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Subject: Re: [NIR-ARMAGH-L] Sturgeon/England
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:37:27 EDT
To Pam Dunn, who asked about the Sturgeons, and about Hacknahay in Co. Armagh:
Hi Pam - for starters, I'll ask the same question someone else asked - where
did you find an 1851 Cansus? I'd sure love to see that, but thought it was
burned in the great fire in 1922. Please let us know if you've found a copy
somewhere!
As for Hacknahay - it's a townland in Seagoe Parish, in the northeastern part
of Co. Armagh. Neighboring townlands are Knocknamuckley, Ballygargan,
Ballynaghy, and Ballydonaghy. It's also very close to Co. Down. My
great-grandparents, William McMurray and Ann Jane Lockhart, were married in
1844 in the Church of Ireland church of Knocknamuckley; however, the church
building wasn't completed yet, and the ceremony took place in the Hacknahay
school building!
As for the Sturgeons - I keep running into that name. There must have been
lots of them around. The daughter of one of my grandfather's brothers (her
name was Marry Ann McMurray) married England George Sturgeon. (With that
name, he must have been related to your Sturgeons)! He was born in
Drumnacanvy, they were married in the Seagoe Parish Church (C.of I.) in 1909,
and they emigrated to Massachusetts. I've just found the names of some of
the brothers and sisters of Ann Jane Lockhart, and two of them also married
Sturgeons. Thomas Lockhart married Mary Sturgeon, and John Lockhart married
Elizabeth Jane (Betsy) Sturgeon. Both of these families emigrated to
Ontario. Incidentally, the Lockhart family was in Co. Down.
I hope we'll be able to put some of this information together, and find out
more about all of those families! Let me hear what you think! Jerry
(Marjorie) Scott
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