Apologies and correction to my last post. Richard Sealy's son Edward was my wife's grandfather. Edward served his time in the RIC mostly around Donegal and Leitrim (Richard, great grandfather, also in the RIC served his time mostly in Tipperary and Kilkenny). On retirement Edward and his wife, Annie O'Rourke, ran a guest house in Co Leitrim. In January 1930 he and his eldest son Richard Gordon (Dick) emigrated to the States where his brothers worked in or owned an Iron Foundry in Joliet, Illinoise. His original intention was to bring the rest of his family over when he had settled in. He returned sometime in 1932 in the middle of the Great Depression and died in 1933 in his early fifties. My wife's mother's name was Agnes Patricia Sealy. His relatives in Joliet seemed to have changed the spelling of their name to Seeley.
On the New York passener emigration list, Edward and Richard were listed as going to stay with a Thomas Sealy at Jackson Street, Joliet.
Criostoir1971, we would like to persue any connection with you and your ancestors. It sounds interesting and would love to hear more from you.
Pat
