John J. SLOWEY/SLOY/SLOWE/SLOE (b. 1841) and Elizabeth DAVIDSON/DAVISON (b.22 June 1842/1847)are a set of my ggrandparents. Family history says that they were Irish, however their 1st two children were born in Glasgow. They were Elizabeth, b. 17 Feb 1866, and James, b. about 1865. John J.and family emigrated to North America in 1869/1870. They are not found on the passenger lists of East Coast ports, so perhaps they entered N. America through Canada, although I've not found them in the St. Albans passenger lists. They are found in the 1870 federal census under the surname SLOY, and in the city directory of Allegheny City (now North Pittsburgh) in and after 1870. Three more children were born there, Eleanor, Catharine, and Mary Josephine (my grandmother) In 1876 they moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. They are found there in the 1880 census. John died in about 1881, but Elizabeth lived on to move to St. Louis, MO in about 1893 Frank Gebhart