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A Cook/ Relative Declares Citizenship in Cincinnati, Ohio
My grandfather, James Burns, was born 09/09/99 (ie. 1899)
I found this picture in his bible where I live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It's a photograph of Margaret Burns, a relative of his. She was born in Ballymoney, Ireland. The image is of a document titled "Declaration of Intention," dated May 18, 1882, to enter the US.
I found it interesting that she couldn't remember where she emigrated from, …
Contributors
- Nancy Johannigman
Subject
- Emigration from Ireland
- 1880s
- Immigration to the United States
- Irish Americans
- Documents
- Human migration
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- Human migration
Contributors
- Nancy Johannigman
Subject
- Emigration from Ireland
- 1880s
- Immigration to the United States
- Irish Americans
- Documents
- Human migration
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/cb34c570-5b8e-0137-39ba-6eee0af60423#agent-cb36d880-5b8e-0137-39ba-6eee0af60423
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/cb34c570-5b8e-0137-39ba-6eee0af60423#agent-cb3791b0-5b8e-0137-39ba-6eee0af60423
- Human migration
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
- Glasgow
- Ballymoney District
- Belfast
- Belfast
- United Kingdom
- Ballymoney
- Glasgow
Identifier
- 087
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/cb34c570-5b8e-0137-39ba-6eee0af60423
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Storytelling event at EPIC, The Irish Emigration Museum
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-25T07:44:17.134Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:15:17.292Z