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Subject: [NY CAN] Checking immigration routes
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:28:49 EST

In a message dated 2/4/2004 7:03:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:


>
> Elizabeth - That time period might be a problem. As I explained, travel
> between
> Canada and the US was fairly open, and not much in the way of immigration
> records exist. Having said that, you might get lucky and find something. I
> am
> in Canton, near the Courthouse, and if you give me your family names, I will
> check when I am next in to see if there is anything there (or, if you are in
> St.
> Lawrence County, you can do yourself). Where in Ontario did your family
> originate?
> Pat D
>
>
>

Pat, Someone going from Toronto, York to be exact, immigrated to NYC area in
1858-9 would somehow be recorded (with luck) at the Canton Courthouse? Or did
I mis- understand?

My Henry & Margaret Williams with daughter Martha who would have been an
infant born 1858 Canada West and baptized at St. James Cathedral immigrated to
Staten Island, NY (Richmond County at the time) and are found in the 1860 census
for same.

Do you think that their immigration out of Canada may be listed somewhere?

Margaret McAndrew was born somewhere upstate NY in 1837, Henry Williams her
husband was born 1822-3 Ireland, probably North. They marry in 1856 Toronto,
York at St. James Cathedral.

They immigrated to NYC, I always thought via ground transportation. There
does not appear to be any naturalization records for Henry his wife being born
NYS would not have required them, the daughter would have needed
naturalization? although the records for Richmond County are spotty.

I also thought that immigration from Canada to NY did not always require any
naturalization for that time period.

I am not an expert on Canadian immigration, I must mention and am having a
hard time "grasping" the whole thing.

Thank you very much for any insight/knowledge.

Lynn

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