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Re: Samuel Haslet Strahan b. 1752 PA and KY

Anne_Spurgeon — 2009-10-26 15:51:17Z

Thank you for your response. I have that Samuel H. was born in Kent, Indiana, PA and that he married Grigetta WILLS. Although I am actually more interested in his children and grandchildren, I would like to have the documentation for his being a soldier in the Rev. War--can you tell me how/where I can get that?
Also unable to find the sites of T. Strahan and Marie V... if you have their urls that would also be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much.

Re: Samuel Haslet Strahan b. 1752 PA and KY

dastrahan — 2009-10-26 14:47:34Z

Uh . . . .Samuel Haslet Strahan was not born in Pennsylvania but believed to have been in County Antrim. We may be related as we have Samuels in our surname immigrant's sister's line. Somewhere on the internet is to Tom Strahan's and Marie? Vaillancourt's researches on this line as it moved into Kentucky then Randolph County INDIANA and then Illinois and elsewhere.
Specifically I suspect that Samuel Haslet Strahan was an uncle to my surname immigrant James b. 1777/1779 b. Connor? Co Antrim or in Co. Down d. 1833 Randolph County, ILLINOIS. John D[avid] was name of James' oldest son. And I believe that we descend either from George of Lisnacrogher's son John who was in Inshamph in 1773 at the time George's will was drawn up OR from a brother Samuel who is a landholder in Rathkenny in 1775 and who was the father of a succession of Samuel of Rathkenny [Sperry Parish, Co. Antrim]. It is possible that that Samuel in Rathkenny in emigrated to the United States and left his oldest son Samuel married to Mary MARTIN? or Mary McINTYRE? with the landholding in Rathkenny. Howwever I believe Samuel Haslett was in PA shortly after 1775 if not before as he was a Pvt in the Rev. War.
I can tell you that our line was absolutely aligned with the Am. Revolution and associated with known clergy members of the United Irishmen who had immigrated to Pennsylvania.

I would love to find any male descended from Samuel Haslet who would be willing to participate with the Clan Strachan DNA study with familytreedna.com. We also may have to have another male in our line other than my brother because the dna evidence suggests that we descended from a male that had been adopted.

Samuel Haslet Strahan b. 1752 PA and KY

Anne_Spurgeon — 2009-10-22 00:01:24Z

Samuel's son, David (b.1779), is my gggg grandfather. David's son, George (b.1814), had a daughter Miranda(b.1846).

Would enjoy talking/exchanging info on this Strahans line.

Re: Strahans from the Samuel H decent, Indiana

Anne_Spurgeon — 2009-10-20 01:40:30Z

I believe Samuel Haslet Strahan is my ancestor. I'm not sure how far we connect as I do not know of a Merritt in my line... but am wondering if you have info about Samuel's wife Grigetta and his children specifically his son, David? (My gggg grandfather). Thanks for your help with this!

Re: William Strahan 18th Cent. Printer

pattyinwv — 2009-09-17 14:49:37Z

Hello Troy,
What was the name of the book and the author.
Do you think it may be found online through bookseller?
I'm from the Strahin line that Tabitha spoke of.

Re: Strahans from the Samuel H decent, Indiana

kabcow1 — 2009-08-23 23:09:21Z

I am a great grandaughter of Merritt F. Strahan. I would love to get in contact with you and share info.
K Strahan Brown

Re: STRAHIN

pattyinwv — 2009-08-18 19:19:29Z

Do you have the Family Strahin Book?
It has a lot of the info.
I recently found the grave of the first
born son of Eve Jane Grim and Charles Marcellus Strahin.
He was 9 when he died of fever.
He's buried less than 5 miles from my home.
Eve and Charles were my great grandparents.
Feel free to contact me at.
Patty_Markley@copper.net

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-06-03 06:44:24Z

Just happened to find this posting in my inbox—long story.
I never thought Thomas of Clinty was Thomas of Lisncrogher.
Thomas of Lisnacrogher is married to Mary Crawford and has other dates. The question is who was Thomas of Clinty's father. Some think it was a Gordon s/o George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784, but based on Thomas' oldest son his father should have been different. It's a quarter of 3 a.m. and I will repost when I have time to dig into files.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-06-03 06:42:48Z

Just happened to find this posting in my inbox—long story.
I never thought Thomas of Clinty was Thomas of Lisncrogher.
Thomas of Lisnacrogher is married to Mary Crawford and has other dates. The question is who was Thomas of Clinty's father. Some thing it was a Gordon w/o George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784, but based on Thomas' oldest son his father should have been different. It's a quarter of 3 a.m. and I will repost when I have time to dig into files.

STRAHAN Pauline Polly 1994

t42Parkdale — 2009-05-15 11:13:03Z

STRAHAN Pauline Polly 1994

I photographed this gravestone in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,355 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-13 12:36:30Z

