My great great grandparents, Michael English (c. 1795)and Mary Sullivan English (c.1799) lived and worked in the Townland of Glencairn on the estate of Gervais Bushe. I do not know the parents of Michael and would love more information about him and his family. Mary Sullivan English was, I believe, the daughter of Michael Sullivan and Mary Coleman Sullivan.
Michael and Mary had Jeremiah, Ellen, Denis, Andrew, Brigid, Michael, Catherine, Mary and John. I can trace all of the children, except for Michael and Andrew, and the parents to New York City, although Mary, the mother, died on the ship on the way across the Atlantic in 1863. On 23 Feb 1841, their daughter, Ellen, had married DanielBocedy of the Townland of Ralph.. She had a son, James, but came to New York City a childless widow in about 1849. Except for Michael and Andrew English, all of the children married in the U.S..
I do not know the place of origin of either of my great great grandparents and would like to understand where they came from. I was lucky enough to meet the landowner of part of the Gervais Bushe estate, Mr. John Barry, who pointed out the road which bordered the row of estate cottages in which the English family lived before they came to America. The dwellings have long since tumbled down.
