There was a Car family on the Lydia.. --- Jan Garland <erlabri@home.com> wrote: > John was living in St. Landry's Parish in the 1820 > census. I need to look > the details up again... The censuses were hard to > read---long rows of > numbers. Seems to me he was over 45 in both > censuses. (They have the > censuses at www.genealogylibrary.com, BTW.) > > I have a James McLaughlin with no confirmed > birthplace, though I've heard it > was Derry Co. Ireland, in 1782. Have been hoping to > find his father. I > don't know when James arrived in LA. He married > Marie Lucinda Carr before > 1816, but their first child, my ggg grandmother > Elizabeth McLaughlin, was > born before they were married. They were eventually > divorced, after 8 kids. > Elizabeth married Martin Dunman and moved to TX, as > did James and Marie > Lucinda. > > Jan G. > > > > > > > > > The ISTG deserves the credit!! This is a wonderful > > organization that is providing valuable research > > sources for us. > > > > Re John: He was 22 in 1788 so he would have been > 46 in > > 1810 and 56 in 1820 - what age is given on the > census > > records and where was the census taken? > > > > Stanley LeBlanc > > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > > ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. > To submit an article to be considered for > publication in The Register, > contact Mike Smith at <mksmith1@bellsouth.net> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Yes, I noticed. None matched the info I have. Her dad was Joseph, b. Jamaica, lived in VA, may have had land in both places. Had siblings in VA, I think, that stayed there. Jan g. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Real Cajun" <faixdodo@yahoo.com> To: <LA-LGHS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Port of N O/Lydia/John McLaughlin > There was a Car family on the Lydia.. > > --- Jan Garland <erlabri@home.com> wrote: > > John was living in St. Landry's Parish in the 1820 > > census. I need to look > > the details up again... The censuses were hard to > > read---long rows of > > numbers. Seems to me he was over 45 in both > > censuses. (They have the > > censuses at www.genealogylibrary.com, BTW.) > > > > I have a James McLaughlin with no confirmed > > birthplace, though I've heard it > > was Derry Co. Ireland, in 1782. Have been hoping to > > find his father. I > > don't know when James arrived in LA. He married > > Marie Lucinda Carr before > > 1816, but their first child, my ggg grandmother > > Elizabeth McLaughlin, was > > born before they were married. They were eventually > > divorced, after 8 kids. > > Elizabeth married Martin Dunman and moved to TX, as > > did James and Marie > > Lucinda. > > > > Jan G. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The ISTG deserves the credit!! This is a wonderful > > > organization that is providing valuable research > > > sources for us. > > > > > > Re John: He was 22 in 1788 so he would have been > > 46 in > > > 1810 and 56 in 1820 - what age is given on the > > census > > > records and where was the census taken? > > > > > > Stanley LeBlanc > > > http://www.thecajuns.com > > > > > > > > ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > > LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. > > To submit an article to be considered for > > publication in The Register, > > contact Mike Smith at <mksmith1@bellsouth.net> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are $25. > To learn more about us, visit our website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm > >