Place of Origin

United States ➔ Ohio ➔ Cleveland

Date of Composition

presumed 1840s-1850s

Description

This recipe and cure book is part of the library's collection of the papers of the Daniel T. Shehan family. The book is undated, but it has been organized by the library among papers dating from the 1840s and 1850s and so is presumed to be of the same date. Daniel T. Shehan (1808-1867) was born in the parish of Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, and married Margerett Melagott (1819-1864) there on February 15, 1838. Together they emigrated from Scattery Harbor, Ireland, on April 29, 1841, arriving in Quebec, Canada, on May 18, 1841. They spent six years in Canada where Daniel worked as a blacksmith. Three children were born to them in Canada, and their firstborn child, born in Ireland, joined them there. They moved to Cleveland, Ohio, arriving Nov. 12, 1847, where four more children were born to them.