At 05:15 AM 11/27/2005, wm.karr@insightbb.com wrote: >Listers, > >I just found out that my wife's great grandfather, John Torpey, came from >County Cork and settled in Chicago. I do know that the maiden named of the >woman he married and later divorced was Donoghue - no forename is known at >this time. That is basically all the information I have on him. I do not have >any dates of birth or time when he emigrated. I know this is very limited >information, to say the least. However, any information that can be found >would be greatly appreciated, especially any connection to the Torpeys >(Tarpeys). > >Bill Karr in Peoria, IL., USA Don't know if it'll help, but I found a John Torpey listed in the IGI (taken from the US 1880 Census), as being from Illinois. Could be your John, so I dowloaded the IGI GEDCOM file. I'll send to you now :) Carl. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 11/25/2005