In 1910 they are in Luzerne County MEIGHAN, James, Head, 50, 2nd marriage, married 10 yrs, b. PA, IRE, IRE, Foreman, steam railroad, rents house Kate, wife, 42, 1st marriage, 7 children / 6 living Regina, daughter, 18 Florence, daughter, 0 James, son, 7 Ethel, daughter, 5 Mary, daughter, 4 Emmet, son, 2 Helen, 0/12, WHALEN, Thomas, Brother-in Law, 46 William, B-I-L, 44 O"CONNELL, Kate, 70 So, from the 1910 census, shows his parents born IRELAND. I'm still looking for them in earlier census. Karen ---- RP <smsbob@adelphia.net> wrote: > Searching for JAMES A. MEIGHAN/MEEHAN and family anytime after 1869 to 1900 > > The family appears on the 1900 Census for Wilkes Barre, PA. Enumeration > District 166, Sheet 1A > > Residence 156 S. Grant St. > Wilkes Barre, PA. > > James 40 years old born Aug 1859 (possibly earlier that year as age is > hard to read on census) in N.Y. Parents Irish Occupation book keeper > > Catherine wife born Dec. 1868 Schuylkill, PA. Parents Irish (married to > James in Wilkes Barre 1899 per marriage certificate) > > Gertrude age 13 born July 1889 in PA. (James daughter by first wife) > Regina age 8 born Nov.1891 in PA. (James daughter by first wife) > Florence Dtr. age 1 month born May 1900 in PA. > > William and Thomas Whalen, brothers of Catherine are also in the household > on the 1900 census > > The only other census record found for James A. is on the 1860 New York > census for Brooklyn, where he is 1 year old. Father is Thomas Meehan and > mother is Mary (maiden name unknown), siblings William, Martha, Nathan, > Andrew, Patrick and Annette who is six months old > On that census all members of Thomas' family were born in N.Y. > > Thank you for any assistance or advice. > Mary P > > > ==== PA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > #2) To view completed census transcriptions online go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > Also, don't forget that the Ancestry Family Tree at Ancestry.com is FREE; someone may have already found your ancestors and put a tree online so take a minute to check it out. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >