Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Father John J. Scahill (Image) - 101st Fighter Interceptor Wing - Historical Newspapers - Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine

This is an extract from Ancestry.com

The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers in Portland, Maine, USA. Serving the state's largest and most commercially important city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in Maine.

Name: Father John J. Scahill, now a lieutenant at 101st Fighter Interceptor Wing, a chaplain soon to move from Dow Field to Grenier AFB, Manchester, New Hampshire

Newspaper: Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine

Event: Special Despatch

Venue: Bangor

Date: 8 April 1951

Allan Scahill

Friday, August 27, 2010

Patrick Scahill - SS Adriatic - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of New York











This is an extract from the Ellis Island website.

From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. Ellis Island is located in the upper bay just off the New Jersey coast, within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. Through the years, this gateway to the new world was enlarged from its original 3.3 acres to 27.5 acres mostly by landfill obtained from ship ballast and possibly excess earth from the construction of the New York City subway system...

Name: Patrick Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: 23

Occupation: Labourer

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Newtown, County Laois (Leash), Irish

Nearest Relative: Patrick Scahill (Father ?), 91 Chapman Street, Oldham Road, Manchester, England

Ship: SS Adriatic

Date of Arrival: 8 May 1927

Port of Arrival: Port Of New York

Port of Departure: Port Of Liverpool, England

Going To Join/Destination: Friend, Michael Collins, 122 - West 94th Street, New York City

Allan Scahill

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

William Scahill - General Labourer - 1891 Census of England - Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire















This is an extract from the 1891 Census of England.

The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5 April 1891 and gave the total population as 28,999,725. The census includes details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks, as well as individual households.

Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individuals status as of 5 April 1891 for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.

Name: William Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Age: 31

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: General Labourer

Birthplace: County Mayo, Ireland

Format example of the 1891 Census of England.

This is a link to an Index of Old Occupations, which may help in understanding personal occupation.

Allan Scahill

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Michael Scahill - Infantry Private - 1891 Census of England - Regent Road Barracks, Salford, Lancashire














This is an extract from the 1891 Census of England.

The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5 April 1891 and gave the total population as 28,999,725. The census includes details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks, as well as individual households.

Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individuals status as of 5 April 1891 for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.

Name: Michael Scahill

Organisation: Regent Road Barracks, Salford, Lancashire

Relationship To Head Of Family: Infantry Private

Age: 24

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Serviceman

Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire

Format example of the 1891 Census of England.

This is a link to an Index of Old Occupations, which may help in understanding personal occupation.

Allan Scahill