Hi Annemarie, Robert Healy was drafted for military service on 5 June 1917. On his paperwork, he indicated that he was born on 19 May 1894 in Great Britain and that he was single. At that time, he was already living and working in Westchester County. (As an aside, in the early 1920s, the Briarcliff Lodge was a luxury resort hotel for guests like Roosevelt and Babe Ruth, so he had a pretty cool job!) My hypothesis is that his wife Mary/Maria probably also worked for the hotel, which was how they met. There are approximately 50 immigration records for passengers named Maria/Mary from Finland who were born around 1893 and arrived in New York between 1914 and 1916, so you might have to order Dorothy M. Healy's birth certificate in order to get the mother's maiden name. On the 1930 U.S. Federal Census (taken 11 April 1930), her age is given as 4 11/12, meaning she was likely born in May 1925. Hope this helps! Marlene On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Annemarie Kalishoek <kalishoek@eircom.net>wrote: > > Hello > I was wondering can someone help as I can not find anything, I live in > Ireland and find it very hard to find records in New York. > I am looking for information about this family > Robert Healy born 19 May 1896/95 and his wife Mary born in Finland about > 1893 > Both arrived in New York in 1915. > The couple must have met and married in New York, marriage might have taken > place in 1919 > They had a daughter Dorothy M (Mary probably) born 1925/1926 in New York > Robert was a porter/chauffeur at Briarscliff Lodge in Westchester and the > family lived > at Hyatt Avenue in Harrison, Westchester in 1930. > > Robert was born in Mallow county Cork Ireland, parents Robert and Nora > Healy. > I would love to find out what happened to the daughter Dorothy M Healy, or > find her mothers > maiden name > > Thanks in advance > > Annemarie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >