Genealogy Chat

I am researching family which have moved to USA and find ancestry.co.uk a much better site for this. Also try IGI records on familysearch.org.
Good Luck

Ellis Island records don't start until 1892, so that's no help.

John Martin
Arrival Date: Jul 18, 1843
Age: 27
Gender: M
Port of Arrival: New York
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Place of Origin: Great Britain
Ship: Andrew Scott
Family Identification: 30120972
Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Microfilm Roll Number: 52

This was on Ancestry - along with a few others. Try the Ellis Island site for more detail.
He probably left from Liverpool

If you google Indiana and iron there were some ironworks in the area

Baker (aka Indiana Iron Works) - is along Finley's Run in Wheatfield Township.There were two furnaces built on this site. The first was built in 1837 by Henry Noble. The plant was bought by Elias Baker in 1848. The new owner tore it down and built a new furnace on the same site. Before the Noble Furnace was erected, a bucket factory stood on the site(s&t). Furnace foundations and traces of the millrace and wheel pit remain (P)(V)(rp,ph-2004).
To reach this site follow US22 from Armaugh to PA403 about 1-1/4 miles east. N40º 27.269' W079º 00.610'. Turn south (right) on PA403 for 2-3/4 miles. PA403 crosses a bridge over Findley's Run a few yards beyond the junction of PA403 and PA711. On the east side of PA403 just south of the bridge is a house. The remains are in back of the house and at the base of the hill. Be sure to get permission before going through the yard to the furnace. Go directly toward the hillside through the yard of the house and you will spot the ruins. The foundation of the furnace, several yards of the stone-lined millrace, the wheel pit and some retaining walls can be seen.
GPS Coordinates N40º 25.179 W78º 59.544'(P)(V)(rp 2004) to top

would there be any immigration records for that time for john martin and his wife ann. it seems a long way to go when you are pregnant so they must have been over in the usa before 1845. susan was born in evansville indiana? anyone got any idea what the main occupations was in indiana then why would someon who worked in an iron foundry go to indiana?
any ideas anyone
thanks linda x

thanks for looking petrina it is much appreciated
linda x

She doesn't seem to be in the 1850 census and the Indiana birth records are from the 1880's. Sorry.

There is a Susan E Martin of about the same birth date in later census's, but it is the wrong family.

hi
i am looking for the birth of
susan ellin martin
c 1845 Indiana America
her parents were
john martin c 1816
Newport Monmouthshire
Ann Jones
c1822 Monmouthshire
The family were back in the uk by 1851 as they are on the 1851 Census
any help would be great
thanks linda