hi my names john alexander armstrong what was your grandmopthers maiden name thank you john Jim & Sue Allen <[email protected]> wrote: My Grandmother, Ada A*, was a Teacher, her brother was a teacher and then superintendent of schools. My mother, a Wolf, was a teacher, I noticed that teachers tend to live longer than the rest of us by 10 years or so. Wonder if anyone else noticed that. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Linda Hamid Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] ARMSTRONG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 47 Wow, seems like a lot of A's are (or have been) teachers! John, I do like raising chickens, and I also like to drink beer! some people prefer to raise chickens... I prefer to brew beer...!!! Sincerely, John D Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss Linda Hamid Sweetwater Poultry email: [email protected] web: www.sweeth2o.us ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message porkchop --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.

Marilyn, I find it interesting to note how many of all the people who have participated in this "occupation" discussion have taken a hobby and turned it into a money making business. You have made your desire and ability to write into a profitable past time. Linda, who likes chickens, has turned that hobby into a self supporting operation. It ism also amazing the number of people who are/were teachers. I find it very interesting that there are so many on the A* list who have written books.. I too have written a couple articles for magazines, and even received pay for them. Simply amazing. :-) As for turning a hobby into a profitable process.... For as long as either of my boys can recall, I have always had a boat (or two). He who owns a boat is usually a popular fellow, with all those who don't have a boat but want to go fishing. All the non-boat owners ply you with promises of buying the beer or the gas if you'll just take them fishing.. There was a time, that just about every weekend in the summer, I was hauling some one fishing in one of my boats. A very good friend, who was a Master Chief in the USCG, and in charge of the Small Boat Safety operation for the State of Alaska, kept threatening to "haul my butt in" for running an illegal (unlicensed) charter operation. In 1980 I sat the USCG exams and to the amazement of everyone, I passed and became a Licensed operator of uninspected passenger vessels.. That is I could operate a vessel up to 100 tons and carry no more than 6 passengers at a time. So instead of taking a few good ole boys fishing for gas, that they never seemed to have the money to pay for, I began accepting green Yankee Dollars for a days fishing. The first few years, I did not advertise, but word got around that I'd take people fishing on weekends and holidays. We kept our boat in a slip in the harbor at Seward, Alaska, 125 road miles from Anchorage, where we lived and had a real job at the time. In 1985 I upgraded my CG license to 100 Ton Master, bought an even bigger boat and moved the operation from Seward to Homer, Alaska (THE Halibut Fishing Capital of the World).. I was still employed by the State of Alaska full time, and running a Fishing charter service on weekends and holidays. Occasionally I had to hire a skipper to run my boat and haul clients mid-week. In 1990, I retired from the State of Alaska, acquired a larger boat and began full time Coast Wise operations out of Homer. We fished hard 7 days a week May through August.. September through April we worked at acquiring clients to fill up the boats the other 4 months. in the mid 90's with a friend whose boat was even bigger, we acquired Transporter licenses and began Transporting deer hunters to Kodiak October through December. By the year 2000 I had a couple body parts that were worn out or not functioning very well any more, and in a moment of weakness, I sold my charter boats and business and retired for the 4th and final time. But, I still have two River Boats, a Jon boat, a Skiff and a canoe. My Masters ticket is good for 4 more years, and I occasionally Hire out to run someone's boat, if the job or offer is to my liking, but my only client of late has been my 12 yr old grandson. :-) Sincerely, John D A little SoWest of North Marilyn Otterson wrote: > It's fun to read all the interesting occupations and various life >experiences of other Armstrong researchers. I wish I had something exciting >to add...I never had a real "career" as such and have had a lot of part-time >jobs while raising our family, taking care of husband, kids, home, keeping a >big garden, etc. > I was fired from my first job, working in a coffee shop and bakery in a >summer community in Maine. It was a tough, hurry-up job behind the counter, >with low pay and tiny tips, but I was happy to have my first (other than >baby-sitting) job. Unfortunately, after 3 of my days on the job, an >experienced worker returned to the area and needed the job so I lost it to >her. I hadn't done anything wrong and was a good worker and really took >losing that job hard! I still remember how unhappily surprised I was >because I thought I was doing well (I probably was) and at 15 years old I >took it hard. That gave me my last summer of leisure, reading books, having >fun with pals and going to the beach. > The next summer, and every summer through college, I worked in an >insurance company in Boston, doing menial jobs like filing and sorting. I >rode to the city on the train and tried to think of ways to keep from going >nuts from boredom on such a dumb job where the days seemed interminable. >During the high school year I worked part-time after school for holiday >seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day >in a candy shop. That was probably a kid's dream job...we were allowed to >eat as many fancy chocolates and nuts as we wanted, the theory being that >workers would soon get sick of the stuff. Since I only worked part-time >during holidays I never got sick of it! > I had aspirations to go to medical school but had a younger brother and >my dad said that there was not enough money for me to plan on graduate >school with him coming along. I knew I was smart enough to go to medical >school but not smart enough to go to medical school and work at the same >time, so off I went to the state U. and took teacher training along with my >major. > After college and marriage I had a short stint teaching in a high >school. A difficult pregnancy ended that brief career. When my two older >kids were in school and I had just one baby at home I got a job as an Avon >lady in the small town where we lived. This was a pretty good job as I met >all the neighbors and friends and somehow fell into giving make-up and skin >care lectures and demonstrations for local women's clubs. With all the kids >in school I made money editing and typing research papers for local college >students, had a party-plan business, worked off and on, part-time for the >U.S. Census bureau as an enumerator and supervisor on their various surveys, >and did substitute teaching. > Somewhere along the way I took some art courses and started painting. I >found that people would actually buy my paintings, so I made money that way, >and also got into crafts...batik, stained glass, pottery, etc., and sell my >items through a craft co-op. I began writing local news for the town paper >and that led to writing human-interest stories about local residents. >Somehow, about 12 years ago, I fell into restaurant reviewing and for the >last 12-15 years have been writing freelance articles for papers and >magazines, concentrating most recently on reviewing eateries. I also have >written short stories and a novel with little success, although I have won a >couple of small poetry contests with very small prizes. > I guess I'd have to say my "career" has been as a stay at home wife and >mother but besides having a big garden and freezing tons of vegetables I had >a bunch of different jobs and found various ways to make money to add to the >family coffers. We saved money by doing our own painting, redecorating and >repairing around the house ourselves, so I suppose that was money >saved-money earned, too! > I think my career is like that of many women of my generation. We >raised our families, took care of our husband, our home, our gardens, >volunteered, got involved in town and community activities, and tried to >contribute monetarily through part-time paid work while still being >"stay-at-home" wives. I don't feel deprived because I never had a "real >career" although I think I could have been successful if my life had led >that way. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >

