Armstrong

Hi Greg

You might like to have a look on www.rootsireland.ie/

There are birth/baptism records of William Armstrong Fermanagh both 1865 & 1873 but neither has father Alexander. Two of the 1865 records have mother Mary however.

There is a record of the marriage of Alexander Armstrong to Mary Megahy in Fermanagh 1862

The record will have the parish and MAY have the parents' names; you need to purchase credit to view the full record.

Col

Greg,

Marriage of William Armstrong to Frances Hetherington registered Irvinestown Jul ? Sept 1903 Vol 2, page 133.

Death for Frances Anne Armstrong, aged 31, regd Irvinestown Oct ? Dec 1908 Vol 2, page 91.

Marriage of William Andrew Armstrong to Anne S E Kirk regd Enniskillen Jul ? Sept  1911 Vol 2, page 61.

Irish marriage certificates normally contian the couples fathers name, but not the mothers. However you should get townlands (addresses) and witnesses details all of which cane make the search for the previosu generation that bit easier.

You can order a photocopy from GRO Roscommon for ?4 per certificate. Put the place, year, quarter (where there is one), volume & page number on the application form (anywhere). Don?t worry about leaving some boxes blank. You don?t need to fill them all in if you have the reference details. http://www.groireland.ie/ You have to post or fax the form to them but they will e-mail the copy certificate to you if you wish. Tick the relevant box on the form.

Do you know Alexander senior's townland? If so, if he was  a farmer, I can searchj for further information onhim from that.

Elwyn

Hi Col

Thank you very much.

Greg

Dear Elwyn

Thank you so much. I believe that in 1872 Alexander Senior lived in Beagh and in 1875 in Killymittan.

Greg

Greg,

The revaluation records for Killymittan show a Wm Armstrong on plot 12a. That was a farmhouse, outbuildings and 37 acres of land. (So a prosperous size of farm for Ireland). He was there continuously from 1864 through until 1883 when he is replaced by James McKenzie.

Looking at the records for Beagh, there's no Alexander but there is a William Armstrong on plot 14B (a house, outbuildings and 2 acres. So subsietnce farming if that's all the land you have). He is also subletting an acre (14C). He only resided there from 1866 to 1870. Thereafter he is listed as subletting 2 acres on 14c, but he doesn?t live on the townland. He is simply the landlord.

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_Val12b/ImageResult.aspx

There's no Alexander Armstrong listed. However Griffiths only listed the head of household, or landlord, and so Alexander could have been living in either townland, but he wasn't head of household. Usually a farmer is head of household, so I'd wonder whether this was where Alexander snr farmed.