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A friend is trying to find the location of his great grandfather Patrick Costello who was enrolled in a school in or around Birmingham...

Pedrocut if you are willing to provide your email address I can forward you the email i have received from William and Patricks...

Yes...Patrick's great grandson has a tremendous amount of information re Patrick. The missing piece of the jigsaw is the period of 1873...

William , Patrick's father was born in 1835 in the parish of Cong , Barony of Kilmaine, County Galway. For a period of time before...

Yes he was RC by all accounts.

Williams American great great grandson has records to say he was born in Ireland and initially went to Birmingham to find work. Then he...

PW Costello therfore assuming Patrick William.

Directories of the time usually only listed quite important people. i have looked at the 1873, 1876 and 1878 directories and there is no...

I had previously found this entry using Find my Past but amazingly you found this within hours. Would there be any record of where he...

Do you know if there is such a thing as address directories or perhaps school rolls that may include William Costello or his son Patrick?

Well we know he arrived ! Birmingham Morning News Sep 1873….Americans in Birmingham.

Hi this is the work of Patrick...such a master at his craft and all self taught... He scribed many documents ..some for four American...

I am trying to find information on a William Costello and his son Patrick... William came from America in 1873 together with his son...