It was on this May 28th day in 1862 that Patrick Riley and Rose Kiernan set foot in the United States.

Patrick and Rose first left Ireland and traveled to Liverpool, England. I do not know how long they stayed in Liverpool. It was typical for the emigrating Irish to first book passage to Liverpool, where they would hopefully gain employment and secure enough money to purchase passage to New York. Patrick and Rose did not process through Ellis Island because it was not established as an arrival center. We can determine they traveled in steerage class because the passenger list had them in the last group departing the ship.

It appears they were not married at the time because Rose traveled under her maiden name and both were listed as single.