Close Topic Options

[Bill Strong]

I am descended from Michael and Margaret Strong from Aughnamullen Parish near Bally Bay, County Monaghan. They emigrated to Canada in June 1846.

Together with their five children, a son, Joseph aged 2 and four girls, Jane, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary Anne, aged 4 thru 10, they settled in York Mills, which at that time was a thriving agricultural community just north of the city of Toronto. Three more sons were born after the family arrived in Canada, James, Robert Michael (my gr-grandfather) and William George who died young.

Some of the descendants of Michael and Margaret Strong remain in Ontario. Some re-settled in Montana. For more info please see my website at http://www.stronghorses.com/bstrong/ and then click on the link for Genealogy at the left.

Any information relating to this family's origins in Ireland would be greatly appreciated.

[Bill Strong]

Here's a picture of me standing outside the entrance to the Church of Ireland at Aughnamullen, County Monaghan, Ireland last July. My first trip to Ireland and my first visit to the place of origin of my Strong ancestors!