Yes, Simcoe County was a destination for Ulster emigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century. There were at least three or four inter-related families from the Pomeroy area in Tyrone who were livjng in the Orillia area of Simcoe county and I suspect from looking at a few of the earlier names, that they were from mid Tyrone as well.
Evelyn Cardwell Get BlueMail for Android On 7 Jan 2021, 15:50, at 15:50, Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote: >This question goes out most specifically to Jim McKane since I >understand he hails from the Toronto area, however anyone with >knowledge of the answer should feel free to chime in. >In tracing the paths of my ten great aunts and uncles who were the last >generation to be born on our family farm in C.T., I have found that one >of my great uncles emigrated to Canada (late 19-teens) and was a farmer >in the area of Simcoe County. He married a woman who was from a >neighboring townland back in C.T. who had also emigrated to the area. I >am wondering if Simcoe County (or that region outside Toronto in >general) was an area that attracted Ulstermen at that time, and perhaps >an ethnic community had evolved. I also noticed that on his marriage >certificate his religious affiliation was listed as Church of England, >although he had been raised Methodist back in NI ... any comments on >that? >Thanks!! > > Rick Smoll > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >================================= >Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >List Archive - >https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >Join the list by sending an email to - >[email protected] >To receive the Digest version, send an email to - >[email protected] >Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >[email protected] >=================================
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