Hi all, Hope this response to my query on The Ships' List might help someone - alas, not me (unless Patrick was ~20 years younger than we think, spelled his name differently than on any other records and arrived a year earlier than we think!). These folks all arrived in New York. Records are from THE FAMINE IMMIGRANTS. NAME AGE SEX EMB. PORT SHIP ARR. DATE KIRWIN, Wm 12 m Liverpool California 14JUN1848 KIRWAN, P. 19 m Dublin South Carolina 2JULY1847 KIRWEN, P. 26 m Liverpool Sir Robert Peel 26AUG1847 KIRWEN, John 24 m Liverpool Kalamazoo 13SEPT1847 Jane 22 f " " " Patt. 4 m " " " John 2 m " " " Jana