Hi Coleen - A somewhat later (1848-64) period in Ireland, but those records may hold important clues. There were 124 EWING households in Ireland - 31 in Donegal, 27 Tyrone, 19 Belfast city, 15 Antrim, 14 Derry/Londonderry, 5 Armagh, 5 Down, 4 Dublin city, 2 Sligo, 1 Limerick and 1 Wexford. Apparently 5 EWIN households were in Donegal. . Matheson's survey of births in Ireland for the year 1890 showed there only 24 EWING births, principally located in Londonderry, Tyrone and Antrim --23 Ulster, 1 Leinster, 0 Connaught, 0 Munster provinces. Listers can check out http://www.ireland.com/ancestor for information on in which counties their surname/s of interest are found, in which particular parishes are found alone or together. The latter is particularly valuable for marriages that took place in Ireland. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [IGW] MY BRICK WALL > Hi Coleen - You can be pretty sure that you will find these given names in > earlier generations. I would suggest searching for a Samuel Ewing for > Robert 1's father. Esther is likely the name of Robert 1's mother, his > unknown wife's name or the name of wife's mother. Names were repeated in > each generation. Sounds like Protestant Christian names. Second wife > Jane's given name seems to be most often found in Ulster. Did they > emigrate > to America? The earliest American Federal Census goes back to the > Revolutionary War period. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Coleen Coleman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:36 AM > Subject: [IGW] MY BRICK WALL > > >> EWING, Robert 1st >> B: 1740 Ireland >> M/1 Unk >> Children: Esther, Samuel, Robert 2nd >> M/2 Jane Bonneau >> 26 Sept 1785 >> Child: >> John 1st >> SECONDLY: >> EWING, Robert 2nd >> B: 1766 Ireland >> M: Carrie Selina (unknownif maiden or middle >> name). >> THIRDLY: >> Who were Robert Ewing 1st's parents? >> Did he have any siblings? Thanks so much >> for your help out there. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/705 - Release Date: 2/27/2007 > 3:24 PM > >