WOW Thanks Vern, shame you're not in Grass Valley lol. Sure sounds right, on the 1900 census it says 9 of the 14 Harrigan kids are surviving so it tallies.
I know what you mean about "Little" results as I hace the English side back to about 1615, a lot of rubbish was waded through about everything little in County Durham lol.

Thanks again for your help - I'll try to keep this post updated - if you'd like to see the whole tree it's at
http://tribalpages.com/tribes/michellew
Thanks again
Michelle