This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/2574 Message Board Post: Luther and Lizzie are my Great Grandparents. I do not know when they were born or when they died. I know they lived in the Greene County / Jersey County area in Illinois. Their son, Earl was my Grandfather. Other children that I know of are: Hardin, Berdella, Mildred. I think there were others, but not sure. Earl was born May 29, 1903 and died October 15, 1989. He was married to Ruth (Brainerd) on September 7, 1926. If you have any information, please leave me a message here, or email me at: tmroth93@hotmail.com and put Armstrong in the subject line. Thanks!

Shoot - I forgot our stop at Graceland. The home of Elvis Presley. We can stop there on our way to Tunica. Om baby, Om baby.....Hound Doggg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alma Luper" <alluper@fastdata.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Cyber Party > Hi All: > > This years party has brought me out of lurker mode. Sounds so exciting - > Can't wait to see other parts of the world and have a hen party with some of > the other ol' hens on the list. Let's catch up - family news, gossip and a > nip or two to losen our tongues. I'm in good ol' Arkansas, USA. The > Northeast corner so we can visit MO, TN and MS all within an hour or two the > house. We'll leave my house in Jonesboro and proceed North via Crowley's > Ridge to MO. Of course the trees are in full fall color and we'll have to be > carefull not to run over any very large deer. > > In MO we'll drop in on some little country store in the foothills and buy a > lotto ticket. Scoot over some locals and have a Southern Meal for lunch. > You know the owners wife's been cooking sense daylight....Beans, cornbread > and fried tators. Or on second thought maybe we should pass on the gas I > mean beans ;_> They'll be glad to fix us a good ol balony (bologna for non > southerns) samwich with a slab of onion & or mator. > > We can proceed from there down I-55 right into TN. Over the mighty > Mississippi into Memphis and directly onto Beale Street. There we will enjoy > the Blues at B.B. Kings. Walk around seeing the sites and listening to the > street musicians. A word of advice - those Gold Rolex Watches are a great > buy at 20 bucks. HeHeHaHa Better get two while the gettins good. > > Of course we'll have a wonderful dinner at the Rondevous. World famous for > Bar-B-Que and Ribs. (In my opinion Founts is better). They're hidden in an > alley not far from B.B. Kings so we'll walk over carrying our beer and fill > the alley. All will know we are first class Rievers! Let's try sneaking out > and leaving the last person with the bill - LOL - Fount you better watch the > intake of that Mt Dew or you might find yourself in the corner alone with > someone handing you the bill. We drank all the draft and ate the last rib so > better have the American Express! > > Then we'll take our over embibed selves on to MS and the gambling Mecca of > the South. Tunica, right on the Big Muddy. Once there we will decend upon > the casinos and all win jackpots. We will drink all we want for FREE and > then make 'em feed us. OH the Buffet's... > > Tired Drunk and bloated we can make our way back to my house and wait for > Lotto results. Of course we will become millionaires but that won't change > us a bit. Except for maybe a little guilt over leaving poor Fount with the > Rib bill. Now that we own a couple private jets - where's the next stop???? > > To start the party thought I'd tell a joke: > > Colonoscopies > Physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made while he > was performing colonoscopies: > 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone before." > 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" > 3. "Can you hear me NOW?" > 4. "Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!" > 5. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" > 6. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married." > 7. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?" > 8. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out. You do the Hokey > pokey..." > 9. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!" > 10."If your hand doesn't fit, you must aquit!" > 11. "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity." > 12. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?" > 13. "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying that my head is not, in > fact, up there?" > -------------- > Love To All, > Alma > Recipes will follow soon. >

