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Descendants of John Armstrong


Generation No. 2


2. BELLE2 ARMSTRONG (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1784. She married DAVID FIDDES.


      Children of BELLE ARMSTRONG and DAVID FIDDES are:
  i.   WILLIAM ALEXANDER3 FIDDES, b. Abt. 1814.
  ii.   BELLE FIDDES, b. Abt. 1822; m. ROBER ALEXANDER.
  iii.   ELIZABETH (BESSIE) FIDDES, b. 1829; d. January 07, 1867; m. JOHN MUTRIE.


3. JOHN2 ARMSTRONG (JOHN1) was born November 06, 1786 in Berule, Roxboroughshire Scotland. He married ANN HENDERSON May 26, 1817 in Hobirk, Roxboroughshire, Scotland.


      Children of JOHN ARMSTRONG and ANN HENDERSON are:
  i.   JOHN3 ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. 1818, probably Roboroughshire Scotland; d. August 25, 1905, Guelph Ontario; m. (1) MARGARET THOMPSON; m. (2) AGNES AITKEN.
  More About JOHN ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph Ontario

More About MARGARET THOMPSON:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph Ontario

More About AGNES AITKEN:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph Ontario
  ii.   ANDREW ARMSTRONG, b. 1821, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; d. July 08, 1894, Guelph Ontario; m. MARY YOUNG, 1842, Peebles Scoltand.
  More About ANDREW ARMSTRONG:
Burial: July 10, 1894, Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph Ontario
Occupation: baker

More About MARY YOUNG:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery Guelph Ontario
  iii.   GEORGE ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. April 1822; d. October 31, 1884, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; m. MARY JANE WILSON, September 27, 1841, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
  More About GEORGE ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Welllogate Cemetery Hawick Roxboroughshire Scotland

More About MARY JANE WILSON:
Burial: Welllogate Cemetery Hawick Roxboroughshire Scotland
  iv.   ISABEL ARMSTRONG, b. 1823, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; d. 1823, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
8. v.   ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, b. 1826, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland; d. May 16, 1901, 11 Oliver Crescent, maybe Edinburgh.


4. GEORGE2 ARMSTRONG (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1788 in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, and died August 10, 1864 in Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. Upper Canada. He married JEAN J. SMITH August 23, 1814 in St. Cuthbert's Church Edinburgh Scotland.


More About JEAN J. SMITH:
Burial: McCormack Pioneer Cemetery Eramosa Twp

      Children of GEORGE ARMSTRONG and JEAN SMITH are:
  i.   JOHN S3 ARMSTRONG, b. July 10, 1815, probably Edinburgh Scotland; d. August 20, 1887; m. NANCY AGNES SCOTT, January 12, 1838.
  ii.   BABY ARMSTRONG (TWIN), b. April 04, 1819, New York City, New York; d. April 04, 1819, New York City, New York.
  iii.   WILLIAM S ARMSTRONG (TWIN), b. April 04, 1819, New York City, New York; d. August 15, 1895, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. On; m. LUCY PETERS, January 10, 1854, Speedside Church, Eramosa Township Wellington County UpperCanada.
  Notes for WILLIAM S ARMSTRONG (TWIN):
Came to Canada in 1824 with his parents when they settled in Eramosa Township Lot 22, Con 2.

More About WILLIAM S ARMSTRONG (TWIN):
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.
  iv.   THOMAS S ARMSTRONG, b. 1821, Ovid New York; d. December 09, 1896, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; m. (1) CHARLOTTE BENHAM; m. (2) REBECCA BOYES, January 20, 1859.
  More About THOMAS S ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.

More About CHARLOTTE BENHAM:
Burial: McCormack Pioneer Cemetery Eramosa Twp

More About REBECCA BOYES:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.
  v.   ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) ARMSTRONG, b. 1823, probably Ovid New York,; d. February 26, 1893, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. On; m. JOHN A ARMSTRONG.
  More About ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.
  vi.   GEORGE S. ARMSTRONG, b. 1824, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. Upper Canada; d. July 18, 1894, Fergus. Ontario; m. FRANCES (FANNY) PHIN, May 17, 1855, probably Wellington County.
  More About GEORGE S. ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus
Occupation: nursery man, Lot 20, 16 Con Nichol,Twp Wellilngton County
  vii.   ISABELLA ARMSTRONG, b. 1827, Upper Canada; d. December 15, 1865, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; m. JOHN JOHNSON PETERS.
  More About ISABELLA ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.

More About JOHN JOHNSON PETERS:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.
9. viii.   JAMES S ARMSTRONG, b. Abt. 1829, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. Upper Canada; d. March 12, 1903, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. On.
  ix.   JANE S ARMSTRONG, b. 1831, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. Upper Canada; d. 1880, Guelph Ontario; m. JOHN HENDERSON, August 19, 1880.
  More About JANE S ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Johnson Cemetery Eramosa Township Wellington Co.
  x.   PETER S ARMSTRONG, b. August 15, 1833, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co. Upper Canada; d. September 12, 1912, Nebraska USA; m. MARY A HEMSTREET.
  More About MARY A HEMSTREET:
Burial: Bellevue Cemetery Ontario California USA
  xi.   ANDREW S A ARMSTRONG, b. 1836, Upper Canada; d. Abt. 1867; m. JESSIE BURNS.


5. WILLIAM2 ARMSTRONG (JOHN1) was born 1792 in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, and died January 27, 1857 in Eramosa Twp Wellington Co. He married MARGARET WILSON February 26, 1816 in Glasgow Scotland.

Notes for WILLIAM ARMSTRONG:
Emigrated 1819 with brothers, crossing Atlantic by sailing ship, landed in New York . Lived one year, Silver Lake, Pennsylvania. Moved to Ovid, New York. Refused to take oath of allegiance to United States. 1823, Thomas, the unmarried brother, went to Canada to look for land. Purchased 200 acres, Concession 2, Lot 17, Eramosa Twp, Wellington County (first farm north of Barries Church). Other brothers "took up land close by". William acquired 200 acres on Lot 22, Concession 1 and 100 acres on Lot 23, Concession 2, Eramosa Twp. For several years, all supplies had to be brought from Dundas, about 40 miles away, by oxen or on foot. First assessor for Eramosa Twp.

References:
1.      Wellington County Museum. Census Record 1826-1839.
2.      Frank Day, "Here and There in Eramosa", Leeman Printing Co., Guelph
3.      Historical Atlas of Wellington County, 1906.

More About WILLIAM ARMSTRONG:
Burial: January 27, 1857, McCormick Pioneer Cemetery, Eramosa
Occupation: farmer
Degree: 1819, immigrated to US, from Greenock Scotland landed in New York, April 1, 1819
Lived in: 1819-1821, lived in Silver Lake Pennsylvania,
Fact 5: 1821-1823, lived in Ovid New York
Fact 6: 1823, emigrated to Canada

More About MARGARET WILSON:
Burial: McCormick Pioneer Cemetery, Eramosa

      Children of WILLIAM ARMSTRONG and MARGARET WILSON are:
10. i.   JOHN WILSON3 ARMSTRONG, b. August 02, 1818, Glasgow, Scotland; d. July 24, 1892, Shelbina Missouri.
11. ii.   ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, b. October 22, 1820, Silver Lake Pennsylvania; d. July 04, 1854, Eramosa Twp Wellington Co.
  iii.   HELEN ARMSTRONG, b. June 28, 1822, Ovid New York; d. November 11, 1829, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..
  More About HELEN ARMSTRONG:
Burial: McCormack Pioneer Cemetery Eramosa Twp
  iv.   JANE ARMSTRONG (TWIN), b. August 27, 1825, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; d. November 27, 1830, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..
  More About JANE ARMSTRONG (TWIN):
Burial: McCormack Pioneer Cemetery Eramosa Twp
  v.   MARGARET ARMSTRONG (TWIN), b. August 27, 1825, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; d. August 11, 1831, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..
  vi.   WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, b. April 24, 1827, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; d. August 31, 1831, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..
  vii.   MARY ARMSTRONG, b. June 02, 1830, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; d. September 17, 1830, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..
  viii.   WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, b. August 18, 1833, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co.; d. September 17, 1836, Eramosa Township, Wellington Co..

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