Attention: Pam Thompson, Cherry Strong Hicks, Judy Shinn Kunz, Muriel Millwood: I just saw the message from Pam, and have cut and pasted the following entries from my Lineages Directory... It appears you all have something in common, researching CORK! And, don't overlook the definite possibility that name variants are involved here! Note, also, possible relationships between Strongs of the four counties listed below. Hopefully you will be able to coordinate your research! Just yesterday, I revised the Research chapter of my manuscript. I suggest you visit the page and check out the parishes, etc in Co. Cork where Strongs have been found, and then visit a FHC to see if there are any parish records available... Frankly, I have never had the time to do it, and would appreciate the help... I am departing Monday, for about a month, but will monitor my email and hope to see some further developments in the research. Hope you will all correspond on line, via the Rootsweb Strong-List! When I return, perhaps I will be able to help a bit more with info in my paper files. I have shared some thoughts on research with Judy Shinn Kunz which she may be able to pass along in my absence. Just a parting thought.... be wary of this "from Cork" business. Although there ARE records of Strongs in Co. Cork, I suspect that some Strong merely sailed from Cork... See the discussion on the linked site re Cork on my Links page! Good Luck! David B. "Dave" Strong Email: [email protected] Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 ******************************** <tr><TD> <b>III(H) Counties Cork, Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford</B></TD><TD> </TD></tr> <tr> <TD> </TD><TD> <b>...KILL, ST.NICHOLAS, Co. Waterford</b></TD></tr> <tr> <TD> </TD><TD><b>John, Michael and William Strong, brothers "from Cork", were involved in the Emmet rebellion in 1798 in Ireland.> Escaped to Philadelphia, PA 1799 > Michael and William separated from John, disappeared; John to Cumberland County, KY > John Strong had three children: I. Rev. William Hardin Strong. II. Prince Alfred Strong. III. Jane Strong</b> <br>Reference: Benjamin Dwight's 1871 genealogy of the descendants of John Strong, 1635 immigrant to Massachusetts. This info appears in an appendix about John Strong of Cumberland County, Kentucky. The article entitled "John Strong of Albany, KY" is found on Pages 1534-1535. Quoted is the first paragraph about John, together with certain updated information about his three children. "John, Michael and William Strong, brothers, were involved in the Emmet rebellion in 1798 in Ireland. When that collapsed the three brothers escaped secretly and landed in 1799, in Philadelphia, and after tarrying in that city for a few months they separated from each other, and <b>John Strong</b> never afterwards heard either from them or of them. He located at last in Cumberland, Clinton Co., Ky. [sic], on a farm near what is now Albany. In 1808, he married Elizabeth Williams. He died in 1820, and she married a second husband (name not given) who was living in 1868 in Woodson, Illinois. He had three children: I. Rev. William Hardin Strong. II. Prince Alfred Strong. III. Jane Strong."<br> <b>I. Rev. William Hardin Strong</b>. Born 26 AUG 1809. Campellite [Disciples of Christ] preacher. Married 1832, Josephine Dawson of Danville, Kentucky. Resided in Winchester, Illinois; Morgan County, Illinois; and Girard, Illinois. Apparently living in 1871 when Dwight published his genealogy. 10 children named. <b>II. Prince Alfred Strong</b>. Born 1811, Cumberland, KY; died 18?? in Spokane, WA. Married Frances Renfro at Lexington, Kentucky in 1838. Relocated to Illinois in 1838 and subsequently to California via the Isthmus of Panama and vessel "Nevada" to San Francisco, arriving June 17,1867. Migrated in 1879 to Five Mile Prairie, near Spokane, WA in 1879. Had nine children: Martha Francis, Martha Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Mary B., Prince Jerome, Laura, William Alfred, Prince William Jerome, and John Franklin Strong (the last being the ancestor of researcher Judy Shinn Kunz below). <b>III. Jane Strong</b> married Harvey Burnett of Lancaster, Kentucky. Moved to Alton, Illinois in 1842. She died there in 1848 or 1849. Seven children named.<br> <b>Note</b>(1) Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827): born in Cork; educated at Trinity College, Dublin... called to the Irish Bar, 1790; arrested, 1798 (during the "Rising of 98", when widespread rebellion broke out in Ireland in coordination with an abortive French invasion); exiled, 1799; attempted to interest Napoleon in a renewed invasion of Ireland, 1802; sailed for New York, 1804... (from a foot note at page 265, "Modern Ireland, 1600-1972", by R.F. Foster) <br>Note (2): It appears that Clinton County was probably formed out of Cumberland County after 1820. Albany in 1871 was in Clinton County and still is. Albany is near the Tennessee State line, north of Overton Co., TN. Clinton County, KY, is east of Monroe and Cumberland Counties, KY. <br>Note (3): The validity of the story about the three immigrant brothers cannot at this point be verified, but there may be passenger lists or other records that will verify the story. Dwight did not cite his sources. <br> Researcher: Email: <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> Judy Shinn Kunz</a>, Beaverton, Oregon. </TD></tr> <tr><TD> </TD><TD> see also </TD></tr> <tr><TD> </TD><TD> <B>...ALBANY, KENTUCKY John Strong of County Cork, Ireland, and Albany, Kentucky</b> <br>Reference: Volume V, Strong Family Histories, published for the SFAA by Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, (c) SFAA, 1996. pp.194-196<br> Researcher: Joan Gentile Fields, Shawnee, Kansas </TD></tr> <tr> <TD> </TD><TD> <B>Lorin/Loren/Lorenzo Strong, said to be of "Skibbereen", Co. Cork, Ireland, and Joaquin, Texas</b><br> Researcher, Email: <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> Cherry Strong Hicks</a> </TD></tr> <tr> <TD> </TD><TD> <b>William STRONG born in 1811 in Cork,</b> IRELAND, married Anne RAMSAY; their daughter Mary b. 1853, married James ABERNETHY and died in KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.<br> Researcher, Email: <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> Pam Thomson</a><br> Website: <a href="http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/">Town Square Network</a><br> </TD></tr> <tr> <TD> </TD><TD> <b>Lydia LaStrange b County Cork, Ireland</b>. m David L. Brigham . One child, George David Brigham b 1867 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. Lydia died when George was an infant. George moved to Forest City, Arkansas, when he was about 3, then to Johnson County Ark. At some time David L. Brigham married Louisa Looney. This information was given to me by my grandfather, George David, in the 1940's. Years later, one of George's daughters said that Lydia was 15 when she married. If her child was born within two years--1867--then she would have been born around 1850.<br> But the information about her age conflicts with something else my grandfather told me--that his mother was a nurse during the Union Army and his father was a Confederate soldier and they met during the Civil War. I know his father was a Confederate soldier because he is in a group photo that hangs in the Clarksville Ark. courthouse. But Lydia LaStrange remains a mystery. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to trace her? I would greatly appreciate any help.<br> Researcher, Email: <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> Muriel Millwood</a> Santa Cruz, CA </TD></tr> ******************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: Pam Thomson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 10:14 PM Subject: William and Mary >Hello, I'm looking for information on William STRONG born in 1811 in Cork, >IRELAND, married Anne RAMSAY and their daughter Mary b. 1853, married James >ABERNETHY and died in KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. >-- >Pam Thomson >http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ >Town Square Network > > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== >======================================================== >Ship Captains and other Mariners named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) >http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/ships.html > >Immigrants named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) from passenger lists >http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/passlist.html >==========================================================