My Morrissey (Morrisey) family came from New Ross, County Wexford, according to information on naturalization documents and death notices. James Morrissey (born c. 1801) Spouse: Catherine Doyle (born c. 1814) Children: Mary (still trying to find out what happened to her) (born c. 1834) Catherine (married Patrick Quinlan and my great grandmother) (b. 1836) James (b. 1839) Michael (b.1841) John (b. 1844) Martin (b.1848) Patrick (still trying to find out what happened to this child also) Edward (born in Illinois c. 1855) The entire family appears on immigration records arriving in New Orleans aboard the Miltiades on 23 April 1850. This is the only record that includes Pat, age 3. Interestingly, the family name is spelled Morrisey for some and Morisy for others. The next record is in the 1850 census where the family name is spelled Marsey (think how they would have pronouced Morrisey with an Irish accent). The are living in Pike County, Indiana and James is working as a canaler. This is the last entry I have found for daughter Mary (did she marry or die?) and young Pat is not on this census record (did he die?). By 1860, the family is living in Pulaski County, Indiana and the name is spelled Morsee. Catherine is married, but also living in Pulaski county. Michael was in the Civil War and I have his pension file. I cannot find the family (yet) in the 1870 census. >From 1880 on, the family is living in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana and remained there for the rest of their lives. I have death dates, etc. on all the family. Only Michael and Martin married late in life and neither had children. To my knowledge, only daughter Catherine and Patrick Quinlan had children and moved on to Missouri. None of the male Morrisey members of the family had children that I can find.