Hi list, I'm still hitting a brick wall with my Patey family from Jersey City. I found my ggrandfather's birth cert. in Gray, France and still can't find out when/how he came to America. Either he came over right from France or went to England with his father, Simon and brother, Charles and then he, alone, came to America. His name was Achile Patey. I tried census and nationalization records with no results. A lot of records were burned and I have looked at all ships landing in the New York harbor, etc. from 1853 to 1854 with no results. I now have a Richard Patey who was born in 1865 and married a (Ann) Katherine Dempsey who was born in Cork, Ireland in 1873. I'd love to connect him with Achille but it turns out he's from a lost branch of the Patey family. No census or nat. papers on him either....... Anyone out there know of these Pateys? Any leads would be welcomed! Joan (formerly from Bayonne - now living in Roanoke Rapids, NC) Also researching connections with the JC families of, Mott, Riordan, Weidlich, Aberley