My chosen career was the US Navy, did 30 and retired 1988. Was stationed with John D. onboard the USS Providence (CLG-6) I didn't know him at the time because we worked in different departments. My teaching experience was as a Recruit Company Commander at RTC Orlando, FL, 1970-73. If I remember correctly all my students were about the same age but came from various backgrounds and educational levels. It was a tour of duty that I'm proud of. John W. Armstrong San Diego, Ca

Hi I'm Ronda I've been on this list for years but mostly just read and listened. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. I then went to work for the local electric utility working in the Generation Control Center. My job was support for the computerized Energy Management System. This group was responsible for deciding what Generators were online and when to generate the electricity to serve the load. My first 3 years on the job was to go off to Melbourne Florida to work on building this computer system databases and doing acceptance testing before it was shipped back home and installed. Once there we were to keep the databases up to date and make sure the machines kept running and any other support that was needed. Including supporting the Geneartion Dispatchers. Over the years I then started doing Asset Optimiazation studies and fuel forecasting. Where I had to forecast the fuel needs for the next months operations. About this time last year I was promoted to a new position called a Strategic Planner. Now I plan for asset needs as far out as 20 years into the future. Both generation and transmission. I'm now in my 20th year of my carreer. It's been fun but it sure has not felt like 20 years already. Ronda

"do you mean you are getting spammed or are you actually getting real queries in regard to your tree?" The latter Marilyn. I'm very excited, but trying NOT to be, because it looks like this man is actually related to me AND he knows the parents of my oldest ancestor I've found, WOOHOO!!!! :D Now if I could just clear out these darn inboxes, I might have time to "play" with this one, sigh!!! Anyone who WAS a secretary want to come and be MINE for a week? lol Take care, Rob.

