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Fermanagh / Re: Anyone researching GALLOON , especially Dernish Is ?
« on: Monday 06 February 12 04:00 GMT (UK)  »
Weather? What weather? I'm inside with my nose stuck to a 10x12 flatscreen.

But I hear that it's been unseasonably warm this winter. Sunshine, gentle breezes, temps in the 70s. Ho-hum. 'Course, that's why I moved to Florida in the first place...

What's a PM facility?

Margaret

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Fermanagh / Re: Anyone researching GALLOON , especially Dernish Is ?
« on: Friday 03 February 12 22:25 GMT (UK)  »
Rusty, thank you for your replies. Yes, I unearthed the Bamfords of Ramult only recently, thanks to a Bible my mother had. But I had NO idea there were so many others.

As to the Bryans, the trail went cold in Canada--until three days ago when I ran across a surrogate court record for a man, Richard Bryans, who claimed MY William Bryans, shoemaker, as his brother. He also named as brothers a John Bryans, cooper, and a James Bryans, farmer, all in Canada. Alone, I admit that isn't much to go on as every other Bryans in Ireland was a John or a James.

So I slogged some more and found a  John Bryans, cooper, b. 1812 in Ireland, who married Ann Jane Noble in Canada in 1840. I also found a James Bryans, farmer, b. 1813 in Ireland, who married Mary (b. 1811). They bore five children in Ireland before emigrating to Canada: John, Thomas, Ellen, William, and Ann. Ann, the youngest, was born in 1844.

As for Richard, records indicate he was born in 1816 (possibly in England), worked as a painter, and was a widower. His late wife was not mentioned, and there was no issue. I have done no search for Mary Bryans Gallagher yet.

I can't think of anything else to tell. The Bible was short on information: William and Margaret were Anglican, as were James and Mary. John and Ann Jane were Wesleyan Methodist, and Richard claimed to be Episcopalian. 

I hope you have among your notes something that might give me a clue. I've noted that a lot of Bryans lurked in the Galloon area--but they weren't exclusive to Galloon. Anything is sure to help--even if it's just how to slog smarter instead of harder.

I need more sleep...

Margaret

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Fermanagh / Re: Anyone researching GALLOON , especially Dernish Is ?
« on: Wednesday 01 February 12 03:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I too just started researching the Bryans. I've learned a thing or two, but I haven't been able to put them in Ireland:

--William I. Bryans was born in June 1812 (according to his wife's Bible). He was a shoemaker.
--His wife, Mary/Margaret Bamford, came from Ramult in County Fermanagh. She was born in 1817. I have no record of when or where they married.
--The next records place the couple in Elgin County, Ontario, in 1847, where their first child, Sidney, was born. In all, they had 8 children, seven of which lived to adulthood.
--I've also just learned that Williams' siblings, Richard, John, James, and Mary, also lived in Ontario as a painter, a cooper, a farmer, and a housewife respectively.
--In 1865 William brought his family to the northern panhandle of West Virginia and the rest, they say, is history.

I'm hoping that, in your collection of Bryans data, you might have the pieces I'm missing--how and when he made it to Canada, how he met and married Mary/Margaret, where he was born. Anything will be appreciated.

Yours,
Margaret

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