This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: khartley181 Surnames: McCutcheon McFarland Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.ireland.tyr.general/6609/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am hoping that I have made a break-through in the brick wall of my family history as I have now come up with what I hope is a specific area of Tyrone to search for records - Dunbreen Lislap Omagh.......... William McCutcheon, born 1868 ( /-5yrs) somewhere in Tyrone County, parents John McCutcheon and Mary McFarland, emigrated to Canada about 1887. In April 1894, he returned to Ireland and brought his mother Mary to Canada. The passenger list for the Sardinian out of Londonderry gives his age as 25 and her age as 50 but does not say where in Ireland they were from. Mary McCutcheon would die in Canada in 1899 - her death registration says she was 78. Also, in December 1894, William would marry Mary Maguire in Paris, Ontario, Canada - she was also from Tyrone (we do know a fair bit of her background). We believe that John McCutcheon must have died sometime before 1894 but we do not know when - he may have died before William first emigrated. William was supposed to have emigrated with his brother named Samuel BUT I just recently discovered that Samuel McCutcheon did not emigrate until 1891. He arrived Quebec on July 10 1891 from Londonderry aboard the Parisian and he was travelling with Thomas McFarland who I assume may have been a cousin. Both are listed as Farm Labourers and both headed to Paris, Ontario. Does not list their ages (hard to read but possibly they were both 17?) or their origins. Samuel supposedly headed west (?) and all family contact was lost........ The passenger list is the first real evidence I have found for his existance other than family stories. Thomas McFarland is a new lead but I cannot find him on the 1901 or 1911 Censuses in Canada - at least not in any area near Paris, Ontario so do not know where he ended up either. Then, there is a Samuel McFarland, born 1899-1902. He would marry a Cassie Walson (born about the same time) Together they would emigrate to Canada (his age given as 29; hers as 26) in 1930 aboard the Antonia out of Belfast. Also listed on the same ship was an Eliza McFarland, age 66 who may have been his mother. This couple also ended up in Paris, Ontario and my mother can remember visiting them often with her grandmother Mary (Maguire) McCutcheon so I assume there must have been a family connection there. Their headstone in the Paris cemetery says he was born 1899 and that she was born 1897 but that does not match the passenger listing nor a border crossing they made in 1930 to Niagara Falls NY when they gave their ages as 29 and 27. Not sure what happened to Eliza but I think Samuel & Cassie may have lived in Brantford before Paris so Eliza may have died and been buried in Brantford instead of Paris. Further input on the 1930 passenger list says that their last address was Dunbreen Lislap Omagh. It also says that Eliza - E J McFarland was only 26 years old not 66 and so therefore was most likely Samuel's sister not his mother - quite possibly she married somewhere in the area of Brantford???? I am hoping that possibly Samuel McFarland from the 1930 record was related to the Thomas McFarland from the 1891 record and that they are both somehow connected to my Great Great Grandmother Mary (McFarland) McCutcheon. If anyone can connect to or knows anything about the McCutcheon and McFarland families listed above I would appreciate hearing from you. Any info on Cassie Walson family would be a bonus. (Possible her name was Wilson or Watson???) THANKS Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.