Originally a small, tenant farmer, John Ambrose was born in December 1810 in Dunganville, Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland, to his father John "The River" Ambrose and mother Margaret Conners/O'Connor. He married Bridget (Delia) Wolfe Ambrose on February 15, 1829, in Newcastle West. They had nine children in 19 years. It is believed that two died as small children, if not as babies.
The family decided to emigrate to America after enduring much of Ireland's devastating Great Potato Famine. He left in April 1851, traveling on the ship Argo and arriving on May 1st, in New York City. The rest of his family, except for his eldest son James, joined him on Aug. 22, 1851. (James emigrated separately, possibly in 1850.)
John and his wife owned a junk store on Delancey Street, in Lower Manhattan. He died on February 1, 1867, in New York City, New York, at the age of 56.
After his death, in 1884, his daughter Mary was murdered by her mentally-deranged, ex-husband, John Carpenter. The case was quite sensationalized in many newspaper articles throughout the trial and its subsequent guilty charge and death sentence, as well as reporting of Carpenter's suicide while in prison (1886), shortly before he was due to be hanged.
John was the father of the famed New York City civil engineer John Wolfe Ambrose, whose monumental work, relating to New York Harbor and its channels, led to the City renaming the Ambrose Channel in his honor. There is also a monument and statue of James's brother John at Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, as well as the historic Ambrose Lightship, which is on permanent display at South Street Seaport Museum.
The family decided to emigrate to America after enduring much of Ireland's devastating Great Potato Famine. He left in April 1851, traveling on the ship Argo and arriving on May 1st, in New York City. The rest of his family, except for his eldest son James, joined him on Aug. 22, 1851. (James emigrated separately, possibly in 1850.)
John and his wife owned a junk store on Delancey Street, in Lower Manhattan. He died on February 1, 1867, in New York City, New York, at the age of 56.
After his death, in 1884, his daughter Mary was murdered by her mentally-deranged, ex-husband, John Carpenter. The case was quite sensationalized in many newspaper articles throughout the trial and its subsequent guilty charge and death sentence, as well as reporting of Carpenter's suicide while in prison (1886), shortly before he was due to be hanged.
John was the father of the famed New York City civil engineer John Wolfe Ambrose, whose monumental work, relating to New York Harbor and its channels, led to the City renaming the Ambrose Channel in his honor. There is also a monument and statue of James's brother John at Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, as well as the historic Ambrose Lightship, which is on permanent display at South Street Seaport Museum.
Originally a small, tenant farmer, John Ambrose was born in December 1810 in Dunganville, Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland, to his father John "The River" Ambrose and mother Margaret Conners/O'Connor. He married Bridget (Delia) Wolfe Ambrose on February 15, 1829, in Newcastle West. They had nine children in 19 years. It is believed that two died as small children, if not as babies.
The family decided to emigrate to America after enduring much of Ireland's devastating Great Potato Famine. He left in April 1851, traveling on the ship Argo and arriving on May 1st, in New York City. The rest of his family, except for his eldest son James, joined him on Aug. 22, 1851. (James emigrated separately, possibly in 1850.)
John and his wife owned a junk store on Delancey Street, in Lower Manhattan. He died on February 1, 1867, in New York City, New York, at the age of 56.
After his death, in 1884, his daughter Mary was murdered by her mentally-deranged, ex-husband, John Carpenter. The case was quite sensationalized in many newspaper articles throughout the trial and its subsequent guilty charge and death sentence, as well as reporting of Carpenter's suicide while in prison (1886), shortly before he was due to be hanged.
John was the father of the famed New York City civil engineer John Wolfe Ambrose, whose monumental work, relating to New York Harbor and its channels, led to the City renaming the Ambrose Channel in his honor. There is also a monument and statue of James's brother John at Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, as well as the historic Ambrose Lightship, which is on permanent display at South Street Seaport Museum.
The family decided to emigrate to America after enduring much of Ireland's devastating Great Potato Famine. He left in April 1851, traveling on the ship Argo and arriving on May 1st, in New York City. The rest of his family, except for his eldest son James, joined him on Aug. 22, 1851. (James emigrated separately, possibly in 1850.)
John and his wife owned a junk store on Delancey Street, in Lower Manhattan. He died on February 1, 1867, in New York City, New York, at the age of 56.
After his death, in 1884, his daughter Mary was murdered by her mentally-deranged, ex-husband, John Carpenter. The case was quite sensationalized in many newspaper articles throughout the trial and its subsequent guilty charge and death sentence, as well as reporting of Carpenter's suicide while in prison (1886), shortly before he was due to be hanged.
John was the father of the famed New York City civil engineer John Wolfe Ambrose, whose monumental work, relating to New York Harbor and its channels, led to the City renaming the Ambrose Channel in his honor. There is also a monument and statue of James's brother John at Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan, as well as the historic Ambrose Lightship, which is on permanent display at South Street Seaport Museum.
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