Hi All: This years party has brought me out of lurker mode. Sounds so exciting - Can't wait to see other parts of the world and have a hen party with some of the other ol' hens on the list. Let's catch up - family news, gossip and a nip or two to losen our tongues. I'm in good ol' Arkansas, USA. The Northeast corner so we can visit MO, TN and MS all within an hour or two the house. We'll leave my house in Jonesboro and proceed North via Crowley's Ridge to MO. Of course the trees are in full fall color and we'll have to be carefull not to run over any very large deer. In MO we'll drop in on some little country store in the foothills and buy a lotto ticket. Scoot over some locals and have a Southern Meal for lunch. You know the owners wife's been cooking sense daylight....Beans, cornbread and fried tators. Or on second thought maybe we should pass on the gas I mean beans ;_> They'll be glad to fix us a good ol balony (bologna for non southerns) samwich with a slab of onion & or mator. We can proceed from there down I-55 right into TN. Over the mighty Mississippi into Memphis and directly onto Beale Street. There we will enjoy the Blues at B.B. Kings. Walk around seeing the sites and listening to the street musicians. A word of advice - those Gold Rolex Watches are a great buy at 20 bucks. HeHeHaHa Better get two while the gettins good. Of course we'll have a wonderful dinner at the Rondevous. World famous for Bar-B-Que and Ribs. (In my opinion Founts is better). They're hidden in an alley not far from B.B. Kings so we'll walk over carrying our beer and fill the alley. All will know we are first class Rievers! Let's try sneaking out and leaving the last person with the bill - LOL - Fount you better watch the intake of that Mt Dew or you might find yourself in the corner alone with someone handing you the bill. We drank all the draft and ate the last rib so better have the American Express! Then we'll take our over embibed selves on to MS and the gambling Mecca of the South. Tunica, right on the Big Muddy. Once there we will decend upon the casinos and all win jackpots. We will drink all we want for FREE and then make 'em feed us. OH the Buffet's... Tired Drunk and bloated we can make our way back to my house and wait for Lotto results. Of course we will become millionaires but that won't change us a bit. Except for maybe a little guilt over leaving poor Fount with the Rib bill. Now that we own a couple private jets - where's the next stop???? To start the party thought I'd tell a joke: Colonoscopies Physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made while he was performing colonoscopies: 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone before." 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" 3. "Can you hear me NOW?" 4. "Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!" 5. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" 6. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married." 7. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?" 8. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out. You do the Hokey pokey..." 9. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!" 10."If your hand doesn't fit, you must aquit!" 11. "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity." 12. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?" 13. "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying that my head is not, in fact, up there?" -------------- Love To All, Alma Recipes will follow soon.

Cousin Vicki, Oak is my favorite wood too! When we moved down here to COLD Fl completely, in Oct., I brought all my oak, walnut and cherry I had room for and all the shop equipment my down-sized shop could hold. But, since then, all the woodwork I've had time for is Sweetie's house! # :-(( Yes, bring your camera because there's no telling what I might do! I get crazy sometimes. Fount ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Showers" <walleye1@netins.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:15 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Cyber Party > Ok fellow A's, is it any wonder our ancestors were reivers, all someone has to do is mention a party, and everyone comes out to play!!! I don't care where we party, however I will not offer Iowa, it is colder than H here, we have had a fantastic winter, right now NO SNOW, which is wonderful to me, but it has turned brutally cold. Alaska weather the last couple of weeks -15 this morning and of course, being Iowa, windy! > Since hubby, Duane has had more heart problems, he has had to quit work, at 50 no less.He did manage to get a couple of deer this fall, and caught walleye, so thats what I"ll bring. > Don't be supprised if he carts along some fine oak furniture, that is what he is doing in his woodworking shop, keeps him busy and he can quit and rest when he needs to. Just don't have this party anywhere near a lake or timber or we will lose John D. and Duane, they will be off hunting or fishing. > I love to dance so I'll wear confortable shoes, and of course jeans, cause I plan to go horse back riding, haven't for years since I sold my horse years ago. Horses are my 2nd love, (have to claim hubby and boys first to be safe). > Still looking for any info on that rascal Francis Armstrong b/abt 1619-1629, SOMEWHERE, in Ireland, married Frances Bennett, children Francis b<1660, Elizabeth b<1658, Philemon b/abt. 1660, all born in Talbot MD. 200 Acres called "Weeping Springs" were surveyed for him in Talbot County, MD. 10-13-1663. Anyone know the old gent?? > Hey, I also have a son that needs a wife he's 29, (youngest is 21 he can wait awhile.) !!!! :>)) > I'll have to bring my camera just to get more pictures of Fount in the corner, covered with crab shells. One thing about a cyber party, no one has any proof, right Fount!! > Later, Vicki in cold NW Iowa > >

