Hi Marjorie Whether its relevant or not The 6 year old has parents Michael & Mary Siblings Ellen, Eliza, James, Johanna, John The 9 year old appears to be with an Honory or Honora aged 30 The Ireland means their ethnicity , they came from Ireland Ships sailed from Liverpool but may have picked up passengers from Ireland so you need to check the specific voyages There are no passenger lists from the UK for that time, they are only available for arrivals in the USA There are some Catholic records available but they are by Parish Its just been mentioned that Findmypast are making some Catholic records available in March These may be the same records but transcribed in a way that may help you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 06/02/2016 21:04, Marjorie Hennessey wrote: > Hi Nivard, > > Thank you for answering. No, I don't know what part of Ireland, > unfortunately, but I'm pretty sure it's not Northern Ireland. They > were Catholic, if that helps to narrow it down some. Kennedy is a > pretty common name, although I don't know about Madden. Any > suggestions? > > There were two Catherine Kennedys who emigrated in 1864 but I'm not > sure either one was she. One was age 6 who arrived in New York on 27 > May 1864 on the Harvest Queen. The other was age 9 who arrived on 4 > June 1864 on the Kangaroo. Both ships sailed from Liverpool with > Ireland given as the place of origin (although I don't know if that > refers to the passenger or the ship). Which brings up another > question. Did the Irish always have to go to Liverpool to seek > passage? I thought a lot of them left from Cork. > > P.S. (I noticed I mistyped her name in the subject line, hitting the > "r" instead of the "t" when I typed her name). > > Thank you for your help. Marjorie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus