Marilyn, my Eliza Jane was born in 1845 in County Tyrone, Dungannon, N. Ireland. She migrated to New Zealand and married William Rylance. She died in 1917 and is buried in Auckland, New Zealand. I visited her grave site on my trip. For some reason she and her husband chose to not have a headstone but the gravesite is close to where my cousin Margaret's family is buried so we visited them all. I think Eliza Jane was a very popular name in those days, sort of like Jennifer these days! - Linda Hamid Hey, Linda... Do you know my grandfather had an older sister named Eliza Jane Armstrong born in Co. Tyrone? I know it was not an uncommon name so I won't get too excited about it yet...but it's an odd coincidence, isn't it. Do you know where your Eliza Jane was born and did she come to the USA? Marilyn Otterson
Ah, well, it was worth a try, Linda. Yes, I know Eliza Jane, Annabella, Isabella, etc., were common names, but when I saw, also, the coincidence of Co. Tyrone, I perked up my eyeballs. My Eliza was born around 1861 in Termonmaguirk, Co. Tyrone, came to the USA with her parents and baby brother around 1867. It was worth a try, though, huh? Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Hamid" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG] My Eliza Jane Armstrong > > Marilyn, my Eliza Jane was born in 1845 in County Tyrone, Dungannon, N. > Ireland. She migrated to New Zealand and married William Rylance. She > died > in 1917 and is buried in Auckland, New Zealand. I visited her grave site > on > my trip. For some reason she and her husband chose to not have a headstone > but the gravesite is close to where my cousin Margaret's family is buried > so > we visited them all. I think Eliza Jane was a very popular name in those > days, sort of like Jennifer these days! - Linda Hamid > > Hey, Linda... > Do you know my grandfather had an older sister named Eliza Jane Armstrong > born in Co. Tyrone? I know it was not an uncommon name so I won't get too > excited about it yet...but it's an odd coincidence, isn't it. Do you know > where your Eliza Jane was born and did she come to the USA? > > Marilyn Otterson > > > ------------------------------- > 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