Decipher Canada Ocean Arrivals Form 30A

[Dulaigh]

Bro...ther B O'Malley

[josey]

Do you know where & when Vincent was born? His parents' names? Names of any brothers to his father, to give cousins names O'Malley?  Where Vincent was living before he emigrated? If Vincent immigrated in 1924, we should be able to find most of the family on the publicly available 1901 & 1911 Ireland census - though it is a fairly common surname.

If the John O'Malley immigrated in 1907 we should be able to find him whether or  not he is a relative; I will look for a B O'Malley [not forgetting that some ancestry transcriptions have the 'O' as a middle initial rather than part of the surname, or with no apostrophe - so *Malley is a more useful search.

We'll find him......Josey

[kiwi2011]

Vincent was born in Kirkham, Lancashire in 1900. He appears on the 1901 and 1911 census. As the earlier posting of the 30A states, he moved to Canada in 1924. This document refers to his last place of residency as being Rosturk, Mayo and that his grandfather is Patrick Omalley. Vincent's parents are Patrick Mally, born Rosturk and Alice Kilcoyne born Kirkham. I have his grandparents Patrick and Bridget (nee Moran) on the 1901 and 1911 census in Rosturk. On the 1901 census it shows three brothers, John born 1878, Thomas born 1883 and John Thomas Malley born 1897 - these are Vincent's uncles. Thanks!

[josey]

1921 in Saskatchewan only *Mall*y I can only see:

Michael OMalley [transcribed on ancestry as Amalley] aged 34 born Ireland road master immigrated 1912 with wife Celia aged 26 born Ireland immigrated 1918 daughter Margaret M aged 1 born Alberta all RC; living in Simpson St, Wilkie, Battleford - RG312 Folder 150 Battleford p 13.

James OMalley aged 41 born Ireland blacksmith anglican immigrated 1909 wife Olive aged 45 born Ontario methodist living in Harris, Kindersley - RG 31; Folder 152 Kindersley p 4. In later US directories there is a James A OMalley with wife Olive B in Pennsylvania.

I assume you have the border crossing of Vincent in 1929, arrival contact aunt Catherine Philip, departure contact father Patrick. I think I can make out under 'nearest relative' - 'none in Canada'.

It's possible that the cousin 'B' OMalley immigrated after the 1921 census.

I will concentrate on looking for Patrick jnr's brother marriages & possible children although of course the term cousin may have then been used less rigidly than today.

Is John Thomas 1897 not Vincent's brother - he appears as grandson aged 4 born England with Patrick snr & Bridget in 1901?

[kiwi2011]

The O'Malley's of my family are all Roman Catholic, so that helps to whittle things down a bit. I did know that John Thomas is Vincent's brother, my apologies if I said otherwise. I suppose it's possible that B O'Malley emigrated later than 1921 but as yet I don't know of a B O'Malley unless it's a female, Bridget? I struggled trying to find marriages for Patrick Junior's brothers because there names are so popular so they could be one of several. I'm only looking at indexes so I can't tie them in. Yes, I have the boarder crossing document of 1929 but have difficulty reading some of it.

Thanks again.

[kiwi2011]

I have found an index for a marriage between Michael O'Malley and Celia Burns in 1915 Westport, Mayo. HOwever, RootsIreland marriage records only go up to 1900 so I don't know how else I can find the details of the marriage?

[kiwi2011]

Josey, I can see now what you mean by 'none in Canada'. That's interesting. There's a lot more on this form that need deciphering, can you help with that? Perhaps I'll post it, as I think I'm supposed to. Thanks.

[josey]

I'll have a go but it's really poor quality. If you do post more, don't post the while thing at a time - copyright issues. It will be worth looking at some others which might help with working out what the questions are!! I'll have a ago at Patrick jnr's brothers marriages to when I get a chance.

BTW - where is Vincent in 1930, 1940? Have you found aunt Catherine Philips nearby?

[kiwi2011]

Shanreagh, Ambly and gaffy, I think you've done an amazing job and I am so grateful to you. Yes I do have the document for him going to Saskatchewan. However, I'm not able to find him on a 1930 U.S. census on Sedgwick, Chicago. I also looked for Catherine Phillips at this location but no luck. Vincent does have an Aunt Catherine and also I couldn't find a marriage to a Phillips, I'll keep looking. I have also tried locating him at Rockhaven (or family) but no luck there either. Although, I'm sure I have much to learn with regards to scouring through census info, so they could very well appear. Yes, his family is from Rosturk, Mayo and Vincent was born in Kirkham, Lancashire England. Kind Regards.