My William Stewart was born in Northern Ireland in May 1841. My William Stewart immigrated to New York City on May 22, 1873 at age of 30. My Wiiliam Stewart immigrated from Moville, Ireland and he landed in New York City.
My William Stewart was married to my Emily Lilliss. Emily Lilliss was born in Montreal, Canada in February 1847.
William and Emily Stewart had four children named Lillian Stewart(born New York City May 1877); Lawrence Stewart(born New York City February 1878); Geoerge Stewart(born New York City Nov 1879) and finally, Florence(Fannie) Stewart(born New York City 1883).
My William Stewart died in Brooklyn, New York on November 1896.
Wednesday 5th Sep 2012, 01:54PM
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Hi Chris,
Some information regarding Catholic church records for the Moville area of Donegal can be found here: http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Donegal&parish=Moville&churchid=376
and here:
You could also try:
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/introduction-to-genealogy/
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/
Some records for Co Donegal are available for a fee from: http://donegal.rootsireland.ie/
All the best.
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Ireland Reaching Out
Wednesday 12th Sep 2012, 12:25PM -
Hello, I am not sure if my ancestors are related to yours (Stewart may well be the Smith of Northern Ireland) but I have a Thomas John Stewart of Co Down who married Sarah Johnston in Belfast in 1870.
Do you have any related ancestors of this name?
Monday 17th Sep 2012, 04:06AM