Well . . . . James said his residence was Connor not that he was born in Connor. The passenger list of the ship asks for his previous residence. For all I know James was born in Scotland.
The answer to your question is both simple and complex at the same time:
Professor James Andrew Strahan stated in a letter to a descendant of a Strachan/Strahan from Connor who had settled in New York, another lawyer, named Thomas, that his father [John the Builder in Belfast] had two cousins who fled Ireland for the US after the Great Rebellion. So the time of exodus was about right—as John arrived in June of 1802 on the "Barque Patty" and presented himself at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for naturalization in Sept 1802 and James set sail on the "Snow George" on September 22, 1803 (day after Robert Emmet was hanged) and arrived in Philadelphia in November. James Andrew stated that all of this happened before his father was born (younger son of man who who started his family after age 60—see earlier email). He states that one of these cousins was a doctor and the other a student at the University of Glasgow and mistakenly gives the names of his two uncles who had emigrated James and Andrew—also older than his father. James of Magheramully, however, went back to Ireland and died there.
That's number one. Number two my James was closely associated with the Rev. Dr. Samuel Brown Wiley, minister and professor in Philadelphia, and the Rev. Dr. John Black, minister and professor in Pittsburgh. Professor Black was the destination person of my immigrating Blairs and Strahans (James' inlaws all immigrated before him). James was one of those who called to Eden Randolph Co., Illinois the Rev. Samuel Wiley, nephew of Professor Wiley who was married to Professor Black's daughter. Both professors were from Co. Antrim. Both professors were graduates of Glasgow University. Both professors had had to leave Ireland because they were United Irishmen.
Third: my immigrant's nephew-in-law The Rev. Hugh Henry Blair married in 1849 in NYC Andrew Straghan, James Andrew's nephew, to Andrew (and James Andrew's) cousin Margaret Straghn, d/o Samuel Strahan of Dunbought .d. 1855. Andrew's father was Samuel Strahan of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin. Both Andrew and Margaret in the 1880 census in Illinois stated that they had been born in Scotland and all of their parents had been born in Scotland. We know from Irish records that none of them were born in Scotland. The nephew Hugh Henry Blair was the son of the then Margaret (Blair) Cathcart with whom James' wife Ann Jane Blair had emigrated in 1800, after their wedding in Donegore.
There's another reason now escaping me . . perhaps why I think James was on the "Snow George" in 1803 and that would be the gap in the birth of their children that could be explained by his being detained in Ireland: first child Jane Blair b. July 1801 and second child Mary Ann b. 1805 PA.
Fourth or fifth—I'm losing track The Rev. Sam Wiley married the Professor Black's daughter lived on the other side of my James in Illinois (WmB. Crawford was on the other).
So as you can see the case is circumstantial. We have absolutely NO INFORMATION about who James' parents were, what happened to brother John, where he was born. We were not even told that Nancy Guthrie was his sister. That I only put together just prior to the Bicentennial Gathering in Illinois in November 2004 to commemorate the immigration. I discovered that John D. [David] Strahan, oldest son of James, had been paying Joseph Samuel Guthrie's widows taxes after Joseph's death. I already knew he was buried in the Strachan Strahan Cemetery and had been administrator of James' estate when he died of cholera in 1833 [thought to be] in Illinois. Only then did I realize that Joseph's mother Nancy was probably James' sister.
What I am not sure of is whether James and his brotherwere first cousins to John the builder in Belfast (James Andrew's father born ca 1821) and children of a brother of Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin—or second cousins and sons of John the second son mentioned in George of Lisnacrogher's will in 1773, the son John who had only the daughter Ann at the time and no son—the son john about whom nobody in Ireland seems to know anything.
The reason I think we could have Connor ties is also because our James' youngest daughter Nancy Ann married grandson of Jane Linn, whose father was ruling elder of the Hopewell Church in Chester Co. South Carolina and probably brother of the Rev. Matthew Linn, cohort of the Rev. William Martin, who founded the A.R. P Church and who shipped his congregation from Kells to Charleston in 1772. Jane and her whole family had been among the congregation and she is buried in our cemetery. And James' youngest son Blair married Mary Ann B. McCullough, dau of William McCullough and Isabella McCullock, dau of the Rev. Robert McCullock (and Margaret Simonton) , who followed the Rev. William Martin who founded the Old Catholic Presbyterian Church in Chester County, South Carolina.
We're fairly pickled in Presbyterians. However, I think we're going to find Scottish Episcopalians back there somewhere.
This I'm sure is more than you want to know. All of the history was buried deep and not talked about. I'm still a little nervous about all of this because I keep thinking there was a reason why all of this has been so buried. And some people have expressed a concern for the safety of family still in Ireland who may not want to be connected to us.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-13 12:31:36Z

Based on the headstone of Thomas of Clinty (who was Rev W G Strahans father) he was born @1824 and died on 28/02/1898.
I appreciate I am relying on the transcription being correct as I am looking at a website for this info but if it is then this Thomas cant be the same Thomas of Lisnacrougher!
Here is the pedigree i extrapolated from the headstone.
George Strahan (b.1791 d.26/04/1871) married to a Sarah ? (b.1787 d.11/06/1847)
Their children are, James Strahan (b.1816 d.April 1841), William Gordon Strahan (b.1817 d.01/04/1914), Gordon Strahan (b.1821 d.23/08/1867), Thomas Strahan (b.1824 d.28/02/1898), Mary Jane Strahan (b.1825 d.19/05/1848) & Emily Strahan (b.1827 d.08/01/1860)
Thomas Strahan married Anne Clarke (b.1840 d.14/02/1929)
They had children:
Rev William Gordon Strahan (b.1864 d.27/01/1933 and is interred at Dundonald), Anna Maria Strahan (b.1867 d.11/04/1947) & Mary Georgina Strahan (b.1872 d.28/12/1968)
Rev William Gordon Strahan married Francis Martha Emily ? of Ahoghill (b.1868 d.18/02/1890)
Dont know if you have these dates or not but I think it is likely that the head of this whole family "George" is a son of Gordon Strahan who was passed the Mosses of Clinty in 1783.
Please note the presence of 2 William Gordon Strahans on this headstone and I think thee has been an error by someone who has mistakenly placed the earlier WG Strahan as the Rev W G Strahan.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-13 12:28:32Z

