Phil, Slater's Directory for 1856 shows a William Dwyer in Croom. He was a Carpenter. Maybe a relation of some kind who stayed behind. Slater's Directory of Ireland - 1856 Croom A Small post town and parish, partly in the barony of Pubblebrien, but chiefly in that of Cashma, county of Limerick NAME OCCUPATION Dwyer, William Carpenter http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/limerick/directories/croom1856.txt Regards, Christina > Hi. This is my first post to the list. My gggrandparents Matthew > Dwyer and Mary Martin were married at St. Mary RC Church in Croom > village in 1840. Both were claimed to be 18 at the time. They > came to America in 1852 aboard the ship Underwriter, having lost > two children, brought two others with them, and a fifth is > unaccounted for. The children were baptized at St. Mary also. I > find no evidence they lived in Croom village, but they claimed to > have been from Croom Parish. Unfortunately, baptismal records at > St. Mary only go back to 1828, not early enough to tell me their <snip>