Nan thank you for your comprehensive reply. Sarah and Robert had moved to Pennsylvania and I found them in the 1880 American Census. On the 1880 census no Immigration date is mentioned but the 1900 census for the United States he quotes 1876 as year of Immigration, 1910 census he quotes 1876 also but 1920 census he quoted 1880. I wonder if the 1880 date relates to when Sarah and he went to Pennsylvania and arrived in time for the Census.? However I don't know how or when they arrived in Canada . I was thinking that if it was 1876 then maybe they met on the ship and married shortly after in the Feb 1877 therefore hoping if I found one on a passenger list I could find the other. Oh well back to the drawing board they must be on a list somewhere. many thanks for your kindness in helping Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Brennan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Canadian Passenger Lists c 1875 > > There is a marriage record for a Robert McMinn age 28 from Co Tyrone > and Sarah Jane Armstrong, age 23 > in York Ontario on Feb 1 1877. Robert's parents were John and Jane > McGinn > Sarah Jane Armstrong was 23 daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Armstrong > of Co Down. > Witnesses were Mary B Wallace and Maggie McDonald. > > I could not find them in the 1881 Canada census. > > None of the passenger records fit your time frame unless Sarah came > much earlier > than you thought: > > There was a Sarah Armstrong that arrived at Quebec in Aug 1868 age 17 > no place origin given, > but listed as Irish. Ship name was "The Austrian" > > > There was a Robert McMinn traveling later, listed in Quebec > immigration records > for July 1888. He was 26. No country of origin , ship or date or > arrival given. > A few lines above him was a Sarah McMinn 25, and a Charles McMinn 18. > All three were headed for Toronto. This his is the same Robert McMinn > listed in a separate record as > arriving 14 Jul 1888 on the Sarmatian that sailed from Liverpool and > Londonderry. > This doesn't fit either unless those ages were wrong and they returned > to Ireland after > their Toronto marriage and then back again. > > There is another Ancestry Index "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index > 1500s-1900s" > that has four Robert McMinns arriving in Toronto all in the year 1871 > age 36, age 50, age 50, age 70. No further info on this list, ie no > place of origins. > There is no passenger list image for this file. None of these would > fit the age of the > Robert McMinn married to Sarah Armstrong in Toronto in 1877. > > > > > > > > >> Nan would you have access to the following: >> >> Sarah Jane Armstrong travelling to ?Toronto c 1875 -76 from County >> Down >> >> Robert McMinn travelling to Toronto from County Tyrone possibly >> similiar >> period. >> >> >> Many thanks >> Judith >> >> ------------------------------- >> Searchable list archive at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >