In a message dated 6/2/2007 3:02:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mayo-request@rootsweb.com writes: From: AGalla6766@aol.com Subject: Re: [MAYO] (no subject) To: mayo@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c10.147ea386.339170fb@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Give me an idea of some dates and places and I might be able to connect you with some Forrester info in Scotland. I have some in my family through marriage.Does the Town of bathgate seem relevant? James Forrester shows up for the first time around 1880 in New York ship arrivals. He married my gggrandmother (Marcella Manning/Mannion/Mangan) in 1886 in Scranton Penna. All of the 3 or 4 pieces of paper I have on him - His wedding license application, his naturalization, his ships arrival info state "Ireland". No clue where or when. His Father is Bartley (which I believe is a variant of Bartholomew but not positive) and his mother is Ann. The person who sponsered or vouched for him on his naturalization filing is a cousin (last name Canavan) to his future/present wife and I have sketchy info on that line too but more info volume-wise (not that it's any less shaky- just that I have more of it.). James died in 1897 and was buried in Wilmington Delaware. So far, I don't have a death certificate but the family lore says died of pneumonia and his wife delivered their 5th daughter a few days later. His daughter Elizabeth Forrester is my great grandmother. Marcella Manning/Mannion, I have much more info on and her family was apparently not to shabby. But that's a whole other story. LOL (and like I said, still shaky info....) Beth Cherkowsky _http://members.aol.com/efc999/donahue.htm_ (http://members.aol.com/efc999/donahue.htm) Researching Bradley, Donohue, Forrester/Forestal, Boylan, McHugh, Cormac, Manning, Fountas, Czerkaukus, Liaundanskas, in Ireland, Russia/Lithuania, Greece, Scotland and the USA. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.