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 > > ______________________________