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 >

Like Roger, I also thought of Canada, but the other side.  I was thinking of Victoria BC.  (Which is very close to Seattle.)  If your ancestor came to the US via Canada I guess which of these Victoria's would depend on where he settled in the US - East or West. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Nowlan" <rnowlan@primus.ca> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:21:23 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Victoria 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