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Brothers James and John (and possibly others) came from Ireland to Canada in 1901 or 1902.  We think from County Armagh, and we think from a place called Flurrybridge.

Ferrigan

Tuesday 16th Apr 2013, 07:53PM

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  • Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Tuesday 16th Apr 2013, 08:21PM

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    Flurry Bridge is near Newry and near the townland of Newtown. This might be the family. However James & John were still there in the 1911 census, so how sure are you about the dates they left?

     

     

    http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Armagh/Killevy/Newtown/304717/

     

    I suspect Joseph Ferrigan may have died 7th Jan 1919 (from the PRONI wills site). The record is incomplete so I can?t be sure. Perhaps the family emigrated when he died?

     

    Griffiths Valuation records 3 households headed by a Mary, Peter & Richard Ferrigan in Newtown in 1864 so it would appear the family had been farming there for some time.

    Ahoghill Antrim

    Tuesday 16th Apr 2013, 08:29PM

  • This was exciting and promising....except that they are all still there on the 1911 census.....means they couldn't have emi/imi grated to Canada....

    Ferrigan

    Tuesday 16th Apr 2013, 08:34PM

  • Kay,  these can't be the people.

    My father confirms that he found James, John and Michael Ferrigan on the 1861-1891 census' in Canada.  They don't appear on the 1851 census but my father believes that they were here in Canada,  they were just working in the bush cutting wood and were missed in the census. Dad thinks James came first, got himself settled and then John followed a few years later.

    There was also another brother (or possibly a cousin) named Hugh who moved to the US, joined the union army and died in the civil war.

     

    Ferrigan

    Tuesday 16th Apr 2013, 08:48PM

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