Brief history

Brief History of Patrick and Bridget McIntyre

Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901) married Bridget Stevens (c1829-1908) on March 3, 1851 in St. Attracta’s Roman Catholic Church, Toulestrane, County Sligo, Ireland. They had eleven known children. The first five were born in Ireland: Edward (1852-1931); Bartholomew (1854-1924); Mary (1856-1934); Dominick (c1860-1932); and Catherine (1861-1914). Patrick, his wife and five children, left Ireland in 1863 sailing on the SS Orient into New York harbor and finally settling in San Francisco, California where the last six children were born: John Dunn (1864-a1908); Elizabeth (1867-1869); William (1869-1879); James (1871-1874); Thomas (c1874-a1931); and Ellen (1879-1963). Patrick and Bridget homesteaded in Oregon in the 1880s. Patrick died in 1901 and Bridget died in 1908. They are both buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Patrick's parents, Edward (c1805/6-1881) and Ann McIntyre (c1803/07-1889), both born in Ireland, also came to the US settling in the San Francisco area. From the records, it appears Edward and Ann came a few years before Patrick.


Monday, June 22, 2020

Edward McIntire's 1854 Naturalization Papers

Edward McIntire/McIntyre (c1806-1818), father of Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901), applied for Naturalization in 1854. He was living in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York when he was naturalized. He said he had arrived in the US in 1842.

Dolly Purcell located these papers after following an 1867 entry in the Great Register, San Francisco County.



Transcription:


State of New-York} ss.     To the Honorable the County Judge of the County of Fulton:
FULTON COUNTY  }

     I, the subscriber, a resident of Johnstown in the county of Fulton
and formerly a subject of the Government of Great Britain
but now  _______________________________________________
a resident of the United States, sincerely and bona fide wishing to become a citizen thereof, pray your Honorable Court
that I may have the benefit of naturalization according to act of Congress in such cases made and provided.
                Dated, this 4th day of August 1854
                                                                                                                                Edward McIntire (Signature)

FULTON COUNTY } ss. I Edward McIntire being duly sworn in open
Court depose and say that I am now a resident of Johnstown in the county of
Fulton am aged about 48 years, that I came into the United
States about the year A. D. 1842
and have continued to reside therein until this time—that it has been my intention for more than five years to become a
citizen of the United States, and to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, Sover-
eignty and Power whatever and particularly to the Government of Great Britain.

                Subscribed and sworn to in open Court, this 4th day of August 1854
Arch Anderson Clerk (Signature)
                                                                                                                                Edward McIntire (Signature)

FULTON COUNTY} ss. WE David McGlochlin & Jacob Hilton
being duly sworn in open court depose and say that we are citizens of the United States, and residents of
Johnstown Fulton County
that we have been acquainted with Edward McIntyre now present for
the last five years, and during all that time he has resided in Johnstown Fulton for
the last five years
and we believe that it has been his intention during that full period to become a citizen of the United States, that he is
a person of good moral character and attached to the Constitution of the United States, and is well disposed towards the
happiness and good order thereof.

                Subscribed and sworn to in open court, this 4th day of August 1854
Arch Anderson Clerk (Signature)            David McGlochlin (Signature)
                of Fulton County                                             his
Jacob + Hilton
                                                                                       mark


Notes:
  • Items in blue in the transcription are written in script on the Naturalization document.
  • One wittness, David McGlochlin, has a similar spelling to his last name as a person identified in a communication in the New York Irish Times, McGlauhin. With an Irish accent, I think they would be pronounced very similar. I wonder if there is any relationship?

Source: FamilySearch.org Naturalization Papers 1845-1858, Image 477, FHL film #007782204. Document provided by Dolly Purcell, June 14, 2020.

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