A happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone! Especially to all my ancestors who made the long journey from Ireland in the 19th century:
- John Bogue – arrived 1825, age 16, to Baltimore
- Margaret (wife of Henry Bogue) – arrived 1825, age 43, to Baltimore
- Mary Ann (wife of Nicholas Gorman) – arrived 1824-1826, age 26-28, from County Down to Baltimore
- Nicholas Gorman – arrived 1827, age 48, from County Down to Baltimore
- Henry Bogue – arrived after 1833, from County Fermanagh
- John Cummings – arrived 1834, age 8, to Baltimore
- Alexander Cummings (father of John Cummings) – arrived 1834, age 32, from County Tyrone to Baltimore
- Mary McKuskey (mother of John Cummings) – arrived 1834, age 35, from County Tyrone to Baltimore
- Thomas Leland (father of Mary Ellen Leland) – arrived after 1837, from Woodfield, Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
- Mary Martin (mother of Mary Ellen Leland) – arrived after 1837
- Patrick F. Collins – arrived before 1840, from County Cork
- Dorothy “Dolly” Kelly (mother of James O’Conor) – arrived after 1840
- Michael Loughran – arrived before 1842
- Bridget Flanagan – arrived before 1842
- Daniel Hurley – arrived before 1842
- Maria Ann (wife of John Bogue) – arrived before 1845
- James Lacy (father of James Joseph Lacy) – arrived 1847-1854, age 29-35, from Kilbrin, County Cork
- James Joseph Lacy – arrived 1848, age 8, from County Cork to Baltimore
- Mary Elizabeth Sheehan (mother of James Joseph Lacy) – arrived 1848, age 30, from County Cork to Baltimore
- Sarah Lee Farrell – arrived 1849, age 9, from County Roscommon to Baltimore
- Edward Francis Levelle – arrived in 1849, age 11
- Rose McKeyley (grandmother of John Cummings) – arrived before 1850
- Mary Josephine O’Connor – arrived 1850-1853, age 5-8, from County Cork
- William Galvin – arrived 1850-57, age 24-31, from County Galway to Baltimore
- James O’Conor – arrived 1852, age 23
- Mary Ellen Leland – arrived 1853, age 16, from County Roscommon
For reference, the Great Famine lasted from 1845-1852, but there were previous failures of the potato crop:
- 1821-1822 – Munster and Connaught
- 1830-1831 – Counties Mayo, Donegal, and Galway
- 1835 – Ulster
- 1832-1834, 1836-1837, 1839, 1841, 1844 – general crop losses due to dry rot and curl
The counties of Ireland
A Genealogy in Baltimore 