In a message dated 1/26/2004 12:42:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, ddrury@sbcglobal.net writes: > Don't know if this will help on immigration from Yorkshire, but my Major > ancestors wnt from England to Morgan county via New Orleans. Check out our > Major web site: http://freepages.genealogy,rootsweb.com/~major > Don - Thanks for the link. I did scan it (will be back later to study it). Your ancestors' travels to America parallel mine fairly closely (to New Orleans). I have cut and pasted the obituary of my gg aunt who was born in Yorkshire and died in MCI. I have studied a number of ships enroute to New Orleans in 1847 (per her obit) but cannot locate the ship she and her husband sailed on in spite of the additional clue re the extra days the trip took. Thanks again for the URL. - Tom Wilson (see below) ************************************************* Obituary: (September 15, 1910 - Morgan County, Illinois) OLDEST RESIDENT DEAD The oldest citizen passed away Tuesday morning when "Grandma Brown" died at her home at 12:20 o'clock of infirmities due to old age, being 91 years, 7 months and 11 days old. Mrs. Brown's maiden name was ELIZABETH WILSON, and she was born near York, England on February 2, 1819, being a daughter of JOHN WILSON, a carpenter and joiner. She was joined in marriage with THOMAS CARLTON BROWN at that place December 14, 1841, and after a few years residence in Yorkshire, with her husband left England for America, taking passage in an old-time sailing vessel and landing at New Orleans in 1847 after a tempestous voyage of three months and twenty days. >From here they made their way up the well traveled route of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to this county and settled on a farm near Indian Creek, where they rented land for two years, and then moved to a farm near this place, where Mr. Brown soon became one of the leading farmers and live stock raisers of the county. He died in 1883. Charles W. Brown, the only child of their marriage, died January 26, 1881. He had four children, two daughters dying in infancy, and his two sons, THOMAS CARLTON BROWN, JR. and GEORGE EDWARD BROWN, both of this place, remain as the only grand-children. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown were brought up in the Episcopal faith, but somewhere near 54 years ago (soon after they came to this county), they united with the Christian Church, in which faith they ended their earthly pilgrimage. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Brown made her home in the village and so long as her health permitted was a regular attendant at church services and took a great interest in all the work of the church. Funeral services were conducted from the Christian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in charge of the pastor, Rev. L. W. Spayd, and were largely attended, Mrs. Brown having been known and respected by all our people for many years. Appropriate music was furnished by the church choir, and the many flowers wer cared for by Mrs. John Tranbarger and Mrs. James Tribble. Interment was made by the side of her husband in the village cemetery. The bearers were W.M. Rees, A.H. Wright, H.E. Scott, William Whalen, P.A. Sturgis and LA. Caldwell, acting by request of the deceased.