Karen wrote: Hi Colleen Just a thought, but on first reading through your ancestor's entry, I read it as <Edward Thompson Senior was born August the Sixth 1814 or 1819> being the father of <Edward Thompson is my name & with my pen write.........."> the one making the entry. Just another way of looking at it! You could be right, except Edward Thompson son of the Edward born in 1814 or 1819 in Castlecaldwell was NOT born in Ireland....he was born in Upper Canada, so "farewell to my youthfull days at sweet Castle Caldwell" wouldn't make any sense..... Colleen Andrews