Hello, I'm trying to find info on Maggie (Margarita) Cunningham, who immigrated to America in 1865 from Ireland. She married Henry Loveridge of Muskegon, Michigan. Witnesses at her wedding were her sister Catherine (Cunningham) Hughes and Catherine's husband, John Hughes. Any info will be greatly appreciated! I'm trying to find out what part of Ireland she immigrated here from. Does anyone have a subscription to ancestry.com who could look it up for me in the immigration feature? Thanks in advance, Simone Smith [email protected] Simone Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Charlotte, Thank you very much for the good info! My Henry is the older one, the sawyer. Today I have determined that his wife Margaret's maiden name was "Cunningham." I think she immigrated from Ireland about 1865, so I am going to check the immigration records. She had a sister named Catherine Cunningham who married John Hughes. They also lived in Muskegon. Simone Smith [email protected] "Charlotte R. Mitchell" wrote: Simone, According to the 1870 Census, Henry's parents were living in Coldwater, Michigan. The dad's name was Noah, and he was 44, white, an attorney at law, married to Marietta, 40, white, who was keeping house. They had 4 sons with them: Livingstone G. -15, Henry C. -14, Earnest H. -7, and Frederick H. - 2. Emma Miller a 22-year old white domestic was also living with the family at the time. Noah was born in Connecticut, Marietta was born in New Jersey, the first three boys were born in New York, and Frederick was born in Michigan. The Census was taken on August 5, and the family was living in the third ward of Coldwater, Michigan in the county of Branch. This is not your Henry, but there could be a connection. The 1860 Census has a 2-year old Henry Loveridge living with John and Catherine in Antwerp Township, Van Buren county, Michigan; but this is probably not the same Henry. Oh, the 1880 Census has two Henry's - one 23 years old and still in Coldwater with his dad Noah and other family members. This Henry C. was a student at the time. The other Henry was 33 and in the 4th ward of Muskegon, a sawyer, and married. The older Henry's dad was born in Maine; and his mother, in Ohio. The street name may have been Beidler. In 1910 Henry L. was in Marcellus Township, Cass, Michigan and was 52. In 1910 Joseph H. and George L. were both in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Joseph was listed as 32, and George L was listed as 30 at the time. In 1920 George was living in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. He was born around 1885 in Michigan. There was also a Lattie Loveridge in Seattle, King County, Washington in 1920; she was born in Michigan around 1858. In 1920 John was living in Los Angeles, California; he was born in Michigan around 1874. I also found a Nellie M. Loveridge in Seattle, Washington in 1920. She was a boarder and was a bookkeeper in the logging industry. She herself was born in Missouri around 1885 according to the Census; her dad was born in Michigan; and her mother, in Ireland. I was intrigued by your posting because my great-great-grandmother lived in Muskegon in 1870, having moved there from Chicago. She was born in Ireland and came to the United States around 1847 during the potato famine. In1860 in Chicago she had a Minnie living with her, but I can't find Minnie after that. On one Census, there was a Kate with her also, and then I couldn't find her anymore. There was also a John in her household when she first arrived in New York. There is probably not a close connection since I have not run across any LOVERIDGEs in my family of JACKSONs. Those are probably just popular first names for the Irish. Perhaps you already knew everything I have listed above, but I'm hoping something will help. ==== MIMUSKEG Mailing List ==== Queries, queries, queries! Here's another place to post Muskegon Co. genealogy queries: http://genforum.genealogy.com/mi/muskegon/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== MIMUSKEG Mailing List ==== Visit the Golden Gate Genealogy Forum online at www.genealogyforum.com New family history chats on various topics (including Michigan) at www.genealogyforum.org --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!