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| 'Information Wanted' Irish Immigrant Ads Placed in Irish Newspapers |
Of THOS. SALMON, who left his
father's house, Alermake co, Iowa, in last September; heard he
went to St Louis. Information will be received by his uncle, JOS.
SALMON, 3 Salutation street, Boston, Ms.
Boston Pilot, Boston, Mass.; Information Wanted Ads; March
11, 1854
Of JOHN O'NEIL, a native of the city of Dublin,
who landed in Quebec in 1831, with his father, Henry, his
stepmother, and brother Charles, and there learned the boot and
shoe making trade. Information received by his brother Charles,
Lycurgus, Allamakee county, Iowa.
Boston Pilot, Boston, Mass.; Information Wanted Ads; January
3, 1857
Of PATRICK THORNTON, aged 15 years, raised from
8 years at St Vincent's Asylum, Baltimore, and left there about 2
years ago. His father has 80 acres of land and a home for him,
and wants him, the worst way, to come to him. Please address
Patrick Thornton, Wexford, Alemakee county, Iowa.
Boston Pilot, Boston, Mass.; Information Wanted Ads;
September 3, 1859
Of MAURICE FITZGERALD, a Tailor
from Kerry, destination Worcester, MA. Address his brother
Michael Fitzgerald of Union Prarie, Alamakee, Ia.
Boston Pilot, Boston, Mass.; Information
Wanted Ads; February 16, 1861
Of THOMAS BROPHY, aged 27 years
who left Lansing, Iowa, about 2½ years ago; when last heard of,
about 18 months ago, was in Duckport, Madison parish, La.; he was
a soldier in the Ninth Iowa Cavalry; was about five feet eight
inches in height. Information of him, dead or alive, will be
received by his brother, Joseph Brophy, Harper's Ferry, Allamakee
county, Iowa.
Boston Pilot, Boston, Mass.; Information
Wanted Ads; February 3, 1866
Of BARNEY DUFFY, who left
Philadelphia in the year 1856, for the west. Information will be
thankfully received by his brothers, Michael and James Duffy.
Address James Duffy, Lycurgus Post Office, Allamakee County,
Iowa, in care of Michael Dougherty.
Irish-American Newspaper, Information
Wanted column, July 17, 1869
- sources: as listed above
- submitted by: Cathy Joynt Labath
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