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From Mary Smith - Feb 08, 1999
I learned how to access the website. I went under the "H" and pulled up all the "Hs". The great news is that I think I may have found my great-grandfather.
I know that his first name was Marcus and that his birthdate was approx. 1841 to 1843 depending upon which legal record was used. (His death certificate
info furnished by his second wife said that he died at age 65 yrs and 5 mos on Sept. 10, 1908 which would put him born approx. May 1843) His children's birth
certificates -son Marcus' (b. Oct. 11, 1876) lists the father Marcus as 35 which could mean b. 1841 and son Francis' (b. June 8, 1879) lists the father Marcus
as 38 at the time of birth which would mean 1841. He was probably born around April/May of 1841. The Emigrant Savings Bank lists this Marcus Hanlon as
being born in 1841. The only other discrepancy is the time of arrival in the US. Marcus' second wife (38 years old at the time of my great-grandfather's death
at 65!) said that he had lived 50 years in the US, 45 in the New York area. I have always gone by that information and put his estimated time of arrival at 1858.
This record shows US arrival date at 1864. I know from many years of research that information that is furnished 2nd hand and late in life by others can be wrong -
perhaps the 2nd wife thought that he had been here that long.... if only I could find his wedding license for the first marriage! I have never had any luck at finding
him on any census! If this is indeed my great-grandfather (and I suspect it is) I have finally found the approximate location of his birth - County Tipperary, Ireland.
Many many thanks Monica - you have made my day, my week, my month and my year!
Mary Anne Hanlon Smith
From Kathy in MN - January 31, 1999
That is a giant task - the Emigrant bank records! I found a great grandfather there and you are right about the valuable info! (The information included
his county of birth, his parents' names, the fact that his father was deceased, his immigrant ship and the year of immigration, and his New York address.
What a find!) There are several indexes, right? How far along are you? This will be SUPER for people from that area!
I was able to absolutely confirm my man through the address he gave in NYC which matched his Civil War records! Keep up the good work! Kathy in MN
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