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Westport migration project

MayoOughaval (Mayo)

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.

 

 

falcon

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Hello,

Could you post more details concerning the families you would like to trace? Names, Dates etc...The more information you post, the more likely it is that others will be able to identify with your search and participate. 

Kind regards,

Genealogy support

Ireland Reaching Out

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This was an interesting read as only the other day we learned that perhaps my husband's Irish ancestors may have come from Castlebar, May, Connaught. In reading about the area I noticed on the map two street names - WESTPORT & NEWPORT.  We live in Kingston, Ontario. My husband's mother is a Gallagher and surprisingly she was born in Maberly, Ontario (Lanark County) which is all very near to WESTPORT, Ontario and just north of Kingston. There were many Irish who settled in Lanark County so I think there are now three towns with same name to link together :-)   Thanks. Mrs. Davies. Kingston. Ontario. p.s. I believe there is a small fishing village on the Rideau Canal before getting to Westport and it's name is Newport!!

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