Roll call: Searching for parents and other relatives of my great-grandparents: RODGERS, Alexander: b. 1823 in Co. Monaghan, NIR; m. 1847 in Ontario, Canada; d. date unknown, in Toronto, ON. His wife McQUEY, Susan: b. in NIR, date unknown, county unknown; d. March 25, 1905 in Woodville, ON. Also interested in SMITHSON: little information except Mrs. Smithson was Susan McQuey's sister, and she was living in South Monaghan Twp, Northumberland Co., Ontario in 1844 when Alexander and Susan came to Ontario. Susan and Alexander Rodgers had nine children (not in birth order): Elizabeth (Mrs. James Douglas Deyell), Margaret (Mrs. John Gunn), Josephine (Mrs. White), my grandmother Ada Marie (Mrs. William Allen Knox Bradley), Nell (Mrs. B. L. Selby), Samuel, James A., J. Wellington, and William Thomas Heber McQuey may be spelled McKay. RODGERS may be ROGERS. Any information would be most welcome. Betty Nelson

Hi Betty, On 15 Jan 2001, at 21:40, Betty Nelson wrote: > Searching for parents and other relatives of my great-grandparents: > RODGERS, Alexander: b. 1823 in Co. Monaghan, NIR; m. 1847 in Ontario, > Canada; d. date unknown, in Toronto, ON. His wife > McQUEY, Susan: b. in NIR, date unknown, county unknown; d. March 25, > 1905 in Woodville, ON. <snip> > McQuey may be spelled McKay. RODGERS may be ROGERS. > Any information would be most welcome. I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but the names you are researching certainly caught my eye for the following reasons. I am also researching ROGERS in County Monaghan. My great grandfather, Thomas ROGERS came to America supposedly in 1846, as did his wife, Martha MORRISON, apparently with her parents. They did not marry until 1848, and then in Paterson, Passaic, NJ. They were Scots-Irish and Presbyterian, probably Reformed Presbyterian. One of the daughters of Thomas and Martha married Neil MCKAY. Now according to marriage records and censuses, Neil was born in Scotland, as were supposedly his parents, Angus McKAY and Mary McAULY, Neil born 1858. Of additional interest, however, is that many of the family of my grandmother's sister, Mae McCRAE- her married name (My grandmother is the one who married the ROGERS), were in Canada. I have been trying to locate the address sheet my late aunt had which was from the 1960s, so many would probably be deceased. I find it of possible value, however, that both our families were from County Monaghan, there are similar names and related family members were living in Canada, and I believe it *was* Ontario. These immigrants stuck together - afterall, whom else did they have in their new land but each other? So, please keep me in mind and I will do the same for you. Regards, Donna Ristenbatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ der@redrose.net Visit: ON THE TRAIL OF OUR ANCESTORS http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy