hi then I withdraw my statement, and say brilliant, my sentiments exactly :.) big smile Alex On Jan 28, 2008 3:23 PM, Robt & Wendy Stevenson <stevensons@odyssey.on.ca> wrote: > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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