We are searching for any information regarding 2nd great-grandfather Owen Nolan. He gives his date of birth as 26 Mar 1837 in Co Carlow. Parents names are not known at this time. He arrived in the US 23 May 1870 on the ship City of Balitmorm, arriving in the port of Boston, Massachusetts. Family rumor says the couple listed above him on the ship's register may be somehow related - perhaps his widowed mother, remarried? Names are Thomas Healey, born about 1815, and Annie Healey, born about 1820.
Owen spent two years in Boston, then headed up to Hastings, Ontario, Canada. He married Mary Collins c. 1872, the daughter of Irish immigrants James Collins and Mary Ward. Their children were:
James Allen Nolan, b 22 Dec 1873 in Hastings
John F Nolan, b 10 Feb 1876 in Hastings
Mary Nolan, b 27 Jul 1879 in Hastings
Thomas Edward Nolan, b 27 Dec 1881 in Hastings
Eugene (Owen) Nolan, b 31 May 1884 in Hastings
Margaret, b c 1886, Hungerford, Hastings, ON Canada
Owen's occupation was stone mason or stone cutter.
Any information on siblings, parents, or residence in Co. Carlow is very much appreciated.
Regards,
Mary Helen McCarthy
Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
fiddlemary126
Tuesday 19th Mar 2013, 03:01PMMessage Board Replies
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml These sites mite be also usefull to you sir good luck in your seach. The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/
Thursday 21st Mar 2013, 11:54AM -
Hi Mary Helen, I am a new researcher on here but might I suggest two places other than the above excellent advise: put your details on the Nolan Clan on facebook and you might be searching the same family as some already on there https://www.facebook.com/groups/17151314134/?ref=bookmarks&qsefr=1 and the other place to go is contact Roger Nowlan on NolanFamilies.org now this may help and good luck to you.....................Graiguegirl
Saturday 30th Apr 2016, 02:11AM -
Thank you, Graiguegirl - I will try your suggestions!
fiddlemary126
Sunday 1st May 2016, 05:50PM