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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Fermanagh => Topic started by: MelissaJoy on Friday 30 August 24 15:34 BST (UK)
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Looking to find birth records, marriage records for John Armstong, he married Philena (last name not known) they had 9 children born in Ireland before relocating to Canada.
Martha b.1858
Ann b. 1862
William b. 1862
Thomas b. 1865
John b. 1868
Sarah b. 1870
Mary b. 1873
Johns parents I am unsure of
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....marriage records for John Armstong, he married Philena (last name not known)
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Thomas b. 1865
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Sarah b. 1870
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John Armstrong married Felina Armstrong - 20 March 1857 - Magheraculmoney Parish Church.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1857/09534/5456222.pdf
John a farmer living in Edenagee townland. His father William Armstrong also a farmer. Felina's father James Armstrong (farmer).
https://www.townlands.ie/fermanagh/lurg/magheraculmoney/magheraculmoney/edenagee/
Sarah Armstrong born 9 October 1870 at Edenagee. MMN Armstrong
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03323/2218129.pdf
Thomas Armstrong born 23 August 1865 at Edenagee. MMN Armstrong
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03563/2312204.pdf
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Posted on someone else's Armstrong thread-
John Armstrong was my 3rd great grandfather. Born abt 1830. Married a Philina/Phinena. His son's obituary claims they immigrated to St. John New Brunswick Canada in 1877 from Ireland. However John & Philina were originally from Scotland before relocating to Ireland.
Would anyone have any info on this family?
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1881 Canadian census for St John NB both show Phelina and John as born in Ireland, not Scotland. 1901 census she’s a widow but again born in Ireland.
She married in Magheraculmoney parish church so was probably baptised there too. Their baptism records start in 1767. The records don’t appear to be on-line anywhere but there’s a copy in PRONI in Belfast. Personal visit required to view them.
The Armstrongs may well have Scottish origins given the surname, the location and religious denomination but their arrival from Scotland is likely to have been in the 1600s, when many “Border Reivers” as they were known were relocated to Ireland.