Hello again, and thank you to the people who gave me suggestions. Carole's suggestion that the weird word beginning with P was actually Pettigo and that is very satisfactory to know as at last we know where William was born. Actually it was Temple Cairn near Pettigo. Before this we had absolutely nothing except 'Ireland' as his birthplace!! Now back to work, except one more question would anyone know which church his family may have belonged? We have not the slightest idea what religion he was. There is no indication on the army records. He eventually married a girl Sophia Fox in Newry in 1812. We so far have not found where - it is just listed in the F.H.M. I sent away through the Morman library in Melbourne but the film they sent me just had the same information I already had. When Sophia died in 1850 in New Brunswick the Will says husband is deceased. No records at all in Canada for him. Sophia and children are on the New Brunswick census in 1851 which also says they were in New Brunswick for 20 years. Sophia and her children by this time are recorded as Wesleyan. Thanks again. Regards Margaret. B.

If you are new here then first thing to do is ask yourself if anyone else has been looking for them by searching all the posts made over the years which are Archived. This is good practice when on any board/mailing list. If you are on Ancestry's county list for example, one should do a search there too for previous posts. Recently there was a post to here from someone looking for kin, none of us knew who they were looking for but a quick search of archives found others researching same people and their was quite a bit of information in those posts. If you go to http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?aop&path=FERMANAGH-GOLD you can do a search by Surname, place name etc Parallel to this list there is the fermanagh gold website and also running parallel is the likes of IGP which is where volunteers contribute bits and pieces. Some people take photos if visiting a g/yard anywhere in Ireland, for example and these can be found here http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/index.htm select County... then Headstones http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/photos/tombstones/markers.htm for example.. and there is a search box at top of page! If you scroll down you will see the vast amount added since 1st Jan alone. You mention their religion as Wesleyan.. this is fine as it INDICATES they most probably were not RC here so a starting point would be C of I records, g/yards in Ireland around Pettigo area. You do have an added DISADVANTAGE in the Pettigo is the only village in Ireland which the border of Republic and that of Northern Ireland runs through so you MIGHT be dealing with churches in 2 counties. Dave. On 08/03/2015 05:31, mbrookes4 via wrote: > We have not the slightest idea what religion he was. There is no indication on the army records. He eventually > married a girl Sophia Fox in Newry in 1812. We so far have not found where > - it is just listed in the F.H.M. I sent away through the Morman library > in Melbourne but the film they sent me just had the same information I > already had. When Sophia died in 1850 in New Brunswick the Will says > husband is deceased. No records at all in Canada for him. Sophia and > children are on the New Brunswick census in 1851 which also says they were > in New Brunswick for 20 years. Sophia and her children by this time are > recorded as Wesleyan. > > > > Thanks again. Regards > Margaret. B.

Margaret, What was the family name? If it was a "Planter" name (Scottish or English) such as Armstrong or Elliot, strong chance he was Protestant. If it was a Gaelic Irish name such as Cassidy or McCaffrey, odds are good he was RC. If it was Kelly, toss a coin. :-) Janet C On 3/8/15 12:31 AM, mbrookes4 wrote: > Hello again, and thank you to the people who gave me suggestions. > Carole's suggestion that the weird word beginning with P was actually > Pettigo and that is very satisfactory to know as at last we know where > William was born. Actually it was Temple Cairn near Pettigo. Before this > we had absolutely nothing except 'Ireland' as his birthplace!! > > > > Now back to work, except one more question would anyone know which church > his family may have belonged? We have not the slightest idea what religion > he was. There is no indication on the army records. He eventually > married a girl Sophia Fox in Newry in 1812. We so far have not found where > - it is just listed in the F.H.M. I sent away through the Morman library > in Melbourne but the film they sent me just had the same information I > already had. When Sophia died in 1850 in New Brunswick the Will says > husband is deceased. No records at all in Canada for him. Sophia and > children are on the New Brunswick census in 1851 which also says they were > in New Brunswick for 20 years. Sophia and her children by this time are > recorded as Wesleyan. > > > > Thanks again. Regards > Margaret. B. > >

Hi All On this subject, I wonder if anyone knows of Protestant families with branches that were Catholic, especially in the early 1800s. In the teacher lists Carole posted, I noticed that there were two Stinsons both teaching in Catholic schools, though our Fermanagh Stinsons of that time were definitely Protestants. As well, I have found both Catholic and Protestant records for my predominantly Protestant Carefoot family in Wicklow in the early 1800s. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Kathy Lowe -----Original Message----- From: caiside via Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2015 6:18 AM To: mbrookes4 ; fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD religion (was Temple Cairn) Margaret, What was the family name? If it was a "Planter" name (Scottish or English) such as Armstrong or Elliot, strong chance he was Protestant. If it was a Gaelic Irish name such as Cassidy or McCaffrey, odds are good he was RC. If it was Kelly, toss a coin. :-) Janet C

Most certainly... but they would have to move away from "home"... The bigger the mix in a mixed marriage the further they moved! DH On 08/03/2015 16:09, Allan & Kathy Lowe via wrote: > Hi All > > On this subject, I wonder if anyone knows of Protestant families with > branches that were Catholic, especially in the early 1800s. > > In the teacher lists Carole posted, I noticed that there were two Stinsons > both teaching in Catholic schools, though our Fermanagh Stinsons of that > time were definitely Protestants. As well, I have found both Catholic and > Protestant records for my predominantly Protestant Carefoot family in > Wicklow in the early 1800s. > > Thanks for your thoughts on this. > > Kathy Lowe

Kathy, I was just about to answer your first sentence using STINSON as an example when I read your second! I am researching STINSON. Mine married a McCaffrey and when the family moved to Quebec were definitely Catholic. I am also interested in the William STINSON who is a teacher (and RC) in the 1826 list. Other STINSONs in the same area were Protestant, so I suspect someone in the family married a Catholic and raised the children Catholic. Where are yours from? I know my Cassidys in western Fermanagh are 100% Catholic, but there are Protestant Cassidys in Donegal and Antrim. Some people converted because of marriage or because it was advantageous for other reasons. Janet C On 3/8/15 12:09 PM, Allan & Kathy Lowe wrote: > i All > > On this subject, I wonder if anyone knows of Protestant families with > branches that were Catholic, especially in the early 1800s. > > In the teacher lists Carole posted, I noticed that there were two > Stinsons both teaching in Catholic schools, though our Fermanagh > Stinsons of that time were definitely Protestants. As well, I have > found both Catholic and Protestant records for my predominantly > Protestant Carefoot family in Wicklow in the early 1800s. > > Thanks for your thoughts on this. > > Kathy Lowe