Hello,
I have been tracing my Commins relatives of the Dowagiac and Watervliet area in southwest Michigan. Here's a quick summary. Do you see any connection?
Thomas Commins of Ardee, County Louth, Ireland came to the United States in the early 1850's. His sister, Catherine Commins McCartney (my great-grandmother) was already living in Milan, Ohio (near Sandusky, Ohio). Thomas married Mary Mullen of County Tyrone in Sandusky in 1855. They had 4 children in Ohio (Mary Ann or Mary Jane, b. 1857, Julia, b. 1859, Dennis, b. 1860, and Emma, b. 1861). Then they moved to Cass County in southwest Michigan where Thomas's brother Dennis lived. Thomas and Mary had 8 more children: Frank, Lewis, Fred, Will, Charles, Augustus, Edward, and John.
I know the descendants of all these 12 children except for Lewis and Dennis. The last we knew about Lewis and Dennis was in the early 1900's when they lived in Minnesota and then later Nevada (Dennis). There is a family story that Lewis may have moved to the wheat fields of Alberta, Canada.
Thanks for any information you have.