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Subject: [IRL-KIL-CASTLECOMER] From Castlecomer to Christian Bros. school inMaryland, late 1890's
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:19:44 EST



In examining the Ellis Island entries for those who gave Castlecomer as last
residence, I noted a few lads who arrived on the Aurania 17 Sep 1897 had
given their destination as a Christian Bros. School in Maryland. In the 1900
census several of them re-appear at the Annendale Normal Institute in Vansville,
Prince George's Co., Maryland, as students.Some of the names on Ellis Island
are Michael Devy 11,James Devy 11,Patrick Bergin 11,Edward Holland 11,Eugene
O'Neill 15.

Of these, the 1900 census shows four enrolled at the school: Michael Deevy
16, James Deevy 16 (both so spelled on census), Edward Holland 16

There are more students enrolled at the school, many with Kilkenny/Laois
names, who may be from the Castlecomer area, but did not note it as last
residence.

The 1900 census I used is the LDS one, compiled by volunteers. 1900 is now
98% complete, and is Free to search, they do require a registration.. It
returns the actual census images. For my purposes I found it best to click on
indexed census for 1900, then in the search box enter name, birth year, and
country of birth. Too many returns, go back and refine. It is an every name index.

The LDS census site is
_http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1183776820771_
(http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1183776820771)

Jack Langton






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