McKENZIE ~ O'NEIL ~ SULLIVAN ~ SHEEHAN ~ MADDEN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Greeting All , TIA for any help. New brickwall break thru passenger records : PASSENGER LISTS Year Name Place Origin Depart. Destin. ------ -------- ---------------------- ---------- ---------- 1880 John* (Brother) Ireland Liverpool, Eng New York (Ire Visit) Queenstown, Ire 1895 Elizabeth (Sister) Ballymoney Liverpool, Eng Boston (b.June1841or47) (Last Residence) -------------------------------- *To America (thru Canada ?) 1872 & b.c. Aug. 1848 Ire. Father Daniel b.c. 1820. I previously found a Daniel McKenzie in the 1842 Belfast directory and in Co. Derry Magherafelt (Griffiths 1862). Can you help me prioritize going forth with the Ballymoney e.g. Antrim Civ.P. & Ballymoney Civ.P in Co. Derry as well s Ballymoney twnlds in Shankill & Islandmagee. Also Co. Down has a Ballymoney spread over 5 Civ.P ? Is the Queenstown, Ire departure of any help ? Good luck and all the best with your family search . . . kind regards , Walt McK. www.remember-9-11.com *************************************************************** " Due to immigration, after the 1840's Ireland famine, over 33% of Boston's population were from Ireland & Scotland. By 1870 2.5 million, 1900 over 40% and 5 million today are of Irish ancestors." Ireland 7 million Irish Descent : America 50 million ~ Britain 8 million ~ Australia 3 million Canada ? million 1872-1971 Grandpa Walt McKENZIE, Sr. NJ Shore, USA (b. Boston/Somerville*, MA) *Som. in Middlesex Co. has the most of Irish descent with 400,000. WaltIrish@comcast.net Search priorities : Ire ~ Eng ~ Scot 1681-1895 1873-1907 To 1680 " The marvelous Central NJ Shore area, like Boston, has wonderful Ireland & Scotland roots. The first St. Patrick's holiday was declared 3 / 17 / 1780 by General Washington in Morristown, NJ. Kerny, NJ has a large well-known Scottish community. In 2000, Spring Lake, NJ population was 53% of Irish descent followed by Avon & Sea Girt. Then there is the large annual Belmar, NJ St. Patty's Day parade. Today overall, NJ has 1.4 million or 18% of the population claiming to be of Irish descent." **************************************************************** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 3/21/2005