Author Topic: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864  (Read 1253 times)

Offline heath

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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 03 July 25 05:27 BST (UK) »
I seam to be having difficulty in putting in an attachment.  I click on attachments and nothing happens.  no 3399 Mary J arrives in Boston 1882  sept 19 age 18. Familyseach have cut of half the info so I don't think the attachment would be much help any way.  The census would be to late even if they were available so were can I go for any marriages?

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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 03 July 25 09:12 BST (UK) »
As far as I know, you can't post images on Lookup boards.
Did she marry or are you just blindly searching for a marriage? Would be better to start searching for her in 1900 U.S. Census under McClelland (or variations). If you don't find a likely match (and remember that ages were often inaccurate) deaths and then marriages could be searched.
Family Search is a good staring point and there are lots of resources for other places.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 03 July 25 13:01 BST (UK) »
I seam to be having difficulty in putting in an attachment.  I click on attachments and nothing happens.  no 3399 Mary J arrives in Boston 1882  sept 19 age 18. Familyseach have cut of half the info so I don't think the attachment would be much help any way.  The census would be to late even if they were available so were can I go for any marriages?

That page is viewable here - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KZ-MHNC?view=index&cc=2304666&lang=en&groupId= 

I'm not sure if there's a reason you feel strongly that the one from 1882 is her and not 1890. You're dealing with a common name, Irish immigrants from that era tended to be vague about their ages, and, unfortunately the passenger lists from that era give very little personal information.  Additionally, Boston is missing some passenger lists from April 1874 to 1 Jan. 1883 due to a fire - more info here https://www.germanroots.com/boston.html - so it looks like the actual list for 1882 wouldn't be available anyway.

Is there some other information that indicated that your Mary went to Boston (or the US, in general) or was this just a Mary that fit in the time frame where you couldn't find yours? 

As for marriage records, assuming that either Mary from the passenger lists is her, she could have married anywhere.  Family Search has some marriage records for a lot of states, including Massachusetts, but I didn't see any likely matches with the parents' names referenced above.   

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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #12 on: Friday 04 July 25 01:09 BST (UK) »
I am just guessing that she would have married in Boston. Mary J is the eldest child in the family. Her father was Isaac.  I understand that the 1900 census is unavailable.  She was the first child to leave for the states.


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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #13 on: Friday 04 July 25 01:21 BST (UK) »
The 1900 census is available.  The 1890 is not, except for a few fragments from a few states, but nothing in Massachusetts.

Was her family later in Boston?  Was there any later of sign of her? 

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Re: Mary Jane McClelland birth 1864
« Reply #14 on: Friday 04 July 25 01:48 BST (UK) »
thanks
The rest of the family didn't go to Boston. So I had the wrong census that was missing. No I haven't seen any sign of her later. Sister Margaret arrives in 1891 age 20  Philadelphia. brother William arrives in 1891 age 21 New York. Martha is found in a boarder crossing  Sex: Female
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Vermont, Franklin, St. Albans, Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954
 Immigration  1895-1924
Vermont, United States
Birth   Castlerock Ireland
Age 46
birth 1867   would this be in 1913
so not married.