenWeb site! > http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ > It has a wealth of information about Scott county, Iowa > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >