Hi Jan, I think you are spot on with Belmore. The countryside and the views round there are fantastic, and - gut feeling perhaps, - but why would he have chosen the name of an earl, even if he lived nearby? Castle Coole just seems wrong.  choosing the name of a place where they would have left relations and friends I feel would perhaps mean more to an emigrant than the name of an earl? Have a look in one of the Debretts genealogical books - I think there is one called The Landed Families of Ireland or similar, and make sure you are not descended from one of those first, of course! On a smaller scale, an ancestor of mine who lived his adult life in the Channel Islands off the coast of France named his house Bude Cottage. That led me to his birthplace  and the rest of his family on the Devon/Cornwall borders. This was before the days of the internet. Good luck hope you ARE lucky. You will enjoy the course and the trip! Val Mc in Brighton > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 15:38:04 -0700 > From: Jan Clizer <jaclizer@gmail.com> > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD -thoughts, please . . . > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAD5h=9BsafAdu3u2tRV3wibHkctvh6HB7fdE_+6N7Ff0ATkkoQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Am grasping at straws trying to reasonably identify somewhere to begin > looking in Ireland ... > > 1820's: several siblings born to John & Deborah Irwin, said to be in > Fermanagh. The family emigrated in 1831 > Canada, stayed in Montreal 3 > years. Spent the next 30-odd years in Ontario, during which time my > ancestor Francis Irwin (3rd great uncle) founded the 'town' of Belmore in > Turnberry Twp., Ontario. Wouldn't it stand to reason that the town *might *be > named after where the family left in Ireland? So maybe search in the > vicinity of Belmore Mountain, outside of Enniskillen? > > OR.... around Castle Coole, which has been the seat of the Earls of Belmore > for many moons .... thoughts? > >

This sounds logical.I have seen a number of tombstones noting the county of origin, including that of my gggf.Peculiar to southern Ontario?Where did their Ontario neighbours come from?Joan On Saturday, June 9, 2018 3:36 AM, Val McLeish <val.mcleish@uclmail.net> wrote: Hi Jan, I think you are spot on with Belmore. The countryside and the views round there are fantastic, and - gut feeling perhaps, - but why would he have chosen the name of an earl, even if he lived nearby? Castle Coole just seems wrong.  choosing the name of a place where they would have left relations and friends I feel would perhaps mean more to an emigrant than the name of an earl? Have a look in one of the Debretts genealogical books - I think there is one called The Landed Families of Ireland or similar, and make sure you are not descended from one of those first, of course! On a smaller scale, an ancestor of mine who lived his adult life in the Channel Islands off the coast of France named his house Bude Cottage. That led me to his birthplace  and the rest of his family on the Devon/Cornwall borders. This was before the days of the internet. Good luck hope you ARE lucky. You will enjoy the course and the trip! Val Mc in Brighton > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 15:38:04 -0700 > From: Jan Clizer <jaclizer@gmail.com> > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD -thoughts, please . . . > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: >     <CAD5h=9BsafAdu3u2tRV3wibHkctvh6HB7fdE_+6N7Ff0ATkkoQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Am grasping at straws trying to reasonably identify somewhere to begin > looking in Ireland ... > > 1820's:  several siblings born to John & Deborah Irwin, said to be in > Fermanagh.  The family emigrated in 1831 > Canada, stayed in Montreal 3 > years.  Spent the next 30-odd years in Ontario, during which time my > ancestor Francis Irwin (3rd great uncle) founded the 'town' of Belmore in > Turnberry Twp., Ontario.  Wouldn't it stand to reason that the town *might *be > named after where the family left in Ireland?  So maybe search in the > vicinity of Belmore Mountain, outside of Enniskillen? > > OR.... around Castle Coole, which has been the seat of the Earls of Belmore > for many moons ....  thoughts? > > _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community