I would need to know the name details of your Miss Bailey to answer you.re the relationship - do you know of any more Baileys as my grandfather came from a family of 7 boys who all stayed in Ontario except for him as far as I know. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catt" <gullake@primus.ca> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Robert Bailey and his wife Anne Bailey > I do not know if you are related or not to a Miss Bailey who taught me some dances in Unionville Public School, > Ontario, Canada. The Shawtese? We had to perform in front of our parents in costumes. > That was a bit of fun for a change. > > Catt > > On Mon 02/08/10 1:46 AM , Sharon Haggerty smhaggerty@shaw.ca sent: > > I have found that for some of my Irish ancestors whose origins before > > coming to Ireland were England, Scotland or Wales. They gave their ancestry > > as being from the original country rather than Ireland, which is where they > > lived prior to coming to Canada. There was often strong anti-Irish > > sentiment in those early days and I think some folks felt it was wiser to > > cite their distant ancestral origin, rather than admitting they had come > > from Ireland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Patricia A. M. Johnson" us.net>Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010 9:33 pm > > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Robert Bailey and his wife Anne Bailey > > To: Administrator an-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > > > Dear Listers, > > > > > > I am looking for any details I can obtain for my > > paternal> GGGrandfather,Robert Bailey and his wife, Anne > > living in Orillia> (Upper Canada) at the > > > time of the 1841 Census. According to 1841 > > Census, they> were born in > > > Ireland 1808 and 1810 and were FC > > religion. My father> always told me they > > > were from Donegal, Ireland. > > > > > > While at the library recently, I came across > > more information> stating that a > > > Robert Bailey and family were amongst the first > > of six families> to settle in > > > Orillia from Ireland. Their son William, my > > GGrandfather, was> born in Upper > > > Canada in 1840. Their Grandson, Robert > > Milton, my> Grandfather, was born in > > > Orillia in 1869 and was part of the Second Riel > > Rebellion of> 1885 at > > > Batoche, Manitoba. I believe all the Bailey men > > were carpenters.> > > > On the next Census it shows Robert and Anne born > > in Ireland of> Scottishdescent - my father always stated to us > > that his> ancestors were Irish, so > > > this is something else I would like to > > investigate.> > > > I am trying to establish when they came to > > Canada and find their> BMDs and > > > further ancestoral information and their > > descendants.> > > > Can you please help me with my > > search?> > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Patricia Johnson > > Bailey> Cloverdale, B. C. > > > > > > ***************** > > > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On > > Twitter:> http://tr.im/hBAy> Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > > email to CAN-ONT-> S > > IMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without> the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message> > > ***************** > > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message