Re: WILSON - Co. Carlow & Co. Laois, Ireland - to New York City 1922
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WILSON - Co. Carlow & Co. Laois, Ireland - to New York City 1922
Annie Crenshaw 11/17/06
My great grandfather John McQuaide married Harriet Maria Wilson in about 1854.Her father was Michael Wilson, a merchant in Carlow.John and Harriet lived in Carlow Town and had 7 children (may have been more but 7 survived).Harriet died in 1879 of TB.Her sister Elizabeth Wilson moved in with John, I guess to help look after the children (my grandfather was only 4 when his mother died), and she was still there in 1901 according to the census.John McQuaide had a Stationers shop in Dublin Street, Carlow and was also Registrar of Marriages and Stamp Dealer.He was a town councillor for a while too.When I visited a few years ago I found a Wilson grave in the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Carlow.
I don't know if these are the same family as yours, but it is quite possible.
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Re: WILSON - Co. Carlow & Co. Laois, Ireland - to New York City 1922
Annie Crenshaw 6/10/07