Well . . . . James said his residence was Connor not that he was born in Connor. The passenger list of the ship asks for his previous residence. For all I know James was born in Scotland.
The answer to your question is both simple and complex at the same time:
Professor James Andrew Strahan stated in a letter to a descendant of a Strachan/Strahan from Connor who had settled in New York, another lawyer, named Thomas, that his father [John the Builder in Belfast] had two cousins who fled Ireland for the US after the Great Rebellion. So the time of exodus was about right—as John arrived in June of 1802 on the "Barque Patty" and presented himself at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for naturalization in Sept 1802 and James set sail on the "Snow George" on September 22, 1803 (day after Robert Emmet was hanged) and arrived in Philadelphia in November. James Andrew stated that all of this happened before his father was born (younger son of man who who started his family after age 60—see earlier email). He states that one of these cousins was a doctor and the other a student at the University of Glasgow and mistakenly gives the names of his two uncles who had emigrated James and Andrew—also older than his father. James of Magheramully, however, went back to Ireland and died there.
That's number one. Number two my James was closely associated with the Rev. Dr. Samuel Brown Wiley, minister and professor in Philadelphia, and the Rev. Dr. John Black, minister and professor in Pittsburgh. Professor Black was the destination person of my immigrating Blairs and Strahans (James' inlaws all immigrated before him). James was one of those who called to Eden Randolph Co., Illinois the Rev. Samuel Wiley, nephew of Professor Wiley who was married to Professor Black's daughter. Both professors were from Co. Antrim. Both professors were graduates of Glasgow University. Both professors had had to leave Ireland because they were United Irishmen.
Third: my immigrant's nephew-in-law The Rev. Hugh Henry Blair married in 1849 in NYC Andrew Straghan, James Andrew's nephew, to Andrew (and James Andrew's) cousin Margaret Straghn, d/o Samuel Strahan of Dunbought .d. 1855. Andrew's father was Samuel Strahan of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin. Both Andrew and Margaret in the 1880 census in Illinois stated that they had been born in Scotland and all of their parents had been born in Scotland. We know from Irish records that none of them were born in Scotland. The nephew Hugh Henry Blair was the son of the then Margaret (Blair) Cathcart with whom James' wife Ann Jane Blair had emigrated in 1800, after their wedding in Donegore.
There's another reason now escaping me . . perhaps why I think James was on the "Snow George" in 1803 and that would be the gap in the birth of their children that could be explained by his being detained in Ireland: first child Jane Blair b. July 1801 and second child Mary Ann b. 1805 PA.
Fourth or fifth—I'm losing track The Rev. Sam Wiley married the Professor Black's daughter lived on the other side of my James in Illinois (WmB. Crawford was on the other).
So as you can see the case is circumstantial. We have absolutely NO INFORMATION about who James' parents were, what happened to brother John, where he was born. We were not even told that Nancy Guthrie was his sister. That I only put together just prior to the Bicentennial Gathering in Illinois in November 2004 to commemorate the immigration. I discovered that John D. [David] Strahan, oldest son of James, had been paying Joseph Samuel Guthrie's widows taxes after Joseph's death. I already knew he was buried in the Strachan Strahan Cemetery and had been administrator of James' estate when he died of cholera in 1833 [thought to be] in Illinois. Only then did I realize that Joseph's mother Nancy was probably James' sister.
What I am not sure of is whether James and his brotherwere first cousins to John the builder in Belfast (James Andrew's father born ca 1821) and children of a brother of Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin—or second cousins and sons of John the second son mentioned in George of Lisnacrogher's will in 1773, the son John who had only the daughter Ann at the time and no son—the son john about whom nobody in Ireland seems to know anything.
The reason I think we could have Connor ties is also because our James' youngest daughter Nancy Ann married grandson of Jane Linn, whose father was ruling elder of the Hopewell Church in Chester Co. South Carolina and probably brother of the Rev. Matthew Linn, cohort of the Rev. William Martin, who founded the A.R. P Church and who shipped his congregation from Kells to Charleston in 1772. Jane and her whole family had been among the congregation and she is buried in our cemetery. And James' youngest son Blair married Mary Ann B. McCullough, dau of William McCullough and Isabella McCullock, dau of the Rev. Robert McCullock (and Margaret Simomnton) , who followed the Rev. William Martin who founded the Old Catholic Presbyterian Church in Chester County, South Carolina.
We're fairly pickled in Presbyterians. However, I think we're going to find Scottish Episcopalians back there somewhere.
This I'm sure is more than you want to know. All of the history was buried deep and not talked about.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-13 11:38:53Z

The Thomas is Thomas of Clinty, George of Clinty's son and father of the Very Rev. William Gordon Strahan. Some researchers have this George married to a Sarah Davison as son of a Gordon Strahan (the one who received the Mosses of Clinty in the land transfer in 1783 from George of Lisnacrogher) [Sarah is d/o James Davidson of Barnish—go figure which Barnish) and the Gordon is said to be married to a Mary Davison. And the Gordon is said to be s/o George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher.
The George of Clinty had a sister Elizabeth died spinster Ballymena 1887, another sister unknown name with daughter Martha, a brother John of Ballymena b. 1794/1795 d. 15 June 1877 married to Jane Ellison.

The problem I see is that George of Clinty's oldest son is a James b.1815/1816 and his brother John of Ballymena's oldest son is another Samuel (also married to an Ellison) At time of death in 1789 this Samuel was in Co. Down section of Belfast I cannot now remember. See the PRONI will calendar.

So the alternative to the Gordon would be that the father of George of Clinty and John of Ballymena was a James or a Samuel—just based on naming. We know that there was a Gordon who received the mosses of Clinty in 1783 from George of Lisnacrogher.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-13 00:19:48Z

this is so frustrating....we have so many pieces of this puzzle that it feels like we should have it sorted out easily! Yet it's like we're doing it without the picture and with half the pieces scrubbed out.
* What I dont understand is....why doesnt George of Lisnacrogher d.1784 appear in the freeholders list? If he is having land transferred away from him to his son in 1783!!!
Could it be that he has already passed on the bulk of his land to his son Samuel (who does appear!) then what he has left he bequeaths to the remainder of his family in the will??? (Like the old prodigal son story)
I kind of like this theory!
* Drawing on your initial post....i am thinking James Strahan who emigrated in 1803 was not George (d1784) son. I think he is a generation down from Gordon, Samuel and John. You mention a James as a brother of John and both living in Inchamph...what evidence is there that John and James are brothers? are they possibly father and son???
* where does Thomas of Lisnacrougher fit in? Other than your posts i cant find evidence of this person on the internet. He dies in 1856. Has brothers John (Ballyreagh 1851)and Samuel (Dunbought 1851) and sisters Margaret and Mary. I think they'll be George of Lisnacroughers grandchildren....but then who is the in between generation?
* then we have all the Strahan clan in the Kirkinriola graveyard. Since most of them are "of Clinty" my guess is they are descendants of Gordon Strahan who was given the Mosses of Clinty.
*then we have George Straghan of Inchamph in 1851 living next door to the daughter of another Samuel Strahan... I think he will be a brother of Ann Crawford and this other Samuel Strahan. Due to the Inchamph connection I would venture they will be children of John Strahan/James Strahan (Inchamph 1783)
- I think i've confused things enough for now...i'll work on a mock up and maybe PM you on Rootschat to get your email address. Then you could compare your evidence against it for inconsistencies or errors.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-12 23:42:41Z

If your James Strahan was born in Connor what makes you link him with the Lisnacrougher/Rathkenny Strahans?

