What a wonderful trip you’re having, Dave - Elwyn is a star! And the luck of the Irish was with you when the distant Foster cousin turned up!! ☘️
> On Aug 31, 2023, at 2:24 PM, Dave Vanable via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > How often does one see the church in which their great-grandparents were > married in 1874 (3000 miles from one's home), AND meet in real life four > people whose great grandma was a sister to one's own great-grandma? > > Today was my day for this, thanks in no small part to Elwyn Souter's > assistance with investigation to confirm several things, not the least of > which was identify the location of the Venables family farms in Cormore and > Tullycorker, as well as the Foster (my middle name) farm in Tullyquin Glebe. > > As Elwyn noted, I was lucky to have some solid leads: my great grandfather's > wedding registration in the US with both of his parents' names from County > Tyrone, leading to William Venables and Annabella Foster and their marriage > at Aughentaine Presbyterian, and the trail was pretty warm. Elwyn's going to > PRONI to find records that pretty much confirmed our theory about the Foster > family and Annabella's mother's name were quite exciting finds. > > While we were visiting Aughentaine Presbyterian today a woman and her son > wandered in -- turns out that HER first cousin had told her that a distant > Foster cousin from the US would be at the church at 3pm today, so she just > arrived and we had a lovely conversation :-) plus tea late this afternoon > with the cousin whose name I had known previously (met via an acquaintance of > a cousin on the Knott side - see PS - who said "I think I took care of a > Foster in the old age home, let me check into it for you" and sure enough > that led to these two additional cousin meetings. > > The Irish are amazing. > > Here's a picture of Elwyn and I back in Dungannon so I could pick up my car > after our spending the afternoon together. > > One never knows when strands of information might come together... > > Dave > PS: Tomorrow I'm headed to County Leitrim in the care of another cousin whom > I met via MyHeritage (again, g-grams were sisters, this time on the > Knott/Evans side) ; she and her sister will take us on a tour of various > Evans and Knott connections including two original Knott homesteads :-) > Monday I'll meet up with the 83-year old owner of Corramartin, one of these > places). > > > <pozar5jc.png> > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > =================================
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