Hi David They are off my quit a bit. James Behan was born April 23, 1838 in Ireland to James and Margaret Behan. The Shoe maker Michael could be brother. Sheila Behan David wrote: > Hi Sheila, > > Pointe-Fortune is in Quebec. Lower Canada (L. C.) was the old name for > Quebec. Here is a site that will give you a good idea where it is. > > http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php > > I checked the 1850 U. S. census on Ancestry.com for Michael Behan in New > York, and I found one possibility. James' age is off by quite a bit, though, > and Margaret was born in the States, so they probably aren't yours. > > 1850, New York State, Chemung County, Elmira, Page 192. > > Michael Behan, 28, Male, Shoemaker, Ireland > Margaret Behan, 24, Female, Pennsylvania > James Behan, 1, Male, Pennsylvania > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "norman behan" <behan@mb.sympatico.ca> > To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Roll Call > > > Hi David > > > > Do you have any idea where Point Fortune is and what L.C. stands for? I > was > > wondering if you had any thing on the Behans? > > I was told that James Behan landed in Pennsylvania in 1842 as a small > child. His > > parents were Michael and Margerate Behan. > > I was wondering if they remained there or moved to Canada right away. > > > > Sheila Behan > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Find your ancestors, before they find you! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237