Hi Rob&Wendy I am surprised that you felt the need to apologise for the illegitimacy , I have found over the period of my researching that in these hard times past when our ancestors had to struggle just to make a crust survival was the name of the game and if they survived then so did we, never frown or apologise for our past they were our survival,and be proud of it , and please do not take this as a slight upon your remarks remarks , Iknow you are as proud as we all are of our past and I also agree with you that those silent researchers are "pure dead brilliant " Alex On Jan 28, 2008 12:55 AM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson <stevensons@odyssey.on.ca> wrote: > What a lovely thought, and thank you for sharing. It is so kind and > generous of Secret R to take the time and effort to help one or some of us > - > without even the credit of identifying him/herself! I'm impressed. And > it > reminds me again that without the people on this and other lists, we > wouldn't have the resources or encouragement to find our families. Most > of > ours are buried in unmarked plots, a situation which I would like to > rectify. I need to find them first.! > My Brickwall is CORRY SOMERVILLE and his descendents. He was an > illegitimate son of our grgrandpa Corry Somerville. And there are no > other > Somervilles....my husband (Stevenson) is an only child, so I would like to > link him with kin, and who cares if they were illegitimate!! Any > descendents may also want to know a little more about their family. I > have > traced them back through the Plantation. > Anyway, thank you Secret Researcher! > Wendy in a blizzard in Canada > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roxanne Neel" <roxanne4mastiffs@verizon.net> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] BRICKWALL Secret Researcher > > > > Another HUGE THANK YOU for the terrific help so generously given by the > > "Secret" Researcher! > > With Great Appreciation! > > Roxanne in California, USA > > > > > > Fiona Jones wrote: > > > >>Also a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to our "secret" researcher who picks names > from > >>those listed and conducts some research at PRONI to help breakdown those > >>BRICKWALLS. I know many of you on the LIST have had help. > >> > >> > >> > >>Fiona. > >> > >>IGP Co. Down Coordinator > >> > >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow2/ > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- twocats

A friend recently pointed out to me that ALL of our ancestors had to survive long enough for us to be here! A simple but profound thought!! Roxanne Neel Cedarpines Park, California USA Researching MORROW, ROWAN, KENNEDY, WHAN, WADDELL, WOODS, DIXON in Ireland and Scotland roxanne4mastiffs@verizon.net Alex Farquhar wrote: >Hi Rob&Wendy >I am surprised that you felt the need to apologise for the illegitimacy , I >have found over the period of my researching that in these hard times past >when our ancestors had to struggle just to make a crust survival was the >name of the game and if they survived then so did we, never frown or >apologise for our past they were our survival,and be proud of it , and >please do not take this as a slight upon your remarks remarks , Iknow you >are as proud as we all are of our past and I also agree with you that those >silent researchers are "pure dead brilliant " >Alex > >On Jan 28, 2008 12:55 AM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson <stevensons@odyssey.on.ca> >wrote: > > > >>What a lovely thought, and thank you for sharing. It is so kind and >>generous of Secret R to take the time and effort to help one or some of us >>- >>without even the credit of identifying him/herself! I'm impressed. And >>it >>reminds me again that without the people on this and other lists, we >>wouldn't have the resources or encouragement to find our families. Most >>of >>ours are buried in unmarked plots, a situation which I would like to >>rectify. I need to find them first.! >>My Brickwall is CORRY SOMERVILLE and his descendents. He was an >>illegitimate son of our grgrandpa Corry Somerville. And there are no >>other >>Somervilles....my husband (Stevenson) is an only child, so I would like to >>link him with kin, and who cares if they were illegitimate!! Any >>descendents may also want to know a little more about their family. I >>have >>traced them back through the Plantation. >>Anyway, thank you Secret Researcher! >>Wendy in a blizzard in Canada >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Roxanne Neel" <roxanne4mastiffs@verizon.net> >>To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:15 AM >>Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] BRICKWALL Secret Researcher >> >> >> >> >>>Another HUGE THANK YOU for the terrific help so generously given by the >>>"Secret" Researcher! >>>With Great Appreciation! >>>Roxanne in California, USA >>> >>> >>>Fiona Jones wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Also a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to our "secret" researcher who picks names >>>> >>>> >>from >> >> >>>>those listed and conducts some research at PRONI to help breakdown those >>>>BRICKWALLS. I know many of you on the LIST have had help. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Fiona. >>>> >>>>IGP Co. Down Coordinator >>>> >>>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow2/ >>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >>> >>> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > > > >

Alex, Thank you for your comments, but I would like to clarify that I did not mean to 'apologise' for his illegitimacy (in those days they were called 'natural' children). In fact I greatly admire his mother who had 3 children by the same father, who went on to produce other children by different women. She raised those children without the benefits of marriage, an in-law family's help, during difficult times in Ireland as a single mother. I cannot imagine her struggles! Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Farquhar" <weedodger@googlemail.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] BRICKWALL Secret Researcher > Hi Rob&Wendy > I am surprised that you felt the need to apologise for the illegitimacy , > I > have found over the period of my researching that in these hard times past > when our ancestors had to struggle just to make a crust survival was the > name of the game and if they survived then so did we, never frown or > apologise for our past they were our survival,and be proud of it , and > please do not take this as a slight upon your remarks remarks , Iknow you > are as proud as we all are of our past and I also agree with you that > those > silent researchers are "pure dead brilliant " > Alex > > On Jan 28, 2008 12:55 AM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson > <stevensons@odyssey.on.ca> > wrote: > >> What a lovely thought, and thank you for sharing. It is so kind and >> generous of Secret R to take the time and effort to help one or some of >> us >> - >> without even the credit of identifying him/herself! I'm impressed. And >> it >> reminds me again that without the people on this and other lists, we >> wouldn't have the resources or encouragement to find our families. Most >> of >> ours are buried in unmarked plots, a situation which I would like to >> rectify. I need to find them first.! >> My Brickwall is CORRY SOMERVILLE and his descendents. He was an >> illegitimate son of our grgrandpa Corry Somerville. And there are no >> other >> Somervilles....my husband (Stevenson) is an only child, so I would like >> to >> link him with kin, and who cares if they were illegitimate!! Any >> descendents may also want to know a little more about their family. I >> have >> traced them back through the Plantation. >> Anyway, thank you Secret Researcher! >> Wendy in a blizzard in Canada >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roxanne Neel" <roxanne4mastiffs@verizon.net> >> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:15 AM >> Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] BRICKWALL Secret Researcher >> >> >> > Another HUGE THANK YOU for the terrific help so generously given by the >> > "Secret" Researcher! >> > With Great Appreciation! >> > Roxanne in California, USA >> > >> > >> > Fiona Jones wrote: >> > >> >>Also a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to our "secret" researcher who picks names >> from >> >>those listed and conducts some research at PRONI to help breakdown >> >>those >> >>BRICKWALLS. I know many of you on the LIST have had help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Fiona. >> >> >> >>IGP Co. Down Coordinator >> >> >> >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow2/ >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >> >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > twocats > > ------------------------------- > 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 >