Thanks for the information, but all of my Johnstons in Ireland were deceased by 1911~! 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: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The "Wee Three" > Cliff: It was the year 1911, I have a copy copy of it and can send it to > you > if you want. > > Gordon Crooks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff. Johnston" <moments-in-time@houston.rr.com> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:40 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The > "Wee > Three" > > >> Pam, >> >> Thanks. What year is the Ulster Covenant for? >> >> 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 6:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The >> "Wee >> Three" >> >> >>> Cliff >>> >>> Have you tried this site for N Ireland >>> >>> http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ >>> >>> It is free to join you can even look at messages but not post a message >>> or >>> reply unless you join. It is lots of general and useful info linked to >>> it >>> also. So a message to the County Antrim list may help or admin may tell >>> you >>> how to post a message to all of the subsidiary lists. >>> >>> >>> I looked at the Ulster Covenant to see where Johnstons may be and there >>> were >>> over 5000 for Johnston and 188 for Johnstone! So searched for Archibald >>> in >>> case it was a family name and came up with these? >>> >>> Surname, forename, address, parliamentary division, district, place of >>> signing, agent. >>> >>> Johnston, Archibald, Lisanymore, Cavan: East, Bailieborough, Billis, >>> Wallace, W : Reverend >>> Johnston, Archibald, 58 Argyle Street, Belfast: West, Shankill, Albert >>> Hall, >>> Shannon, William >>> >>> Not sure if any of this is any use? >>> >>> Pam >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cliff. Johnston >>> Sent: 28 January 2007 15:43 >>> To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] JOHNSTON/E, Francis,Robert & Archibald - The >>> "Wee >>> Three" >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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