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Title: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: JayG on Friday 18 August 06 23:19 BST (UK)

Hi

Is anyone able to check when the following family moved from Durham, England to America.

John Harrison born ca 1835
Elizabeth Harrison born ca 1835
Amelia Harrison born 1860
Miriam/Marian Harrison born 1862

From the information i've got I think it was about 1865 & believe they lived at Pittsburg/Pennsylvania before Elizabeth & children returned to England before the 1881 UK census.

Cheers

Jay  :)

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: Genealiza on Saturday 19 August 06 16:26 BST (UK)

Here is a family for your consideration:

1870   Ohio   Mahoning   Youngstown

Harrison, John, 37, male, white, coal miner, b. Eng, parents of
                  foreign birth, can't read or write
               Elizabeth, 37, female, white, keeping house, b. Eng, pofb
             
               Amelia, 11, female, white, at home, b. Eng, pofb

               Miriam, 8, female, white,                  b. Eng, pofb

               Florence, 4, female, white,               b. Eng, pofb

               Sarah, 2, female, white,                   b Pennsylvania, pofb

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: JayG on Saturday 19 August 06 18:35 BST (UK)

Hi

That looks like my family.

They did have children Florence & Sara Elizabeth who I thought were both born in America.

Florence marriage cert says she was born in West Middlesex, Mercer County.

Cheers

Jay  :)

PS Still hoping to find them a passenger lists to see when they went out there.

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: JayG on Tuesday 29 August 06 20:06 BST (UK)

Does anyone have access to any passenger/immigration list that can check for this family.

My family believe they arrived in New York before going to PA.

Cheers

Jay  :)

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: jmannus on Sunday 03 September 06 05:09 BST (UK)

JayG,
Have you tried the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at immigrantships.net? It can take some slogging through years and ship names to find something but I've located a few ancestors that way. Best of all, it's free!

Regards,
Joe

Quote from: JayG on Tuesday 29 August 06 20:06 BST (UK)

Does anyone have access to any passenger/immigration list that can check for this family.

My family believe they arrived in New York before going to PA.

Cheers

Jay  :)

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: grub on Monday 04 September 06 03:54 BST (UK)

Hi Jay
Arriving in New York on 27 October 1864
HARRISON, Elizabeth, 28, wife, from Durham
                  Amelia, 3, child
                  Miriam, 1, child.
Destination Pennsylvania.
Ship: Cultivator of New York.

Unfortunately, I do NOT find John on the same vessel.  :(

It was quite usual, I believe, for the husband to come ahead of his family to establish home and work.

Hope this helps.
Valerie

Title: Re: Passenger list lookup ca 1865
Post by: JayG on Monday 11 September 06 18:07 BST (UK)

Hi Valerie

Thanks for finding them.

I'm not sure where you've found that info but does it state when they left England?

Cheers

Jay  :)