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-12 21:04:03Z

I agree about the need for the real evidence. . . . . Ann may have been a much younger sibling of Samuel married to Jean Martin. Professor James Andrew Strahan wrote in a letter ca 1907 to a Thomas Strahan that his father had had his children late in life, after age 60! That would not have been true for John the Builder in Belfast, who was his father and son of Sam of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin [John's sibling was a Thomas Martin Strahan]. I've thought he was referring to his grandfather when referring to starting family after age 60 and that his father was the younger son of Samuel. When men remarry they sometimes end up with a much younger child. I don't know that the Samuel I have thought was Sam married to Jean Martin's father married twice and he may have had a much later child, namely Ann.
I never thought Samuel of Dunbought would have been Ann's sibling.
An example I can give here of the ways generations overlap is me and my 2nd cousin once removed in Illinois. We are almost the same age but his grandfather was the baby brother of my great grandfather, who was an older son. My father who died last year at age 92 was my cousin's generation—and there are 30 years difference in their ages.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-12 20:00:09Z

Hi again. I have been researching the name Strahan and found a large plot in Kirkinriola Graveyard which mentions Rev W G Strahan.
From that I have extrapolated a tree.
The oldest name on the plot is George Strahan b 1791 and d 26/4/1871.
There are 13 people in total and one is a Thomas Strahan....i dont think he is "of Lisnacrougher" as the dates associated with him dont match your date of death...but i'd expect he is a nephew of Thomas of Lisnacrougher.

Re: strahan

NancyWms — 2007-11-18 03:10:09Z

You seem to know a lot about the Strahan offspring in Louisiana. My great gramdmother, Sarah Strahan, was born in MS in February 1846 (according to census records). She married Gille Peveto in 1864 in Orange County, Texas. They lived in Johnson Bayou, Louisiana where her children were born. William Moses Strahan (descendent of Asa, Moses Sr. Othniel, alexander, David, Alexander)and wife, Mary Ann (Unknown) had a daughter Sarah b. 1846. Do you have any information on her? I don't know for sure that this is "my" Sarah--just going on birth year.

Camp Verde Arizona -Alfred Strahan and Caldora Godard-1910

PFloersch7222 — 2007-03-13 21:52:20Z

I am actually seeking information on Caldora's sister, Amanda Packard, who is listed in the 1910 census as living with this family. I hope this family is familiar to someone who posts to this board. Pat

Re: William and Mary Strahan

dastrahan — 2008-01-11 16:43:59Z

I know we have corresponded before . . . so this may not be helpful . . . .
I have a sister (thought to be) of my immigrant James Strachan/Strahan who immigrated in 1803 from Co. Antrim after the Great Rebellion of 1798's aftermath to meet up with his Blair bride, first child, an inlaws in Crawford Co. Pennsylvania and then migrate in the late 18teens to Kaskaskia and then Plum Creek Twp., Randolph Co., Illinois.
This sister named Nancy Guthrie, married to George Guthrie (possibly 2nd wife because of gap in ages of his children listed in census records), is thought by me to be the Ann daughter of John s/o George Strauchan d. 1784 Lisnacrogher, Co. Antrim, Ireland listed in the 1773 will of George. She would have had to have been born before 1773 as she is only child and there is no male at that time as fact is mentioned in the will. This Nancy is thought by Thelma Burns Campbell researcher married to a descendant of Nancy's to have had her children in Pendleton Co., West Virginia before their migration in the late 18teens to Kaskaskia and then Plum Creek Twp., Randolph Co., Illinois. Her children had been born, most of them, prior to 1800 in "Virginia," according to census records. Washington is a name given to her grandsons.

The son John of George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher seems to have disappeared off the radar of the family researchers in Ireland who have the descendants of all of the children except anything at all about John, who at the time that a piece of land was passed from father George to brother Gordon was living with a James (another brother) in Inshamph and served as witness to that land transfer. This Inhamph is near Lisnacrogher but in another parish.

My surmise is that John emigrated and that the name of his wife was Mary Ann, sometimes called Nancy, because that name was given to the appropriate daughter by immigrant James and by his "sister' Nancy Guthrie. (Nancy followed the reversed ("southern") naming convention so that oldet daughter was named after husband's mother and 2nd after mother's mother etc.)

Dependent on the age of your William at birth, he could have been a son of this John and Mary Ann. William was the name given to children of both Nancy Guthrie and James Strahan and is given among names in the families of other children descended from George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher

There was a Thomas received a land grant in Plum Creek Twp in January 1819, though nothing more was heard of him, and a brother John is said to have also come to Illinois. These may have been other children of the John and Mary Ann.

And there are Whites in Randolph Co., who also intermarried with the Guthrie descendants. In fact a woman named Dickey White was one of the early compilers of the graves of the Strachan/Strahan Cemetery in Tilden, Randolph Co., Illinois.

Also as an odd piece of interesting information. the late Lawrence Strahan of Louisianna, long time researcher of the Virginia lines of Strahans had in his possession documentation that George Washington, the President, was descended from an Adam Straghan, one of the earliest settlers of Virginia. Adam had a daughter, whose name momentarily escapes me, who married three times, the second of which was to a Captain Ball by whom she had only one child before he died and she remarried for the third time, a daughter Mary Ball, who became the mother of George Washington.

I wondered if Nancy Guthrie's family had known of these Straghans and that why they named sons George Washington. At most they would possible have been distant cousins of the president's ancestors or have a distant common ancestor. However, George Washington's nose and my father's are virtually identical. And that nose came down through our Strahans . . . for what it's worth.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-12 17:07:20Z

Oh, yes, I forgot Ann—James, [John], George of Rathkenny b. 1759?, Samuel, and Ann [maybe more sisters]

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-12 17:03:09Z

I be Yodi and I be exceedingly glad to find thee. The scanner idea and the schematic idea is a great one except that my hard disk crashed last week and as I write I'm up in webmail because I do not yet have my email program installed!

Where to start? you might start by putting a James b. ca 1790 at the top of the page, and then arrange three children under him a George, a Samuel, and a Jean (married Wilson) under him all born 1710-1725 say .. . .Coming down from the Samuel [Mary McIntyre?} would be a James b. 1755, probably a John ,, a George of Rathkenny b.1759 married to a Mary Jane ?, and a a Samuel of Rathkenny b.ca 1755 mar JeanMartin{Mary McIntyre?}
The children of the James s/o Sam would be Samuel of Dunbought d.1855, Thomas of Lisnacrogher d. 1856, John of Ballyreagh (I have his date but don't have access to my files, the Margaret McAlllister and the Mary Tafts.
The children of the George are an Anne and an Isabele?
The Children of Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin/MaryMcIntyre? you probably have.
The children of John may be my surname immigrant and/or a Speers Strahan who is found in the 1851 census in Dunaghy? I can't remember . . I think he had a brother John Gordon who emigrated and had descendants in the USA.

