Thanks -- I guess I'll have to try to find that ship record / passenger list. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Jackbowk@aol.com wrote: > Possible the eldest was born on board the Dalmatian, in which case > 'birth' is attributed to the next port of landing. > In a message dated 2/3/2009 6:27:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > irishloft@verizon.net writes: > > Hello-- > Thanks for the info -- I have fragmented info on my Patrick Hoy -- > Patrick born ~1807 and Mary born ~1811 in Ireland -- I have info > stating he & wife Mary arrived in NY on the ship "Dalmatian" in 1836 > from County Longford -- > I know they were living in Luzerne Co., PA in 1850 -- not sure if > they went there when they arrived from Ireland or if they spent some > years elsewhere -- it seems they were there in Luzerne Co. since all > of their children are said to be born in PA. except the oldest > daughter Ellen(my Gr-Gr-grandmother) -- the info I have says Ellen > was born in New York when they arrived in 1836 -- but because of her > age -- I think she was born in 1834 ?? Maybe they arrived on the > "Dalmatian" in 1834 instead of 1836 --- especially since her younger > brother Peter is said to have been born in 1836 -- if they arrived in > 1836 it means Ellen was 2yrs. old and was born in Ireland not NY ?? > I found old church records that show a son Peter born 1836, > Catherine b.1839, Thomas b.1842, MaryAnn b. 1845, and James b.1847 in > PA. -- I recently found a Hoy grave where they lived in PA that has > Peter living from 1838(not 1836 as above) to 1922 -- his wife > Bridget died at 62 years old in Jan. 1903 as marked on the > gravestone. Is it possible to find that ship log and where that ship > would depart from if they were from Longford ?? > Thanks again, > Patrick M. McCann in PA > > On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Jean R. wrote: > >> Cathy Joynt Labath >> Ireland Newspaper Abstracts >> http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/Ireland/index.htm >> Irish in Iowa >> http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm >> >> Hi Patrick - Any idea where your HOY ancestors lived in Ireland? >> (I see >> from the surname search engine at >> http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ >> that HOYE is a varation.) >> >> During the Primary Valuation of Ireland (1848-64), there were 15 HOY >> households in Co. Longford, 12 in Belfast city, 7 in Co. Louth, 6 >> in Co. >> Meath, 5 each in Cos. Offaly (King's Co.) and Sligo, 4 each in Cos. >> Dublin, >> Monaghan and Antrim, down from there. Per Matheson's 1890 birth >> data, >> babies born that year were overwhelmingly in the province of Ulster. >> Anything ring a bell? J. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patrick McCann" <irishloft@verizon.net> >> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:58 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] IGP >> >> >>> Hi Don & All, >>> I am unable to trace my 3x Gr-Grandfather Patrick Hoy who is >>> said >>> to have left PA for Iowa in the late 1800's -- he and his wife & >>> children arrived in NY from Ireland in approx. 1834 - 1836 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND- >> request@rootsweb.com 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 > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com 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 > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message