Hi my name is daniel twaddle in australia(down under) try looking in the aussie-kiwi records because a lot of people traviled between aus and usa back then with the gold rushes including one of the american presidents who owned a gold mine in wesstern australia(an aussie state) I just hope i was some kind of help to you. can you please let me know how you go as i am looking in to my own family history local and abroud where posible. you can contact me at
daniel.twaddle@bigpond.com thanks