immigration question

[rleach]

hello i hope someone can answer this  my gr gr grandfather immigrated to the usa in 1862 i can not find him on a passenger list over here is there any records that someone has access to that can help for that year also whatwould have been the usuall port of entry for 1862 since ellis island was not here yet i have searched the new york list but no luck thak y

rosemary howard leach  looking for
thomas howard dob 1--23-1836 immgrated to usa 1862   occupation iron moulder

[Paul E]

Hi Rosemary

Do you have any idea at all where Thomas was from, as someone may be able to locate him on the 1861 census?

cheers

Paul

[W_Higgins]

Boston would naturally come to mind, however many people traveled via Canada.  Canada did not impose as many restrictions on those coming from Britain / Ireland as the US did at that time.  Perhaps your ancestor landed in Quebec City or Montreal and went via land to the US. 

Good luck!

[rleach]

thANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY I WISH I KNEW WHERE HE CAME FROM THAT IS THE BOG MYSTERY FAMILY SAID HE CAME FROM WESTSHIRE BUT SINCE THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE I AM LEFT TO TRY AND SOLVE THIS MYSTERY BASED ON IS OCCUPATION OF BEING A IRON MOULDER AND HIS BIRTHDATE OF 1-23-1836 AND IMIGRATION YEAR 

ROSEMARY HOWARD LEACH

[W_Higgins]

Perhaps it was Wiltshire rather than Westshire???  (Wiltshire is a county in the south.)

[Paul E]

If you search the International Geneaological Index at
www.familysearch.org for Thomas b1836 I think there are about three or four that come up.  At least that narrows down your searches a bit.

Paul