Gerald McInrue wrote: > > Good afternoon list members: > I am seeking to locate my great grand parents. > Charles Edward Johnston, born US, 1830s, died unknown > Married Elizabeth (Eliza) McInrue (McInroe or McEnrue) born 1841, > Montague township, Lanark County, Upper Canada. > Have been unable to locate where Charles and Elizabeth married, and > where they lived and died and were buried. > The only clue I have is that a son George Edward Johnston, 22, born US, > date is unknown, son of Charles Edward Johnston and Eliza McInrue, > marries Margaret Lane, 19, daughter of John Lane and Margaret Wilton, > May 25, 1891, Perth, Ontario, Lanark County, Canada. > On the marriage records it lists George as living in Montague township > but being from Halifax, NY US There does not appear to be a Halifax > community, county or township in New York state. > The headstone for George Johnston has his birth year as 1874. This would > mean that he was 17 in 1891 and not 22. > As all those who are researching our family genealogy have hit a brick > wall in locating Charles and Elizabeth it has come down to looking at > various New York counties and townships in a close proximity to the > birth place of Elizabeth McInrue. > Montague Township in Lanark county is adjacent to Smiths Falls, Ontario > approximately 30 miles north of Brockville, Ontario. > To muddy the waters more for reasons unknown George adopts his mothers > maiden name in 1891 and becomes George Edward McInrue. > Charles and Elizabeth Johnston are my great grand parents and George and > Margaret McInrue are my grand parents. > > So the questions are: > Where did Charles and Elizabeth marry? > Did they have any other children ? > Where did they live, die and where buried? > > If any of this brief history has any connection to anyone in Jefferson > County I would be very much appreciate hearing from you. > > Jerry McInrue > > ============================== > Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. > You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million > records, in over 1800 databases. Visit > http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226 Hello, There is a Montague, NY. It is in Lewis County. Check out their site at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nylewis)