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ARMSTRONG, Graham - JOYCE, Isabella
« on: Wednesday 07 July 10 19:05 BST (UK) »
Request information or Family history of  my gtgtgt grandparents ARMSTRONG,Graham and JOYCE,Isabella near Drumin,County Armagh possibly Levarghey area.
Marriage around 1809. Thank you.

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Re: ARMSTRONG, Graham - JOYCE, Isabella
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 11 July 10 19:25 BST (UK) »
No sign of any marriage record for your couple, but that is not unusual given the timescale.

There is no townland listed in County Armagh as Drumin (nor Levarghey area), albeit some start with these letters.  If you go to http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ and type Drumin in the townland box and then choose 'at beginning of field' from the adjacent drop down menu, then choose Armagh from the County drop down menu, it will give you a list (you could just type 'drum' if you want to see a longer list of possibilities.

The Freeholders list of County Down does have a Graham Armstrong recorded at Ballymcanallane, which may actually have been Ballymacanallen. Although in Down, this was in the border area with County Armagh, and I have seen families in my own research living on either side of the border at varying times, so it may be worth you researching further. It would not have been unusual for the marriage to take place in the bride's townland area, and the Joyce surname was certainly in the border area of Armagh in timescale.
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Re: ARMSTRONG, Graham - JOYCE, Isabella
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 11 July 10 22:04 BST (UK) »
thank  you for your reply. It would make sense for the babes to be born in County Armagh and I sabella to return home.to Graham afterwards. .The name Allen has been used a few times in my families naming.

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Re: ARMSTRONG, Graham - JOYCE, Isabella
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 13 July 10 19:15 BST (UK) »
Have discovered at Drumlin aka Drumlyn Hill a registration 1781 of George JOYCE. We are related to the JOYCEs of Drumlin. Is there a historical account of this Family or this place?
Armstrong,Graham at Ballymackanallan, Co Down  aka Ballymcanallan
Armstrong,John Graham
Thank you to those folk who suggested the Freeholders Index = a great find