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26-07-14, 18:12
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Sarah Walsh from Newport, County Mayo, Ireland
I am trying to find information on my paternal grandmother's family. I have information after she arrived in the U.S. but it seems as if she didn't exist before she boarded The Servia. All the information I have on Sarah is as follows:
Sarah Walsh Daughter of Martin Walsh (from her death certificate) b. 1 Nov 1879 in Newport, County, Mayo, Ireland sailed from Queenstown, Ireland aboard The Servia on 27 April 1898 arrived in New York on 6 June 1898 8 June 1900 US census in St. Louis, Missouri working as a servant 1900 married Charles C. Cottingham in St. Louis, MO 7 Dec 1902 son Robert C. Cottingham was born (d. 1 May 1927) 6 July 1904 son Charles Melvin Cottingham was born (d. 20 Aug 1930) 5 Oct 1906 son John C. Cottingham was born (d. 13 Nov 1923) 15 July 1908 son Thomas Vincent “Vince” Cottingham was born (d. 28 Aug 1951) 19 April 1910 US census living in St. Louis, MO 17 Dec 1910 husband Charles died About 1912 Sarah married Joseph Griffiths 1913 daughter Mary Griffiths was born 8 Jan 1920 US census living in St. Louis, MO 4 April 1930 US census living in St. Louis, MO 1932-1933-1935 listed with family in St. Louis city directory 1 April 1940 US census living in St. Louis, MO 6 Nov 1957 Sarah died 8 Nov 1957 buried in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis I don’t know how to find out if she was naturalized. I’ve had no luck finding her in Ireland. Walsh is a very common name there. So are Martin, Sarah & Bridget (her sister who paid for her passage). 
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#2
26-07-14, 18:45
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Was her husband either born in the US or naturalized, Sandra? If he was a US citizen then I think she would have obtained citizenship by marrying him.
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#3
26-07-14, 19:02
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Don't know if it helps or not, but the ship's manifest says that she is going to her sister in Scranton, PA (Pennsylvania). The street looks like W. Washington something-or-other. Can anyone make out the sister's first name? I can't say I really see Bridget. Did she have another sister over here?
EDIT: Or it could be 20 Washington rather than W. Washington.
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#4
26-07-14, 20:43
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Yes. My grandfather was born in Georgia in the US.
The only information I have on her birth family is a sister named Bridget from the ship's manifest & her father's name of Martin Walsh from her death certificate.
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#5
26-07-14, 21:37
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#6
26-07-14, 21:50
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Do you have her marriage certificate? That should have both parents' names (at least it does in other states; I'm not familiar with Missouri records).
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#7
26-07-14, 21:55
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No. I just looked it up on the internet to order a copy & I have to go the St. Louis City Hall. Didn't know it would have the parents names on it, just wanted a copy for my records. I will go there next Friday when I'm off work. It seems that in St. Louis you have to go in person to get it.
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#8
26-07-14, 22:05
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Her death cert's here if anyone wants to see it:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resou...rts&sMonth=all
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#9
26-07-14, 22:11
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This page tells you about the information you can find in Missouri marriage certs: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 I have tried searching for Sarah's marriages on Ancestry and familysearch, but I haven't found anything so far. Familysearch doesn't seem to have St Louis records yet, but Ancestry does.
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#10
26-07-14, 22:55
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St. Louis is not very generous about sharing & not always easy to work with. I was hoping to buy it online, but you have to go in person. They don't accept credit cards or personal, just cash, money order or cashiers check. Also I will have to go through their index & find the exact date of the marriage.
I had to go 2 years ago to get a copy of my marriage license, his death certificate & my 2nd marriage license in order to renew my driver's license That was a fun day.
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