Hi Bob, I am not sure about the message I sent.I was actually looking for the name Carey from Donegal. I am not sure how the names you recieved came about.Thank you for answering. Yours Faithfully Kerrie Waters. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:00 PM Subject: DONEGALEIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 225 > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [IRL-DONEGAL] Moses Houston - b 1842 and Margaret Anna > Chambers b. 1845 (hiflyte) > 2. Donegal Visit (hiflyte) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:12 -0600 > From: hiflyte <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] [IRL-DONEGAL] Moses Houston - b 1842 and > Margaret Anna Chambers b. 1845 > To: [email protected], IRL-Donegaleire-L > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Just a brief note regarding your names > The following data was retrieved from the FHC/British Isles Vital > Records files > I have no other info on the surname > > Bob > Cdn > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > HUSTON, Anne Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 18 Mar 1867 Birthplace: Killea, Don, Ire > Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Moses HUSTON > Mother: Margaret CHAMBERS > Source: FHL Film 101146 Dates: 1867 - 1868 > ----------------------------------- > HOUSTON, Jane Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 29 Mar 1869 Birthplace: 243, Killea, Don, Ire > Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Moses HOUSTON > Mother: Margaret CHAMBERS > Source: FHL Film 101186 Dates: 1869 - 1870 > --------------------------------------- > HUSTON, Susan Crockett Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 1 Mar 1871 Birthplace: 249, Killea, Don, Ire > Recorded in: Donegal, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Moses HUSTON > Mother: Margaret CHAMBERS > Source: FHL Film 255811 Dates: 1871 - 1872 > ===================================== > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:52:38 -0600 > From: hiflyte <[email protected]> > Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Donegal Visit > To: IRL-CO-Donegal <[email protected]>, IRL-Donegal - List > <[email protected]>, IRL-Donegaleire-L > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > All, > > What a great trip we had to Ireland and our stay in Donegal. > > After staying in Dublin for four days we rented a car and drove to > Donegal via Dundalk, Castleblayney, Enniskillen. Great highways, some > are a bit narrow----. At least I had the M1 to allow a few miles to > get tuned into driving and controls (wrong side) and from the other side > of the road. It was fun once over the initial hour or so. Donegal in > our opinion is the prettiest county- greenest which is understandable > since it rained most days. I was amazed at what I saw in the county > after listening to all those stories from my mother and other family > members of what it WAS like. I found a super modern country, most homes > that anyone in Canada would like to have. It is a place that I could > move to at any time. We stayed at the Donegal Manor for seven days and > it is a first class (new) B&B, my rating is 5/5 with one additional > point for the hosts (6/5), they were of immense help and just get > hospitality. The B&B is super modern with a great breakfast----the best > B&B we stayed in for the 21 days in Ireland. > > I was lucky to meet a lady in the Frosses Cemetery, she asked me who I > was looking for ---Griffith (in)/Brogan---she is a Griffith, she asked > what townland they came from --Scrawhill--she is a Scrawhill > Griffith----what luck. She phoned her father and set me over to his > house,lots of talk, along with tea (we take it black no sugar) he asked > if we did not have cows in Canada- great sense of humour. He then took > us out to see the family farm area, the family was not there but had a > look at the general area. He then took us to another family member but > again no one home. To bad since this was my last day in Donegal. He > then took us to the Killymard cemetery and showed us the plots. > Unfortunately my old members were at the bottom of the apartment block > and they were not included on the new head stones but alias we saw the > sites. I now have a known member of my GM family, so the trip was worth > while, we will keep in touch but again all of us are getting older so > time flies bye. I will have to made another trip soon................... > Also met a couple of other very interesting Mountcharles area people who > helped us out. > > We drove all over Donegal, Slieve League, Dunfanaghy, Letterkenny, > Killybegs, Inver, Ballybofey and many more. We also were able to get > two rounds of golf in, Ballybofey GC and the Donegal GC. Really > enjoyed playing our first round on a Links golf course. a real challenge > and met some other golfers who helped us out in dealing with the > course. We also had our narrow road encounter with a bus on the Malin > road, had to pull the mirrors in back up a bit and tuck the car into the > side and the bus passed with no more than 2 inches between us, my wife > had a fit and all the bus people just looking down at us and betting we > would hit --but I trust the bus driver who had encountered this many > times in the past (I think). > > And after all these years of talking via the List I had the opportunity > of meeting Margaret Graham, we had a great couple of hours together > (hope she agrees). We discussed many aspects of family names and > related matters. A big thank you to Margaret for taking the time to me > us. > > I have many headstone pictures to post to my photo sites but this will > take time to organize. > > From Donegal we drove south to Galway for four days, had a great visit > in the area and also went to the Inismore Island, took the tour bus for > 3 hours and saw most of the Island sights. > > Then south to Dingle/Kerry, the second nicest county in Ireland that we > saw. We crossed by ferry on the Shannon River, down the coast road. > Toured the Dingle area, across the Connor Pass--had an ice cream cone at > the top from a Snack Wagon--he had a great business from the number of > people eating ice cream and snacks. > > From Dingle we had two free days (no bookings) drove to Adare across to > Wexford/Rossiare and stayed at Killiane Castle. > The next day we drove to Portlaoise via Kilkenny and a tour of the > castle. Sunday headed back to Dublin via Kildare, Naas. > We spent our last night in the Dublin airport area and flew back home > via Heathrow in England > > It was a wonderful trip and enjoyed it very much and will return in a > year or so. The next time I will make better arrangements to meet > those people that are important, we missed a number of List members and > I regret this, it is always nice to meet those we deal with year in and > year out but I messed up in my planning, maybe the golf should have been > left off, but again I could not visit Ireland and not have played at > least one round on a Links golf course. > > Did not go into our visits in the non Donegal areas in this post but we > had a great time in each area. > > Long but needed to say what we did and thank all those Members who have > contributed to our visit > > Thank you > Bob > Cdn > ============================================= > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DONEGALEIRE list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the DONEGALEIRE mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of DONEGALEIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 225 > *******************************************