Family History Tracing

I have been waiting for the hints to start pouring in on Ancestry for the 1950 census and looks like in the last day or two it has started. Granted I only have about 2 pages of hints so far for about 4,000 people, but it's a start.

I know that I could dive deep into the census and find them, but I have been waiting for indexing, I am not in a rush right now, so I can wait.

Overall I think the hints have helped mostly align what I already knew, with a few new family members added overall, nothing groundbreaking yet. Maybe, just maybe I will find something that I can use to go down a new rabbit hole, till then I will be standing by as more and more of the 1950 census has been indexed, and hints have become available.

I have taken a long break from Genealogy and was looking to get back into it, but really was not looking forward to any subscriptions (Ancestry/MyHeritage/Others). Most often I have been using Ancestry or FamilySearch, but was for the most part in a rut. I could not find any more information about any family members.

Then I got an email saying that we had a DNA Match (Interesting always of course). So that leads me back to looking for my roots and confirming where we were matched. We were able to figure out the connection, and now we can see what each of us has for any documentation.

Back to Ancestry to see what was new, but of course, there was the paywall. That's when I remembered that being a Veteran I have access to Ancestry Library edition through the DoD MWR Libraries.

I was able to find a few documents, and now I will be back without the costs of a subscription.

I think I posted somewhere requesting help in translating the documents, but I cant find that specific information now. These are marriage records from Austria (Waehring) Macek Marriage I am reviewing the names on both images, and what I see is Anton Macek ---Johan Macek ---Josepha Podmola

Next image is the bride. Maria Pergal Stephan Pergal Katarina Cermik

I have had those names for a while now, and cant seem to find any connections or relations to those names. The documents are from 1869 in Austria.

It has been a while since I have done some research with my family tree, but after recieving a message from someone who had a photo of my great grandmother, I started to look back at my family tree. The photo is of Maud Malinda Jackson, and looks to be roughly around when she was born, as it list her birthday on the picture. The sender did one better and mailed me the actual photo, she said told me she collects photos and tries to get them to thier rightful homes. I am so grateful to get another piece of the puzzle, now to get back and see what else I can find. I know that I am currently stuck on my Jackson line as of around 1775ish. Maud's parents are George Henry Jackson and Elizabeth Maines, and Georges parents are William Jackson and Sabra Mead. I belive that William's parents are William Jackson, and "Polly" Jackson (dont have maiden name yet). From reading Polly could be Mary/Margaret/Dorothy. Not sure which is the best records to research around 1775 time frame. I believe he was born in NY or PA, and I know William Jr. and his brother were born in New Jersey. (Sussex County) wonder if there are records available online for that area.

Over the past few days, I have made a few more connections in the Toomey line of my family. One new development was that I was able to connect Michael Toomey to the family, more so than just by having a gravestone in the same plot.

I found Michaels Obituary shown below for 3 March 1923. But I am unable to find his Death Certificate (PA). It also lists his daughter married name different depending on what paper you look at. Below is Mrs. Robsin, others show Mrs. Roache.

Taking this a step further I started looking at when they arrived in the country. So far I have been unable to find any documentation for immigration/naturalization. I have been working off the City Directories for Scranton.

Based on this information I can glean that they most likely arrived in the country around 1891-1892. With the first image being 1891 and the second image from 1893. I don't know where they went in 1892 and I am only guessing the Ann/Lawrence are the same in both images. Lawrence is my line and Ann would be his mother. As you can see in one image she is widowed to Patrick, and the other she is widowed to Peter. All documents lead to Peter as his name.

I know that there is a "grave" in Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton for Peter, years back I found this out but there was no location know, possibly unmarked grave at that. It was just listed in their documents.

Peter is another one who I cannot find any documentation from. There is no known Obituary, Death Certificate that I could find (*On Ancestry/MyHeritage/FamilySearch). But given the possible time period, I would think I could find some trace of him.

I have searched for Peter, Lawrence, Anna/Anastasia immigration for the time periods but nothing looks concrete and there is no one around that can provide more details. I don't know if they came directly to PA, or did they possibly live somewhere else?

I do believe that they came from Ireland, and possibly moved to England (at least one daughter is listed as being born in White Haven, England.

Family

Peter Toomey -- Anastasia Cullen (both born about 1847 per documents)

Children

Anna Toomey Osborne (b.1859 Ireland -- per documents, kind of young parents though)

Jannie Toomey Corey --- born in England per obituary (moved to PA)

Lawrence Toomey - Born in Ireland (moved to PA)

James Toomey - Born in Ireland (moved to PA)

Peter Toomey - Born in Ireland - moved to Iowa

Michael Toomey - Born in Ireland - (moved to PA)

Any help would be appreciated.

So one of my ancestors has on their birth certificate that they were born in Dublin, Ireland, while the rest of the family, I have listed as England (for lack of real information). I was always told Toomeys are from England and the Gerrity's are from Ireland.

So today I found an Ireland Birth registration for Peter J. Toomey with parents of Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen. (Which are his parent's names by the way), and it was in a town outside of Dublin, but still considered Dublin for the Parish.

Next, I found James Toomey (One of Peters's brothers) who was born in the same town as Peter above with the parents of Peter Toomey, and Anastasia Cullen. I was thinking ok one could just be a fluke maybe someone with the same names, but I was at two.

A few minutes I find Anna Toomey (One of the names of Peters's sisters) born in the same town as Peter and with the same parents (Peter Toomey, and Anastasia Cullen. What are the chances that this would be my family?

The years are slightly off from what I have, but it was mostly based on Census data for the birth year/birth location (I think the largest off was about 7 years).

I am still missing a few of the family members (Lawrence, Jannie, and possibly a Michael). But I saw and Obituary notice which I cannot read (subscription) stating Jannie Toomey Corey was born in White Haven, England.

As for my line Lawrence, I have yet to find anything credible anywhere for him.

Currently, I have Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen in my tree which is at a brick wall. I was told that they were from England, but documents keep contradicting this. Some state England others state Ireland. Nobody in the family really remembers where this side of the family comes from but most state England. The problem is I have not been able to find any of those names in England.

In this, I have found a Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen on Ancestry.com who has had a few children but they don't line up with any family members, and or birth years.

Not sure if its a match at this point. So all these are from Dublin, so I would say at least they are the same family. (maybe not my family)

Still trying to find proof of where the family came from. Looking for Immigration records, ect.

So my Line
Peter Toomey (1846) -Anastasia Cullen (1847)

Children
Ann Toomey 1858 England
Peter Toomey 1863 Ireland
James Toomey 1874 Ireland
Lawrence Toomey 1875 PA
Jannie Toomey 1887 England

First one is Anne Toomey (Dublin) 1856

This next one is Jacob Toomey 10 April 1861 (Don't know of a Jacob)

Next is James Toomey (I have a James in my tree) but the wrong year - mine is 1864

Last I have Johanna, the closet I have is a Jannie Toomey but she was born in 1882 (roughly)

Last thoughts: I know dates/locations can be off as not everyone was 100% truthful in providing the information, or it was just not known. If anyone has any ideas of how to break past the wall, either through better verification of the family members or something let me know.

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