I am trying to find information about my Neylon ancestors from Ennistymon.
James and Bridget (Kane/Cain) Neylon had a number of children. The only one I know of is Frank. He was born in 1824 or 1825. He emigrated to the US in 1847 or 1849, probably Boston. He married Ellen Linehan from Cork City about 1858 in
the Boston area. He died in Newton, MA June, 1879 - age 55. I believe at least oneother brother came to the US and settled in Vermont. I was told that some brothers remained in Ireland, and had "saints names." - don't know if that would be Peter, Paul, Luke, etc.
Family lore has it that someone, possibly James, saved a child from drowning in a river, and that Georgina Burdett-Couts, of the English noble banking family, was so grateful that she granted him land "that will be your's as long as the river runs through it." It would not be Ms. Burdett-Couts child, as she had none of her own.
Possibly a friend's child.
Does any of this ring a bell with anyone? I'm hoping to hear from some family
that did not emigrate.
Thanks!
Joanne Kneeland (name spelling appears to have changed in Boston)
looney2ns
Sunday 17th Mar 2013, 11:50PMMessage Board Replies
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden: http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info: http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths ? pre1790-1800 ? The reality of finding documentationpertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ?though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns todocument the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of thecountry and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often fromthese registers. ROMAN CATHOLIC: Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is -http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of availablerecords per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possibleassistance.
Connaught Ireland
Thursday 11th Apr 2013, 01:59PM