Thanks for your help, Cara!!!! Surname: PARLE Christian Name: MICHAEL (Michl, etc.) County: Wexford Time Frame: 1863-1881 29 Nov 1865 stated as birthdate on Petition for USA Citizenship. Noted that he arrived in USA on 08 May 1880 from Wexford. He was a teenager???and I cannot find him on the Ellis Island website anywhere. Other documents indicate year of birth 1868, 1867. ??? He ended up in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Thanks again, Lynne