Martin Scahill - Missing Friends 1831 To 1920

Extracted from a page on the website of New England Historical Society:

Beginning in 1831 and over the course of the next eighty-five years, the nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives. No one knows how many of these families found each other as a result of the ads, but these nineteenth-century notices continue to help families today find their ancestors.

These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. Many advertisements refer to women, for whom determining exact origin is even more difficult, due to the lack of naturalization records. So the Missing Friends advertisements help fill a great gap in nineteenth-century records for a mobile, impoverished, immigrant population.

Date: 22 February 1851

Name: Martin Scahill

Record: OF MARTIN SCAHILL, parish of Anadown, Castlecraven, County Galway, who came to this country eight years ago; he resided in Amesbury, Mass., two years, and went from there to New Mexico. Information of him will be received by his nephew, John Macnamara, Amesbury, Mass., or to Patrick Pendergast.

Published Volume: Vol VII, 1871 to 1876

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Austin Scahill - Missing Friends 1831 To 1920

Extracted from a page on the website of New England Historical Society:

Beginning in 1831 and over the course of the next eighty-five years, the nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives. No one knows how many of these families found each other as a result of the ads, but these nineteenth-century notices continue to help families today find their ancestors.

These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. Many advertisements refer to women, for whom determining exact origin is even more difficult, due to the lack of naturalization records. So the Missing Friends advertisements help fill a great gap in nineteenth-century records for a mobile, impoverished, immigrant population.

Date: 12 November 1859

Name: Austin Scahill

Record: OF AUSTIN SCAHILL, native of Murrisk, County Mayo, when last heard from he was in the western part of New York State. Any information will be thankfully received by his brother-in-law, Owen Garrity, No 3 Endicot Court, Boston, Mass.

Published Volume: Vol IV, 1857 to 1860

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Margaret Scahill - Missing Friends 1831 To 1920

Extracted from a page on the website of New England Historical Society:

Beginning in 1831 and over the course of the next eighty-five years, the nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives. No one knows how many of these families found each other as a result of the ads, but these nineteenth-century notices continue to help families today find their ancestors.

These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. Many advertisements refer to women, for whom determining exact origin is even more difficult, due to the lack of naturalization records. So the Missing Friends advertisements help fill a great gap in nineteenth-century records for a mobile, impoverished, immigrant population.

Date: 16 February 1856

Name: Margaret Scahill (Please note that Margaret is misspelled MAGRGRET in original post)

Record: OF MAGRGRET [sic] SCAHILL, of Belvin, parish Mount Temple, County Westmeath; when last heard from was in New York. Information received by her sister Ann, care of Mr Thomas Scahill, Pittsburg, Pa.

Published Volume: Vol III, 1854 to 1856

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Bernard Scahill - Missing Friends 1831 To 1920

Extracted from a page on the website of New England Historical Society:

Beginning in 1831 and over the course of the next eighty-five years, the nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives. No one knows how many of these families found each other as a result of the ads, but these nineteenth-century notices continue to help families today find their ancestors.

These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. Many advertisements refer to women, for whom determining exact origin is even more difficult, due to the lack of naturalization records. So the Missing Friends advertisements help fill a great gap in nineteenth-century records for a mobile, impoverished, immigrant population.

Date: 22 February 1851

Name: Bernard Scahill

Record: Of BERNARD SCAHILL, son to Michael Scahill and Catherine Howley, from parish Oughwale, County Mayo, who ran away from his parents from Clintonville, Lancaster Mills - he worked there near 2 years, and left his parents very unhappy. He is 14 years of age, tall and thin, dark brown hair, blue eyes, face freckled. Any information respecting him will be thankfully received by MICHAEL SCAHILL, Clinton, East Village, Ms.

Published Volume: Vol II, 1851 to 1853

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James Scahill - Missing Friends 1831 To 1920

Extracted from a page on the website of New England Historical Society:

Beginning in 1831 and over the course of the next eighty-five years, the nationally distributed, Boston Pilot newspaper printed some 45,000 �Missing Friends� advertisements placed by friends and relatives. No one knows how many of these families found each other as a result of the ads, but these nineteenth-century notices continue to help families today find their ancestors.

These advertisements typically referred to the exact place of origin of the seeker and/or the sought. Many of the ads also describe the process and route of immigration, and even the name of the passenger ship. Many advertisements refer to women, for whom determining exact origin is even more difficult, due to the lack of naturalization records. So the Missing Friends advertisements help fill a great gap in nineteenth-century records for a mobile, impoverished, immigrant population.

Date: 9 November 1850

Name: James Scahill

Record: Of JAMES SCAHILL, of County Mayo, who left home about 2 years since; when last heard from was in Painesville, Ohio. This is to inform him that his sister, Mary, and John Moran, are in this city, and can be heard of by addressing Edward Ryan, Agent of the Irish Emigrant Society, No. 4 Congress Square, Boston, Ms.

Published Volume: Vol I, 1831 to 1850

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