Hmmm...do you mean you are getting spammed or are you actually getting real queries in regard to your tree? Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn Leeds" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site > "Don't feel bad...nobody matches my Armstrongs..." > > No one matches mine either, SIGH!!! I DID get an email from an ARMSTRONGE > a day or two ago, however, who said he had HIS tree on GenesReunited.com. > I went and signed up, uploaded my tree and I now have 86 email in my > inbox. Oh woe is me!!!! That's why I've been so quiet, so enjoy it while > it lasts! lol > > Take care, > > Rob. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"I'd be interested to have the Armstrong listers weigh in regarding their chosen occupations.Any takers?" I started as a typist/telephonist at the "ripe old" age of 16. By the time I "retired" to have kids 10 years later I was a Legal Secretary/Conveyancing Clerk earning the highest wage in Melbourne. After Jade and Casey I went back to work out of necessity but could never get back into office work, so I ended up doing a few "trivial" jobs ... cooking in a fish and chip shop (you haven't lived till you've had Aussie fish and chips, even hubby became addicted to potato cakes while we were there! lol), picking grapes at a winery (with free sampling after work, mmm! mmm!!!), bottling wine (same winery, more tasting, mmm! MMM!!!) and selling my crafts at a local craft market on Sundays. Oh, and I've also been a waitress at Denny's since I left Australia, which is NOT an easy task when you're 6 months pregnant!! ;D Take care, Rob.

It's fun to read all the interesting occupations and various life experiences of other Armstrong researchers. I wish I had something exciting to add...I never had a real "career" as such and have had a lot of part-time jobs while raising our family, taking care of husband, kids, home, keeping a big garden, etc. I was fired from my first job, working in a coffee shop and bakery in a summer community in Maine. It was a tough, hurry-up job behind the counter, with low pay and tiny tips, but I was happy to have my first (other than baby-sitting) job. Unfortunately, after 3 of my days on the job, an experienced worker returned to the area and needed the job so I lost it to her. I hadn't done anything wrong and was a good worker and really took losing that job hard! I still remember how unhappily surprised I was because I thought I was doing well (I probably was) and at 15 years old I took it hard. That gave me my last summer of leisure, reading books, having fun with pals and going to the beach. The next summer, and every summer through college, I worked in an insurance company in Boston, doing menial jobs like filing and sorting. I rode to the city on the train and tried to think of ways to keep from going nuts from boredom on such a dumb job where the days seemed interminable. During the high school year I worked part-time after school for holiday seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day in a candy shop. That was probably a kid's dream job...we were allowed to eat as many fancy chocolates and nuts as we wanted, the theory being that workers would soon get sick of the stuff. Since I only worked part-time during holidays I never got sick of it! I had aspirations to go to medical school but had a younger brother and my dad said that there was not enough money for me to plan on graduate school with him coming along. I knew I was smart enough to go to medical school but not smart enough to go to medical school and work at the same time, so off I went to the state U. and took teacher training along with my major. After college and marriage I had a short stint teaching in a high school. A difficult pregnancy ended that brief career. When my two older kids were in school and I had just one baby at home I got a job as an Avon lady in the small town where we lived. This was a pretty good job as I met all the neighbors and friends and somehow fell into giving make-up and skin care lectures and demonstrations for local women's clubs. With all the kids in school I made money editing and typing research papers for local college students, had a party-plan business, worked off and on, part-time for the U.S. Census bureau as an enumerator and supervisor on their various surveys, and did substitute teaching. Somewhere along the way I took some art courses and started painting. I found that people would actually buy my paintings, so I made money that way, and also got into crafts...batik, stained glass, pottery, etc., and sell my items through a craft co-op. I began writing local news for the town paper and that led to writing human-interest stories about local residents. Somehow, about 12 years ago, I fell into restaurant reviewing and for the last 12-15 years have been writing freelance articles for papers and magazines, concentrating most recently on reviewing eateries. I also have written short stories and a novel with little success, although I have won a couple of small poetry contests with very small prizes. I guess I'd have to say my "career" has been as a stay at home wife and mother but besides having a big garden and freezing tons of vegetables I had a bunch of different jobs and found various ways to make money to add to the family coffers. We saved money by doing our own painting, redecorating and repairing around the house ourselves, so I suppose that was money saved-money earned, too! I think my career is like that of many women of my generation. We raised our families, took care of our husband, our home, our gardens, volunteered, got involved in town and community activities, and tried to contribute monetarily through part-time paid work while still being "stay-at-home" wives. I don't feel deprived because I never had a "real career" although I think I could have been successful if my life had led that way.

