Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 26 August 1899, p.10. The death has just been announced of Sir Alexander Armstrong, K.C.B., whose name is so well known in connection with Arctic exploratory enterprise. Sir Alexander was a son of the late Mr. A. Armstrong, of Craghan, Ballinamallard, County Fermanagh, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the University of Edinburgh. He was known as an author, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 5 September 1883 p.2. A Fermanagb paper relates the death of a centenarian as follows : Robin Armstrong, - a respectable old millwright, residing at Clabby, near Ballinamallard, died recently in his hundred and sixth year. At his funeral in Clabby graveyard, some of the fifth generation of his offspring were present. An anecdote is told of him which is said to be a fact. The late Hon. and Rev. J.. C. Maude saw him dressing a stone at Derrykeeghan Mill one day, and addressing him asked - Robin, what becomes of the mill stones ? 'Your Reverence,' he replied, ' every seven years the parish eats the millstone.' Mr Wm. Armstrong, Britannia-street, Geelong West, is a grandson of tho deceased. Carole.

Pity he didn't live in present times with all the health products and low fat diets he could have lived to a ripe old age!! :-)) DH On 07/03/2015 09:24, CARELL via wrote: > Robin Armstrong, - a respectable old millwright, residing at Clabby, > near Ballinamallard, died recently in his hundred and sixth year. > At his funeral in Clabby graveyard, some of the fifth generation > of his offspring were present.

Hi All, Firstly, thanks to Carole for the original post of the article in the Geelong Advertiser. The article on Robin Armstrong is one I have referred to previously on FG and Robin is, I believe, my ggg grandfather, about whom I have recently posted (also known as Robert). Interestingly, the article first appeared shortly after Robin's death in Enniskillen in the Impartial Reporter in July 1882, without the reference to William, his grandson, but it took over a year for it to appear in the Geelong paper! (No internet then!!) With Frank McHugh's help I found the original article in the Enniskillen Library but I have never seen the Geelong one although I knew it existed. So thank you Carole! Sue in NY - we have discussed Armstrongs and Copelands before, and Robin A. is the grandfather of my g grandfather Robert Armstrong who came to Australia in 1868 and settled first near Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula, with other Armstrongs (including the William referred to in the article, who was probably a cousin and son of Thomas Armstrong and Jane Ford). Geelong is Victoria's second biggest city after Melbourne and is about an hours drive south west from 'the big smoke'. Robert married Eleanor Pigdon, who came from another prominent family in the Geelong district originally from Northumberland. My grandmother Mary Ann was born on the Bellarine Peninsula, and then about 1880 the family moved to Buln Buln near Warragul as Robert had been appointed manager of a large farming property. Buln Buln is in Gippsland a bit more than an hours drive east from Melbourne. All my grandmother's siblings were born at Buln Buln. The Copelands were also prominent in the Warragul area and Hugh Copeland wrote a history of the region in the 1930s, and it is almost certain that the Armstrongs and Copelands knew each other. So thanks to all for the posts! Cheers John. > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:24:08 +1100 > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD Armstrong - Ballinamallard. > From: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > > > Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 26 August 1899, p.10. > The death has just been announced of Sir Alexander Armstrong, K.C.B., whose > name is so well known in connection with Arctic exploratory enterprise. > Sir Alexander was a son of the late Mr. A. Armstrong, of Craghan, Ballinamallard, > County Fermanagh, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the University > of Edinburgh. He was known as an author, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society. > > > Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 5 September 1883 p.2. > A Fermanagb paper relates the death of a centenarian as follows : > Robin Armstrong, - a respectable old millwright, residing at Clabby, > near Ballinamallard, died recently in his hundred and sixth year. > At his funeral in Clabby graveyard, some of the fifth generation > of his offspring were present. > An anecdote is told of him which is said to be a fact. > The late Hon. and Rev. J.. C. Maude saw him dressing a > stone at Derrykeeghan Mill one day, and addressing him asked - > Robin, what becomes of the mill stones ? > 'Your Reverence,' he replied, ' every seven years the parish eats > the millstone.' > Mr Wm. Armstrong, Britannia-street, Geelong West, is a grandson > of tho deceased. > > Carole. > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message