Janet, thank you for the Cleaner link. Great search results, maiden name, parents, mother's maiden name and place of birth... WHY, didn't Ireland list all those details...sigh! Carole. > From the Huntingdon (Quebec) Gleaner: > See more Gleaner extracts here: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qchuntin/gleaner/

Yes, Janet, this is a great link. A retired doctor whose family came from this area, told me that the Gleaner covered a triangular area of three main towns: Huntingdon, Ormstown and Valleyfield. While looking for a family member who died in 1903, I noticed an entry for Andrew Gault, President of the Montreal Cotton Company Mill(s) in Valleyfield. He was from Ulster. He or one of his family built the Gault School( 1894) which my grandfather and cousins attended in Valleyfield. It is still an English school ( I visited it in 2013)10 000 people worked in the cotton mill at one time. My grandfather's cousin was from a Scottish family who arrived in 1871. Some of you may have family who emigrated to Canada to work in the silk or cotton mills in Valleyfield. The town was named for a place in Scotland which produced good quality paper. Contrary to what people are told there were many English, Scottish and Irish settlers in this part of Quebec province. Montreal and Quebec City had many British descendants who spoke English, too. Anne in Ottawa, formerly from Quebec City -----Original Message----- From: CARELL via Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:46 PM To: caiside ; fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD BDMs - Huntingdon, Quebec. Janet, thank you for the Cleaner link. Great search results, maiden name, parents, mother's maiden name and place of birth... WHY, didn't Ireland list all those details...sigh! Carole. > From the Huntingdon (Quebec) Gleaner: > See more Gleaner extracts here: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qchuntin/gleaner/ ================================== 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

The Gaults had Flax Mills in Ireland, so Cotton Mills would make sense. Over 1 million Irish were "settled" in order to counteract the numbers of French and also the relieve landlords of poor Irish tenants. There was a Fund set up in London to assist the Irish who wanted to go. DH On 25/03/2015 04:03, Anne Sterling via wrote: > I noticed an entry for > Andrew Gault, President of the Montreal Cotton Company Mill(s) in > Valleyfield. He was from Ulster. He or one of his family built the Gault > School( 1894) which my grandfather and cousins attended in Valleyfield. It > is still an English school ( I visited it in 2013)10 000 people worked in > the cotton mill at one time. My grandfather's cousin was from a Scottish > family who arrived in 1871. Some of you may have family who emigrated to > Canada to work in the silk or cotton mills in Valleyfield. The town was > named for a place in Scotland which produced good quality paper. > Contrary to what people are told there were many English, Scottish and Irish > settlers in this part of Quebec province. Montreal and Quebec City had many > British descendants who spoke English, too. > > Anne in Ottawa, formerly from Quebec City

Any chance they kept records of who took advantage of this scheme? Janet C On 3/25/15 5:13 AM, Breda Hall wrote: > Over 1 million Irish were "settled" in order to counteract the numbers > of French and also the relieve landlords of poor Irish tenants. There > was a Fund set up in London to assist the Irish who wanted to go.

Oh yes.. fully documented, it was part of the Government's budget after all. DH On 25/03/2015 20:46, caiside@comcast.net wrote: > Any chance they kept records of who took advantage of this scheme? > > Janet C > > On 3/25/15 5:13 AM, Breda Hall wrote: >> Over 1 million Irish were "settled" in order to counteract the numbers >> of French and also the relieve landlords of poor Irish tenants. There >> was a Fund set up in London to assist the Irish who wanted to go. > >