So I did a little more digging around to see what other records I could find on Francis Lamb and Anne Quinn and family today. I came across the family listed in the 1850 U.S. census as well, without any Thorntons in the same household. However, there were Thorntons elsewhere in the building in 1850…
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Mystery Monday–Who was Mary Thornton?
So I know that my Lamb ancestry traces through New York City, specifically Harlem, back to Ireland. The family legend is that my ancestors emigrated during the great potato famine. The 1860 U.S. census for New York supports all of this, but adds a mystery that I have yet to solve.
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