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Title: Name on emigration document
Post by: darger on Thursday 05 April 18 12:24 BST (UK)

Hi

I can't work out the first name that passenger Joseph Carney gave as his nearest relative. I believe it is his father ???? Carney, Longford Ire.
Taken from ship manifest arriving at New York in 1909.

Thanks
Darren

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: Karen McDonald on Thursday 05 April 18 12:44 BST (UK)

Could it be Wlm (William)?

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: arthurk on Thursday 05 April 18 13:13 BST (UK)

Or John??

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: Ruskie on Thursday 05 April 18 13:18 BST (UK)

Yes,
Fathr: John Carney
Longford, Ireland.

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: darger on Thursday 05 April 18 16:23 BST (UK)

Thanks for the replies. John had been my initial guess but I had some doubts as the name John appears elsewhere and differs from this one. Would the whole page be written by the same person?
I’ve attached another section of the page for comparison.

Darren.

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: RJ137 on Thursday 05 April 18 16:37 BST (UK)

Immigration 1909: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXRN-M3N
(Image 107 & 108)

Going to Catharine Hyxson(sp?). Should be "Hickson"

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1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPB1-9F8

Catherine Hickson died in 1931.

Death: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WVB-3XJ

Title: Re: Name on emigration document
Post by: darger on Thursday 05 April 18 19:35 BST (UK)

Thanks,

I have seen these and managed to trace quite a bit of the Thompson side of my tree both in Ireland and the US but have had less luck with the Carney/Kearney side. Knowing Joseph’s father was probably John should hopefully give me some clues.

Darren.