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Leitrim / Re: Armstrong/Booth
« on: Tuesday 18 February 20 21:20 GMT (UK) »
Hello Realestatenovelist and others, I've enjoyed your comments and I can add some information as well. I'm not sure if this message board is still current, so I'll add some information and see if there is an response.
I am a descendent of Margaret Armstrong (b. 1812) in Drumshanbo, Leitrim, Ireland, she is a daughter of Robert Armstrong and Ann Booth. Margaret's first husband was James Carty, they settled in St. Armand, Quebec near Frelighsburg, Quebec. After having seven children, James is accidently killed by the felling of a tree branch, when he and others are helping a new widow (family name - Hagan) gather wood for the winter. (Margaret and James Carty's daughter - Eleanor Carty married George Taylor Hill, they were my great-great-grandparents (George Hill was also from Drumshanbo, Ireland). After her husbands death, Margaret hired a younger man to work the farm with her and eventually marries this gentleman - James Mosgrove. They had one daughter - Effie Mosgrove (married John Hagan - she married the son of the widow who the men were cutting wood for).
Effie wrote a letter to a cousin and in it she mentioned her grandparents - Robert and Ann (Booth) Armstrong. I have a copy of the letter. In the letter she describes Robert and Ann, she says they immigrated from Ireland (1814) and shares the following: "Your Great Grandfather Armstrong was a shoemaker by trade, that being considered good for those days as there was no sale shoes in stores at that time. He was a lame man, always carried a cane. He also had a farm near Abbotts Corner where he and his wife both lived an died in their farm. She (Ann) passed over the great divide three months before her husband. She had the old fashion consumption, was ailing a long time. Her husband had a shock. Mother (Margaret) told me he died soon after this stroke." The letter later describes other family members and it's really quite interesting. If anyone is interested in hearing more, please let me know.
I thought it was interesting to see the dates and information you had about the large family born in Drumshanbo, Ireland and their possible dates of travel to the US/Canada. In later Census's in Canada, my ancestor Margaret is always indicated as having been born in Ireland.
Thank you for all your info,
I am a descendent of Margaret Armstrong (b. 1812) in Drumshanbo, Leitrim, Ireland, she is a daughter of Robert Armstrong and Ann Booth. Margaret's first husband was James Carty, they settled in St. Armand, Quebec near Frelighsburg, Quebec. After having seven children, James is accidently killed by the felling of a tree branch, when he and others are helping a new widow (family name - Hagan) gather wood for the winter. (Margaret and James Carty's daughter - Eleanor Carty married George Taylor Hill, they were my great-great-grandparents (George Hill was also from Drumshanbo, Ireland). After her husbands death, Margaret hired a younger man to work the farm with her and eventually marries this gentleman - James Mosgrove. They had one daughter - Effie Mosgrove (married John Hagan - she married the son of the widow who the men were cutting wood for).
Effie wrote a letter to a cousin and in it she mentioned her grandparents - Robert and Ann (Booth) Armstrong. I have a copy of the letter. In the letter she describes Robert and Ann, she says they immigrated from Ireland (1814) and shares the following: "Your Great Grandfather Armstrong was a shoemaker by trade, that being considered good for those days as there was no sale shoes in stores at that time. He was a lame man, always carried a cane. He also had a farm near Abbotts Corner where he and his wife both lived an died in their farm. She (Ann) passed over the great divide three months before her husband. She had the old fashion consumption, was ailing a long time. Her husband had a shock. Mother (Margaret) told me he died soon after this stroke." The letter later describes other family members and it's really quite interesting. If anyone is interested in hearing more, please let me know.
I thought it was interesting to see the dates and information you had about the large family born in Drumshanbo, Ireland and their possible dates of travel to the US/Canada. In later Census's in Canada, my ancestor Margaret is always indicated as having been born in Ireland.
Thank you for all your info,