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Re: [TSL] Friday March 5 - request for record search
Sue Swiggum <swig@ns.sympatico.ca> on 03/05/2010

Hi Bob,

Unfortunately, Canada did not begin archiving passenger lists for the port 
of Quebec before 1865.  We do have partial information about ships to 
Quebec for 1854 and 1855
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/ships1854.html
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/ships1855.html

I looked in the 1851 Canada census ... no luck, however ....

It looks like they were living in Brantford, Ontario by 1861 ... age next 
birthday.

Name:   Margaret Houlahan
Gender:         Female
Age:    64
Birth Year:     1797
Birthplace:     Ireland
Marital Status:         Widowed
Home in 1861:   Brantford, Brant, Canada West
Religion:       RC

James 30 ; Mary 25, born Ireland ; Margaret 6 ; Mary 4 ; Johanna 2, born 
Upper Canada

I looked in the 1870 US census and it shows the next child, Ellen, also 
born in Canada abt. 1862, then Hanora, Canada abt. 1864, then Lizzie, 
Canada abt. 1866, then Kate born in Michigan abt. 1868 with James also born 
Michigan in 1870, so I agree that they moved to Detroit between Lizzie and 
Kate.   The Can-US border records do not begin before 1895, so there is no 
surviving record there either.

btw. I looked at them in 1880 and some of the girls have renamed themselves 
a bit   :-}  ... what a big family, first 7 girls then 5 boys by 1880.

Sue
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At 05:19 AM 2010-03-05 -0800, Tera Robert wrote:
>Hello today
>
>Might someone kindly help me?
>
>Looking for any travel information about James Houlihan . b.1829 and his 
>spouse Mary b. 1834 and Margaret Houlihan, b.1796, presumably James's mother.
>
>My arithmetic indicates that they likely traveled together in (or possibly 
>just before) 1855 from place unknown in Ireland to place unknown in Canada 
>.  They were listed with nine children in  Detroit in the US census for 
>1870.  The  family evidently moved from Canada to Michigan about 1867.
>
>I've checked GRO index for an 1855ish marriage of James and Mary.  And 
>I've checked other census records with no clear further information.
>
>Thank you
>
>Bob Tera



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