Roscommon immigrants to Mobile Co. AL

[Juli]

Am interested in hearing from any individuals whose families went from Roscommon to the area of Eight Mile, Mobile Co., AL.<p>Patrick McNulty was born 1825, I'm told, in Roscommon, and immigrated to Mobile Co. AL. A John Kearns and Catherine McNulty Kearns, in the 1850s, came to Mobile Co. AL via Liverpool and New York. Patrick McNulty was a relation of Catherine McNulty. There were a number of Irish who settled there during this time period who helped settle a community called Three Mile. <p>A newspaper article, titled "Last of a Coterie of Pioneer Settlers", reads: <p>"With the burial of Mr. P. McNulty pased away the last one of a class of hardy Irishmen that settled beyond the Three Mile creek many years previous to the Civil War. All north of Owen's Lane to LaFargue's Bul Head and west from St. Stephen's road to Burden's creek was the territory settled. These hardy pioneers brought to the highest state of perfection the production of early vegetables and laid the foundation of knowledge that the present day truck farmer enjoys in that vicinity. Among the first settlers were the three brothers, Thomas, Patrick and Martin McAndrew; James Stewart, Michael McDonald, John Tuite, M. McGuire, M. McHale, Mr. Doody, M. Devine, Charles Rooney, Thomas Finch, P. Kearns and Mr. Green, father of county commissioner Green, and P. McNulty. Martin Costello, who laid the foundation of his fortune by truck farming; Peter Reynolds, John Clashy and the late P. Sweeny were truck growers for many years, but their advent was after the Civil war; so that with the death of Mr. McNulty all of the original settlers have passed to the great beyond. The descendants of this sturdy race are very numerous, and with few exceptions all of them made honorable and useful citizens. It will be a long time, if ever, that this part of the country will ever see their likes again."<p>I don't know if the Kearns and McAndrews (who immigrated in 1852 according to 1900 census data) etc. may have been from Roscommon as well but it's a fair possibility. There was already a Kearns family in the area; I am wondering also if there were previous familial immigrants who provided the attraction to this area. <p>Juli
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[Juli]

Sorry. I erroneously listed the place as Three Mile, when it was EIGHT MILE, beyond Three Mile Creek.<p>Juli
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[Sean]

: Am interested in hearing from any individuals whose families went from Roscommon to the area of Eight Mile, Mobile Co., AL.<p>: Patrick McNulty was born 1825, I'm told, in Roscommon, and immigrated to Mobile Co. AL. A John Kearns and Catherine McNulty Kearns, in the 1850s, came to Mobile Co. AL via Liverpool and New York. Patrick McNulty was a relation of Catherine McNulty. There were a number of Irish who settled there during this time period who helped settle a community called Three Mile. <p>: A newspaper article, titled "Last of a Coterie of Pioneer Settlers", reads: <p>: "With the burial of Mr. P. McNulty pased away the last one of a class of hardy Irishmen that settled beyond the Three Mile creek many years previous to the Civil War. All north of Owen's Lane to LaFargue's Bul Head and west from St. Stephen's road to Burden's creek was the territory settled. These hardy pioneers brought to the highest state of perfection the production of early vegetables and laid the foundation of knowledge that the present day truck farmer enjoys in that vicinity. Among the first settlers were the three brothers, Thomas, Patrick and Martin McAndrew; James Stewart, Michael McDonald, John Tuite, M. McGuire, M. McHale, Mr. Doody, M. Devine, Charles Rooney, Thomas Finch, P. Kearns and Mr. Green, father of county commissioner Green, and P. McNulty. Martin Costello, who laid the foundation of his fortune by truck farming; Peter Reynolds, John Clashy and the late P. Sweeny were truck growers for many years, but their advent was after the Civil war; so that with the death of Mr. McNulty all of the original settlers have passed to the great beyond. The descendants of this sturdy race are very numerous, and with few exceptions all of them made honorable and useful citizens. It will be a long time, if ever, that this part of the country will ever see their likes again."<p>: I don't know if the Kearns and McAndrews (who immigrated in 1852 according to 1900 census data) etc. may have been from Roscommon as well but it's a fair possibility. There was already a Kearns family in the area; I am wondering also if there were previous familial immigrants who provided the attraction to this area. <p>: Juli<p>Juli, Just a little factoid: The Bishop of Mobile in the 1950's was Bishop Toolan whose ancestors were from Killina, now parish of Tulsk but parish of Elphin prior to 1862 and spelled Killinagh in the old records.

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