Re: Shanley. Family Search

Margaret Jeremiah · Post by **Margaret Jeremiah** » Sun Jan 10, 1999 8:35 am

I would like to trace any members of my grandfathers family. His name was Joseph Micheal, he emigrated to Liverpool/Chester in the 1920`s. I would be very grateful for any replies. Maggie
 
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Post by **efinn** » Sun Jan 10, 1999 8:18 pm

(User Above) wrote: : His name was Joseph Micheal, he emigrated to : Liverpool/Chester in the 1920`s. Hi Maggie,I find your statement regarding Liverpool/Chester to be quite interesting. As it turns out, my grandfather and two of his brothers (at separate times), all went to Chester from their home in the townland of Lisduff, County Roscommon. Their skill would have been farming, and I'm told that Chester supports a fair amount of farming (or did back then) in the area surrounding the town proper. You are not the first person that I have seen put up a posting regarding the temporary emigration of their ancestor(s) to Chester. In the back of my mind I can't help but wonder if perhaps a family member may have moved to Chester and was helping the rest of the family to earn fare to the U.S. I have pretty much dropped this idea in favor of the concept that my ancestors were pretty much working on their own until such time as they could afford the passage out of Liverpool to the U.S. The existence of the Chester farms may have been common knowledge amongst the farmers back in Lisduff. I have accumulated a fair amount of historical data on Chester, and if you would be interested, I could try and make some copies for you. Because of our common interest in Chester, I would appreciate hearing from you should you find any data that would support the reason why your ancestor emigrated to Chester.Good luck with your research.Ed Finn efinn@thecore.com

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