Patrick McGaffigan (around 1822-1828) and Sarah Amos (around 1830-32) In 1867 Sarah (who may have also been known as Mary) left for America with her two children: Thomas and John. John's middle name was named after his mother. They sailed on the Steamship Iowa which left Glasgow, thence to Moville, and finally arrived in New York in July that year. The family then went overland to San Francisco, California, where they settled. The ship's manifest (which I cannot now locate) indicated incorrectly that they were Goffigans. In the 1851 Scotland Census it was indicated that Patrick was a McGaffigan who was 23, and that he was a weaver, living in Springburn which was a small town in Glasgow. It also stated that he and his wife, Sarah Amos, were born in Ireland. By the 1861 census they were living in Kilmarnock, Scotland and he had changed occupations to "carter" or "carder." They had two children by then who were born in 1856 at Coatbridge (Thomas) and 1859 at Paisley (John). Six years later his wife took the children to America, but without Patrick. We cannot locate any marriage registration or the birth of either Patrick or Sarah, or a death certification of Patrick, and wonder if some of the stories told by the relatives were partially true: they were from Co. Tyrone or Ulster and only visited Scotland, and they left from Moville (not Glasgow) for the states. Any light you could shed on this would be appreciated. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. j.j.carroll@earthlink.net