"Don't feel bad...nobody matches my Armstrongs..." No one matches mine either, SIGH!!! I DID get an email from an ARMSTRONGE a day or two ago, however, who said he had HIS tree on GenesReunited.com. I went and signed up, uploaded my tree and I now have 86 email in my inbox. Oh woe is me!!!! That's why I've been so quiet, so enjoy it while it lasts! lol Take care, Rob.

"We think it's bad that our grandkids live about 4 hrs away " That's nothing Jill, my son lives 24 hours away, over 16,000 kms, now THAT's a long way, sigh!! :(( He'll be here in about 8 weeks for Christmas!! :D Take care, Rob.

Dear RondaRed Good for you! As a teacher in my second career (and as a one time radio ham), I know that about 90% of engineering students are men. Yet, I have taught math and science to many brilliant girls who could have become outstanding engineers. But, somehow they never got there. I suppose they became sociology majors or communication majors. I have often wondered why. It think it is cultural, because after WWII when many millions of Russian men were killed, Russian women became the engineers and scientists. Tom the bewildered @aol.com wrote: > Hi I'm Ronda > > I've been on this list for years but mostly just read and listened. > > I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 with a BS in Electrical > Engineering. I then went to work for the local electric utility working in the > Generation Control Center. My job was support for the computerized Energy > Management System. This group was responsible for deciding what Generators were > online and when to generate the electricity to serve the load. My first 3 > years on the job was to go off to Melbourne Florida to work on building this > computer system databases and doing acceptance testing before it was shipped > back home and installed. Once there we were to keep the databases up to date > and make sure the machines kept running and any other support that was needed. > Including supporting the Geneartion Dispatchers. Over the years I then > started doing Asset Optimiazation studies and fuel forecasting. Where I had to > forecast the fuel needs for the next months operations. About this time last year > I was promoted to a new position called a Strategic Planner. Now I plan for > asset needs as far out as 20 years into the future. Both generation and > transmission. I'm now in my 20th year of my carreer. It's been fun but it sure has > not felt like 20 years already. > > Ronda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Oh and I forgot the best paying job I ever had I made $500 in one night baby setting. It was new years eve 1978 my daughter was 3 at the time. A few friends asked me if I had plans and of course I didn't. So they asked me to watch their children. A few days later several of them said they had other friends who couldn't find baby setters and asked if I would. I said of course. Bake then there wasn't any restrictions on how many children you could watch. I had a large house. The living room was a big square about 20 x 20. I don't remember exactly how many I had but there were wall to wall kids. I also had 4 babies in that bunch one was 3 weeks old. I made the parents sign a contract that they would not pick up their children intoxicated and not before noon so they had time to sleep it off. They complied and all went home safely. Deloris

Speaking of occupations I've had my share. When I was 16 I babysat for the last couple years of high school. I worked in a fruit and vegetable cannery after graduation. I was a mother of one daughter and believe that was one of the hardest jobs I've had. I worked as a dishwasher and as a cashier in a store at the same time by the way. These were all in Arizona. I worked for the Disabled Vets Thrift Store and at the Goodwill Industries as a sorter and putting the price on large items like couches. And a couple more canning companies. I worked at a couple of places that made insulated windows. I cut bar and screen for meshing screens and meshed them. And am currently working for the County here as a custodian which I have been on the job for 18 years. These are all in Oregon. In New York I worked for Durkey O&C and make potato sticks and french fried onion rings. I also worked as a cashier for a second hand store there. In Iowa I worked for a nursing home while I attended school. This next August I will be retiring and at least one year I am going to sit on my you know what. I may look for something to do as I get bored easily and can't stand to be idle. But I figure I owe myself one year. At that time I will be 58 years old. I rarely ever quit a job. The only reason I did was to move. All the others were lay off because of seasonal work and the rest went belly up where I lived. I'm a jack of all trades you give me a job and I will work. Deloris

