Emigration from Portadown N. Ireland to USA

[unchinagh]

I am researching emigration stories relating to  people who emigrated to USA from the Portadown area of Co. Armagh,c. 1880-1930. Many ended up in the Hartford area of Connecticut,Paterson NJ and the Springfield area MA.

Would be intersted in contacting anyone who has information/photos/letters relevant to above for possible book publication.

Dr J R Wright

[TF13]

hi,

i think you would have more luck finding information if you posted on the armagh childboard or at least the ireland general board.

i have heard of the hartford connection before, though cant remember where. you could try the craigavon historical society;

http://www.geocities.com/craigavonhs/frames.html
New Link: www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk

they might have info on their site that could help you

tony

[Lyttle]

hi,


i have heard of the hartford connection before, though cant remember where.
tony

Hello Tony,

For your enlightenment here is some info on Hartford.  See map below; you can see why it is part of ‘New England' by the names of Cities.

Hartford is the capital of the State of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, 24 miles south of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Cheers,

Jim.

Moderator's Note: copyright image from Google Maps removed

[Lyttle]

I am researching emigration stories relating to  people who emigrated to USA from the Portadown area of Co. Armagh,c. 1880-1930. Many ended up in the Hartford area of Connecticut,Paterson NJ and the Springfield area MA.

Would be intersted in contacting anyone who has information/photos/letters relevant to above for possible book publication.

Dr J R Wright

Hello John,  I will get you a copy of an article published in the 'Portadown News' 1946.  It covers my grandfathers (Tom Weir) visit to Manchester CT and surrounding areas.  In the report many local names are mentioned and the streets in Portadown where they emigrated from in the early 1900's.

Cheers,

Jim.

[TF13]

it's probably from the Portadown Times newspaper that i'd heard of the connection before but, quickly adding, it wasn't from an article in 1946 much more recent

[aljepeka]

here are a few websites each mentioning family from Portadown who emmigrated to Connecticut


http://resources.rootsweb.com/~guestbook/cgi-bin/public_guestbook.cgi?gb=3163&action=view

http://www.dankat.com/brennen/apdx2d.htm

http://www.vennardfamily.com/f10_a.html

http://www.mcormond.com/web-tree/CD/TGP3-04-JohnS.htm

http://genforum.genealogy.com/woodhouse/messages/594.html

http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/topicalsurveys/immigration.htm

http://www.newmills.freeola.com/cgi-bin/newmills.cgi?Subject=show_guest


There are loads more . I just used my search engine and these were some on the first three pages. Hopefully you will find some new contacts on these who can help you further your research.
Regards ,
Aljepeka

[scotmum]

I have followed a chap whose family roots were in Seagoe Parish. He emigrated to USA late 1800's, albeit not to any of the areas you mention. He went to Providence, Rhode Island. Took a while and a lot of searching, but about a year ago I  finally found living descendants of him in USA.

[amycargill]

A number of my Allen Family from Portadown emigrated to the US, specifically the Philadelphia, PA area in the 1920s.