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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