Deloris, I admire that you've taken on such a wide variety of jobs. Wow, what a lot of knowledge you must have developed! Jill in Washington state ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Chosen Occupations. > Speaking of occupations I've had my share. I'm a jack of all trades > you give me a job and I will work. > Deloris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> [Original Message] > From: John Armstrong <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Date: 9/30/2006 11:41:05 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Photos to the list/birds > > Nice web site Chuck... > After all my years Cruising with the Navy, I always thought it would > be nice to take the wife for a cruise to some of those exotic ports I > visited.. Unfortunately, she is not an ocean going type person, and > now we just do our cruising in matching recliners watching the History > Channel, sipping home made wine.. > > Sincerely, > John D > A little So West of North > We used to do some serious blue-water racing with Nightingale until Marilyn got too old to handle the chute and hoist that 40 pound anchor. Cruising is much easier on the old gal and I don't have all of those nasty maintenance jobs anymore. In August we handed over the winning ticket from a raffle at the Lake Superior Maritime Museum and won a weeks use of the owners quarters on a 1000 foot ore carrier. All went well except for when Marilyn was on the bridge going down the St. Marys river and suggested to the mate that he might want to correct a couple of degrees to port to get lined up on the range. He informed her that we were on a two lane road and only blankety-blank pleasure boaters take up a position dead center in the channel. We hauled 65000 tons of ore from Duluth down to Gary and Marilyn gained six pounds in six days. I avoided a similar fate by refusing to step on the scales when we got back ashore. Coming up the Mich. coast we passed close by Point Betsie light, where I kicked off my beer drinking career 53 years ago. Never had a bad cruise but the next one is always the best one. > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARMSTRONG[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > >

Patty, no, they didn't make it up quite that far...they were in Vassalboro and Sidney ME, not too far from Augusta. But they were a prolific crew, so who knows? Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty Borges" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG] Gardners in Maine > "My Gardner branch was about the only one I've found so far of that bunch > who went > up to the wilds of Maine to settle, but many more ended up in the NC > area." > > Marilyn, did your Gardner branch end up in Machias, ME by any chance? My > Armstrongs are from Machias and I run into a lot of Gardners when going > through the census info. > > Patty > Monroe, CT > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, OK, a "Johnny-come-lately" Drake. :^) Guess we aren't in the same clan unless they had an ancestor in common. Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site > Dear MO, > > Rick Gardner's and my John Drake sailed to VA from England about 1750. > His son James Francis Drake landed in Scott Co, KY. He left a will and > a couple kids. > > Tom > > Marilyn Otterson wrote: >> OK, you guys...I have both Drakes and Gardners in my mother's genealogy. >> In >> fact, Drake was a name I started with when I began this obsessive hobby. >> My >> grandmother was a Drake and she had the genealogy all the way back to >> 1654 >> in this country...and I began with the peripheral names to do more >> research. >> My mother's father had Gardners in his line. Both were New England >> branches. >> >> It's interesting that you are stuck with your Gardners around 1770s. My >> Gardners settled near Salem MA in the 1600s, went to Nantucket with a few >> pioneers who were Quakers. Gardner was a very big name there but around >> the >> time your ancestors are found in the south is about the same time a lot >> of >> folks from Nantucket left for the south including a bunch of Gardners. >> The >> forests had pretty much been cut down, the harbor was silting up and the >> British were harassing the whaling and trade along the coast. My Gardner >> branch was about the only one I've found so far of that bunch who went up >> to >> the wilds of Maine to settle, but many more ended up in the NC area. >> Have >> you looked for your earliest Gardner in New England, specifically >> Nantucket? >> Just wondering... >> >> These folks were my mother's ancestors...then she married my Dad who was >> an >> Armstrong. >> >> Marilyn (the one with only one N) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site >> >> >> >>> Dear MM, >>> >>> One of the members on the Drake List is also a Gardner. Rick Gardner. >>> But he lives in Michigan, I think and is not likely a NC Gardner. Rick >>> is a Drake in my line from about the year 1770 in Virginia. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> Marilynn Masten wrote: >>> >>>> When you have nothing else to do, take a look at our Gardner/Garner Web >>>> Site http://www.usroots.com/~gardners/. We just wanted to prove the >>>> point that genealogical research need not be dry. >>>> Marilynn >>>> IBSSG >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yeah. James Francis lived near Lexington, KY and he left two kids. I am a descendant of the girl and Rick Gardner is a desc. of the boy. Tom Marilyn Otterson wrote: > Oh, OK, a "Johnny-come-lately" Drake. :^) Guess we aren't in the same > clan unless they had an ancestor in common. > > Cousin Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site > > > >> Dear MO, >> >> Rick Gardner's and my John Drake sailed to VA from England about 1750. >> His son James Francis Drake landed in Scott Co, KY. He left a will and >> a couple kids. >> >> Tom >> >> Marilyn Otterson wrote: >> >>> OK, you guys...I have both Drakes and Gardners in my mother's genealogy. >>> In >>> fact, Drake was a name I started with when I began this obsessive hobby. >>> My >>> grandmother was a Drake and she had the genealogy all the way back to >>> 1654 >>> in this country...and I began with the peripheral names to do more >>> research. >>> My mother's father had Gardners in his line. Both were New England >>> branches. >>> >>> It's interesting that you are stuck with your Gardners around 1770s. My >>> Gardners settled near Salem MA in the 1600s, went to Nantucket with a few >>> pioneers who were Quakers. Gardner was a very big name there but around >>> the >>> time your ancestors are found in the south is about the same time a lot >>> of >>> folks from Nantucket left for the south including a bunch of Gardners. >>> The >>> forests had pretty much been cut down, the harbor was silting up and the >>> British were harassing the whaling and trade along the coast. My Gardner >>> branch was about the only one I've found so far of that bunch who went up >>> to >>> the wilds of Maine to settle, but many more ended up in the NC area. >>> Have >>> you looked for your earliest Gardner in New England, specifically >>> Nantucket? >>> Just wondering... >>> >>> These folks were my mother's ancestors...then she married my Dad who was >>> an >>> Armstrong. >>> >>> Marilyn (the one with only one N) >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:11 PM >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site >>> >>> >>> >>>

