This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: scgen123 Surnames: Dougherty, Hannigan, Doherty, Dogherty Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.ulster/2972/mb.ashx Message Board Post: [I am not related.] New York Times 18 Aug 1885, p.7 GETTING THE WRONG MARY. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AT CASTLE GARDEN. "I want me niece, Mary Dougherty, that's cum by the Ethiopia; will yer Honor plaze give her to me?" said Mary Hannigan, of Stony Point, to Mr. Miller at Castle Garden yesterday morning. "Mary Dougherty, come here, your aunt wants you," called out Mr. Miller, and a healthy looking Irish girl of about 20 years of age stepped out, saying, "Yes, Sir, here oi am; where is she?" Mary Hannigan threw her arms about the girl's neck and showered kisses on her. "How much loike yer fayther ye look, me darlin'; ye're his very image," she exclaimed, and kissed the girl again and again. She attended to Mary's baggage, and hurried her off. They had just boarded the boat when Mary remarked that great changes had taken place in County Leitrim since her aunt left the old country. "And sure yez crazy, Mary, to talk of County Leitrim when it's from Ulster County ye've come," replied Mrs. Hannigan. "Do ye suppose I don't know where oi was born and bred?" exclaimed Mary, and then a suspicion flashed across her mind and she asked: "Who is it ye're after?" "Sure, after ye, me niece, Mary Daugherty, me puir, mitherless girl," replied Mrs. Hannigan. "Oh, wurra, wurra, whin did me mither doi?" gasped Mary almost in hysterics, and then a flood of tears flowed from her eyes. Mrs. Hannigan stared at the girl in astonishment and devoutly crossed herself. She thought the girl had gone stark raving mad. "Why, don't ye remember yer mither doide 13 years ago?" she asked. "What's the matter wid ye; me mither paid me passage acrosst," said Mary, impatiently. Mrs. Hannigan looked at the girl's eyes, and then asked her when they had turned blue. The girl indignantly said that they had always been of that color. Then they finally came to an understanding. Two Marys by the same family name of Dougherty had arrived by the Ethiopia, and although they somewhat resembled each other, and both had brown hair, they were not in anywise related to each other. Each one expected her aunt to meet her at Castle Garden. One Mary, however, had blue eyes and the other's were brown. Blue-eyed Mary's ear alone had caught Mr. Miller's voice, and she had hurried forward. The women returned to Castle Garden, where Mrs. Hannigan's niece was waiting. Blue-eyed Mary waited until the afternoon, and then took the train for Susquehanna, Penn., to join her mother and aunt. ******************************************* >From Ancestry.com: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Mary Dogherty [only one Mary found] Arrival Date: 17 Aug 1885 Estimated birth year: abt 1867 Age: 18 Gender: Female Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Ireland Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Irish Ship Name: Ethiopia Port of Arrival: New York Line: 37 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_489 List Number: 1023 Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States Name: Maggie Doherty Arrival Date: 17 Aug 1885 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Age: 15 Gender: Female Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Ireland Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Irish Ship Name: Ethiopia Port of Arrival: New York Line: 13 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_489 List Number: 1023 Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.