Anyway, Thomas of Lisnacrogher d. 1856 refers to being buried in the "family burial ground." That was understood by decendants of the Very Rev. William Gordon Strahan to be the churchyard of Kirkinriola, but I do not find them there. So I'm thinking there was a family burial ground, possibly on their own land as we had our Strachan/Strahan Cemetery on our farm in Tilden, Randolph Co., Illinois. AND I have never been able to find date of death or burial place of my 2ggrandmother Strahan Mary Ann B. McCullough. I'm not sure she was buried in the Strahan Cemetery or the Hopewell Cemetery in Pinckneyville, Perry Co., Illinois where her mother, brother, and sister are buried. There's no marker or cemetery record.

About the thought to be Connor connection. In the passenger list of the "Snow George, " which left Belfast for Philadelphia September 22, 1803 and arrived on Nov.13? 1803, there are three persons from Connor Co. Antrim: a James Straghan, who says he's a 20 year old farmer, a Sarah Davison, and a John Johnston. I think the Sarah became the wive of Dr. John T? Bryson in Pittsburgh, PA, son of a Judge Samuel Bryson; and I don't know what became of the John Johnston. I think the James was my surname immigrant even though the age is wrong. There is a gap in the births of his children between July 1801 and 1805 when second daughter Mary Ann was born. I think he had put his new bride pregnant on ship with her sister Margaret Blair Cathcart in 1800 and she had given birth to Jane Blair Strahan in July 1801 in Steubenville, Ohio. I do not know why James would have stayed behind.
I have some guesses.

I think he was Presbyterian. I know he was in this country and connected to the Rev. Dr. John Black of Pittsburgh and the Rev. Dr. Samuel Brown Wiley, both of whom were prominent Presbyterians and from Co. Antrim, one from Agoghil (sp?) where some Strahans were from. AND the Rev. William Martin, who packed up his congregation in Kells onto five ships and sailed off to Charleston South Carolina in 1772. At least one infant passenger on one of those ships Jane LINN McGuire was born in Connor and is buried in our Strachan Cemetery in Tilden, Randolph Co., Illinois.

I've been wanting to find records of Strahans in those Connor churches. Not much research seems to have been done on them—I think because a lot of them emigrated. I find a very strange reticence or absence of info on the Johns—s/o George of Lisnacrogher and s/o Samuel of Rathkenny freehold 1776? I gather there are not many records before 1805 . . . but 1805 whould have been just after my James and his brother John had left. I think their parents may have been on the Hippocampi in 1816 (from Belfast to Liverpool to Philadelphia): a John, Mary, and Anne.

If and when I can find my files my Reunion program should be able to generate a kind of schematic that I could attach. All of this is a work in progress, and researchers I've talked with have different constructions.

I'm wondering if you could inquire of your church and any other churches you think of where there records are and how far they go back.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-11 11:16:23Z

While we're on Crawfords, did you know that George Strauchan d. 1784 Lisnacrogher's overseer was a Hugh Crawford mentioned in his will. Second son mentioned in that will was a John with daughter Ann and provision was made for bequest to a son should John have a son.
Also Thomas of Lisnacrogher was married to a Mary Crawford. Thomas was a son of the James who was brother to Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin/ Mary McIntyre. Thomas' brothers were John of Ballyreagh, Samuel of Dunbought and his sisters were Margaret M'Alister and Mary Tafts, all mentioned in wills of Thomas of Lisnacrother d. 1856 and Samuel of Dunbought d. 1855.
AND my surname immigrant another James b. 1777 (possibly Connor) lived next door and his soon lived next door in Plumb Creek Twp., Randolph Co., Illinois to a William B. [Beveradge] Crawford whose father Willilam was b. 1772 and is buried in Old Cemetery Irvine, Ayershire, Scotland. He married a Helen Beverage in Dreghorn Ayershire. Supposedly Wm B. and his siblings some of whom died in Scotland and some came to US had been born in Scotland. I mention this is that there was a great reunion of migrating families from different routes who gathered together in Tilden, Randolph Co., Illinois. I'm suspecting that William B. may have been born in Ireland—as Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin/Mary McIntyre's son Andrew in the 1880 census in Illinois represents not only himself but both his parents a having been born in Scotland when we know perfectly well from Irish records that they were born in Ireland.
But then one of these Illinois Strahans is reported to have appeared before a judge who asked where he was born. The Strahan replied Scotland, and the judge queried, "Where in Scotland?" And straightway the Strahan said, "Belfast." I'm thinking they thought Ireland was Scotland—or were in denial that they were from Ireland.

Anyway, reason I menton is that this may help locate where your Crawfords had been in Scotland just prior to immigration to Ireland/USA. I'm thinking Wm. B. is probably a cousin to you.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-11 10:57:19Z

I think we've been corresponding on another message board. I'm only too glad to be able to sort out some dates on these persons. Do you have a birthdate for Samuel married to Jean Martin/Mary McIntyre whose oldest daughter was a Mary married to Daniel McKay? I'm assuming that Ann married to Robert Crawford might have been a younger child of the Samuel in Rathkenny in 1776.
George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784 had sons who were already married by 1773 when the will was written. I assume that a brother Samuel, or the fellow who is the freeholder in Rathkenny in 1776 could also have had grown sons by 1773 and that they could be the James and John farmer witnesses to the land transfer in 1783. I'm assuming that the Samuel in Rathkenny in 1776 was not the Samuel in Rathkenny married to Jean Martin or Mary McIntyre whose sister is the Ann. I'm assuming a another generation of Samuels in Rathkenny before the one married to Jean Martin/Mary McIntyre . . . .
The other option is that the James and John in Inshamph would be the sons/ of George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher.
George d. 1784 and Samuel in Rathkenny 1776 and their sister Jean Wilson also had a father James in addition to an oldest son James—by these constructions. Other researches have everyone descended from George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher who would have had a father James.
I know this is confusing. These father James are constructions based on naming.

Back to the Samuel married to Jean Martin or Mary McIntyre: as I mentioned on the other message board I have it that the couples oldest daughter Mary married to Daniel McKay had as oldest daughter Jane McKay b. 1834 who married a Robert Aiken and a second daughter Mary 1842/1843 married to Alexander McCullough. This naming would suggest that Mary's mother had been an Jean or Jane and Daniel McKay's mother would have been the Mary.
To my knowledge in Ireland the 'southern convention' of the USA of reversing the order of naming was not practiced. [My families from Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and sometimes Kentucky would use the reversed convention of ladies first: naming oldest daugther after the father's mother.]

