My husband's 2G grandparents were John Hunter and Nancy Agnes Anderson. We believe they were both Protestants from Strabane. John was a boot and shoemaker, and was born about 1806. A biography of one of his sons says that John emigrated to Canada in 1821, which suggests to us he must have been with his parents, as he would have been only 15 years old. We presume he must have learned his trade from his father.
John and Nancy married in Quebec in 1826, and later moved to Ontario. Their children include Robert B., Thomas Anderson, William John, Nancy Jane, two named Samuel James, Mary Catherine, Hamilton D., Margaret, Elizabeth Maryann, and Louise Mariah. Three of the sons became Methodist preachers - the headstone where two of them are buried is a big stone bible on a plinth that says "Preach the Word" (a horrendous piece of Victoriana).
We have had no luck tracing either John or Nancy as to their parentage or sibs, and we do think both of them came to Canada with those parents. Anyone out there with Hunters or Andersons from Strabane?
Mary G.
