Robert, this might be your person.
From: Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Info duplicated here: Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919. Microfilm Publication M237, rolls 1-95. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Name: |
Christoph Sloan |
Birth Year: |
abt 1823 |
Age: |
25 |
Gender: |
Male |
Embarkation: |
Liverpool |
Ship: |
West Point |
Occupation: |
Workman/Woman |
Passengers: |
237 |
Compartment: |
Cabin |
Native Country: |
Ireland |
Destination: |
USA |
Arrival Place: |
New York, New York, USA |
Arrival date: |
7 Mar 1848 |
Transit Type: |
Staying in the U.S. |
Do you know if they arrived together, married in Ireland, did he perhaps come first? I see this:
Source Citation
Year: 1852; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 118; Line: 21; List Number: 1135
Name: |
Bridget Sloan |
Arrival date: |
12 Aug 1852 |
Birth Date: |
abt 1824 |
Age: |
28 |
Ethnicity/ Nationality: |
Irish |
Place of Origin: |
Ireland |
Port of Departure: |
Liverpool, England |
Destination: |
United States of America |
Port of Arrival: |
New York, New York |
Ship Name: |
Underwriter |
But this last one is closer to year Christopher arrived:
Name: |
Bridget Cunningham |
Age: |
24 |
Birth Year: |
abt 1825 |
Arrival Year: |
1849 |
Arrival Place: |
New York, New York |
Primary Immigrant: |
Cunningham, Bridget |
Source Publication Code: |
2597.51.1 |
Annotation: |
Date and port of arrival. Gender, occupation, port of embarkation, and name of ship are also provided. The remainder of this book will be indexed in future volumes of PILI. |
Source Bibliography: |
GLAZIER, IRA A. AND MICHAEL TEPPER. The Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1951. Vol. IV (April 1849-September 1849). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. |