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Lanarkshire / Re: Ships record lookyup please
« on: Thursday 12 February 09 19:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi I'm pretty new to this site and love it.  I'm wondering if anyone has some suggestions for me.  My family immigrated to the United States.  The first person to venture over was John Johnston (my great grandfather).  His parents where John Johnston and Mary Campbell (cammell (sic) ).

He left his wife at home in New Monkland while he came over on the SS. Circassia.  She was to follow him later, which she did.  The timeline for her coming over is between May 25, 1882 - the date of birth for their son Patrick in New Monkland, and October 15, 1884 the date of birth of their son Frank in Snowshoe, Pennsylvania. 

Here's my problem. I can find no ship records anywhere for Mary and the children.  I have had a professional person search the Ellis Island records, and they said nothing has been found.  I searched Ancestry on line and also searched LDS - nothing.  I also searched Pennsylvania arrivals, again a dead end.  Boston also proved fruitless.  The only two I've not searched yet is Canada and New Orleans. 

The family would have traveled together.
Mary Johnston (nee Brogan)
Annie Johnston or Ann Catherine Johnston (my grandmother) born 6/9/1874
John Johnston - born 12/28/1875
Susanna - born 2/28/1877
Helen (or Ellen) - born 1/18/1880
and Patrick - born 5/25/1882

Now as to Susanna born 2/28/1877.  There is no record of her here in the United States so I'm not sure if she even made the crossing.  I have had research done trying to locate this child, but to no avail.  There doesn't seem to be a death record in Scotland or in the US.  So I'm not sure if she was alive.

Thank you if anyone can point me where I can have ship records searched in Scotland.  It would sure help.

Maureen

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Lanarkshire / Re: 350 graves to be exhumed
« on: Saturday 07 February 09 01:44 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Lodger.  I was just curious if those names were there.  I didn't honestly think they were as my were mostly Irish Catholic.  My lineage in Scotland is quite large, as my great grandfather was John Johnston who married Mary Brogan - her father was Dennis Brogan and her mother was Catherine McShane who passed in 1903 at the old workhouse in Airdrie.  I've been researching with the help of a Scottish researcher named Christopher who is by far one of the best I've ever come across.  Chris sent me the information on this, and I followed through on it.  You know, there is a project going on now, i.e. the Coatbridge Project.  The webpage is http://www.coatbridgeirishgenealogyproject.co.uk/

It is a sad world when you pave for a parking lot isn't it?



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Lanarkshire / Re: 350 graves to be exhumed
« on: Friday 06 February 09 22:51 GMT (UK)  »
I'm in agreement, especially since there are so many people who are now looking for their family history and those intered probably have someone living out there.  I am in the US, and I'm assuming a few of you are as well.  I had a call some time ago about 10 years ago from a cemetery in Chicago that wanted to sell and remove  my dad to another cemetery.  I flat out refused, as did many other family members.  Needless to say the cemetery is still there.  On one hand though, the building is beautiful and should be preserved but not at the expense of those that are buried there.  There has to be another solution.  And what happened back in the 60's did anyone bother to hold onto the stones?  I don't know it jsut doesn't seem right to me.  I guess I've seen and heard it all in my old age but this is to me is just not right.

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Lanarkshire / Re: 350 graves to be exhumed
« on: Friday 06 February 09 20:09 GMT (UK)  »
I just received an email from a friend in Scotland regarding this matter.  I'm curious to see if you have anything on the names Brogan, McCheyne (McShane) or Johnston listed here.  Thank you.
Xeia
(from Nevada, USA)

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