Hello, I'm pretty sure that I've already mentioned that the marriage record and death record for the man I'm researching, John H. FITZGERALD (~1858-1893), show his parents. They were Michael FITZGERALD and Julia PHELAN. John seems to have come to Boston, MA, well before 1880 as he was marrying in Boston in May 1881. Yesterday another researcher found a Michael and Julia FITZGERALD living in Buffalo, NY (US) in the 1880 census. They had 7 children with them, ages 22 to 8, all born in NY. That means they arrived in NY ~1858. We are wondering if this couple was the parents of our John H., b~1858 Ireland. It is possible that the couple arrived in US with an infant, John, and then had another son shortly after arriving. Were the names popular so there could be many couples, named Michael and Julia? We have not yet looked to see when John H. arrived in the US. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) FYI: We have found out that John H. FITZGERALD lived and worked in "Haymarket Square" in Downtown Boston. He was a fish dealer, probably selling from a cart or wagon. It was not the healthiest place to live and work ~1890, and at Age 35 he died of pneumonia. His wife was Catherine Mary (SMITH) FITZGERALD, and she also died in 1893. Her cause of death was "lingering disease of the chest." (possibly TB or cancer, I would guess)