>From _www.castlegarden.org_ (http://www.castlegarden.org) Ship Britania Name John Sloey Port of Departure: Glasgow Port of Entry: Brooklyn, NY Date of arrival: April 7, 1868 Age: 27 Occupation:Farmer Also: Bridget 25, James 2 John 7 months Could this be your family or relatives? Janet In a message dated 10/18/2010 3:09:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Today's Topics: 1. John J Slowey/Elizabeth Davidson (Gebhart Frank) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:55:51 -0700 From: Gebhart Frank <[email protected]> Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] John J Slowey/Elizabeth Davidson To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Looking for John J Slowey/Sloy/Sloey. Born 1841 - Don't know where. Married Elizabeth Davidson - About 1864 - Don't know where. Elizabeth D. born 22 June 1842 to John Davidson and Elizabeth Cline/Clyne. Don't know where. Two children, John, Jr. and Elizabeth, born to John S. and Elizabeth D. Family history says in Glasgow but no records found in Scotland's People. Family immigrated to North America in about 1868 - 1869. Port of entry not found. John Sloy and appropriate family found in 1870 census of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Three or four more children born in Pennsylvania - Eleanor, Catharine, b. 27 Oct 1872, Nelly, Mary Josephine, b. 5 February 1876 Mary Josephine is my grandmother. John, Sr. is listed as a mechanic in Pittsburgh, PA city directories in the early 1870s. The family moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1876 and is found in the census of Bogy Township, Jefferson County in the 1880 census. John, Sr. died about 1881. Grave not found. Elizabeth D. moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and is found there until about 1900 when she moved to St. Louis, Missouri where she died on 20 July 1914. ------------------------------ To contact the IRL-MONAGHAN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the IRL-MONAGHAN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of IRL-MONAGHAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 121 ********************************************

It may be worth getting a birth certificate off Scotland's people for James or John listed below, this would tell you the mother's maiden name. I know it looks like her name her is Bridget, but it could quite easily have been Elisabeth Bridget or visa versa. Good find Janet ! Sean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 18 October 2010 21:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-MONAGHAN] IRL-MONAGHAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 121 >From _www.castlegarden.org_ (http://www.castlegarden.org) Ship Britania Name John Sloey Port of Departure: Glasgow Port of Entry: Brooklyn, NY Date of arrival: April 7, 1868 Age: 27 Occupation:Farmer Also: Bridget 25, James 2 John 7 months Could this be your family or relatives? Janet In a message dated 10/18/2010 3:09:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Today's Topics: 1. John J Slowey/Elizabeth Davidson (Gebhart Frank) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:55:51 -0700 From: Gebhart Frank <[email protected]> Subject: [IRL-MONAGHAN] John J Slowey/Elizabeth Davidson To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Looking for John J Slowey/Sloy/Sloey. Born 1841 - Don't know where. Married Elizabeth Davidson - About 1864 - Don't know where. Elizabeth D. born 22 June 1842 to John Davidson and Elizabeth Cline/Clyne. Don't know where. Two children, John, Jr. and Elizabeth, born to John S. and Elizabeth D. Family history says in Glasgow but no records found in Scotland's People. Family immigrated to North America in about 1868 - 1869. Port of entry not found. John Sloy and appropriate family found in 1870 census of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Three or four more children born in Pennsylvania - Eleanor, Catharine, b. 27 Oct 1872, Nelly, Mary Josephine, b. 5 February 1876 Mary Josephine is my grandmother. John, Sr. is listed as a mechanic in Pittsburgh, PA city directories in the early 1870s. The family moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1876 and is found in the census of Bogy Township, Jefferson County in the 1880 census. John, Sr. died about 1881. Grave not found. Elizabeth D. moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and is found there until about 1900 when she moved to St. Louis, Missouri where she died on 20 July 1914. ------------------------------ To contact the IRL-MONAGHAN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the IRL-MONAGHAN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of IRL-MONAGHAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 121 ******************************************** ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________