Westport migration project

We are interested in helping to set up a sister city connection between Westport Mayo and Westport Wisconsin. According to Wisconsin sources, the U.S. township was named after and on account of emmigrants from Ireland.

Our goal is to develope a list here regards some of those specific re-settlers, and perhaps with documentation or references to identify their descendants and ancestors.

Looking forward to your participation.

Theoretical List

The first clues we have is the following list of easrly settlers, who may or may not be from Ireland, and may or may not be from Westport. This informational search is in progress with your assistance from both sides of the pond. updates, changes and corrections will be posted here as the project progresses.

Edward Boyles, Irishman, fall of 1845

Mr. Burdick,

Mr. Tower, (perhaps Jonas Tower ??)

Mr. Bradbury

Mr. Rodgers

Mr. O'Malley

Mr. Collins

Mr. Fitzgibbon

Mr. Ruddy

Matthew Roach

P.R. Tierney

J. Welsh

William O'Keefe

Lawrence O'Keefe

Martin Reade

The Catholic Church building was built in 1860, by the Rev. P. J. Lavans

Miss Ella Wheeler, poet,

E. D. Churchill, mill owner

William Packbrom, mill owner

John Bowerman, mill owner

Thomas R. Hill

W. W. Wells

Martin Reade

William Keefe

Lawrence Rodgers

Amos Rodders

Michael Malege

The Next Step

The next step will be to identify origins in the 1850 census.

Simultaneous

If you see them in Westport, or Mayo, prior to 1850, we look forward to hearing from you.

Looking forward to your participation.