[Torrens List] My mysterious great grandmother

[Laurie Pavlos <jandlpavlos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My great grandparents were William James Hamilton Hall (whose  
geneological information is quite extensive) and Margaret Torrens.   
They immigrated to the U.S. separately; he in 1889 and she in 1894 or  
1895.  A geneology of the Hall family done by a relative in Ireland  
states that Margaret was from Garvagh and that she had a grandmother  
who was a Hamilton.

Her birth date is variously given as 1875, 1876, 1877 or 1880 -  
perhaps she didn’t think it was proper for the census-taker to ask.   
Her daughter recorded her birth as September 1, 1875.  She died in New  
York in 1958.

I have not been able to find her immigration records, names of  
siblings or parents, or records in Ireland, and would very much like  
to.  Her story always piqued my interest; she didn’t like to old man  
she was betrothed to so she slipped out with some “borrowed” money and  
came to the U.S. as a teen.

I would appreciate any help in learning more about her family.
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