Michael Nelligan Sr. & Jr. of Limerick
My great, great grandfather on my mother's side was Michael Nelligan or Naligan Sr. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.He was born about 1800 and came to the US in late 1830's by way of Quebec, Canada.He crossed the border at Whitehall in New York according to his citizenship papers, and received his citizenship in 1846.He died in Lee, Massachusetts in November of 1859 of Typhoid.His wife was named Ellen, no surname found.
He brought his son, Michael Jr. with him as well as his daughter Ellen and another son, John.Michael was born in Limerick in 1827, Ellen in 1825, John in
1830.Ellen married Thomas Cormack of Kilkenny in Lee, Massachusetts in 1847 and became my great grandmother.Michael Jr. married Mary Ann Kelly of Pittsfield, and he died in 1877 in Lee.They were all involved in the paper industry in Lee.
Any help you could give me in tracing backward from Michael would be appreciated.I will check the Rootsweb site as well.Many thanks.