CSWR---Thanks for that tidbit--don't suppose your CANADAY family shows any links to LINDSEYs or PATEs does it? Do appreciate the info--gives me a great lead! Thanks Ed > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Canaday PATE, Pickens Co. AL 1900 > From: > cswr <cswr@earthlink.net> > Date: > Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:47:46 -0700 > To: > PATE-L@rootsweb.com > > > Ed...this may be of interest to you: > > http://www.billputman.com/THE%20CANADAY%20FAMILY.htm > > Our Canaday Family most likely were Irish Quakers who came to America > to be able to practice their religion in a new country without > persecution. If they weren't Quakers back in Ireland, they soon became > so here in America. The Irish spelling of the name could have been > either Canaday or Kennedey, both pronounced about the same. > ========== > Ed-Janis wrote: > >> There is a Canaday PATE living in Pickens Co. AL (Raleigh PO) during >> the 1900 census. Can anyone identify his parents or which line he >> descends from? It's interesting to me because the LINDSEY family >> (James Franklin LINDSEY) had a son named Canaday...very unusual name. >> Any ideas where the name Canaday comes from? >> >> Thanks, >> Ed Waller >> >> >> >> >