Most Americans will be familiar with Typhoid Mary,whom I only learnt about a couple of years ago.My Grandfather was born in the same area of Co.Tyrone,Ireland as Mary,and of the same surname,unfortunatly local records only date back to 1900,as they were destroyed during the Irish Civil War,anybody any info on this subject.

Mary Mallon was a carrier. She did not contract Typhoid Fever but gave it to others. She was emmployed as a cook for wealthy families. The authorities told her she was spreading Typhoid Fever and would have to stop cooking for families. She refused and continued spreading the disease. She was arrested and quaranteened on an island.

Paul,
I know little about Typhoid Mary except what I've read in a few paragraphs here and there, but if you need any help tracking her and a possible connection to yr kinfolk, please PM me...I work at one of the finest genealogical libraries in the US--we have an extensive collection..I've done a lot of work with my own family...please tell me everything you know about yr grandpa...name, place of birth and death, marriage, parents (if possible.) Could be there's something interesting out there...

That is pretty interesting, i've heard of her but never the story behind it all

OK. What I got was this.Mary Mallon was born 23 September 1869,probaly of famine parents (the age fits).Emigrated to the US thru Ellis Island sometime un 1903.Oh,place of birth,Cookstown,County Tyrone,Ireland.....If this helps anybody....Good Luck.

Wonder where she died?
A death certificate is always filed at the county of death. Most states passed such laws c 1880. This is assuming she died in the US.
These death certificates usually (not always) show parentage (if known--father's name, mother's maiden name; also place of birth which you already have.)
If you can link yr grandpa to the same parents there it is.
Also, does Cookstown have parish records of births/baptisms?
Or were these also destroyed?

Paul,
Typhoid Mary died in 1938 in New York City.
If you'll go to this website and click on the "Vital Records" link, this will direct you to info on how to obtain her death certificate. I believe the cost will be around $15 US dollars.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html

As Horrifying as this may seem, there is one person that died just receintly that killed more people by infecting them with HIV than Mary Maloon did with the disease Typhoid. This person.. was named Darnell McGee

See herE for his horrifying tale http://www.aegis.com/news/ap/1997/AP970419.html

If you look deeper into this mans history, this man was intentionally trying to infect as many women as posible, and before he died, he took well over 30+ victims with him :(

Ive managed to hoke around and the ancesteral tree shoots off in another direction..thanx guys...

My family all came from Ireland.

Nice one 347,what part,you know,hope they made it legally,or youll never hear the end of it...

I've not done any research, only listening to family members reminisce. Supposedly all from around Cork. In this country, they wound up around Buffalo, NY, drawn in by the steel mills and other industrial employment.

Well 347, Im guessing you ones have been in America a fair while,maybe since the famine days,County Cork was one of the poorest and hardest hit famine countys,and the fact it resisted British rule more than average it suffered more,Cork was one of the famine ports to bring people to America,it was also were 'Transport' ships sent petty criminals to Australia from,oh and The Titanics last port of call..

Paul, I've got to admit you're starting to grow on me. You're pretty damn funny. :thumbs:

I have kin from County Cork myself--they emigrated here c 1850. Just in time for the Civil War--bet they wished they stayed home, lol.

Maybe,great choices in Ireland id say,stay at home and risk starving to death,or sail across the Ocean and maybe die in someone elses war...

OK Sedan,lets hear it..