Do you know the name of Daniel McKay's mother? You know, Mary McIntyre might have been the wife of the first Samuel Strahan of Rathkenny, the one who is the freeholder in 1776.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford

dastrahan — 2009-03-10 13:52:32Z

I don't know if your were writing Maria or me . . . but your email came to me.
I have received some files and emails from various researchers in Ireland. I am also working on the Inshamph crew because I suspect that the John farmer in Inshamph in 1783 who witnessed the land transfer of the Mosses of Clinty from George (thought to be George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784) to Gordon (thought to be George's son).
At the present time this is my construction: your Ann Strahan married to Robert Crawford was sister to Samuel of Rathkenny married to Jean Martin, a James who was the father of Mary Tafts, Margaret M'Alister, John of Ballyreagh, Samuel of Dunbought, and Thomas of Lisnacrogher, a George who had Anne and Isabella—possibly the George in Inshamph, Dunaghy Parish in the 1851 census, and possibly that John farmer in Inshamph in 1783, whom I think may have been father to my immigrant James married to Anne Jane Blair and his "brother" John Strachan and a Thomas who bought land in Plumb Creek Twp, Randolph Co. Illinois in January 1819 and disappeared, and "Nancy Guthrie" married to George Guthrie, who had her children in Virginia (now West Virginia) had in southern convention oldest son a John S. and 2nd daughter a Mary Ann called "Nancy" and all of her sons had middle initials of S., including a Joseph who was administrator of my immigrant's estate and buried in our Strachan/Strahan cemetery in Plumb Creek Twp. [James' son John [David} paid hiw widow's property taxes after Joseph died. There may have been other children such as a George Allegheny Co. PA and the parents and another sib may have been the John, Mary and Anne on the Hippocampi from Belfast to Liverpool to Philadelphia in 1816. I'm telling all of this because we are probably cousins.
Back to Ann married to Robert Crawford . . . .and her parents: Some Irish researchers have all of these various Strahans that are probably siblings to be descended from the son James of George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784. Others have it that George had a brother Samuel who was the father of this James and his siblings. That Samuel I take to be the freeholder in Rathkenny 1776 and he, too may have been s/o George of Lisnacrogher d. 1784. However he is not mentioned in George's will. I think he was probably George d. 1784's brother. So the question is whether the James and John in Inhamph, farmers in 1783, were George's sons or nephews. I'm inclined to think nephews because we have Samuels and to my knowledge the George lines do not. . . .
At this point I don't know of other sister to Ann. I think the father of the Samuel who is freeholder in Rathkenny in 1776 was a James and that the mother of his wife was an Ann—same as for George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher.
So my best guess right now is that the father of Ann married to Robert Crawford was a Samuel freeholder in Rathkenny 1776 married to? and that he was brother of George d. 1784 Lisnacrogher and that George and Samuel's father was a James . . . OR
Samuel in Rathkenny 1776 was a s/o George and the George in Inshamph in the census was an oldest son . . . but since the Sams have the Rathkenny places through generations I'm thinking there was a Samuel b/o George.

Re: James Strahan b. 1777 Ireland d. 1833 Randolph Co., Illinois

dastrahan — 2008-07-03 06:46:57Z

My immigrant may be related to the line you are researching but the connection has yet to be proved. Yours comes down from a Rev. War soldier Samuel H. Strahan in PA who later settled in Kentucky and then some of the family migrated to Randolph County INDIANA. I used to have emails addresses for Thomas Parker Strahan and VMarta who researched this line but I have not heard from them in a very long time. I would suggest googling Thomas Parker Strahan and see if you can find his Strahan website. I know he his this line posted.
You might also contact www.clanstrachan.com. . . . .as it is becoming more and more of a repository of info

RE; STRAHAN FAMILY

RLSTRAHAN — 2008-01-12 07:12:15Z

MY MAIDEN NAME WAS ALSO STRAHAN AND I HAVE TRACED THEM BACK TO PA., BY WAY OF KY., FIRM AND POSSIBLE TO DAVID STRAHAN OF MD. DOES ANY OF THIS TIE INTO YOUR STRAHAN FAMILY? RUHAMA STRAHAN GILLESPIE TO CONTACT ME USE MY E-MAIL RUHAMA@MAC.COM

Lose ends Strahans

kjbates — 2007-11-15 04:02:07Z

I am looking for information on the following children of Gordon Speer Strahan (1814, Ireland to 1882, Monroe Co., MI) and Mary Jane Craig (1830, Ireland to 1912, Deerfield, MI):

First, Annabelle Strahan; b. bef 1852 Ireland, Married George Dexter Goodrich; b. abt 1855 Michigan. Had a son Chauncey H Goodrich; b. 1886, MI. Chauncey H Goodrich in 1920 was living with Uncle and two aunts in Detroit, MI. The uncle was Chester Johnson and wife Margerete Jane Strahan-Johnson and Sarah C. Strahan-Lamb-Cronenwett. In 1930 was living at the Soldiers Home in Danville, IL.

Second, Mary Jane Strahan b. 1856 Ireland, d. 1954. Married Clarence Munson. This is all I have on these two additional information is welcomed.

Third, Sarah C Strahan (mentioned above) b. 1859 Canada, d. 1945 Ann Arbor, MI, first married in 1880, MI George Lamb b. 1853, Scotland, d. ?, second before 1910, MI? married unknown Cronenwett, b. ? and died before 1910. Lived with sister and brother-in-law from bef. 1920 to bef. 1940, in both MI and CA.

If you have information on any of the above mentioned persons, please contact me.

Re: James Strahan b. 1777 Ireland d. 1835 Randolph Co., Illinois

dehudd4 — 2008-07-03 05:20:05Z

I'm looking for any relative information about Mary Strahan who married John Riley (poss. in KY). I was told by another post that Samuel H. Strahan was her brother - that they settled in PA and then KY.

My Strahans/Riley eventually by the mid 1800s ended up in Rock Island Co. Illinois. Any info you might have would be helpful. I can get from Mary Strahan to dau. Elizabeth Riley to son John Adams to dau. Mary Cerilda Adams and down to myself, but not beyond her.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Looking for NE KS Strahan/Missouri Strahan

lindamharvey — 2008-09-23 01:08:46Z

I'm researching my father's side (Milton David Harvey). His father was William M. Harvey, mother Ora (Strahan) Harvey. Anyone know anything about Strahans in Missouri who might have had a daughter born around 1903 named Ora?

Re: Looking for NE KS Strahan/Missouri Strahan

lindamharvey — 2008-09-24 14:40:25Z

Thanks Amanda! She would've been married to a William Harvey, and they would've lived in Brown County, KS. After my father passed away in the late 1980s, most of that side of the family disappeared, so I know very little of my grandparents (Ora and William Harvey).

