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Immigration rcds completed on date of arrival are unlikely to show the parish or other placename for origins. A more fruitful source is naturalization papers. I think you can find both these sources by Googling "NARA."
I research the Irish Family History Foundation's database. It contains 12,000,000 surviving rcds for abt 65% of Irish counties. Rcds are increasingly sparse B4 1840, rare B4 1800.
Note 1 - Without a KNOWN parish, the chance of an ancestor's rcds NOT being in this database is AT LEAST 35%.
Note 2 - Only 1/2 of Co. Cork's rcds are in this database.
Note 3 - The RC church kept control over most parish rcds from Tipperary (north). These are ONLY available thru the Tipperary Family History Research center at a substantial fee (regardless of outcome).
Co. Donegal rcds aren't in this database yet. Suggest you wait until they are. This may take several yrs. Or, you can visit and LDS Family History Library near you for its microfilms of original parish registers.
The Irish practiced "chain-migration." The extended family would pool its resources to send one son between 16 and 24 yrs of age to America. Once there, he would work and send money, or prepaid tickets to the family to bring the next family member. This process repeated until all who wanted to immigrate had done so.
The Alexander and Daniel you mention could have been brothers, or uncles of your William. Your chances of making a connection between Alexander and Daniel with William are slim indeed. Rcds from that period simply weren't kept, or didn't survive.
Google the Foundation's name to lead you to this database. Register, opt to be notified as rcds are added and browse. Pls post your search results to my genforum msg.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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