secondary sources

Question

I have a g-g grandmother with no marriage record and a death certificate with no parents so I had to use secondary sources to link her to a sister. Is it plausible that my g-g grandmother arrived in the  USA from Ireland in the mid 1800's at the age of 13 with her Uncle and cousins? Her parents emigrated to Canada with her sibling and subsequently the Canadian born children emigrated to the USA to join my g-g-grand mother when they were adults. I have the census records and an obituary to back up my speculation. I feel fairly confident this is the case but just wondering if anyone else has run across something similar?

Thanks

Answer 1

I've never run across this same situation, but it is possible. Especially if the uncle had young children, they may have had your gg-grandmother live with them to help out. The fact that the siblings joined her in the USA as adults also lends more credence. Sometimes primary sources are not found and then you'll want to look at the preponderance of evidence and draw conclusions.