On May 13, 1825 John Morrissey aged 40 and his wife Catherine 34 along with their children John 17, Mary 13, Bridget 11 ,Edward 8 , Margaret 5, and Daniel 3, sailed from Cork on a ship named the Star. #178 Captain Roberts. I believe them to be from Croon, County of Limerick . John (Senior) was a reduced farmer. They left for Upper canada on the Peter Robinson relocation project. John died in Canada In Emily Township, the following year September 2 nd 1826. We still live in Emily township to this day. My sisters Wendy , Penny and niece Stevie and myself Connie, aged 50 will be landing in Dublin on June 30 , 2013 and will spend 2 weeeks enjoying all Ireland has to offer. We would love to meet family or at least find out what happened to them and where they live today. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your help; Connie
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917 St. Lukes Rd. Lindsay
Ontario, Canada
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Friday 1st Mar 2013, 09:25PM
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Hi Connie, i've sent this message to volunteers in Croom and hopefully they can respond with some info for you, you mention the Peter Robinson Settlement, have a look at this link http://www.irelandxo.com/node/5740/messages some of us were having a conversation about this on the templetenny parish page and that may be of interest to you. From this region approximately 800 families left for the Ontario area of Canada between 1823 and 1825 and all of the ships departed from Queenstown today known as Cobh in County Cork. I've just double checked the ships list and your descendents were indeed from Croom, all the best, amanda
Monday 4th Mar 2013, 01:08PM