James Strahan

rebajs — 2007-09-23 21:59:57Z

I am trying to make a connection for James Strahan, born in about 1827 in Kentucky. In October 1869 he married Harriet Long Turpin in Franklin CO., AR and they are still there for the 1870 census. They had two sons John David Strahan born in December 1871 at Honey Grove, Fannin CO., TX and Alexander born May 1876 at Honey Grove, Fannin CO., TX. He was gone by 1877 (the family story is he died from an infected neck wound). His wife remarried in June 1877 in Lamar CO., TX.

Previously there was a James Strohan who enlisted in the CSA in a unit from Lamar CO., TX and the age is correct. His Civil War Record indicates he was from Kentucky.

I am attempting to learn if my James Strahan (who is my Great-Grandfather is in someway related to Joseph Strahan and Alexander Strahan who left Kentucky and went to Illinois. In the 1850 census there is a James of the right age living next door to Alexander Strahan in Illinois. I do not find James in the 1860 census although Alexander is in Lamar Co. and Joseph is in Denton Co., TX. In 1870 Alexander and his family are in NW Arkansas and my Great-Great-Grandparents are in an adjacent county (Franklin) to the other Strahans. The moved back to Texas as their two sons were born in Fannin Co., but he died shortly after the birth of the second son.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Reba Sanford Schafer

James Strahan

rebajs — 2007-09-23 21:59:56Z

Looking for Strahan's in Texas

annstrayhand — 2008-07-13 12:01:31Z

Hi I am married to Lester Strayhand from Holbrook AZ son of Autry (dec) AND Jettie (dec) Strayhand. We live in Australia.
Brothers and sisters are
Liz Davies
Jerry Strayhand
Marshall Strayhand (dec)
Preston Strayhand
Charles Strayhand
Jettie JoAnn Strayhand
Jimmy Strayhand (dec)
Cecil Strayhand
Eloy Strayhand
Tony Strayhand
Kelton Strayhand
Aleta Strayhand Jones

We understand there is a family reunion held in Texas each year...big one to be held in 2010. Please confirm details as families would like to get together.

Re: William and Mary Strahan

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-07 17:26:10Z

Hi,
I have recently begun researching my family and am looking for links around the late 1700s.
Your posts interested me because I am looking for the parents of Ann and Samuel Strahan (siblings) who are both ancestors of mine through different lines. They would have been born and raised somewhere near Inshamph which you mentioned on your post.
You seemed to indicate that many of the children of a George Strahan or a John Strahan had been researched and i wondered if either of them could be parents of My 2 Strahans.
Ann was born on 12 Nov 1786 and married Robert Crawford.
Samuel in about 1790. They both lived in the area throughout their lives (ie. did not emigrate to USA as most of your Strahans seemed to do)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
DC

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-10 23:24:48Z

Hello,
Thanks for your info. But i'm afraid it has confused me a little...
Are you saying there is a John Strahan who witnessed the transfer of some fields from George Strahan to Gordon Strahan?
Also, are you saying Ann Strahans siblings are....Samuel, James, George, and John.
(...if so then I would point out that John (a farmer in 1783) would be unlikely to be her sibling as Ann was born in 1786 and it would be unlikely that her brother would be in excess of 20yrs older than her!)
I definitely know Samuel was her brother as he is also an ancestor of mine, however I believe he was married to Mary McIntyre rather than Jean Martin. (Again i believe Jean Martin to be an ancestor of mine however, married to a McKay.)
As to Ann Strahans parent....i would have suspected a Samuel or possibly John. I havent heard of this James Strahan before so i am going to go looking for evidence of him.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-12 15:08:32Z

Back to the Strahans...
I was looking at the 1851 census for Antrim and looking at the Inchamph records Daniel McKay and Mary (Strahan) McKay are living next door to George Strahan.
Ann Strahan has already passed away...working from memory she was born around 1785 i think and died about 1848.
George Strahan (Inchamph) would seem to be old enough to be her brother and I think it is even more likely he is a close relation to Ann and Mary since he is living so close to the McKays.
I am hoping to order some copies of the original census returns for these and several other families who are related to me to see what extra info I can glean...so i'll post anything i find (eg. Anns death is mentioned on the 2nd page of Robert Crawfords census return but not on the online records)

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-12 15:00:10Z

Hey, I suspected as much...are you Yodi?
Your information is all very useful but i have a hard time getting my head around it when it is written out.
Do you have access to a scanner?....if so would you jot down a mini tree for these people and email it to me?
I love hearing more Crawford names in the area of Clough since they all seem to be related.
The problem I have with these Crawfords who died early 1800s is that I cant seem to find their graves. I dont think they would have been cremated and i dont think they would have emigrated and left their kids behind....I can only assume they were buried in the area.
By the way, your surname ancestor James...you have said he may have been born near Connor? If you are correct in this then Connor is nr where my family live now in Co Antrim (in fact they go to Connor Pres. Church.

Re: William and Mary Strahan/Ann Strahan and Robert Crawford/William B. Crawford/ Hugh Crawford/ Mary Crawford

dwrcrawford18 — 2009-03-12 18:53:44Z

Ok, i've written out what youve said...but i think you've made an error.
Ann Strahan would be a contemporary of Samuel of Dunbought, Thomas of Lisnacrougher, John of Ballyreagh and Margaret McAllister and Mary Tafts.
Ann Strahan (who married Robert Crawford) was born on 12th November 1786 and died 30th October 1848.
If you look at the 1851 census of Dunaghy...
Find Samuel of Dunbought you'll see he was 60yrs old in 1851 ie born 1791.
John of Ballyreagh was 64 in 1851, therefore born 1787.
I dont know anything more about Thomas, Margaret or Mary and i suspect you know of these thru "Will records"
Also in the 1851 census is a George Straghan (Inchamp) who is 70 yrs old...ie born 1781. He is living next door to Daniel McKay and Mary (Strahan) McKay. Mary was born c1813.
It is commonly believed that Mary is the daughter of a Samuel Strahan who is brother of Ann Strahan.
According to another researcher (we've both been in contact with) Samuel Straghans census record declares his wife was a Mary who died pre-1851...depending on who you believe that will be Mary Brown or Mary McIntyre.
Having received a fairly comprehensive family tree for Mary Strahans siblings (and not finding a Sarah amongst them) I am inclined to believe that Samuel Straghan of Dunbought was not her father!
So its all a bit confusing! I think we need to have a serious look at the "real" evidence for these Straghans.

