According to the Irish Church records Allen Mitchell inhabited house # 1 in the Ballyconneely Church Mission from the 1890's to 1900. Accoridng to family history and census reords Allen Mitchell came to Canada in 1890. Has anybody seen other instances where a sponsered family went overseas to Canada over a 10 year period? For example, father and sons on the first trip and woemn later when they could afford it? Peter Mitchell

Hi, Peter: My Irish ancestors came to the USA in the 1850s. The father left his wife and 7 children behind and came in 1853. The wife and children came in 1856. By 1856 he had bought 40 acres in Indiana. I have always assumed that he had saved the money and bought their passage as well. My English ancestors sent their three oldest boys together to the USA in 1849. In 1853, the boys' parents and all their siblings (ages 6 to 26 years) came to the USA. In fact, family lore says that the three boys were at the dock to meet the family when they arrived in 1853. This family, as a group, had moved to Minnesota by 1860 and homesteaded when the act was implemented in 1862, the parents and each grown child establishing his/her own homestead in western Minnesota. There was a similar occurrence with my Norwegian ancestors. My great grandfather immigrated in 1885 with a wife and 4 children, and his nephew and his wife coming a few years later. >From my family history, it appears this was a fairly common occurrence. Judy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter & Sandy Mitchell Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Mitchell's According to the Irish Church records Allen Mitchell inhabited house # 1 in the Ballyconneely Church Mission from the 1890's to 1900. Accoridng to family history and census reords Allen Mitchell came to Canada in 1890. Has anybody seen other instances where a sponsered family went overseas to Canada over a 10 year period? For example, father and sons on the first trip and woemn later when they could afford it? Peter Mitchell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi,I'm researching in Oxfordshire for Gilpin descendants. Not only am I a Gilpin whose ancestry goes from the States to Canada to Ireland, to England, I am doing a one surname study and DNA project, world wide. If you have ever wondered about Genetic Genealogy I have a very nice (so I've been told) web page explaining it all.... http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ Please feel free to drop by when ever. Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin

My Irish family came to Boston, Massachusetts from County Leitrim over a period of years from 1846 to 1853. 1. Third eldest, a son, John, 20 years, single arrived on 1846. 2. Second eldest, another son, Michael, 26 years, a widower, arrived 1848 3. Eldest child, another son, Thomas, 31 years, married, arrived 1849 with his wife and 2 children 4. Fourth eldest, a daughter, Mary, 21 years, single, arrived 1850 5. Fifth eldest, another son, James, 16 years, single, arrived 1851 6. Their mother Catherine, and 3 youngest children, arrived 1853, after their father patrick died. Patrick had refused to leave his land and therefore his wife and youngest children stayed in Ireland until he died. >From this evidence, I believe each child worked in America to raise the funds for the next one(s) to come. Marcie Garritt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter & Sandy Mitchell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:46 PM Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Mitchell's > According to the Irish Church records Allen Mitchell inhabited house # 1 > in the Ballyconneely Church Mission from the 1890's to 1900. Accoridng to > family history and census reords Allen Mitchell came to Canada in 1890. > Has anybody seen other instances where a sponsered family went overseas to > Canada over a 10 year period? For example, father and sons on the first > trip and woemn later when they could afford it? > > Peter Mitchell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 2:36 PM