Hi Peter. I was helping this morning. 1901 a good idea. I think I found them marrying in 1905. He did come over alone. With a cousin but not his wife. Chris On Jun 11, 2013 9:02 PM, "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Patricia, > > Unfortunately, most of the details you've given us seems to relate to > the period after arrival in America. > > You say "HE" came to America in 1905. I presume you mean "THEY". That > means all the children where born in USA. You don't include locations. > > That said, it looks like they married between 1901 - 1905. So I'd agree > with Diane that the place to look is 1901 Irish census. You'll find it via > Google and it's free. That should give some clues to a specific location. > > I'd then go to Family Search and check Irish Civil Registrations. > You'll > need to find separate marriage records for both bride and groom and match > them by date and location. > > You can also go back and look for births of Bridget and Patrick and > possible siblings, but you'll need the census to tie them all together. > > Peter > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Christina, With experienced researchers like you and I, you immediately start asking all these questions. And then if you look too hard, you end up doing all the research for them and take away the thrill of discovery. If you have the correct marriage in March qtr 1905, it seems strange that just a few months later he's off on his own to USA. Further, look at the supposed births of children. Thomas is born 1906 and then twins Mary and Nora in December that same year. So in the space of some 22 months after marriage, she's had two pregnancies and her husband has been away in America for what must be at least three months. For the numbers to add up, she must have been pregnant when he left shortly after marriage, and got pregnant almost immediately again they next met, either in Clare or USA. Patricia might need to look at some US birth, migration and census records to see where children were born. It's not a case of just one look up. It all needs to be cross checked. Each record only provides part of the total picture. Peter