1803: John Spellacy born Ireland….1803 Rebellion Robert Emmet hanged drawn and quartered in Dublin …. U.S. buys Louisiana Purchase from France to finance Napoleanic Wars
1804: Thomas Jefferson President sends Lewis & Clark make their westward journey and Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel
1812: War of 1812 ; 2nd War Between American and England
1814: English burn Washington D.C.
1817: Work on Erie Canal begins
1826: First Steam Locomotive
1830 Mormon Church Organized
1837 Victoria assumes British throne
1838 Charles Dickens writes ” Oliver Twist” a vision of current life among the poor in England
1839 January 6, 1839 Night of the “Big Wind” …in February John Spellissy marries Honora (Hartney) in Cabinteely Parish, Ireland 2/12/1839
1841 Mathew Spellissy baptised 6/20/1841
1844 Mary Spellissy daughter of John and Honora Spellissy baptised 1/5/1844 Ireland …Morse dispatches 1st Telegraph message
1845 1st IRISH POTATO BLIGHT/FAMINE
1846 Anne Spellissy daughter of John and Honora Spellissy baptised 4/22/1846 Ireland
1846-1849 Emigration time Between April 22,1846 and July 31, 1849
Somehow those 2 little girls disappeared between their baptism in Ireland and their parents arrival in the United States between 1846-1849, Mathew the oldest son is the only child to survive the trip.
1849 John and Honora Spellacy are in Burlington, Vermont UNITED STATES where baby Honora is baptised July 31, 1849* baptismal certificate
1851 John and Honora Spellacy are in Schaghticoke, New York where Michael is baptised in December 1851. *baptismal certificate
when the famine hit in Ireland John was 42 and Honora was 27, in 1845
What very brave people to survive so much.