Grandfather (Pop) James McCallion's sister Anne marries William Meyler. This is a pic of them (from ancestry.com):
From Stephen Meyler, William and Anne's grandson:
"Your grandfather [James] sponsored my father when he immigrated to the U.S. back in 1949. I believe they [William and Anne] met in Derry when William was working in the shipyard. He was from Wexford so they settled in Wexford. Annie's sister, Mary McCallion, was a nurse in Derry. There was a brother on the family farm in Ballindrait, County Donegal, but his given name escapes me now. My father, Stephen Meyler, was born in 1923. He spent his summers in Ballindrait. William was a merchant seaman most of his life. Ships he served on were torpedoed by the Germans both in WWI and WWII. He survived both sinkings. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. He stayed with his Uncle James until he got settled."
William, US entry, 1949:
Here is William's son Stephen's Ellis Island record (1951):
more to come ...
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