Thomas Hanley married Bridget White ca. 1845-46. Their first son, Patrick, was born on 17 Mar 1847 (another reference states 1846). Have not found them in the Civil Registration Index as of yet. The family was Roman Catholic.
After Patrick was born, the family left Ireland for America. They are not found in the "Famine Immigrants" series of books or in other U. S. passenger lists. I believe they traveled to Canada first. They lived in Albany, New York for a short time before finally settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in time for the 1850 U. S Census. Thomas and Bridget had at least five more children in Milwaukee: James S., Michael John, Joanna "Julia", Mary Ann, and Margaret.
Bridget died before 1860 and Thomas may have died before 1870. The orphaned children ended up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
I have a lot of information for most of the children and would be happy to share. I really need to find out which county and parish they came from.
gen1elvr
Monday 4th Feb 2013, 04:36PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi - Thank you for your message.
Do you have any additional information pertaining to Thomas & Bridget that would assist others in furthering your research?
If you haven't already - you may try The Library & Archives of Canada - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
Some other sites that may be useful to you are:
British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093
The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/
The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx
The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/
The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
The US National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives Scotland- family history: http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/
Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Canadian-immigration-history.html
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Thursday 7th Mar 2013, 03:16PM