A study in the origin and signification of the surname McAleer and a contribution to the McAleer genealogy . 62 McAleer EMIGRATION OF MILES McALEERAND FAMILY. |HE father of Miles McAlee^^ Law-rence-, and his children, thebrother and sisters of Miles, hadnow been in the new world for sometime, and the lengthening days,weeks, and years, instead of breed-ing forgetfulness and bringingresignation, only emphasized thesorrows of the parting and separation, and inten-sified the desire for reunion. The infrequent let-ters that came from far-away America were onlyas fuel to the fire and has
A study in the origin and signification of the surname McAleer and a contribution to the McAleer genealogy . 62 McAleer EMIGRATION OF MILES McALEERAND FAMILY. |HE father of Miles McAlee^^ Law-rence-, and his children, thebrother and sisters of Miles, hadnow been in the new world for sometime, and the lengthening days,weeks, and years, instead of breed-ing forgetfulness and bringingresignation, only emphasized thesorrows of the parting and separation, and inten-sified the desire for reunion. The infrequent let-ters that came from far-away America were onlyas fuel to the fire and hastened the fated hour. The decision was finally made and the time oftheir departure fixed. The days were counted, andas they passed, distant friends visited them to of-fer words of sympathy, comfort, and good fortified by the pleasant anticipations offamily reunion in the new world, and buoyed upwith the hope of bettering their conditions in aland where all of the persecutions of the old wouldnot follow them, they little realized the sacrificesthat they were about to make, or the anguish thatthe future had in st
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