My ancestor, Daniel Sullivan apparently came from Wexford to Louisiana about 1818. Five sibs followed all the way up to the 1850s. It doesn't seem to follow any pattern at all. Any ideas about this? Martha Cara_Links wrote: >Passenger lists would be at the port of disembarkation > >But families in 1817 with farming background were leaving via New Ross for >upper eastern Canada so it would be either Canada was calling out for people >to work the land or giving land out .......... > >May be able to assist with 1817 folk - >but some of the ancestors you seek would have also been from the first >clearances off the Fitzwilliam estate and they did not keep as good a record >of those as they did the second clearances. > >Cara > > > > >==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >DO NOT post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, etc. > > > >

His reasons for leaving He may have went to look for work and as money became available he sent home for the rest of his siblings or did they have to sponsor them into the country as they did in Australia ??? CARA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Hardcastle Guthrie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [WEX] REASONS FOR LEAVING IRELAND > My ancestor, Daniel Sullivan apparently came from Wexford to Louisiana > about 1818. Five sibs followed all the way up to the 1850s. It doesn't > seem to follow any pattern at all. Any ideas about this? > > Martha > > Cara_Links wrote: > >>Passenger lists would be at the port of disembarkation >> >>But families in 1817 with farming background were leaving via New Ross for >>upper eastern Canada so it would be either Canada was calling out for >>people to work the land or giving land out .......... >> >>May be able to assist with 1817 folk - >>but some of the ancestors you seek would have also been from the first >>clearances off the Fitzwilliam estate and they did not keep as good a >>record of those as they did the second clearances. >> >>Cara >> >> >> >>==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >>DO NOT post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >>announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, etc. >> >> >> > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > The Wexford Surnames List can be found at > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html > >

No, and it seems that they all bought considerable land soon after arriving. Our family seemed to think they brought money with them. In 1850, his real estate was valued at $1,500 and he owned 10 slaves. In 1860, he owned 20 slaves, his real estate was valued at $2,800 and his personal estate at $20,300. He was born about 1800 and died about 1865. The only siblings who ever lived with him were one brother and one sister, who appeared to be a widow. The others came and established themselves comfortably in a similar manner. He also won a silver cup for having the best horses in the parish (county) in about 1830. I have wondered if my Daniel had any connection with the Daniel Sullivan who was executed in 1798 for participation in the Scullabogue Massacre in Wexford. Sullivan is not a common name in Wexford. I don't have any parents for him - his siblings were Mary (Fenlon/Finlen/Fendling) born about 1798; Michael born 1805 m. Catherine Murphy in Wexford and had son John b. June 24, 1846 in Wexford, d. Aug. 18, 1868, Livingston Parish, Louisiana; James b. abt. 1810 and Patrick, b. abt. 1811, married Mercy Jackson in Louisiana and died 1893-94 in East Baton Rouge Parish. Daniel, Michael and Patrick all were landowners with considerable estates. The family was Catholic. There may have been other siblings who did not go to Louisiana. Would a birth record exist for John Sullivan for June 24, 1846? Martha Cara_Links wrote: >His reasons for leaving > > >He may have went to look for work and as money became available he sent home >for the rest of his siblings >or did they have to sponsor them into the country >as they did in Australia ??? > >CARA >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Martha Hardcastle Guthrie" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:57 AM >Subject: Re: [WEX] REASONS FOR LEAVING IRELAND > > > > >>My ancestor, Daniel Sullivan apparently came from Wexford to Louisiana >>about 1818. Five sibs followed all the way up to the 1850s. It doesn't >>seem to follow any pattern at all. Any ideas about this? >> >>Martha >> >>Cara_Links wrote: >> >> >> >>>Passenger lists would be at the port of disembarkation >>> >>>But families in 1817 with farming background were leaving via New Ross for >>>upper eastern Canada so it would be either Canada was calling out for >>>people to work the land or giving land out .......... >>> >>>May be able to assist with 1817 folk - >>>but some of the ancestors you seek would have also been from the first >>>clearances off the Fitzwilliam estate and they did not keep as good a >>>record of those as they did the second clearances. >>> >>>Cara >>> >>> >>> >>>==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >>>DO NOT post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >>>announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >>The Wexford Surnames List can be found at >>http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html >> >> >> >> > > > > >==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== >To do a search of the Wexford Archives go to >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > >