Robert Dunlap from Ireland to Pennsylvania

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Permalink Reply by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on July 24, 2009 at 2:00pm

Virginia - I can understand how frustrated you must feel! There are a few questions I have immediately:

1. Do you know if Robert was married when he arrived? What was his wife's name and when was she born?

2. Have you checked for naturalization records for Robert? The link leads you to a free website with free naturalization records, and it also has links to all known naturalization records online (free and fee)

3. Have you tried searching for an obituary for Robert? Or for his children? Sometimes a child's obit will say something about how they are the son/daughter of so and so who came to this country in xxxx (year). That may not be totally accurate but it would give you a timeframe for arrival

Permalink Reply by Virginia Taylor on July 27, 2009 at 9:19pm

Hi Lorine, to answer some of your questions. I am sure Robert was not married when he came over because his wife was born in Pa. Her name was either Elizabeth Shultz or Elizabeth Patterson. I am leaning toward the Shultz because the person who gave me that info seems to have been more thorough in his research. If it is Shultz her father's name was probably George. I do not have a birth date for Elizabeth. I have looked for naturalization records but find nothing for him. I do not have an obit but do have his will. I have tried to do some follow up on the children but keep running into a dead end. I will just have to keep plugging away and eventually all of his info before 1826 will appear.
Ginny