Re: ----- Original Message ----- From: "David B. Strong" <dbsandmd@attcanada.ca> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Hi Donald, and the rest of the list... My earlier attempt to post this message was delayed, but Russell Laird has now fixed things so I can send it from a different email address and stuff... it's a bit technical, and I'm glad we have Russell to help keep things going! Thanks, Russell! {:-) Donald... after I sent the copy of this message directly to you last evening, I got thinking (as I seem to do too often... after the fact!) One of the confusing factors in your earlier message (see below) are the supposed birthdates you give for William and Mary.... It seems 1800 and 1779 are too far apart, especially for Mary ... Is it possible you transposed the 7 and 9, and that the correct date for Mary was 1797? That would change some of the thinking about your situation considerably... Please let me know which is correct... Regards, Dave Strong ================================= "Don Strong (Fermanagh Strongs)" <donstrong@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [STRONG]William Strong of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland > Hello Donald! > > Welcome aboard the Strong List! We have much to talk about... and share. > I am one of a number of persons researching the Strongs of Donegal and > Fermanagh. There is some confusion about whether the various family > lines, and there are several of them, are related or not. I tend to believe > most of them are related, but there is more doubt about whether some of the > Strongs who presently live in the vicinity of Enniskillin are related to the > Donegal-Fermanagh Strongs, or whether they are related to the > Cavan-Monaghan-Longford-Sligo Strongs. > > To make a point early on in the discussion... many of the various families > from around Donegal Bay and east to Enniskillen tended to consider > themselves "Enniskilleners". This grew out of the fact that most of the > early Protestant families of the entire area banded together in support of > King William III, of Orange, against the Catholic King James II during the > Irish phase of the English Revolution of 1689. The center of their > resistance movement was Inniskillen. Following the Battle of the Boyne > and the defeat of James II, the Inniskilleners were recognized as a Regiment > in the British Army, and had a long history which gave a great deal of pride > to many of the local people, who continued to supply recruits for that > Regiment and others into the 20th Century. > > So, when one of the local Strong families claimed to be of "Enniskillen", > they were claiming to be from the region more than the town. This has led > to considerable confusion in researching these families. My own Strong > family was apparently from the area of the border between Donegal and > Fermanagh, and claimed in Canada to be from "Fermanagh". I still haven't > figured it all out.... and that is one reason I am coordinating a DNA Study, > hoping to resolve some of the questions. > > For a start, I suggest you look at my "The Donegal Strong Puzzle" webpage, > referenced below, and then take a look at the Irish Strong Data-base (IDB), > linked to that webpage through it's table of contents. I suggest you also > take a close look at IDB record #294.... relating to the marriage of a > William Strong and a Mary Farrell on Jan 25, 1801. William was then a > soldier serving in the Northumberland Fencibles. FYI, the fencibles were a > sort of "home-guard" regiment, and that was likely a way of avoiding service > overseas in the regular regiments... who were fighting the Napoleonic Wars > at the time. I suggest that these may be your ancestors.... Mary might > well have been about 22 and of marriagible age, and the 1800 date you have > given in your email may have been their approximate date of marriage. I > should also acknowledge that there are a couple of other possibilities in > the IDB as well.... so browse through and let me know if you have any more > questions. > > I don't know anything about a ship wreck in the St. Lawrence... but anything > is possible. Can you share with me more of your family history and the > descendancy from William and Mary? Perhaps we can gather a few more clues > along the way. > > While you are exploring my website, please take a look at the DNA Study > page, and consider joining the study.... it may be one way to narrow your > search options! And, it might confirm whether we are cousins! {:-) > > I am in transit right at the moment, and may have a delay in posting this > answer to the Strong-List, but will copy you directly in the meantime, along > with some other interested researchers. > > Regards > Dave Strong ... > webmaster: > Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm > Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, > entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm > & > Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm > Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs and > related families. > ============================================================== > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "donald Strong" <donstrong@worldnet.att.net> > To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 1:07 PM > Subject: [STRONG] Fw: > > > > Re this message-I was reading a tombstone and now believe it should be > > Enniskillen, county Fermanagh.........Don Strong > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "donald Strong" <donstrong@worldnet.att.net> > > To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:52 PM > > > > > > > I am new at this, but so far have traced my ancestors back to William > > > Strong, born in Ireland in 1800 wife Mary born 1779. Believed to have > > lived > > > in either Ermangough or Inniskillin. Left for Canada in 1842/43 and > > settled > > > near Brantford ON. Some of the family,including William moved to Gorie > in > > > south-western ON. There are still Strongs in both places. Understand > that > > > there may have been a shipwreck in the St Lawrence on the way over. > Anyone > > > have further information on the subject?...............Don Strong > > > > > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > > ======================================================== > > THE STRONG QUEST (including The Strong Mail List web site) > > http://ro.com/~rts2/quest > > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Quest/index.html > > > > Policies and procedures for the Strong Mail List. > > Ancestor / Descendancy Charts of subscribers and visitors. > > Repository for Strong data and documents. > > Links to Strong websites, research tools, etc. > > ========================================================== > > A STRONG HERITAGE: The Strong-Gossage Ancestral Database > > http://ro.com/~rts2/ancestry > > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Ancestry > > > > Ancestors of Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr., and Velma > > (Gossage) Strong. Earliest Strong ancestor: John > > Strong, Sr., of St. Peter's Parish, VA, circa 1700. > > Notes, containing sources, included. > > ======================================================== > > > > >

David- great to be a part of all this and will do my best to contribute. I have the same problem with the dates for Mary and am doing what I can to verify them. Will advise. I must get on with all the reading you have given me and then will be in touch........Don Strong