The Irish Free State was four months old when my then 35 year old Grandfather and Grandmother boarded the S.S. Montnairn out of Belfast. My mother, two months short of three years of age, accompanied them on this voyage to a new life as Canadian citizens. This slideshow is a mix of images from the Cobh Heritage center and my personal genealogy materials.
Call for Irish Emigration, this for Idaho. My grandfather answered a similar call, returning in 1926 for his wife and daughter. 
Postcard of the Ship that carried my Mother and her parents from Belfast to Quebec. Less than 2 years after their voyage the S.S. Montnairn was sold for scrap. 
Using GoogleMaps I found the house my Grandparents first lived in after emigration from the Irish Free State 
The address was on their immigration documentation. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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That’s quite a story Michael. Great post.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Shehanne
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I am certain sure you don’t need that from me. it is wonderful to read of a family’s travels. How you came to be where you are.
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Comments keep me going. Cheers
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Thanks to the Internet, we can find out a lot about our family histories. That’s a good thing.
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certainly, Steve. That and DNA technology
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Has to be inspirational thinking about your grandparents making that move and what they must have gone through.
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As I approach the edge of eternity am thinking more about them.
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So interesting! I emigrated at 4 with my folks in 1957 from England (to Toronto) and still recall how immense this new country seemed, how swallowed up in it I felt.
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Canada is immense, so few people compared to the USA.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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Beautiful story and you have documented it with style and grace Michael. I know how important our grandparents journeys can be as mine also travelled far from their lands during the Civil War in Spain.
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