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From: Eddie Thomas <>
Subject: Re: [PAGenWeb] Immigrant's port of entry
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:46:25 +0100
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Thanks Warren
Yes, they were miners.
I don't know how reliable the information obtained from the Federal
censuses is. If it's anything like the censuses here in the UK,
everything in them should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism!
The family in question claim to have entered the States in 1870, but I
have them in the UK census of 1871. This is why I need to establish
their port of arrival. Hopefully, by checking the passenger lists, I
will be able to prove - or disprove - my theory.
Regards
Ed

WARREN ARTLEY wrote:

>If they settled in Nanticoke, PA. they probably entered through the port of Philadelphia, since that would be closer to Nanticoke, which is in eastern Pennsylvania, in the coal region. Were they miners? I lived in PA for 67 years before moving to Florida in 1991, but in the central part of the commonwealth.
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>Warren
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eddie Thomas<mailto:>
> To: <mailto:>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:38 AM
> Subject: [PAGenWeb] Immigrant's port of entry
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>
> Hello all
> I'm looking into the possibility that some of my ancestors emigrated
> from Wales in the mid-1870s and settled in Nanticoke, Pa. Although I
> can't as yet say for certain, I think it was probably 1874 when they
> entered the States. Based on this limited information, can anyone
> suggest which would have been the likely port of entry - New York or
> Philadelphia? Or neither!
> Kind regards
> Ed (Worcestershire, England)
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