Searching for Flannigan's

My name is Linda Anne Flannigan Stanley, I live in the United States, in Ohio right now but am born and raised in New Jersey. I was told that my Great Grandfather came to America through New York from Northern Ireland around 1880 - 1900. I have hit a complete dead end here in the States. I am only going on what Iv'e been told from my father. I dont know my Ancestor's first name but my Grandfather who was born in New York in 1901 and my Father who was born in New Jersey in 1928 are both named Charles Flannigan. Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance..

calebsnana

Monday 14th Jan 2013, 01:45AM

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Hi Linda-Anne,

Without knowing a surname it will be extremely difficult to trace your great grandfather, there is such thing as a naming pattern but knowing that the name Charles re-occured does not say your great grandfather was a Charles too, often the eldest son was named after the father so it depends if he was the eldest, youngest or someone in the middle.

Using the year of birth of your grandfather in 1901 we can only guess that your great grandfather might be born between 1870 and 1880 or something .

I have checked the Ellis Island passenger records and there are 3 possible matches if he traveled trough Ellis Island New York

First Name:	John.
Last Name:	Flannigan
Ethnicity:	Ireland, Irish
Last Place of Residence:	Castlerea
Date of Arrival:	Nov 09, 1899
Age at Arrival: 24y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel:	Oceanic
Port of Departure:	Queenstown

First Name:	John
Last Name:	Flannigan
Ethnicity:	Ireland, Irish
Last Place of Residence:	Rathdowney
Date of Arrival:	Apr 15, 1897
Age at Arrival: 22y Gender: M Marital Status:
Ship of Travel:	Teutonic
Port of Departure:	Queenstown

First Name:	Joseph
Last Name:	Flannigan
Ethnicity:	Ireland, Irish
Last Place of Residence:	Ceuihmore
Date of Arrival:	Jun 20, 1894
Age at Arrival: 19y Gender: M Marital Status:
Ship of Travel:	Teutonic
Port of Departure:	Liverpool, Queenstown

My advise would be to get all possible records from the USA first, your fathers marriage certificate should give your grandfathers full name and your grandfathers marriage or death certificate should give details of your great grandfather.

A possible record of your grandfather :

New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 about Charles Flannigan

Name:	Charles Flannigan
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	5 Oct 1899
Birth Place:	Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey
Father's Name:	John Flannigan
Father's Age:	35
Father's Birth Place:	Ireland
Mother's Name:	Mary Coque
Mother's Age:	24
Mother's Birth Place:	Ireland