Greetings All, m y request may be a repeat, please bear with me if so. I am a 70-year-old Canadian woman (in Manitoba) who is hoping to establish the family origins of my Great-Great Grandfather, CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON IRWIN, born 1821, who I understand lived in the Clogher area of County Tyrone, emigrating to Canada in around 1850 with his wife Jane (born McCutcheon in 1824) and their older, Ireland-born children:
1) John - March 4, 1841 / 2) Robert - Feb. 12, 1845 / 3) Margaret - __ 1847 / 4) Christopher - Jan. 25, 1849 / 5) Baby Boy - born and died at sea during the crossing. Settling in Port Hope, Ontario, they added the following children: 6) William H. - __ 1853 / 7) Alexander - June 15, 1855 (My Great-Grandfather) / 8) Mary Ann - __ 1857 / 9) Rebecca - __ 1859 / 10) Stewart Jackson - Feb. 28, 1863 / 11) Sarah - Aug. 27, 1864 / 12) Anne Jane - __ 1868 The family were listed as Presbyterians in Canadian census records, which I am told makes it likely that these Irwins were Ulster-Scots. Any tips that I receive will be greatly appreciated. I have taken a DNA test through ancestry.ca, as has my elderly Uncle, Raymond Clare Irwin, who is the last of Alexander's children still with us. With thanks, (Mrs.) Gail (Irwin) Mooney e-mail : [email protected] (that's two zero's following the first "m")
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