208 records 1789–1924
Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.
People and surnames most strongly associated with Ireland.
Before the Irish ever set foot in Harpers Ferry, they had already lived through generations…
By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie…
Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised among various Irish households in her early years, she finally settled after marrying Thomas Buchanan…