On the 12th of November, 18531 ten year old John Lucey, his mother Mary and younger brother James (my 2nd Great Grandfather) arrived in Boston, Massachusetts. Just seven years later, he was dead2 of peritonitis.
According to the 1860 census3, the family lived in the BallardVale section of Andover, where John worked as a spinner, likely in the woolen mills of the BallardVale Manufacturing Company.
1. “Boston Passenger Lists, 1820–1943” database. Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Sep 2013), entry for Jno Lucy, aboard Meridian, Liverpool to Boston, arriving 12 Nov 1853; citing Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820–1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. 115 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.↩
2. “Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841–1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7VT-DZ1 : accessed 17 Sep 2013), John Lucy, 1860.↩
3. 1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Town of Andover, Ballard Vale post office, page 202, dwelling 1368, family 1615, Mary Lucy household; digital images, Ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Sep 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 496; Page: 202; Image: 206; Family History Library Film: 803496.”↩
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