This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mc kiernan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YWC.2ACI/5358.3.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Elias: Thank you so much for your patience. The world would be a better place if he had more kind people such as yourself. A 1900 U.S. Census in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey shows Catherine ( Kittie) Mc Kiernan married to John Gough. It lists Kittie as born in 1864 Ireland and that she emigrated in 1870. They had 2 daughters at the time The 1880 census, also in Paterson, does not list Anne nor Mary's emigration as 1870 or any emigration date at all. In searched the Castle Garden records myself in search of any female Mc Kiernan entering the USA in 1870 and I found Anne and Mary in the City of Paterson, where I knew Catherine was. Since I knew for a fact that the Mc Kiernan family was one of the oldest Catholic families ( Kittie was Catholic) in Paterson, I tried to tie the two families together sine many families from ireland settled where other family members were already settled. I hope that I am not just pulling ideas out of the air in hopes of finding a connection nor is it my intention to waste your time. I look forward to your expert opinion. Thank you again. Sincerely, Patricia Montero San Jose, Costa Rica