After the untimely and unexpected death of our immigrant ancestor Morgan Meara at the end of June 1855 and the destruction of their apartment as part of the Walker Street widening project, it seems his family’s short time in New York City (about five years) had come to an end. Somewhere between mid-1855 and mid-1860, Read more about The Mara’s settle in Jersey City: The first generations (1860-1922)[…]
Welcome to America! We pick up our story after the Meara’s arrival at New York City’s Castle Garden port of entry on August 24, 1850 (shown below in 1851). After the 1850 immigration document from their date of arrival, the written record for our Meara’s is very quiet (thus far in my search) until possibly 1853, when Read more about The Meara’s in New York City[…]
Beginning in September 1845, the Irish potato crops were failing and tenant farmers were being evicted (the highest rate of evictions were in Tipperary), forcing a million and half Irish to flee the island over a ten year period. Whether Morgan Meara and his family left Ireland because of the famine or being evicted (or both) Read more about The Meara’s leave Ireland for the New World[…]