Devines of Kilkenny

 

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/ The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html

 

Good morning:  Thank you for your suggestions.  I am afraid though that I know nothing about my ancestors' emigration from Ireland.  I found out that our national archives (Library and Archives Canada) has passenger/immigration lists dating only from 1865 onward and John and Maria were in Canada before then.  I so wish I had asked questions of my parents while they were still alive!

regards, Pam

I admire your tenacity. My suggestion is a bit out of the box.  You might try locating the RC history pertaining to Canada to see if there is a bio on the ancestors' son.  Sometimes those write ups identify the family background. Worth a try given all your research to date.  

Hi Laderps:

I spoke with the head archivist/librarian for the Jesuits in Canada and he referred me to an article on Father Devine in the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online".  Unfortunately it says nothing about his parents, other than their names!  I found a census carried out in 1861 and it is only from that that I have tied John and Maria to Kilkenny.  Thanks again for your suggestions (and I'm not giving up!)

regards, Pam

I will keep my eyes and ears open as I continue my own search.  To quote Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up!"  Paula