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In reply to the discussion: well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all]OnDoutside
(20,673 posts)22. Well in that case, this one looks more like it
Name: Mary Cahill
Gender: Female
Arrival Age: 12
Birth Date: abt 1862
Birth Place: Ireland
Last Residence: Ireland
Departure Place: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 21 May 1874
Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ship: Pennsylvania
It has Daniel, Ellen, Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth (Lillie)
And the 1880 census for Wisconsin
Name: Daniel Cahill
Age: 61
Birth Date: Abt 1819
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1880: Delavan, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
Dwelling Number: 319
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ellen Cahill
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Laborer
Name Age
Daniel Cahill 61
Ellen Cahill 52
Lillie Cahill 16
Joseph Cahill 18
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I see a tree on Ancestry where there's a Daniel Cahill and an Ellen Louise Hipwell.
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#19
Well to be fair, Daniel Cahill isn't too uncommon a name, so understandable.
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#49
Meticulous for sure. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of census records were destroyed by
OnDoutside
Oct 2020
#48