If someone came looking via a solicitor then I assume there was maybe a will. Worth checking to see if any Will exists via Belfast ro Dublin ecord office I assume? Pam -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Boyd Sent: 28 January 2007 00:40 To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The "Wee Three" Cliff What other Canadian information have your found on the three brothers in Canada? - Death certificatees, Census entries, newspaper reports of their deaths, etc. Even on reports of the 50th or 100th aniversiary of the County may have something on where the family came from in Ireland. You did not say what religion they were? Check the local County history to see if any other famileis or Minister's came in this period. This MAY give you the general background to see where your family came from. So if the county history says that people from Belfast, Ballymoney, etc came in certain years, those towns regions maybe an starting point. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:25 AM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The "Wee Three" > We have no locations in Ireland for any of the Wee Three; however, > various sources of oral family history have them coming from all over the > island - Ballymena, Londonderry, Tarra, Co. Donegal and Co. Cork being > mentioned. To make matters even more frustrating is that in the 1920's 2 > of my Dad's aunts visited Ireland, found all of our Johnston kin buried > (none surviving), made a journal containing their burial details, and now > no one knows what happened to the journal or where the 2 sisters visited. > > Ca. 1905-1910 a sailor came to my ggrandfather's farm searching for a > Johnston. He had been hired by a solicitor in Ireland. The last of our > Johnstons had died leaving no surviving kin in Ireland and a small estate. > He may have been a pub owner. My grandfather moved about this time to a > better farm in Clarence Twp., Russell Co., Ontario, Canada, on what is now > Johnston Road. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pam, There are several considerations in looking for a will in Ireland. First, the oral family history that I have about the sailor visiting my ggrandfather came from his neice who was a girl at the time and visiting her uncle, my ggrandfather. She answered the door and overheard parts of the conversation. She didn't know what happened after as my ggrandfather was away visiting kin at the time. So I don't know if it was our family, or if the sailor returned or went to find my ggrandfather. It is somewhat coincidental and curiosity-raising though that James moved to a significantly better farm shortly thereafter. In addtion when 2 of my Dad's aunts visited Ireland in the 1920's they found all of our kin deceased - no one now knows where though - very frustrating. Secondly, we don't know what the name of the deceased family member in Ireland was or where he lived. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Craven" <pamcraven@mynow.co.uk> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The "Wee Three" > If someone came looking via a solicitor then I assume there was maybe a > will. Worth checking to see if any Will exists via Belfast ro Dublin > ecord > office I assume? > > Pam > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Boyd > Sent: 28 January 2007 00:40 > To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The > "Wee > Three" > > Cliff > What other Canadian information have your found on the three brothers in > Canada? - Death certificatees, Census entries, newspaper reports of their > deaths, etc. Even on reports of the 50th or 100th aniversiary of the > County > > may have something on where the family came from in Ireland. > > You did not say what religion they were? Check the local County history > to > see if any other famileis or Minister's came in this period. This MAY > give > you the general background to see where your family came from. So if the > county history says that people from Belfast, Ballymoney, etc came in > certain years, those towns regions maybe an starting point. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:25 AM > Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The "Wee > Three" > > >> We have no locations in Ireland for any of the Wee Three; however, >> various sources of oral family history have them coming from all over the >> island - Ballymena, Londonderry, Tarra, Co. Donegal and Co. Cork being >> mentioned. To make matters even more frustrating is that in the 1920's 2 >> of my Dad's aunts visited Ireland, found all of our Johnston kin buried >> (none surviving), made a journal containing their burial details, and now >> no one knows what happened to the journal or where the 2 sisters visited. >> >> Ca. 1905-1910 a sailor came to my ggrandfather's farm searching for a >> Johnston. He had been hired by a solicitor in Ireland. The last of our >> Johnstons had died leaving no surviving kin in Ireland and a small >> estate. > >> He may have been a pub owner. My grandfather moved about this time to a >> better farm in Clarence Twp., Russell Co., Ontario, Canada, on what is >> now > >> Johnston Road. >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message