John T, Be glad to mix you up one! First, find a very large glass of ice, put in 4 oz. CC, 12 oz can of diet dew, juice of one lime and enjoy! Usually takes two or three of these to get me going and singing, "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighberhood!" Fount ----- Original Message ----- From: <JTAflyangler57@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:58 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Fount...Help me out! > Fount, > > Before I get yammerin on about what all I'm gonna bring to the party, I could > stand to wet me whistle a wee bit! > > Would you mind mixin' me up one of those C.C. & Mountain Dews please? I am > dry > as Grandma's pot roast! > > John T. > >

Edie, I think poverty was the main reason most of the Armstrongs came from Ireland to North America. The offer of free land was a big enticement. Can't blame them! Fount (in cold FL) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > As you may remember Fount a couple of years ago Joyce Armstrong and I sat > for hours recording all of the Tasmania Convicts named Armsrong and some of > those had first been convicts that had been sent to the mainland australia > and when free had reoffended and were set to Tasmania. there were quite a > lot of them, that is why I wondered if they had gone to America as Convicts. > Of course they were not criminals in the true sense, a good many were sent > to work to build up the colony as not many would have come voluntarily to > nothing much in those days. > > Edie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > Cousin Edie, > > No, best I can figure, some of Samuel's siblings first crossed over to PA > > and then moved down to SC. Samuel and his young wife, her parents and > > Samuel's widowed mother and their first child, crossed over to SC to > obtain > > some of the free land offered to immigrants at the time. They were just > poor > > farmers of the Presbyterian faith, as were many of the Armstrongs at the > > time. > > Fount > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:31 AM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > Not meaning to be rude Fount, but did Samuel come under the Governors > > > Pleasure or as a free person. 68,000 plus convicts arrived in Australia > > > over a period of years. It started here about 1790 when American > wouldn't > > > take anymore. > > > > > > Edie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:36 PM > > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > > > > Well! Well! Cousins! > > > > The old List still has some life in it yet! > > > > The Armstrong Reveres will airways come out of the woods for a party! > > > > > > > > One thing the party will need for music is a band. Well, I'm bringing > my > > > bass. I know there are some more musicians out there to sit in with me > and > > > play some good ole country and some of the good old songs. > > > > > > > > Ya'll get ready because I'll be there with my bass, my crawfish and > bbq. > > > > I'll also have a sufficient supply of Canadian Club and a jug of > > moonshine > > > that came from the Smoky Mountains that has been aged in plums for the > > past > > > year and is mighty smooth, if I do say so myself! > > > > > > > > Lets make this cyber party one to remember! > > > > > > > > Cousin Fount Armstrong, researching descendants of Samuel Armstrong, > who > > > came to Abbyville, SC from Ballimena, Ireland in 1767. > > > > > > > > > > > >

Ya'll are right. Our lead guitar in the little band we have was Lonzo and Oscar's manager for a long time. He told me how many records they sold and it was a very large amount for that time. Also, He has their stage outfits and I am putting them on E-Bay for him. Getting ready for the Cyber Party! Fount ----- Original Message ----- From: <Smokeyjosie@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] My own Grandpa > In a message dated 1/24/03 9:38:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, n4la@cafes.net > writes: > > > Lonzo and Oscar did that song. > > > That is absolutely correct, I have that on an old album. > > Wishing you a great day. > MoNa :~ ) > >

