On your Hurlburt line, have you looked at this website www.idsonline.com/hurlburt/ It has a lot of information on the Hurlberts/Hurlbuts/Huelberts. Lisa Ecker Morgan,Utah Yragcurt@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for my IRVINE ancestors. The name has been spelled with > variations throughout Jefferson County records. > > Brothers James and Christopher IRVINE immigrated from Ireland circa 1820: > > James (1800-1871) and his two wives, Eva MONTGOMERY and Margaret UNKNOWN, are > buried in the Market St. Cemetery in Cape Vincent. > > Christopher (1799-1890) was listed in Child's Gazeteer of Jefferson County - > Town of Cape Vincent, 1890. He had a farm on "Road 6" for 65 years. > Christopher's family appears to be buried at the Market Street and Sand Bay > Cemeteries. > > Is there a way to determine from where they came in Ireland and when? > > Following is a story that has passed through the family for generations. Is > there such an island? Is this story feasible? > > "There is an island there on St. Lawrence River called Irvine Island, as so > many Irvines lived on this island. I remember we used to go to Cape Vincent, > NY, and get a man to row us across the St. Lawrence River to visit Uncle > Richard Irvine. They had a boat house and we would row a short ways to get > out on St. Lawrence River. Uncle Richard let me hold the sail rope and we > sailed along to a place where a large boat picked us up - "Hollidays Point." > We went on then to Kingston, Canada, where we visited the large cathedrals. > Uncle Richard Irvine seemed to know many there." > > Other related family names are STOEL - STOWELL - HUTCHINSON - HURLBURT. > > Of course, there are many more questions. If anyone has a connection to this > family, it would be fun to compare information. > > Sandra > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/