Hello, Listed below are the first few lines from a book published in Michigan State circa 1915. I am interested in the sentence containing Emerald Isle. I neither want to read to much into the line nor gloss over it. I am hoping it indicates that both the Orr and Reid families remained in close proximity to the first family members from Scotland as well as indicating the ancestors came at a much earlier time not just a generation or two. Am I reading too much into this? Wesley J. Reid, M. D. Another of the sterling citizens and representative physicians contributed to Detroit by the neighboring Canadian province of Ontario is Dr. Wesley John Reid, who was born at Goderich, Huron county, that province, on the 18th of December, 1875, and who is a son of Jamieson and Ruth (Orr) Reid, both of whom were born in the north of Ireland, to which section of the Emerald Isle their ancestors removed from Scotland in an early day. The parents of the Doctor were reared and educated in their native land, where they continued to reside until 1861, when they came to America and established their home at Goderich, Ontario, where the father has been for many years a successful contractor and representative business man. Richard

Richard, The book, "Ulster Pedigrees. Descendants, in many lines of James Orr and Janet McClement Who Emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland ca 1607" lists several Orr-Reid marriages. However the only Orr marriage which has a "Ruth" in it is the marriage of Alexander Orr to a Ruth Carr. No progeny given. A brother of Alexander Orr, John Orr 4th of Ballywilliam married a Margaret Reid. Alexander and John were sons of John Orr 3rd and Mary Neilson. Unfortunately the dates are not spelled out in this case but it appears that John Orr 3rd would have probably have been born in the 1760s. The locale was generally County Down. If you are doing Orr genealogy you undoubtedly are familiar with this book. It is a treasure trove of information not only of Orrs but many, many Scots-Irish families who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland after 1607. Gord Lindsay Kingston ON On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Richard Orr <rorr2005@rogers.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Listed below are the first few lines from a book published in Michigan > State circa 1915. I am interested in the sentence containing Emerald Isle. I > neither want to read to much into the line nor gloss over it. > I am hoping it indicates that both the Orr and Reid families remained in > close proximity to the first family members from Scotland as well as > indicating the ancestors came at a much earlier time not just a generation > or two. Am I reading too much into this? > > > Wesley J. Reid, M. D. Another of the sterling citizens and representative > physicians contributed to Detroit by the neighboring Canadian province of > Ontario is Dr. Wesley John Reid, who was born at Goderich, Huron county, > that province, on the 18th of December, 1875, and who is a son of Jamieson > and Ruth (Orr) Reid, both of whom were born in the north of Ireland, to > which section of the Emerald Isle their ancestors removed from Scotland in > an early day. The parents of the Doctor were reared and educated in their > native land, where they continued to reside until 1861, when they came to > America and established their home at Goderich, Ontario, where the father > has been for many years a successful contractor and representative business > man. > > Richard > -------------------------------------------------- > 440 list members as of 1 May 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb > in January 2011. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it > works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Richard What year did Jamieson and Ruth (Orr) Reid marry? If it was pre 1861, you could read this as they having come from the "same" area of north of Ireland. Perhaps even the same Church. If they married in Canada, it may mean that they came from the same general area of Ireland - perhaps the same County. I know of an Orr family that lived near Comber in the mid 1600's, as one brother married a Miss Boyd. Both these names are Common Ayrshire names, so both families MAY HAVE COME FROM AYRSHIRE in Scotland. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Orr" <rorr2005@rogers.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:54 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Interpretation > Hello, > > Listed below are the first few lines from a book published in Michigan > State circa 1915. I am interested in the sentence containing Emerald Isle. > I neither want to read to much into the line nor gloss over it. > I am hoping it indicates that both the Orr and Reid families remained in > close proximity to the first family members from Scotland as well as > indicating the ancestors came at a much earlier time not just a generation > or two. Am I reading too much into this? > > > Wesley J. Reid, M. D. Another of the sterling citizens and representative > physicians contributed to Detroit by the neighboring Canadian province of > Ontario is Dr. Wesley John Reid, who was born at Goderich, Huron county, > that province, on the 18th of December, 1875, and who is a son of Jamieson > and Ruth (Orr) Reid, both of whom were born in the north of Ireland, to > which section of the Emerald Isle their ancestors removed from Scotland in > an early day. The parents of the Doctor were reared and educated in their > native land, where they continued to reside until 1861, when they came to > America and established their home at Goderich, Ontario, where the father > has been for many years a successful contractor and representative > business man. > > Richard > -------------------------------------------------- > 440 list members as of 1 May 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL > blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked > RootsWeb in January 2011. If you get unsubscribed, just keep > resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message