Ben, here in the "Heartland of America", we're waiting for the temp to get UP to the 20's! (Actually, I love it when it's really, really cold, like right now. It was -5 last night, and that's really good sleeping weather. But this place in the summer is for the birds: temps upper 90's and low 100's, and the humidity feels like you've been hit with a wet wash cloth. That part I hate with a passion. Man (or Woman) was not built to endure that sort of heat, at least this one wasn't. I guess I've been outdone in the offspring department: We have eight, all grown up and married except for one, and he's getting married in May. (We had nine, but lost our last little girl.) But also have 10 grandchildren, and FIVE great grandchildren. (All of them have been born since Ed, my husband, died in August of 1997. The first was born the day after his funeral, so I like to think that they met in passing. But I can't figure out how this can be, because, of course, I'm only 19 years old, myself. I think the little green wee people had something to do with it... We were stationed in Texas for some time, at Kingsville NAS. And it was hot there, too. All the time we were in Cuba, I kept thinking that when we came back to the States, we'd be somewhere where there's actually a change of seasons, changing leaves, and some snow. So what did we get? Heat, heat, and more heat!! Patti, sorry to tell you that all six of our daughters are married, as is one son, and the other soon will be. But I do have a beautiful red-headed granddaughter, just short of 20, but I think she's planning on about six years of college! She's a sophomore now, so that's a ways to go! I'll probably be at the party, but am going to let you guys do most of the planning. Having just lost my sister two weeks ago, I'm not quite in the mood. Just somebody please bring a few really good steaks for me, and I'll just sit quietly in a corner, and eat it quietly, and I won't bother anyone. Of course, if it gets as lively as the last one, I just might really perk up a bit, and maybe dance on the piano. Who was it who danced on the table the last time? Patti, wasn't that you? And there was Fount, sleeping peacefully on the floor, with the debris all around him! Barb in MO

Barb, My heart goes out to you in the loss of your sister. I have a sister, and I can't begin to imagine the pain it must bring to lose one. But I hope you'll be feeling like at coming to the c-party. I think you'd enjoy just sitting by the fire with all of us, letting the flames' hypnotic effect soothe your heart. I wouldn't intrude on your thoughts, except to give you some big hugs from time to time. They're something I'm known for- in a good way. So fight whatever temptation you may feel to be an isolate, okay? Cuz your family is with you, caring for you. Jill PS- What part of MO are you in? I've got a bunch of Stepp/Lloyd relatives around the Cape Girardeau area. __________________ "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark." Gypsy saying

Sorry to be late with this guys. This is not really a "casserole"....it's actually stacked enchiladas, rather than rolled. Use a large casserole dish, spray it with Pam. Oven to 425 3 lg. cans red enchilada sauce (I use Hatch or Las Palmas..check the ingredients, you don't want one with tomato sauce in it...red sauce is red chilis & seasonings, no tomato sauce) 18 corn tortillas 1 large yellow onion (the ones that make your eyes water!) chopped finely 8 cups grated cheese (colby, Jack, muenster, asadero, whatever--I use several types together. Lean ground meat, 3 pounds, browned, drained thoroughly, salt & pepper to taste. Put the 3 cans sauce in a deep skillet, bring to boil and turn down to simmer...and here's the tricky part....take 4 tortillas, drop them in the simmering sauce, one by one...they will start to get puffy...remove and layer those 4 one the bottom of the bowl. (this takes only a minute or two..if you leave them too long, they will fall apart in the sauce, not long enough, they will be hard.) After the first layer of tortillas is in the bowl, layer the meat, onion and cheeses...repeat this till the ingredients are gone, or the bowl is full, whichever comes first!! Your top layer should be tortillas. Take the sauce remaining in the skillet, pour it over the top.....with a large spoon, lift the edges around all sides of the bowl and let the sauce run down into the enchiladas. Then cover the top with lots of grated cheese....pop it in the oven for about 30 minutes....and there you have it....Voila!!! Ooooops, I mean Ole!!!!! Someone asked about Pico de Gallo......Chop all these raw ingredients together...(it's like a Mexican relish or chow-chow) green chili, jalapenos, tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro...add water, a bit of vinegar, and some salt.........and folks, this is divine...and the longer it sits the better it gets...amounts?? Well, I'm not a "recipe" cook...I'm a "hey that looks about right" and a "wow, taste that!" cook.......your tolerance for HOT wll dictate your amounts!! Guacamole......mash about 6 soft ripe (the blacker the better) avocados, save one seed....throw in finely chopped onion, salt, pepper, garlic (to your taste) Be sure and bury one seed in the bowl of guacamole---keeps it from turning black for hours. This is a good basic dish....spice it up with your choice of "stuff" jalapenos, cilantro, cream cheese, what ever!!! Enjoy......... Jan Parsons Armstrong El Paso, Texas JArmstr904@aol.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janarmstrong

It isn't so unlike that in Tasmania Julia. There are a lot of intermarried families. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jmolitz@aol.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Rhyme (Redneck Family Tree) > My grandmother's sister had an aunt by marriage. Her uncle died. The aunt > by marriage remarried. My grandmother's sister married one of the sons of > her aunt by marriage and the new husband. So my great aunt's mother in law > was also her aunt. > > This from red neck country, Tennessee. I always wondered why there were > jokes about cousins marrying in the South. After starting genealogy I know > why but it does not only pertain to the South, just look at England's royal > family. > > Julia (Wright) Molitz > Nice and warm in California >

As you may remember Fount a couple of years ago Joyce Armstrong and I sat for hours recording all of the Tasmania Convicts named Armsrong and some of those had first been convicts that had been sent to the mainland australia and when free had reoffended and were set to Tasmania. there were quite a lot of them, that is why I wondered if they had gone to America as Convicts. Of course they were not criminals in the true sense, a good many were sent to work to build up the colony as not many would have come voluntarily to nothing much in those days. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > Cousin Edie, > No, best I can figure, some of Samuel's siblings first crossed over to PA > and then moved down to SC. Samuel and his young wife, her parents and > Samuel's widowed mother and their first child, crossed over to SC to obtain > some of the free land offered to immigrants at the time. They were just poor > farmers of the Presbyterian faith, as were many of the Armstrongs at the > time. > Fount > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:31 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > Not meaning to be rude Fount, but did Samuel come under the Governors > > Pleasure or as a free person. 68,000 plus convicts arrived in Australia > > over a period of years. It started here about 1790 when American wouldn't > > take anymore. > > > > Edie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fount Armstrong" <farmstrong3@cfl.rr.com> > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:36 PM > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Party! Party! Party! > > > > > > > Well! Well! Cousins! > > > The old List still has some life in it yet! > > > The Armstrong Reveres will airways come out of the woods for a party! > > > > > > One thing the party will need for music is a band. Well, I'm bringing my > > bass. I know there are some more musicians out there to sit in with me and > > play some good ole country and some of the good old songs. > > > > > > Ya'll get ready because I'll be there with my bass, my crawfish and bbq. > > > I'll also have a sufficient supply of Canadian Club and a jug of > moonshine > > that came from the Smoky Mountains that has been aged in plums for the > past > > year and is mighty smooth, if I do say so myself! > > > > > > Lets make this cyber party one to remember! > > > > > > Cousin Fount Armstrong, researching descendants of Samuel Armstrong, who > > came to Abbyville, SC from Ballimena, Ireland in 1767. > > > > > > >

Is it possible he was a mariner Linda on a whale boat or in the Navy etc. Seems a long time between the marraige in 1879 and the birth of the first child in 1896 doesn't it? May be there are individual Censuses for the services and mariners. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "LINDA BEARD" <lindab37@apci.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:31 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] ARMSTRONG > Looking for my elusive gggrandfather-Lathaniel Lafayette Armstrong. Know that he was in the Cairo, Alexander County, IL in the 1880's, he approx 20 years old. Married to Angeline Skiles in 1879, but I lose him after that. On the 1880 census records there were no children. But on the 1900 census Angeline is listed as head of household with children-Clarence 16 Effie May 14 Mrytle 12 and Claud 9. Old Lathaniel had be have been around for a few years after the 1880 census! Can't imagine where he would have disappeared to! Looks like the remaining family members stayed in this general area until at least 1916 when Angeline died at the home of her daughter Effie Woodward. I do not know what ever happened to Mrytle-Claude died in E St Louis, IL in 1943 > Clarence , my grandfather, married Almedia Mize approx 1909, can not find where they were wed, but they were in Cairo in 1910 census, children-Effie, Louis, Carl, Leona (Flossie), Eugene. Clarence died in 1931 in Cairo IL. Almedia (Medy) died in 1955 in E St Louis, IL. > Any one with any information of this family, would sure be a godsend! > Good Luck to all > Linda >

