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Higgins Family

RoscommonKilcorkey (Roscommon)

My great grandfather, Patrick J. Higgins was born in Ballinagare on 10 July 1861 to Thomas Higgins 1834-94 & Mary Coll 1835-1910.  He was baptised at the Catholic Church in Ballinagare.  His father Thomas went to the U.S. prior to the Civil War, enlisted in the Union Army, & returned to Ireland at the close of the war. Patrick spent the first 18 years of his life on his father's farm then worked on an English farm in Staffordshire.  In April 1881, he sailed from Queenstown to New York on the City of Brussels arriving on 22 April. I am interesting in learning more about the Higgins family & the lifestyle that they experienced.

John Seymour

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Hi

Thank you for your message.

You may like to look at a listing for local histories in County Roscommon - you can do so here: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/counties/index.cfm?fuseaction=…

The site is also an excellent resource for BROWSING information on Estate Records, Gravestones, Journals & Directories. It also allows for a surname search where you can check for information about the frequency of the name in the mid-19th century and any other variant spellings of the name.

You might also be interested in: http://www.roscommonhistory.ie/

If you are travelling to County Roscommon - I would suggest a stop at the National Famine Museum.

http://www.strokestownpark.ie/

 

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