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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Toys/Tighes
« on: Friday 03 June 11 04:24 BST (UK)  »
Hello: back again  with Tighe family in Chile.I think to this point that it is useful a little bit of history  .By 1850 the Chilean government   was making a great effort to populate a vast area in the south of the country which was virtually inhabited,and known as the "frontier".For this purpose there were immigration offices throughout Europe and also in the British Isles,so i guess that the family heard about this opportunity to seek new horizons  and finally made up their mind and took the trip to the "end of the world".The great majority of immigrants were Germans,Swiss,French,Irish ,Scottish ,English,and many other European minorities.Upon their arrival each family were given land to work as farmers along with the tools and supplies to start their living.most of them succedeed and within a few years their lives impproved a lot.On the other hand a few of them for various reasons didn't make it  or decided to re-emigrate.the Tighe family ,that is Patrick,William,Margaret and her husband Peter Floody had a beautifull and prosperous farm of some 300 hectares named "Caledonia" located 5 miles    from the village where they lived
About other members of the family that some of you mention,I have no records up to now but trying to find out.In my opinion if they came to Chile along with the others,they definitively came back to Scotland ,ireland or some other countries for unknown reasons,for I'm certain that they did not   stay in this area or even in the surroundings.                                                                                                                            In my next post I will continue this sort of story and be very happy to share with you all this fascinating trip to the past.                                 Best Regards                           

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Toys/Tighes
« on: Friday 03 June 11 01:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello :I·m a new member of rootschat.English is not my native language,so excuse the  mispellings and errors.I have a direct  conection with the Tighe and Floody families in Chile.My GGrandmother was Margaret (maggie) Tighe Mullen and my GGrand father was Peter Floody  ?.They arrived to Chile in the late 1888 or early 1889.,along with Patrick and William Tighe ,brothers of Margaret.They settled down in southern Chile at the village of Ercilla in the Araucanía region.                                                                                                Warmest regards.

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