I am looking in Antrim and Down for someone named John (or possibly James) Gray who was married to someone whose maiden name was Elder (and whose father might have been Matthew Elder). This couple had a daughter named Elizabeth who was born about 1812. Sometime between then and about 1833 - 1834 they came to Pennsylvania. It is possible that several of these families -- Burnside, Gray, Elder, and other female lines whose names we don't know -- all came from the same area in Ireland and all came over here around the same time. Thanks for any help, Linda

A Matthew Elder was minister of KIlraughts in the 1790s. If this was the father of the woman you are interested in, she would not necessarily be married to someone from Kilraughts; ministers were slightly more mobile than average, and she could have been married to the son of another minister, for instance Linde Lunney

Linde, Thank you so much for this info! How might I be able to research this Matthew Elder? I suppose at PRONI when I am there in July but would there also be a place that would have the churches records concerning their ministers? Linda On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:54 AM, DIB wrote: > A Matthew Elder was minister of KIlraughts in the 1790s. If this was > the father of the woman you are interested in, she would not > necessarily be married to someone from Kilraughts; ministers were > slightly more mobile than average, and she could have been married to > the son of another minister, for instance > > Linde Lunney > > ------------------------------- > 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