Re: Strachan/Strahan: Strahans in Arkansas

CarolLynn_Fry — 2008-02-15 02:36:58Z

Just read your inquiry. Lancelott Strawn was one of the sons of David Strahan and wife Elizabeth (possibly James). Per Billy Strahan (who has passed on, as well as Larry) he moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania and changed the spelling to Strawn. He and Alexander (III-to keep them all separated) were brothers. Billy Strahan did a lot of research and had a lot of copies of wills, etc. I think I descend from Alexander (not proven--just a probable at present). Sorry no one has replied to you since you posted.

Re: Looking for NE KS Strahan/Missouri Strahan

ajhinton — 2008-09-24 01:27:18Z

I live in NE Kansas, my mother was a Strahan. She is checking our records for an Ora.

Amanda

Re: searching for Homer Ray Strahan

danydelapuente — 2007-12-12 21:51:50Z

I have information on Homer Ray Strahan. IF still interested, please e-mail me back at ddelapuente@satx.rr.com

Re: Camp Verde Arizona -Alfred Strahan and Caldora Godard-1910

ChrisBenson13 — 2007-03-14 01:22:15Z

Alfred and Callie are my 3rd great grand Uncle & Aunt.

I havent fully researched the Goddards but I believe this is the relevant Census in 1860:

Nathaniel & Martha Goddard
Illinois township, Washington Co, AR
Shows both Caldonia and Amanda with their family.

Like many of the Strahans, Goswicks, Packards, Hensons and alied families; they moved from Northwestern Arkansas to the Verde Valley, AZ

I am happy to share what I have if you want to contact me.

Re: Strahan

staceyormick — 2008-11-12 22:29:26Z

The information on Simon Strahan can be found on http://mickorstacey.tribalpages.com I dont have any info on the brothers except for whats written on the waanyarra site. Can you let me know where i can find the info on the irish side. I have been unable to find out much except for their parents names.

Re: Strahan

petercfisher07 — 2008-11-12 19:55:11Z

I am currently researching my mothers ancestors, the Strahans, who emigrated to Australia from Timolin in Ireland. I have a lot of data and info on the Irish side, but would welcome any info on any Strahans who emigrated to Australia in the 1800's.In particular, any info on Richard Strahan, a schoolteacher in Bendigo, Simon Strahan, and his brothers Septimus , and Edward.
I would be happy to provide details of the Strahans Irish background, in exchange for information on the Australian family connection.

Re: Strahan

petercfisher07 — 2008-11-19 09:46:29Z

Thanks for your E mail re Simon Strahan.My mother was Mary Strahan, whose ancestors came from Timolin Co Kildare.
My records show that 3 brothers grew up on a farm in Timolin about the early / mid 1700's. their names were Robert, Anthony , and Richard.My family is descended from Robert. My records indicate that some of Anthony's descendants are in Australia. (Anote attached to my family tree indicates that a Dr E Strahan in Perth is a descendant(date about 1970)).
As far as I am aware , there are no official records available in Ireland which would be helpful.
I would welcome any other info you might have on Strahans in Australia.

Regards.

Florida Strahan's

Steveholm1 — 2008-09-27 15:17:24Z

I am looking for the relatives of Frank and Esther Strahan.

On October 11, 1877 Frank married Esther Calista Chamberlain the daughter of Josiah B Chamberlain and Mindy Wakefield. Their marriage most likely occurred in Camanche, Clinton Co, IA

Esther Calesta (Etta or Ettie) was born June 4, 1855 to and died May 26, 1906 she is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, FL

Francis Adam Strahan (also know as Frank)was born either November 1846 or about November 27, 1849 depending upon the source material used... He died in Mandarin (Jacksonville) Fl February 24, 1925 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, FL

Their children were:
i. Walter Bradley was born November 20, 1878 probably in Marion, Linn Co, IA he died February 1959 in Palm Beach, FL He married Delia Unknown she was born 1880 in Ireland, and died in FL.
ii. William James was born on August 24, 1880 probably in Marion, Linn Co, IA he died October 1958 in Dade Co., Fl . He married Nancy C. Unknown about 1917
iii. George Francis was born July 1, 1882 probably in Marion, Linn Co, IA he died in 1936 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL He married about 1911 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL. Agnes Marie (Hexegen ? she was born on June 25, 1882 in Norway and died February 28, 1985 in Jacksonville, Duval Co. FL .)
iv. Berniece Elva was born on April 7 1886 in Camanche, Clinton Co, IA and died on August 31, 1936 in West Palm Beach, FL she was buried in Woodlawn cemetery next to her parents
v. Robert Schofield was born on November 22, 1890, in Mims FL and died in 1954 in Dade Co, FL . He married in 1952 in Palm Beach Co, FL Wilma Mullins Russell after
vi. RAY SACKETT STRAHAN was born on June 8, 1893 in Mims, Brevard Co, FL died November 11, 1944 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL he married in Jacksonville,FL Isabel Frances Leigh/Lay (born December 12, 1892, in FL)

Sometime after 1885 and before 1888 the family including Mindy's parents have moved from Commance, IA and are living in La Grange (Mims), Fl.

We have some additional information on the family once they arrived in Florida but not much. I am looking to expand what we know about the Florida Strahan family. We know very little about the Strahans between 1900 and 1944 when grandfather Ray died, his son Harold (now deceased) my wifes father rarely spoke of his family.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance

Steve

William and Mary Strahan

MariaBrower46 — 2008-01-11 02:09:58Z

Sill looking for the parents of William Strahan/Strahin/Strchan etc. born in VA (the 1st generation in the Family Strahin) whom had the following children:
William, James and Mary.
This may have been the William Strahan who married Jane Sutton in Frederick Co VA 1792.
My family lived in Preston Co VA/WV and the courthouse was burned down and therefore most early records were destroyed.
My line descends from daughter Mary Strahan who married Washington WHITE in probably Frederick Co VA. First child William George WHITE was born c. 1817 then family moved to Preston Co. VA and in late 1820s to Greene Co. PA right across the PA/VA border. Mary and Washington WHITE divorced and Mary married 2nd John C. Huggins and family moved back to Preston Co. VA c. mid 1830s.

Re: Strachan/Strahan: Strahans in Arkansas

czoomie56 — 2007-07-04 00:24:58Z

Just wondering if you are related to the line of Lancelot Strachan (Strawn)?