Census records and Mortality schedules - John Ralph of New York City (1819-1860)
This week I was finally able to confidently identify John Ralph , the brother of my ancestor Edward Martin Ralph . Family records indicated that Edward and John had immigrated together to the United States from Cornwall. But I have never been able to find any evidence of John living near his brother. So where was he? I recently used the FamilySearch messaging feature to contact someone who had made an edit to an ancestor's profile. I couldn't figure out the connection and wanted to know how we might be related. Happily, he responded quickly, and in his reply, he made reference to an old letter he had been given that provided details about both the Howe and Ralph families (our shared ancestors). The undated letter from "Aunt Ella" Sedgwick Ralph (my g-g-grandmother) to her nephew William Withey provided many important Howe and Ralph family details, including this mention of John: Edward and his brother John Ralph came to this country when they were young me