Clare - Thomas Rochford And Family *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Clare Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Richard Rochford rar313 rar313@aol.com February 10, 2009, 4:32 pm THOMAS ROCHFORD AND FAMILY Source: Unavailable Thomas emigrated to America about 1851 after walking (?) from Clare to Cork in order to sail to New York. Once in the U.S. Thomas served as an apprentice in the carriage trade before establish his own carriage shop in Brooklyn. Thomas "begat" a fine family with Helen McHugh in Brooklyn. This is a prized family photo of Thomas' son Thomas Edward Rochford, his wife Helen (McHugh) and their brood. My late grandfather, Thomas Edward died 1993, is in the lower right of this photo.