What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father born? In Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your grandfather? -- www.corbyoconnor.com -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Pauline Leonard" <treehouse3@gmail.com> > Hello, > I am at a complete standstill and would appreciate some advice. > My grandfather, Hugh LEONARD, went to the US in 1913 through Ellis Island. > After that I cannot find him and quite frankly don't know where to start. He > was in America for approximately 20 years and then he returned to Ireland > where he married my grandmother in 1934. > All of his sibling also went to America. I have found them on the Ellis > Island site but know nothing of them after that either. > > John- arrived 1904 > (maybe) Peter- arrived 1903 > James- arrived 1906 > Maggie- arrived 1916 > Mary- arrived 1915 but maybe also 1906 > Hugh (my granfather)- arrived 1913 > Biddy (Bridget)- rrived 1911 > Annie- arrived 1910 > Owen- arrived 1915 > Kate- arrived 1920 > > Owen, Kate and Mary went to Chicago and the rest all stayed in NY as far as > I know. I actually did find (throught the Chicago Tribune Historical > Archives) living daughters of Mary LEONARD in Chicago. They wanted nothing > to do with me and one of them actually hung up on me so they were no help. I > was extremely disappointed in them since they are my father's first cousins > and could have been so helpful but I also have a lot of information for them > about their mother and their father. > > I don't know where to start. I know almost nothing about this side of the > family. My Aunt says that her father was a quite man and never told them > anything about his family. He died when my father was 10 so the children > were all too young to ever learn anything about his family. > > I would appreciate any suggestions. > Thank you > Pauline Leonard > Ontario > Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message