(His brothers help one another)

With the death of Bernard McCauley the first on January 14, 1902, the members of the family remaining on the farm on Newtate Road, Fermanagh County Northern Ireland would have been his wife of 38 years Anne his sons Bernard McCauley (II) age 25, Thomas age 14 and his daughter Agnes aged 19.

Two and a half years later, in the late spring of 1904, Bernard McCauley would set out from that Fermanough county Farm to join his brothers and sisters in the United States. He boarded the steamer the Anchoria in Londonderry and arrived in the port of New York on June 13, 1904.  Bernard traveled with $15 which in buying power is equivalent is about $500.00.  Could the sources of the funds be from the settlement of the estate, funds being sent over from America by the family, his personal savings, or a combination of all those possibilities?

According to the manifest below, (Bernard’s entry on the bottom line) his plan was to stay with his brother Phillip at 208 East 117^th Street in New York City. A cross-check with Phillip’s documents, specifically, his naturalization card signed on June 1^st, 1904, shows an address of 380 Douglas Street, Brooklyn, NY.  So that is where Bernard (II) probably stayed for a while. Interesting to note on Philip McCauley’s naturalization card that his sponsor was none other than his older brother, Edward McCauley, who was a police officer at that time. Each brother using their standing to help the other.

Phillip McCauley’s Naturalization Card

The photo below is courtesy of Google Earth and is the house at 380 Douglas Street in Brooklyn, NY as it appears today.