Viola, Again you are sharing important info with us. This explains to me why some of my families such as the Bustard family, could have spread out from e.g. Donegal to Fermanagh....or why the Storey family which was in Leitrim was also perhaps in Fermanagh. Also, I have information saying that my gr. gr. grandpa, Alexander Acheson travelled to Scotland. He was supposedly a veterinarian, and so would have at least gone to Edinburgh to train. I need to find info about that. Anne in Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: Viola Wiggins via Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:40 AM To: caiside ; fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Weirs of Glasmullagh and Knockroe Rosalie I think that your WEIR family originates with the ARCHDALL and ARMSTRONG families and from the Scottish borders during or between the first plantation of Ireland c1609 and the second around 1642. [From memory] "A Captain Thomas WEIR, and his Cousins" and are described as 'Gent' in the religeous Census. Landlords passed their reliable families around between each other so that spread the families out across two or three Counties. One WEIR family was with Hume at Ely in his Muster Rolls. Viola --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ================================== 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

On 19/04/2015 18:33, Anne Sterling via wrote: > Viola, > Again you are sharing important info with us. This explains to me why some > of my families such as the Bustard family, could have spread out from e.g. > Donegal to Fermanagh....or why the Storey family which was in Leitrim was > also perhaps in Fermanagh. > Also, I have information saying that my gr. gr. grandpa, Alexander Acheson > travelled to Scotland. He was supposedly a veterinarian, and so would have > at least gone to Edinburgh to train. I need to find info about that. > > Anne in Ottawa It's just as much about what they were, Doctors/Ministers/Vets etc etc.. Spreading from Donegal to Fermanagh is NOTHING... just down the road to many and even 2 neighbours or father/son etc could be in 2 counties with just a stream between them