Good Morning As most of us do I have hit my brick wall for some years now. My brick wall ... my great great grandfather Thomas CONNOR. Thomas, according to his Naturalization Papers, was born in Ireland (no other location mentioned) on October 12, 1842. His father was Thomas CONNOR and his mother was Mary STEWART. Thomas applied for Naturalization in Murray County, Minnesota in the late 1860's. He married Mary E. WILLARD in 1869 in New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota. Mary was born in Vermont but lived in New York until she and her family ventured west. Together they homesteaded in Currie, Minnesota. Together they had a number of children until Mary's death in 1882. Other than their descendants, the only other possible lead was a Thomas CONNOR (B: 1842) born in Ireland who served on the USS Minnesota during the Civil War. Thomas was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. I have no idea if there was any connection other than his name (very common), Country of Birth was Ireland and the year of birth was the same year as my Thomas. Interesting the name of his ship coincides with the State where I first identify my Thomas as living. As what Thomas did before he was in Minnesota is my "brick wall". Did he travel to America direct from Ireland, thru Canada or even via Australia? I would really like to get past this and finally asking for some help. Regards Mike CONNOR Vancouver, British Columbia Canada