What are Cubanos Chuck? Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Armstrong" <mutinyct@earthlink.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [ARMSTRONG-L] Cyber Party > Cousin Chuck's cyber recipe. > > I offer up the bottle of exquisite single malt and the box of cubanos that > somehow found their way into my duffel bag on the sail back from Barcelona > in November. > > While they are best consumed after midnight in the Straits of Gib. while > sitting on the fantail watching the lights of Spain and Morocco fade in the > distance they are equally tasty while gazing out over the Padre canals. > > On second thought, better bring your own. Supplies will not last much more > than another week or so. Going back for more soon. > > ca > > --- Charles Armstrong > --- mutinyct@earthlink.net > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Marilyn R. Otterson <rosiedoggie@attbi.com> > > To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 1/21/03 4:55:28 PM > > Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] Cyber Party > > > > Attention, all you Armstrong list party animals, > > > > Fount Ray A. and I have been talking about the idea of having another > cyber > > party. FR and I have been thinking that this time we should keep track of > > all the recipes for cousins' specialties and have a list party cook book > > after we are done. > > > > I would love for somebody to take charge of running the party, but if > nobody > > wants to do it, Fount and I will try to do it. It doesn't take much > > effort...just picking a date and then letting listers know that it's time > to > > tell us what they will bring to eat and share, to drink and share, what > they > > will wear, what musical or dancing entertainment they might like to > provide, > > and WHERE we will have the party. > > > > I will be away on the date we originally spoke of...Valentine's Day...so I > > am hoping we can put off the party until the first of March. John D. says > > he doesn't care and it's up to all of us to decide what we want to do. > > > > Rigid genealogists will have to hold their noses while we get ready for > the > > party and for the 24 hours we actually have the party. As I remember we > > started off in Australia and then moved around the world as the day > > progressed. I don't know if we have any list members in Europe any more, > > but if we do, then the party will end up there. > > > > So...it's time for somebody to step up and offer to chair this > madness...and > > another person willing to start a file of the recipes...and the rest of > the > > group to decide if there is enough interest to go ahead. > > > > Yes, it's kind of silly, but it's a good time and helps us all get > > acquainted with each other, where we live, what we like to do, etc. > > > > Let us hear from you! > > > > Regards, > > Cousin Marilyn > > > > > > Marilyn Armstrong Otterson > > Semper ubi sub ubi > > Researching: Armstrong, Milligan, Field, McCoy, Reid, Goff, Drake, Eaton, > > Norton, Gilbert, Roberts, Robbins, Flint, Haley, Whitten, Chadbourne, > Bates, > > Walker, Goodwin, Gardner, Neal > > > >

HI, Jill: How about the divinity cookie recipe?? (PS: I don't cook, just collect recipes so that when someone comes who does, I can get them to try it!!) M. Toni Perry Huntington Beach, CA

Okay, okay. I've been brow beaten into giving up my Grandma Fahlstrom's recipe BEFORE you actually come for the c-party. Blame it on Toni... :-) These cookies are somewhat like those little white pecan cookies that seem to pop up out of nowhere around Xmas time. I LOVE 'em; used to sneak into Gramma's kitchen and steal them out of the stoneware cookie jar. Grandma Fahlstrom's Divinity Cookies Cream together: 1 lb. powdered sugar (3 1/1 c sifted) 1 2/3 c. shortening Add: 2 2/3 c. pastery flour 4/5 c. finely chopped walnuts or pecans 4 teasp. vanilla a pinch of salt Form two long rolls. Wrap in waxed paper and chill overnight. Slice & bake 350 F for 8 min. DO NOT BROWN! Cool on racks, preferably when no one else is around; then scarf 'em up BEFORE 'anyone else' returns. :-D That's it. BTW, Toni, I think you've hit upon a great strategy!: (PS: I don't cook, just collect recipes so that when someone comes who does, I can get them to try it!!) Jill __________________ "Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark." Gypsy saying

