Travers Families of Early St. Louis

My recent correspondents have included a Travers researcher whose work has helped to clarify some confusions about some with the Travers surname appearing in St. Louis in the 1880s.

1. There were TWO Travers families who intermarried and either came to U.S. or some of their descendants did:

• JOHN TRAVERS & MARY DOHERTY (family group 1)
• LACKY TRAVERS & BRIGID CROWN (family group 2)

These families are believed to have come from the same area of County Leitrim, Ireland and thus are very likely related, but this researcher has so far not found the connection, so it might be pretty far back.

2. For our Crown story, two siblings from the children of each family group intermarried.  It can be and is confusing, so when you look at my tree now, you'll see a single asterisk next to the siblings from group 1, and a double asterisk next to the siblings from family group 2.  The siblings that married after arrival in St. Louis were:

• Mary Ann Travers* and Patrick Travers**
• Michael J Travers/Travis* and Mary Ann Travers**

The story is that both couples married on the same day, 19 Oct 1886 in St. Louis, the sibs being witnesses to each other's marriage (documentation of this has been confirmed).  The children of these two couples are related to us Crown's through Lacky and Brigid, but all the other Travers from group 1 would not be Crown-related (that we know of).