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/2398.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Below is what I have in some of my files on my Armstrong Ancestors who were from Ireland. Have lost touch with alot of them even the ones who came to IL. There is a Terpening/Armstrong Reunion held in Galesburg, IL every year the Sunday before labor day. I'm secretary and the new family historian. If any of this is famaliar because we had a Will Armstrong or one of them also go to Australia. Thanks in advance you can email me at phenwick@winco.net...I have DAR lucheion in about an hour and have to jet. Hope we can make a connection somewhere. Thanks Foxie Hagerty Infomation coming about Hugh Alexander Armstrong, I got from the files of Aileen Terpening. This is something somebody had typed up for her from the Ruth Bradway's files. It also had the history of William Richey who was Martha Isabelle Richey Armstrong's younger brother. William Richey's wife Jane Scott Richey was first cousin to Hugh Alexander Armstrong. COPIED FROM BIBLE BELONGING TO: Alexander Armstrong COUNTY F ERMANAGH PARISH OF DERRYVOLAND BAR ONY OF TYKENNEDY PROVINCE OF ULSTER/IRELAND THE OLD HOME WAS CALLED "USKEVUEW", ENNISJUILLEN, COUNTY FERMANAGH, IRELAND. LEFT FERMANAGH 3RD OF OCTOBER 1854 ENNISHMORE 3RD OF OCTOBER 1854 NEW YORK 23RD OF NOVEMBER 1854 ABINGDON 7TH OF DECEMBER 1854 Alexander was born June 3, 1806, died May 30, 1876, married Marth Richey Octobewr 30, 1835. She was born May 2, 1812, died February 5, 1888. Alexander and Martha left Ireland with their eight children October 3, 1854, arrived in New York November 23, 1854, arrived in Abingdon December 7, 1854. Sometime late the family settled in Kelly Township, Warren County, IL. This the story of the first Armstrong who went from Scotland to Ireland; (copied from a letter from Stella Kellogg Wright to Aileen Terpening August 27, 1952. I think he is the father of my grandfather which would be William who married Jane Montgomery avoe. "Anyway, he must have been a good man as he was just on a business trip but took time to go to church and there he saw a girl who took his fancy and he said he would not go back to SCotland until he met her. After a most arduous courtship he convinced her that he was her one and only heart throb, so he came back and they were married. The family lived at Enniskillen, County Fermanag, Paris of Derryvolland, Barony of Tyrkennedy, Province of Ulster, Ireland. Their home was called "Isleview"; because they could see so many Islands in a neaby lakes. The origin of the name Armstrong was also in Stella's letter: "Long ago a Scotich king had a retainer by the name of Graeme, who was a tall man an very strong. One day while riding with his retainer, the king fell from his horse and Graeme picked him up in his arms and lifted him onto his saddle. Therefore, the King changed his name to ARstreon because of the great strenth in his arms. The King also gave him a cost-of-arms. Georgia Grice, Hugh Armstrong's sister, showed me her b eautiful china, which was decorated with this coat=of=Arms. She also told me that her brother, William has well as other relatives had this ccoat-of-Arms on their carriage doors. William Armstrong married Jane Montgomery. They were the Parents of 18 children, two of whom emigrated to America. JOHN ARMSTRONG HUGH ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG BETTER KNOW AS ALEX ARMSTRONG The family lived at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Parish of Derrywoland, Barony of Tyrkennedy Provice of Ulster, Ireland. Their home was called "Isleview" because they could see so many islands in a nearby lake. The origin of the name, Armstrong, was told to Estella Kellogg Wright thus: copied from a letter Estella wrote to Miss Aileen Terpening, dated August 27, 1952. "Long ago a Scottish king had a retainer by the name of Graeme, who was a tasll man and very strong. One day, while riding with his retainer, the king fell from his horse and Graeme picked him up in his strong arms and lifted him onto his horse. Therefore, the king changed his name to "Armstrong" because of the great strength in his arms. The king also gave him a Coat-of-Arms. Georgia Grice, Hugh Armstrong's sister, showed me her beautiful china, which was decorated with this Coat of Arms. She also told me that her brother, William, as well as other relatives had this Coat-of-Arms on their carriage doors." JOHN ARMSTRONG married Frances Moore about 1830. There were at least 8 children, all born in Ireland. Sarah Jane Armstrong Mary Eleanore Armstrong John J. Armstrong Frances Armstrong Thomas Armstrong Hugh Copeland Armstrong Martha Nicolina Armstrong Hugh Alexander Amrstrong married October 30, 1835 to Martha Isabella Richey. There were 9 children all born in Ireland. Isabella Armstrong James Armstrong (Bunker) William Bracken Armstrong John Armstrong George Armstrong Samuel Armstrong Margaret Jane Armstrong Baby Mary Armstrong John and Fannie Moore Armstrong left their "Isleview" home in Ireland in 1839, came to America and settled in Ohio. When John Arstrong's brother, Hugh Alexander Armstrong and family , left Ireland on October 3, 1854, that same year both families came to Illinois. Hugh Alexahnder Armstrong's family went first to Abingdon where William Richey and family had been living for about a year., William Richey was Alexander's brother-in-law, Martha Richey Armstrong and William Richey being two of the children of SAmuel and "Miss Roddy" of "The Glenties" of Count7y Donegal, Ireland. [tAnderson1.FTW]