Patrick McKenna, machinist in Scotland then Newark, NJ

Hi Erika,

Do you know much about Patrick's emigration to Scotland and then America? Dates, the reason why he left, etc.? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool), this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin. You could try checking for this information here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/immigrants.htm   http://www.proni.gov.uk/  and http://www.castlegarden.org/  

You could try checking Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at. Valuations office in Dublin (http://www.valoff.ie) will have a record of the land registry from 1855 to modern times. This will assist in seeing what happened to any land the family may have owned (as it usually passed on to a relation). Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

I wish you the best of luck with your search.

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

Ireland Reaching Out

Hi Erika,

Patrick's parents were John McKenna and Mary Winters

Mary's parents Thomas McGrath and Mary Behan

Marriage 2nd May 1876 Saint James Catholic Church, Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Brendan

www.researchireland.com

Hi Erika,

Two more children Lillian 1883 & Elizabeth 1884

Brendan

www.researchireland.com

hi Brendan,

what type of job did he do in the US? Is Elizabeth NJ near Newark?

cheers,

Karen

Hi Karen,

Patrick is recorded on the 1900 US census as a Machinist.

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I have a Patrick and a John McKenna that lived in Elizabeth NJ and worked at the Singer Sewing Machine factory in Elizabeth.  this is in the first decade of the 1900s.  Haven't found either of them on a census.  John McKenna was a cousin of a McKenna on my tree - shown on her shipping record as going to her cousin John McKenna.

would love to find where they fit in,

cheers,

Karen.

Hi Karen,

I thought I was answering a question in the same thread above, you are talking about a different McKenna family

Have you year and birthplace records for your McKenna's, did they marry?

Brendan

Hi Brendan,

I think they must be a different family - I just saw the name Patrick and knew I had him "hanging" around - don't really know any details except him & John are in directories listed as living in Pine Street, Elizabeth NJ.

thought it was worth a shot asking about him,

cheers,

karen.