Linda's note below brings up an interesting situation that can be seen repeated all over Pennsylvania (no, not the link between chewing tobacco and cancer, although that might be worth looking into too). Her source says: "[William Cohoun] was born in Donegal, Ireland 4 miles from "Letter-Keeney" [Letterkenny]." Then: "He left in 1818, sailing from Londonderry on May 7 for Quebec. His destination was Chambersburg, PA. He had 2 uncles there who had built and operated a paper mill and a store, where he hoped to find employment." Now the rest of the story is that there was a small village called Letterkenny, located just outside of Chambersburg, PA. It's now the site of the Letterkenny Army Depot. Clearly this is not a coincidence. There are lots of examples of this around the state so apparently it was a somewhat common practice, when a group of folks from one particular town relocated together to PA, to take the name of the Old Home Town with them and use it here. There are dozens of Ulster town names scattered all over PA, but principally in the south-central and western part of the state where most of the SI first settled. I mention this because it may be a useful clue when trying to track down your ancestors on either side of the pond. I'm curious, do folks see this frequently in other states as well? Rob -----Original Message----- From: Linda Merle [mailto:merle@fea.net] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 5:20 PM To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Sc-Ir] Calhoun: Letterkenny, Donegal > PA > Ohio Hi folks, I found this doing other research and hope someone finds this in the archives some day. In any case, he was quite a man! The archetypal Ulsterman. His siblings did not emigrate so perhaps his family survives in Ireland. He was related to several prominant families: CLARK and CULBERTSON. I found it at the free resource http://digital.library.pitt.edu/ The Old and New Mongehela p, 42 contains the life of William Cohoun. A lot of his experiences are rather typical. He was born in Donegal, Ireland 4 miles from "Letter-Keeney" [Letterkenny] 10 Jun 1796, the son of Andrew who had been born, lived, and died in the house. Only William emigrated. He left in 1818, sailing from Londonderry on May 7 for Quebec. His destination was Chambersburg, PA. He had 2 uncles there who had built and operated a paper mill and a store, where he hoped to find employment. Since there were no large vessels sailing for Philly for 2 or 3 weeks, he took what was available, to Quebec, with 3 others, on a schooner. It's rather typical that he would take what was available.