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/2573 Message Board Post: >From the Mount Holly Mirror, November 19, 1823: "In Mount Holly, on Saturday evening, last, by Samuel Clark, Esq., Mr. Joel Armstrong to Miss Catherine Stackhouse, all of Mount Holly." Catherine Stackhouse was bet. 1798-1800. She and Joel Armstrong had Franklin, Rebecca (m. Amos Williamson), Louisa (m. John S. Bowker), Joel (m. 1) Sarah Deacon Lippincott and 2) Ada unk.), Sarah and Mary. Other possible daughters were Catherine and Hannah who m. Thomas Adams.

----- Original Message ----- From: "LINDA BEARD" <lindab37@apci.net> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] ARMSTRONG > Looking for my elusive gggrandfather-Lathaniel Lafayette Armstrong. Know that he was in the Cairo, Alexander County, IL in the 1880's, he approx 20 years old. Married to Angeline Skiles in 1879, but I lose him after that....... --------------------------------------------- Linda, I do not find Lathanial--or any of your ARMSTRONGS--listed in either Book III or Book IV of "Where They Sleep, Cemetery Inscriptions of Pulaski Co., Illinois" (most Cairo residents were buried in Pulaski County cemeteries). I suggest that you subscribe and post an inquiry to the Alexander County RootsWeb List, and look-ups in the other "Where They Sleep" volumes. Also, write the Alexander County Clerk/Recorder for a copy of Angeline's DC. If information on the DC states she was a widow, at least you will know that you're searching for death information on Lathaniel between 1891 and 1900. Good luck on your research. Sue Mullins, Northridge CA Susiesearcher@worldnet.att.net ARMSTRONG, SAUP, BOSE, WEHMEYER, HOLLMANN, ARTER, EVERTS, HARRELL

I think I may remember a song like that John. I am 59 this year, so it has to be in my time. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Armstrong" <ana@mtaonline.net> To: "Rob and Edie McArthur" <robmc@our.net.au> Cc: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Rhyme (Redneck Family Tree) > Edie > that was a popular "country" song about 50 yrs ago... the name of > the tune was > I'm My Own Grandpa..! I forget who the artist (?) <singer> was at the > time. but Fount could probably tell you.. he's older than I am and can > remember further back..! > > John D. > in Sunny Wasilla, Alaska > > > > Rob and Edie McArthur wrote: > > >Hi, > >This appeared on our Tasmania list today. Very confusing. I haven't checked the relationships out, but they sound ok. Anyone with a family history like this. > >Edie > > > >Redneck Family Tree > > > >Many many years ago when I was twenty three, > >I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. > >This widow had a grown-up daughter > >Who had hair of red. > >My father fell in love with her, > >And soon the two were wed. > > > >This made my dad my son-in-law > >And changed my very life. > >My daughter was my mother, > >For she was my father's wife. > >To complicate the matters worse, > >Although it brought me joy. > >I soon became the father > >Of a bouncing baby boy. > > > >My little baby then became > >A brother-in-law to dad. > >And so became my uncle, > >Though it made me very sad. > >For if he was my uncle, > >Then that also made him brother > >To the widow's grown-up daughter > >Who, of course, was my step-mother. > > > >Father's wife then had a son, > >Who kept them on the run. > >And he became my grandson, > >For he was my daughter's son. > >My wife is now my mother's mother > >And it makes me blue. > >Because, although she is my wife, > >She's my grandma too. > > > >If my wife is my grandmother, > >Then I am her grandchild. > >And every time I think of it, > >It simply drives me wild. > >For now I have become > >The strangest case you ever saw. > >As the husband of my grandmother, > >I am my own grandpa!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In a message dated 1/24/03 9:38:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, n4la@cafes.net writes: > Lonzo and Oscar did that song. > That is absolutely correct, I have that on an old album. Wishing you a great day. MoNa :~ )