Patty, Have you run across any Armstrongs in like from Ridgefield CT? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Patty Borges Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ARMSTRONG] Gardners in Maine "My Gardner branch was about the only one I've found so far of that bunch who went up to the wilds of Maine to settle, but many more ended up in the NC area." Marilyn, did your Gardner branch end up in Machias, ME by any chance? My Armstrongs are from Machias and I run into a lot of Gardners when going through the census info. Patty Monroe, CT ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don't feel bad...nobody matches my Armstrongs... Marilyn (one N) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site > Funny to discuss Gardners on the Armstrong list but then funny things > happen > on the Armstrong list. > > We haven't a clue where our Gardners came from First show up here in NC > in > 1770. There are people on my DNA page who are descended from the > Nantucket > Gardners. I'd be happy to claim them but they don't match our markers. In > fact, only a guy name LaMor matches us so far which means either my > Gardners > were great lovers or those LaMors had wonderful gardens. I prefer the > former. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site > > >> OK, you guys...I have both Drakes and Gardners in my mother's genealogy. >> In >> fact, Drake was a name I started with when I began this obsessive hobby. >> My >> grandmother was a Drake and she had the genealogy all the way back to >> 1654 >> in this country...and I began with the peripheral names to do more >> research. >> My mother's father had Gardners in his line. Both were New England >> branches. >> >> It's interesting that you are stuck with your Gardners around 1770s. My >> Gardners settled near Salem MA in the 1600s, went to Nantucket with a few >> pioneers who were Quakers. Gardner was a very big name there but around >> the >> time your ancestors are found in the south is about the same time a lot >> of >> folks from Nantucket left for the south including a bunch of Gardners. >> The >> forests had pretty much been cut down, the harbor was silting up and the >> British were harassing the whaling and trade along the coast. My Gardner >> branch was about the only one I've found so far of that bunch who went up >> to >> the wilds of Maine to settle, but many more ended up in the NC area. >> Have >> you looked for your earliest Gardner in New England, specifically >> Nantucket? >> Just wondering... >> >> These folks were my mother's ancestors...then she married my Dad who was >> an >> Armstrong. >> >> Marilyn (the one with only one N) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Web Site >> >> >>> Dear MM, >>> >>> One of the members on the Drake List is also a Gardner. Rick Gardner. >>> But he lives in Michigan, I think and is not likely a NC Gardner. Rick >>> is a Drake in my line from about the year 1770 in Virginia. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> Marilynn Masten wrote: >>>> When you have nothing else to do, take a look at our Gardner/Garner Web >>>> Site http://www.usroots.com/~gardners/. We just wanted to prove the >>>> point that genealogical research need not be dry. >>>> Marilynn >>>> IBSSG >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message