Roger I did not want to prejudice the answer by suggesting Canada. It was my first instinct. This man was born in 1835. I am unsure that he was a soldier of any kind. As a matter of fact I know very little about him. He died in Boston in 1868 in dire poverty I would suspect. I had originally thought he might have come to New Hampshire from Ireland through Canada (as a route); not that he would have considered himself a Canadian. It's a whole new world of thinking for me and I am not sure how to proceed. Dee In a message dated 1/28/2010 10:21:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rnowlan@primus.ca writes: Dee, Could your ancestor have come to the US from Ireleand via Canada, from New Brunswick (my home province) to be exact. If I recall correctly there were disbanded soldiers who were given land in Victoria county, New Brunswick. If I also recall correctly there also even villages named Carlow and Wicklow in the area. Just a thought! Roger Nowlan ********************* http://nolanfamilies.org ********************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <MacShea95@aol.com> To: <IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:01 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Victoria > Since this is the list with the most gifted members I am going to put out > another query. My relative Thomas Shields/Shiels (of which there are some > in Carlow) put on his application for citizenship in America that he was > from "Victoria". Does this ring a bell with anyone? > > Many thanks! > > Dee > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dee, If Thomas was born in 1835 and went to Victoria county, New Brunswick, his name might appear in the 1851 and/or 1861 census for New Brunswick, or an early census for Maine. Lumbering people moved freely across the border at the time. Regards, Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: <MacShea95@aol.com> To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Victoria > Roger > > I did not want to prejudice the answer by suggesting Canada. It was my > first instinct. This man was born in 1835. I am unsure that he was a > soldier > of any kind. As a matter of fact I know very little about him. He died in > Boston in 1868 in dire poverty I would suspect. > > I had originally thought he might have come to New Hampshire from Ireland > through Canada (as a route); not that he would have considered himself a > Canadian. It's a whole new world of thinking for me and I am not sure how > to > proceed. > > Dee > > > In a message dated 1/28/2010 10:21:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > rnowlan@primus.ca writes: > > Dee, > > Could your ancestor have come to the US from Ireleand via Canada, from > New > Brunswick (my home province) to be exact. > If I recall correctly there were disbanded soldiers who were given land > in > > Victoria county, New Brunswick. If I also recall correctly there also > even > villages named Carlow and Wicklow in the area. > > Just a thought! > > Roger Nowlan > > ********************* > http://nolanfamilies.org > ********************* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MacShea95@aol.com> > To: <IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:01 PM > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Victoria > > >> Since this is the list with the most gifted members I am going to put > out >> another query. My relative Thomas Shields/Shiels (of which there are > some >> in Carlow) put on his application for citizenship in America that he was >> from "Victoria". Does this ring a bell with anyone? >> >> Many thanks! >> >> Dee >> ======================================= >> Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must >> subscribe to the List. Its FREE! >> --------------------------------------- >> To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the >> quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the > Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >