William (1819 – 1866) and Margaret ( Doris or Sully) Armstrong (1825 – 1887) are my gggrandparents who lived in Sligo until moving to Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England to work in the Woolen Mills. Born in Sligo were daughters: Elizabeth H. (1840 -1901) and Anna Armstrong (1843 - 1923) . The family left Sligo before 20 Feb 1845 when a son Patrick (1845-1891) was born in Dewsbury. William and Margaret had other children born in Dewsbury: Frances "Fanny" (my ggrandmother), Catherine, William, Mary, and Margaret. Elizabeth, Anna, and Fanny came to the United States--the others remained in Dewsbury.
I am looking for information on the parents: William and Margaret--their parents, siblings, etc. Also, I am not sure of Margaret's maiden name as I have found Sally, Sully, Solly, Doris, and Reynolds on various records. I do not know the parish to which they belonged. I assume they worked in the Woolen Mills in Sligo.
mhingst
Tuesday 12th Mar 2013, 05:57PMMessage Board Replies
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/
The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml Also have a look on these sites Sir good luck. The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/ The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives Scotland- family history:http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/ The Library & Archives of Canada -http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Irish Newspaper Archives:http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
Thursday 14th Mar 2013, 10:54AM -
This ia a little off subject but you are the only Armstrong from Co. Sligo Ireland that I have found! Your Clan and my Beattie's of Dumfrieshire Scotland rode together during the 1500 in the lawless Debateable Land on the border with Scotland/England. Also, on visiting the C of I St Peter and Paul churchyard Collooney I found Armstrong gravestones near to my family graves. Beatty's were blacksmiths near Quinns cross and it was a industrial area using the water power from the river. Flax was the main interest but there may also have been some wool! Do you know where your Wool Mill was in Co. Sligo?
BeattyL286
Tuesday 19th Mar 2013, 01:37PM