BURTCHELLS TO AMERICA 1842
My great great grandfather, Peter Burtchell, arrived in America in 1842 with his father, David (b. 20 Apr 1812, Diocese of Ossory, Leinster Province) and mother, Jane (nee Walpole) (b. approx. 1809, Diocese of Ossory, Leinster Province; d. 18 Nov. 1893, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, NY).
Peter was born 20 Feb. 1841 in Ireland. On 9 May 1864 he married Maria Cecilia Gerard (b. Dec 1840 New Orleans, LA; d. 22 Sep 1910, Brooklyn, NY). They had children:
Clara Cecile (b. 3 Feb. 1867)
Marion (b. 20 Apr 1869)
Walter David Burtchell, Sr (my great grandfather) (b. 11 Nov 1872)
Josephine A. (b. 15 Sep. 1875)
George Gerard (b. 27 Apr 1877)
Arthur (b. 1 Mar 1881)
William (b. 1 Mar 1882)
Jane Frances (Jennie) (b. 13 Apr 1884)
Emma (b. approx. Mar 1887)
Peter owned a saloon on Benson Avenue and Bay 19th Street in Brooklyn. Prior to that he was a patternmaker. He was a Freemason. He d. 14 Dec 1913 in Newark, NJ of a stroke.
I have a lot more information about Peter's descendants.
