My great-great-grandfather Bernard McShane (1829-1897) left Dungannon and came to New York in 1850 on a ship called "Courier" acording to information he shared with the Emmigrant Savings Bank in NYC in 1876. I have not been able to find any record of this ship on ancestry.com or using Google. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help.
There have been dozens of vessels named the Courier over the years, but in 1850 3 appear to have been working ships. 1 built in Dublin, 1 in Liverpool and another in Southampton. Details here:
Hi Dolan,
If you search online for "McShanes of Ardbane" you can see a picture of my great grandfather peter mcshane, wife, and children. My great, great,great grandfather was Patrick McShane who was the first to settle in Ardbane, Donegal, Ireland. We know that he was originally from Tyrone and now believe that he was from Dungannon. I am thinking that the Bernard McShane and Patrick McShane were brothers. Bradshaw's General Directory (1820) lists the following for Dungannon:
McShane, Charles, Teacher, Scotch Street
McShane, Owen, tailor, Scotch Street
McShane, Patrick, Carpenter, Irish Street
McShane, Roger, mason, Irish Street
McShane, Bernard, mason, Irish Street
McShane, ---, huxter, Irish Street
You can also check out the posts for "Anne Street Memories"
Let me know what you think
Cornelius McShane, Waldwick, N.J. USA
I am interested in the McShane family of Dungannon (Irish St) who had links to the Hagan family, who went to New York (and Australia)
Check my website www.linleyfh.com for more detail if there is a possiblility of a connection,