Tracing Grandma's roots

Subject: Tracing Grandma's roots

Hi everyone,

I have become a member for a very specific reason. My Grandmother (born around 1890) lived in Brooklyn. I have a photo of her, aged 6, which was taken in a photographer's studio in Fulton Street around 1896. As a child, she was brought to Ireland and lived here till she died in 1951. Her name was Lucy Henderson. When she was married her surname became Young. Her mother and father (my Great Grandparents) were Emily & John Henderson. John's occupation is documented as 'Seedsman'. There are two other surnames connected with the family, McCann and Bywater. Don't know much about the McCanns but I have a copy of a document which shows that a James Bywater was made an Attorney and Counselor at Law at the Bar of the Supreme Court in the State of New York in 1864.

Apart from that I know that we have letters from a lady named Ella who lived in Flatbush in 1925. Looks like my Grandmother and Great Grandmother corresponded with her. Ella may have been a Henderson, I am not sure. My Grandmother Lucy had siblings. A sister Margaret or Maggie, a brother Hamilton and another brother named either William or Edward. One of these brothers seems to have been in the Royal Air Force.

I live in Dublin, Ireland but was in Brooklyn a few years ago and while there I spent some time in the Kings County Registry Office looking up old documents to see if I could find anything relating to the family but found nothing. Spent a nice day in Brooklyn though. It felt good and it was nice feeling that my Grandmother had been there before me.

Anyway, I thought posting something here was worth a try. I know families in New York move home far more frequently than a lot of other places but maybe all the details above might mean something to someone, if so please let me know by responding to this post.

Thanks,
Gaye