Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has come accross information about a Valentine McLaughlin (or variant spelling) that lived in Lehigh County Pennsylvania. He was born about 1829 in Ireland (I don't know the county) and had a wife named Sarah. She was born about 1831 in Scotland (I don't know where). They may have had a son named Thomas who was born in Scotland about 1849. Naturalization papers from Lehigh County from 1860 state that Valentine immigrated to the United States in 1852. He lived in Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and was a laborer. He and Sarah had the following children in Slatington: John (b. 1856), Mary (b. 1860), Peter (b. 1864), and Sarah (b. 1868). Sarah died about 1892 and Valentine died in 1896, both were still living in Lehigh County. This branch of my family has given me all sorts of problems, many of which stem from the unkowns about Valentine and Sarah's time in Ireland and Scotland. The only thing that has been a little bit helpful is that m! y Dad always called the family "Scotch - Irish" and the fact that my Dad's family has a strong history of Presbyterianism. That leads me to believe that Valentine was one of the Ulster Scots, but I have no basis for that other than assumptions made by my Dad and I. I don't know where they emigrated from, or where they were married. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ~Michael Messinger~