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- Immigrated from Ireland. In Aug. 1848 he came to Erie County. On August 25, 1848, he applied to become a U.S. citizen (family document); he was sworn in court as one on 5 Sept. 1850 (family document).
Because of the date of immigration, he is likely to be a famine immigrant. These notes are from the volumes on The Famine Immigrants, ed. Ira Glazer and Michael Tepper:
1. According to _The Famine Immigrants_, vol. II, a Thomas Tobin, aged 18, immigrated from Liverpool in Oct. 1847 on the Fidelia; a Thomas Tobin, aged 26, bricklayer, immigrated in March 1848 on the Marmion; a Thomas Tobin, aged 20, baker, arrived from Liverpool in May 1848 on the Garrick; and a Thomas Tobin, aged 21, arrived from Waterford in June 1848 on the Sophia. All of these men traveled alone.
Given his age, though, the most likely is the bricklayer who came on the Marmion in March.
2. From: The Search For Missing Friends Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot, 2 March 1861, http://www.jorypepper.com/gen/requests/CatherineCollins.rtf (this link no longer works); I have no idea whether this is the same person or not: “Of THOMAS TOBIN, harness-maker, a native of the town of Dungarvan [co. Waterford], who came to this country about 12 or 13 years ago, and when last heard of was in Boston. Any information will be thankfully received by his niece, Ellen Nicholson, who came to this country a few months ago, care of James McInnerney, Callicoon, Sullivan county, N. Y. This would refer to the final, June 1848 immigrant, probably.
The family does not appear on the 1850 US census for Black Rock (Buffalo), Erie County.
The family appears on the 1855 NYState census in Buffalo. They are the only Thomas and Mary Tobin family there. Thomas was 49, and born in Ireland; Mary was 35, also born in Ireland. This gives estimated birth dates for them.
The oldest child here, Ann, aged 13, was born in Niagara Co.; those younger than her were born in Erie Co.
There is an outside chance he fought in the Civil War; several Thomas Tobins from NY appear in service records.
In the 1865 NYState census his wife Mary was a widow. She is living with daughter Mary Casey (28, who was not present in 1855–perhaps she had moved out by then) and her husband Michael Casey, their children Elizabeth Casey (5), Thomas Casey (0); and her children Thomas Tobin (11), and Sarah Tobin (8). Mary and her daughter Mary Casey are both said to have been born in Ireland. And all here are listed as “alien.”
- He immigrated from Ireland. In Aug. 1848 he came to Erie County. On August 25, 1848, he applied to become a U.S. citizen (family document); he was sworn in court as one on 5 Sept. 1850 (family document).
Because of the date of immigration, he is likely to be a famine immigrant.
The family does not appear on the 1850 US census for Black Rock (Buffalo), Erie County.
The family appears on the 1855 NYState census in Buffalo (they are the only Thomas and Mary Tobin family there). Thomas was 49, and born in Ireland; Mary was 35, also born in Ireland. This gives estimated birth dates for them.
The oldest child here, Ann, aged 13, was born in Niagara Co.; those younger than here were born in Erie Co.
There is an outside chance he fought in the Civil War; several Thomas Tobins from NY appear in service records.
In the 1865 NYState census his wife Mary was a widow. She is living with daughter Mary Casey (28, who was not present in 1855–perhaps she had moved out by then) and her husband Michael Casey, their children Elizabeth Casey (5), Thomas Casey (0); and her children Thomas Tobin (11), and Sarah Tobin (8). Mary and her daughter Mary Casey are both here said to have been born in Ireland. And all here are listed as “alien.” [6]
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Abt 1806 - 1865 (56 years)
1816 - Abt 1900 (83 years)
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