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 > > >