ANY INFO on ANNE GATELY (b 1841) who we think was from Co Roscommon in 1851 to immigrate to NY via Liverpool with younger brother James)
My father, Thomas Keating has been trying to track our Irish roots for years but has not been successful in finding out where our known relative (ANNE GATELY & brother, JAMES GATELY) who we KNOW came to America from Ireland in 1851 via Liverpool, England enroute to NY. Anne went on to marry John Hayes in America, who later died and Anne went on to marry Thomas Keating, my father’s Great-Grandfather. They settled in Jersey City, NJ.
From what we’ve been told, while visiting in Ireland, most Gatelys came from Roscommon, in Ireland. We have hit many roadblocks in trying to find out where our family came from and would LOVE ANY/ALL HELP!!!! My father is almost 80 and he has been trying to trace our genealogy for YEARS and I’d love to help him solve this puzzle before his 80th birthday in April 2026!!! We know that Anne was approx 10 years old and her brother James was 8 when they boarded the boat to America in 1851, so likely Anne Gately was born in 1841 and brother James Gately was likely born in 1843. And they likely came from Roscommon, Ireland. That is all we have and where we have hit roadblocks. So ANYONE WITH ANY HELPFUL INFO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!!! Sincerely, Cheryl (Keating) Ion
