I have recently discovered that some of my Irish ancestors did not directly immigrate to the States. John MULLEN (1794-1863) and his wife Margaret (1810-1877) were both born in Ireland. The first record I have found of them is when Margaret arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1835 with her three oldest boys: James, born 1827; William, born about 1831; and Moses, born about 1833. I had thought the boys were all born in Ireland, but in looking at later censuses, all of them gave their birth places as Nova Scotia or English Canada. When Margaret arrived in Rhode Island, the passenger list stated that she and the boys were from Pictou. I do not know if this is where they had been living or is just a port of departure. With so little information to go on, a fairly common Irish surname, and this early time frame, is there any sort of documentation I might be able to find. Are there any passenger lists to or from Pictou during these years? Are there any birth or baptismal records available? Would the Catholic church have any information from this time period? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This family has been difficult to track because they have moved a number of times. I am trying to find where they came from in Ireland and when and where they lived in Canada before they came to the States. Nancy

Nancy Foster wrote: > I have recently discovered that some of my Irish ancestors did not directly > immigrate to the States. John MULLEN (1794-1863) and his wife Margaret > (1810-1877) were both born in Ireland. The first record I have found of > them is when Margaret arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1835 with her > three oldest boys: James, born 1827; William, born about 1831; and Moses, > born about 1833. > I had thought the boys were all born in Ireland, but in > looking at later censuses, all of them gave their birth places as Nova > Scotia or English Canada. When Margaret arrived in Rhode Island, the > passenger list stated that she and the boys were from Pictou. I do not > know if this is where they had been living or is just a port of departure. Have you looked at the actual ship manifest. the top should tell what ship they arrived on and where the ship last left port. > > With so little information to go on, a fairly common Irish surname, and > this early time frame, is there any sort of documentation I might be able > to find. Are there any passenger lists to or from Pictou during these > years? Are there any birth or baptismal records available? Would the > Catholic church have any information from this time period? There probably would not be any passenger lists for a Great Britain to NS voyage as there was probably no requirement on either end for such a list. All people would have been British subjects. There should be Catholic Church Records in Pictou County. Do a FHLC place search for Pictou county. Probably none of the records have been indexed so you will have to go through each one. Also ask on the Pictou County and Mullen lists or message boards bob gillis. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. This family has been difficult to > track because they have moved a number of times. I am trying to find where > they came from in Ireland and when and where they lived in Canada before > they came to the States.

I see people, both British and others stamped "returning Canadians" on ships passenger lists from Great Britian to Halifax, NS all the time. Also are listed passangers who are destined for the USA. This is in the period circa 1910 Kevin On 4/26/07, bob gillis <robertgillis@verizon.net> wrote: > There probably would not be any passenger lists for a Great Britain to > NS voyage as there was probably no requirement on either end for such a > list. All people would have been British subjects. > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/