As Americans will do...
We've spent some time looking into the Strain name ...
Daniel Strain, Co.
Down, Ireland (b. 1780/85, m. ??), left Will in 1832? (Shankill, Co. Down,
Ireland)
--- Daniel's children
---
included Peter
(1800/05-?), Daniel (1809-1880), Francis (1812-1882), Thomas
(1818-1873), John (1824-1900)
--- Francis &
Susan Laughlin's (surname ?) children ---
Catherine (Kate)
Strain (1835-1907), Thomas (1837-1909)
--- Thomas & Mary
Daly's children ---
Susan (1867-1952),
Anna (1869-1907), Agnes (1871-1886), Mary (1872-1885), Catherine (1873-1885),
Lucy (1876-1949), Julia (b. 1879), John (1878-1933), James (b. 1883), Thomas
(d. 1952), Frank (1886-1949)
--- John Joseph &
Rosemary Connors' children ---
John (1914-1977),
Mary (1910-1993)
--- John Joseph &
Mildred Hall's children ---
John (b. 1943),
Gerald (b. 1947)
--- John Hall &
Joann Reisz's children ---
Jennifer (b. 1969),
Sean (b. 1971), Jeffrey (b. 1973)
Doris Sheridan research July 2001
UHF research 14 Oct 1999
Aghaderg parish
records (1816-1840 1840-1876)
Raymond’s County Down
website (link)
County Down (map 1 map
2 Aghaderg Ordnance Survey)
Gravestones in St.
Peter's cemetery (Troy, NY, USA):
Daniel Strain of Co. Down,
Ireland (1,2), his wife
Margaret Boyd of Wigtown, Scotland (3), their son James & Marion (4), possibly
their daughter Margaret (5)
Daniel's brothers: Francis &
Thomas Strain of Co. Down, Ireland (1,2,3), their brother John (4,1)
Gravestones in St.
John's cemetery (Lansingburgh, NY, USA):
John Joseph of Troy, NY, USA & his
wife Rosemary Connors (1)
John and Rose's son John Joseph (1), his sister
Mary (1)