John Henry MAY

Abt 1835 - Abt 1857  (~ 22 years)

• Name	John Henry MAY  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1835	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Born	the eldest child of his parents  [2]
  Burial	Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, re-interred from Potter's Field Cemetery
  	There was a John May buried in Mount Pleasant. Was this the son of Henry and Ellen May?
  Death	"soon after his mother" and when his sister, Nellie May, was a young girl.  [2, 4]
  Immigration	18 Sep 1844	New York, New York County, New York, United States   [1]
  	on the ship "Virginia"
  	The Captain of the ship was William H. Allan. The ?i?Virginia?/i? had left Liverpool. John Henry May accompanied his parents, sisters Mary Jane and Cementina, brother, Samuel May, and maternal grandmother, Mary Henderson. John Henry was described as age 9, male, a labourer, from Ireland, and going to the United States.
  Name	John May
  Reference Number	29.1
  _TODO	Open
  	There was a John May buried in Mount Pleasant - re-interred from Potter's Field Cemetery. Is this the right one?
  _UID	FAF1C590911443C2BFF8A864D669B4A74733
  Death	Abt 1857
  Person ID	I5357	Everyone
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Henry MAY,   b. Abt 1814, Ireland d. 1 Jun 1856, Toronto, York County, Canada West, Canada (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Ellen HENDERSON,   b. Abt 1819, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1835	Ossory Diocese, Ireland
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, re-interred from Potter's Field Cemetery - - Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - on the ship "Virginia" - 18 Sep 1844 - New York, New York County, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1026] TH0002, (Ancestry. \i Ancestry\i0 . www.ancestry.com : 2006), 6 Sep 2009, "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" (www.ancestry.com : accessed September 4, 2009), manifest, \i Virginia\i0, September 18, 1844, page 3, Microfilm M237. (Reliability: 4). [S402] Clara A. (May) Boyington, A00335, (23 September 1940, Astoria, Oregon), 15 Apr 2002, letter page 10, A00335. (Reliability: 3). [S503] A00424, (July 31, 2003), 3 Aug 2003, A00424. (Reliability: 3). [S402] Clara A. (May) Boyington, A00335, (23 September 1940, Astoria, Oregon), 15 Apr 2002, letter pages 8 and 10, A00335. (Reliability: 3).