Manning from Cork- my brick wall.

Hi Kirsten,

Dates on documents can be out by several years on occassion...and can be very confusing. There is a James W. Manning listed for the California 1910 census  which gives his date of immigration as 1880. You can view it here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVG3-Y7S There is also a link on the page which allows you to view information for Charles Watson (Letitia's father) who appears to have been living with the family (which you may have already known...if this is in fact the right Manning family!). 

Do you know much about their emigration? Dates, the reason why they 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, Castle Garden, Ellis Island etc... ), this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin. Possible sites to search for information would be: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/    http://www.castlegarden.org/   http://www.ellisisland.org/

A point of origin i.e. a placename of some kind would be vital in identifying which area in Cork you should be looking at in other databases such as Griffiths Valuation:  http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=nameSearch and civil and church related resources. 

 Information from one genealogical database for Co Cork is available for a fee at http://corknortheast.rootsireland.ie/ . Other Cork based sites that may offer some information or clues are: http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/genealogy/    http://www.from-ireland.net/county/cork  and http://www.corkarchives.ie/genealogy/sourcesinthearchives/ .

I wish you the best of luck in 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