Martha's Vineyard - cousin??

[Nicos]

I recall my grandmother telling me that my father DOUGLAS TOLLIDAY ( b 1922, Cheshire ,Eng) had a cousin who moved to Martha's Vineyard.
I'm not sure if that would be a first or second cousin, nor the approx date.

Possible surnames would be TOLLIDAY, MARSH, JOHNSON , HARL. Of course those could have been maiden names just to complicate matters !

Any ideas????

[Sue Mackay]

Well I'm amazed. I was prepared to look up Tolliday and Harl in the index of Passenger Lists to New York, but not Marsh and Johnson! There were a total of 29 Tollidays listed and, would you believe it, 425 Harls!! When you get some more information as to Christian name and/or approximate date of birth get back to me.

[Nicos]

Never ending is it Sue!!!?

I'm off on hols for a couple of weeks , so when I get back I'll try and write up a list of all his cousins to start with.
If I get packed in time, I'll try and do it before I go!

Some of these people may still be alive- should I be making their names public?
What is the protocol???
Should I pm you instead???

[Sue Mackay]

Some of these people may still be alive- should I be making their names public?
What is the protocol???
Should I pm you instead???

Probably safer. Have a good holiday.

[Nicos]

Looks like the cousin could be ROBERT PEERS MARSH b 1935 as no-one knows anything about him.
You never know ...he might still be out there aged 72 ?????

[Nicos]

Update Sue...
It turned out to be my grandmother's cousin ALFRED GREENLAND WATLING !!!
would never have found THAT name eh Sue???
Just shows how easy it is to set off on a wrong tack.

Where would I find his ship etc ( Liverpool/Manchester to New York??) around 1910 ?

[Geoffers]

The outward passenger lists held by The National Archives are being made available on the pay-per-view site 'findmypast'

Bearing in mind the date, he should also appear in the Ellis Island web-site

[Nicos]

Thanks!

[Sue Mackay]

I have found his military attestation papers which I have e-mailed to you. He was born in Macclesfield on 30 Sep 1884.

[Sue Mackay]

Looks like GREENLAND/GRELAND was his mother's name. Interesting entry on the 1891 census!
RG12; Piece: 2816; Folio 61; Page 30
89 Ryle Street Macclesfield

Susan BELDEN Head Wid 73 Retired weaver (living own means) b Norfolk Norwich
Hannah GRELEND [sic] Boarder Mar 48 Warper Silk b Chester Macclesfield
Alfred Watling GRELEND Boarder 6 scholar b Chester Macclesfield
Edward WATLING Boarder Wid 48 Steward over Warpers and Winders Silk b Norfolk Norwich
Martha Elizabeth WATLING Boarder S 14 Cut Picker in Silk b Chester Macclesfield
William A WATLING Boarder 9 scholar b Chester Macclesfield