Geralyn, In your search for your Ellen Carr in New Jersey, you may wish to explore Keansburg on the Raritan Bay. I went to school there at St. Ann's which was located on Carr avenue. I have not had the necessity for reading the Town's history, but the Keansburg Public Library on Church Street may know of such a work. It would be worth a call. The Irish tended to cluster together in the US--and Kean, Keane, etc, is another name one encounters in CoTipperary. The pattern of development along the Jersey Shore in the early centuries was, first, to clear the land and fill in the meadows for farming. By the last quarter of the 19th century (at least), developers were converting the farms into lots for construction of simple beach cottages to give people relief from the heat, pollution, and disease in the cities. My impression is that this Kean was an original holder of the farmland and that the Carr was a developer. They wouldn't have had to live in Keansburg to do business there, but it is a possibility. Could this be helpful in searching for your Ellen Carr's family in the US? Rosemary