Searching for relatives or those who might know of Ellen Gorman, born 1845, father's name might have been Patrick. Emmigrated to the USA in 1861 or 1862. Story is that she was brought by JP Lorillard to work on his horse farm near Mount Holly, NJ, USA. While there, she met John Ashmore, b 1838, also from County Derry. They married in 1864 in Mount Holly, NJ. They had six children: Mary, Ella, Rachel, Joseph, John and William. Ella married Willilam Fleetwood in Burlington, NJ. They had three children: Joseph, Ethel and Florence. Florence was my grandmother.
Searching for information about possible parishes, or any other information that might help in the search.
Sunday 15th Apr 2012, 05:52PM
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Hi there,
It is very difficult to really start your research without a more precise place of origin. What you could try doing is try searching for the surnames in some of the main sources. It might give you some indication of where the name appears most frequently, or where their relatives might still be living. Here are a number you could start your research in:
- 1911/1901 census records: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
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You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.
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Have you tried checking the Ellis Island records (www.ellisisland.org) or the Castle Garden records (www.castlegarden.org)? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at, this could be a good place to find more information, and perhaps even find out an exact place of origin.
- The Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI): http://www.proni.gov.uk/
- Ulster-ancestry: www.ulsterancestry.com
Hopefully someone living in the local area will be able to shed some more light for you.
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,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
Tuesday 17th Apr 2012, 02:24PM