The website of the St. Louis Genealogy Society (SLGS) is a
must for anyone doing research in city. The 'Irish in St. Louis'
section of the website has three very useful listings. First, you will find a
list of all the Roman Catholic parishes in the city and their year of
foundation. The introduction helpfully points out that researchers should "compare
the church address and your ancestor’s address on a St. Louis map" to
determine which Church a person of interest may have worshipped at. Thankfully,
the website has a map section.
I have previously written about Repeal Associations in relation to Terrence Punch's work in Prince
Edward Island, Canada newspapers. A meeting of the Repeal Association of the
Friends of Ireland took place in St. Louis on 10 May, 1842. The Missouri Republican newspaper reported
on the meeting and an article listed 172 men and where the Irish-born, which
comprised the vast majority, were from in Ireland. The SLGS has reproduced the list and helpfully added information for many of
the men from other record sets.
There is also a collection of notices from local newspapers concerning Irish immigrants and their
descendants. The vast majority are death notices, with some information wanted
adverts also included. Some included Irish places of origin.
In conjunction with these useful resources, also check out
my blog post about Ward 2 of St. Louis in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Irish
places of origin were recorded for more than 300 people.
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