I have a newspaper clipping from the Syracuse Post Standard dated February 9, 1911 stating that my gr-gr-uncle Patrick L. Timmons "was born in Ireland and came to America in 1832, landing at Quebec. Four years later he moved to Onondaga county from Hamilton, Ont." (Syracuse is in Onondaga County.) I assume that many Irish might have gone to Canada first and then made their way south to New York State or a New England state. My gr-grandparents from Kerry, Edward and Ellen Enright Flavin waited until 1901 to make the journey from Ireland to New York, landing at Ellis Island. Kay Timmons