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From: Gery and Sue Swiggum< >
Subject: Re: [TSL] Lookup: Ireland>?U.S./Can?>1863
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 16:20:13 -0400

Hi Roger,

At 12:04 AM 12/4/98 -0600, Roger D Fryar wrote:
<snip>
>had been in the U.S. for 37 years, listing his year of entry as 1863. So
far
>we have been through the Philadelphia passenger lists for 1863, which is
>where family stories indicated he had entered. With no luck there we
started
>on the New York passenger lists and have found nothing through September
>1863.
> His declaration of intent was filed in Grant County Wisconsin in 1868,
>becoming final in the Oklahoma Territory in 1894. Since his declaration
>was filed in Wisconsin, it could be possible for him to have entered through
>a Canadian port.

It is entirely possible that Thomas did arrive via Quebec, but
unfortunately archiving of the Quebec passenger lists did not begin until
1865.

Sorry for the bad news,

Sue
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