hello.
i am seeking any info of my gt grandfathers sister Agnes Depledge.
she was born 1874 in Sheffield Yorkshire England, her parents being Edward and Mary Mcdermott. (Mary was born in Roscommon Ireland , the Mcdermott family had fled the famine).
i have recently found out (via a distant cousin, Agnes's gt granddaughter) that Agnes had been confirmed in the roman catholic church of the holy trinity in Chicago USA, sometime between the years 1886 and 1891. (i have Agnes in the 1881 and 1891 Sheffield census) i have found a Agnes Depledge sailing from liverpool to new York, travailing to chicago in DEC 1885. she is alone. thus she must be going to meet up with some relatives yet unknown to us.
the Depledge family has no links with the states. so i have a hunch that the relatives may be on the Mcdermott side, as many Irish who had fled the famine settled in north America.
i would be very grateful for any info on all aspects with adove or suggestions as to how i can gain further info as oversea research is all new to me. where do i go from here ?
regards jonny.
