Seeing the Armstrong post mentioning the Rebellion of 1798 reminded me of an interesting obit that I found while researching my Leitrim ancestors. It is probably not directly germain to Leitrim, but gives a little background of what our ancestors had to endure. The Chicago Tribune, March 3, 1887 AN IRISH PATRIOT DEAD.---- John Walters, a survivor of the Irish rebellion of 1798, and the oldest resident of Detroit, died last evening while being carried in an ambulance from the home of his son, George W. Walters, No. 208 Woodbridge street, to St. Marys Hospital. He was 108 years old. About a year ago he fell while dressing for church and fractured his right thigh, which injury was the ultimate cause of his death. Mr. Walters was born In County Monaghan, Ireland. He took an active part in national affairs immediately preceding the Irish insurrection in the closing years of the century, and when the rebellion was crushed he was obliged to flee the country, a reward of £20 having been offered for his head. With three companions he put to sea from Dundalk Bay in an open boat and, after drifting about for four days, was picked up by a French vessel bound for America. The four patriots landed at Boston December, 1798. Mr. Walters subsequently settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in farming. He was one of the contractors for the construction of the Pennsylvania Canal from Easton to Bristol and accumulated a large property, most of which he lost in his old age. His wife died in 1855. Since 1873 he lived in Detroit with his son. His faculties were wonderfully well preserved and he was able to read ordinary newspaper print without glasses. He was an inveterate smoker all his life and used liquor in moderate quantities. >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: IRL-LEITRIM-D Digest V04 #106 >Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:00:18 -0600 > >Content-Type: text/plain > >IRL-LEITRIM-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 106 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Thomas Duggan/Doogan IRE>MA USA [[email protected]] > #2 Re: Armstrongs in Manorhamilton ["JudyS" ><[email protected]] > #3 Re: WRENN [[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe, send an email containing one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the >Subject Line and Message area, to: [email protected] NO >other text! > >Still need help? Contact the List Admin at: [email protected] > > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:29:12 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Thomas Duggan/Doogan IRE>MA USA >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >In a message dated 6/3/2004 1:01:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > > > > Thomas Duggan/Doogan IRE>MA USA > > > >if you should have contact with chelsea-revere or wintrop i hve tons >any of yours marry dennings > >Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- >carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug >h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M >a.-sprague- and ever growing list >Jim Denning > >______________________________ >X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:45:08 -0700 >From: "JudyS" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Armstrongs in Manorhamilton >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hello, > >"Pine Hill Farm", a booklet published by the Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury >Historical Society, tells of the journey of Robert Armstrong of Manor >Hamilton, Co. Leitrim to Simcoe County Ontario in 1819. Of particular >interest is the section entitled "A Typical Example of Immigration into >Canada in 1818" by Christopher Armstrong, Judge of Carleton County, >1842-1874. > >Robert Armstrong, 1772-1846 was a cavalry officer in the rebellion of 1798 >- >His wife was Mary Ann Armstrong (a cousin). >They had one daughter: >Letitia married Capt. Lewis Algeo who came with the Armstrongs when they >emmigrated. >and 8 sons: > >1. Christopher - practised law in Kingston and was the first Judge of >Carleton County, Ottawa. > He was married 3 times, his eldest son, Harry W. D. Armstrong was one >of >the civil engineers who built the C.P.R. The last of his descendents was >Miss Valerie Armstrong of Philadelphia. > >2. John aka "The Squire" - two sons are mentioned: > Charles > John Rutledge Armstrong was the father of Charles Algeo Armstrong >K.C., >the Historian of Osgoode Hall. Charles' son is/was Christopher >Armstrong, a professor at York University. > >3. Thomas - little is said of him except that George Stoddart, Q.C. is >descended from him. > In " The Cemetery Inscriptions of Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury" >it >is stated that the mother of George Stoddart, Pearl Gertrude W Wood, was >the daughter of James Wood and Mary Jane Armstrong. I am guessing that >Mary Jane was a daughter of Thomas. >4. Robert - married Kate Rutledge, daughter of W.N.Rutledge, a Warden of >Medonte Twp. > They had 3 sons, Simon, Robert and the youngest William who >inherited his father's > farm. > >5. William - married Annie E Stoddart > They had 3 sons, Albert, Elton and Arleigh > >6. Simon > >7. James > >8. Allen > >There is no detail given about 3 of the sons except that "at least three >either went off to the States "to marry a McCormick" or died young and >unmarried . > >I'm not an Armstrong researcher , but gathered some information about them >because of the marriages into my "Stoddart" family - who also emmigrated >from Leitrim of Cavan County in 1817. > >Judy - Tacoma, Washington >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:05 AM >Subject: Armstrongs in Manorhamilton > > > > My Armstrong line goes to Robert Armstrong b. @1790 in Manorhamilton, >Leitrim > > Co. In the obituary of his wife Ann (Malor, Malley) in Barrie, Ontario, > > Canada, it mentioned that Robert was a "cousin of General Armstrong and >the Hon. > > Justice Simon Armstrong of Leitrim County Ireland". There are some >Canadian > > Armstrong family researchers trying the straighten out the lines from > > Manorhamilton to Canada - all with Roberts, Georges, Christophers and >Simons. Maureen > > seems to be a generation or so earlier than my Armstrongs. Any threads >or > > updates? > > > > Luanne Langmo > > Aiken, South Carolina, USA > > > > ______________________________ > >______________________________ >X-Message: #3 >Date: 4 Jun 2004 13:52:52 -0600 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: WRENN >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YWC.2ACI/404.3831.4208.1.1.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >Sorry I did not reply sooner. . . >Ambrose Wrenn, so spelled, is found in the 1864 directory in Lowell, MA. >The will of William Patrick Rend lists his alias as Wren. According to the >death cert for Ambrose, he did arrive in IL around 1864. William Patrick >Rend served in the civil war in the 14 NY Volunteers. > >Elizabeth Cline is the daughter of Hugh Cline, who was the steward of a >very large and old estate in Leitrim. It is possible Hugh died in >Michigan. One of Elizabeth sons was living in 1870 or 1880 in Chicago next >door to a Henry B. Cline whose family came from Vermont-perhaps a mere >coincidence. > >I know these details because I was trying to find a link between a John W. >Rend of Chicago and a family named Oliver(and Johnston) found in the same >household in Chicago 1880. I have been unable to make a connection, >although John was listed as a cousin. > >Hope this helps _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963