Some time age there was a gathering in Byron, Wisconsin of 180 descendants of John Salter and his wife Eliza Cole whoe emigrated from Bantry possibly on one of the Dealy Brigs in 1846. John was with his mother Mrs Jane Salter when they left with members of the Cole, Connell and Aldrich families. Mrs Salter settling in the town of Jackson, Washington County. Michael Salter married Eliza Cole and they bought their farm in Byron in 1868.
Emigration of Salter, Cole, Connell and Aldrich families in 1840s from Skibereen area West Cork, to Byron, Wisconsin, USA.
19 Saturday Jul 2014
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West Cork History 
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