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Antrim / Re: Old Rashee Burying Ground-STRANGE;ELLIOTT
« on: Friday 25 September 15 19:52 BST (UK) »
Dear Sailing9:
The names you listed in your inquiry connect with many names in my own family. My great grandfather's name was William Barclay Strange. He immigrated from his home in Ballyclare, Antrim first to Delaware, USA in 1881 and then continued on to Oregon the next year where he married Annie Morrow (whose family had immigrated from Glenarm, Antrim several years earlier). William's younger brother Adam Strange immigrated with him. I wonder if the change in the spelling of Barklie/Barclay occurred at his immigration. One of William's sisters (Mary Ann) who remained in Antrim, married Robert Elliott. The oldest sister (Margaret) also remained in Antrim and married John Boyd. Their parents' names were Adam and Mary Ann White Strange. According to Mary Ann's obituary, she was buried in Rashee Old Cemetery in December 1917. The whole family were very devoted Presbyterian Covenanters.
In your research, if you come across any connections between our families I would be delighted to hear about it. Beyond the father Adam Strange, I have no further names. I know they had come from Scotland, but have no details. My mother says her Grandfather Strange had a very heavy Scottish brogue, so the move from Scotland to Northern Ireland had probably been recent.
Thank you!
The names you listed in your inquiry connect with many names in my own family. My great grandfather's name was William Barclay Strange. He immigrated from his home in Ballyclare, Antrim first to Delaware, USA in 1881 and then continued on to Oregon the next year where he married Annie Morrow (whose family had immigrated from Glenarm, Antrim several years earlier). William's younger brother Adam Strange immigrated with him. I wonder if the change in the spelling of Barklie/Barclay occurred at his immigration. One of William's sisters (Mary Ann) who remained in Antrim, married Robert Elliott. The oldest sister (Margaret) also remained in Antrim and married John Boyd. Their parents' names were Adam and Mary Ann White Strange. According to Mary Ann's obituary, she was buried in Rashee Old Cemetery in December 1917. The whole family were very devoted Presbyterian Covenanters.
In your research, if you come across any connections between our families I would be delighted to hear about it. Beyond the father Adam Strange, I have no further names. I know they had come from Scotland, but have no details. My mother says her Grandfather Strange had a very heavy Scottish brogue, so the move from Scotland to Northern Ireland had probably been recent.
Thank you!