Re: CURRAN; ON,CAN; 1827-1872 Forgot to mention in the previous message my web page address: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1725/ Martha Parker Martha Parker wrote in message <693ri2$svk@bl-4.rootsweb.com>... >CURRAN; ON,CAN; 1827-1872 > >Robert Curran left Ballyhalbert, Co Down, Ireland and settled on Amherst >Island in 1827. He returned to Ballyhemlin, Co. Down and married Jane Reid >and remained there from 1834-1858. They appear in the 1861 Amherst Island >census and in the 1871 Amherst census Jane and her children appear but >Robert is not listed even though it states that Jane is married. Shortly >after this the family moved to Chicago. > >My great grandfather James Curran and his wife Rachel Warnock and their >family left Ballyhalbert in 1872 and settled in Chicago. The sons were >sailors on the Great Lakes and three of them married girls from Amherst >Island. I would like to find the relationship between Robert and James >Curran. If any one is interested in this family please check my WebPage >and contact me. > >Martha Parker > > >"Martha Parker" <mmparker@ix.netcom.com>