My g-great-Grandfather, William Cooke and his wife Susanna Harvey are said to have come to America in 1870 as Methodist missionaries. William and Susanna were married at the Wesleyan Chapel, Skibbereen, Ireland on 23 October, 1863. They spent their first two years of marriage working (Missionary and teaching) in Ross Carbery, County Cork. Then returned to Armagh. William Cooke (1836-1902) is the son of William Cooke (1798-1875) and Mary Frazier, said to have lived in County Cork. Susanna Harvey(1839-1909) daughter of George Harvey (b.1798) and Elizabeth Anne Grier. All three were of Castleblayney They immigrated May 1, 1870 through New York (Ellis Island) and then to Chicago. In the U.S. Census of June 1870 they were living in New Trier, Cook County, State of Illinois – with William listed as a student. The U.S.1880 Census reported them living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. After several postings in the Wisconsin Area, in October 1882 the Cookes were sent to Mandan, North Dakota Territory. The following March the family then moved to Gladstone, where William may have homesteaded some government land. William is said to have been in charge of the Dickinson, Gladstone and Richardton Methodist Churches. But I have no idea what this means and for what period of time. This is everything I've been able to collect so far on the Irish side of the ocean. I would appreciate any information you might be able to contribute on William and Susanna. We are living in Bristol until the end of September and are planning a trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland for sight seeing and Genealogical research. The timing on these trips has not been firmly established and could be adjusted to the convenience of the availability of information.