Henneberry Family Arrival in 1848

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Section 237 Roll # 73

Name of Vessel: Ship Argyle,   Port of Embarkation: Cork

Date of Arrival: June 17, 1848,   Number of Passengers: 578

Ships Master: T. Brockbauty (sp)

From page 6 of the ships list or mainifest of all the pasengers taken on board from Cork:

Listed twenty-two members of the Henneberry Family.

Two Williams the same age. Two Bridgets ages 6 and 4. Two James ages 30 and 12.

Two Johns ages 20 and 6. Two Thomas ages 19 and 2. Two Bess's ages 18 and 14.

David and Jane parents of 12 children.  Eleven children accompanied them:   1. William 2. Francis  3. Thomas 4. David  5. James  6.  Elizabeth (Bessie)   7. Michael    8. Patt    9. Mary Bridget    10. John    11. Garrett.

Margaret Henneberry Foley, the oldest daughter of David and Jane arrived in New York on the Effingham from Cork May 30, 1849.  Her husband John and two children William and James were on the same ship.

For detailed information on David Henebry and children, go to Research Page.

    Four adult Henebry  males were aboard the Argyle: two were brothers of David, the others a cousin or nephew.

James Henebry age 30 and his wife Ellen Kenny age 25, with three children:  Bridget, Thomas and Michael.
        James and Ellen and their family settled in DuPage County, IL.

William age 23 married and settled in Grundy County, IL.   He later moved to Wesley Township in Will County, IL and lived near David Henneberry II.

John Henebry age 20.  We have no records for John.

Henry age 20 and his wife Bess age 18.    Henry may have moved to Missouri. 

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Also aboard the Argyle: John Kenney age 22,  laborer (brother of Ellen Kenny Henebry),  and twenty members and relatives from the Ryan, Kiely and Cushing families.

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Passenger on the Brig. Harmony arrived New York on July 18, 1848 from Waterford was

Marg. Heneberry age 18.

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1860 Cook County Illinois Census for Rich Township page 899 lists Bridget Henerbry.

The journey from Ireland to New York was about 90 days in the 1840's and 1850's.

Source:  The Famine Immigrants, List of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851
Volume II, July 1847 - June 1848, Glazier & Tepper, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983.
pages 500 - 503.  Passenger list of the Argyle arriving from Cork on June 17, 1848.

Note:  Spelling of names and recording of ages NOT always correct.
Handwriting & age of manifest present problems.