Hello Karen Miller, I know that this seems to be counter-intuitive and non-specific advice; might you consider making investigations to ascertain if any of your Co.Tyrone, Ewings ancestors also branched off into Australia?
Years of researching my Australian, Wilson, (origins -Co.Tyrone) ancestors demonstrate that large chunks of Co.Tyrone families broke off and settled in both Australia and America. My Co.Tyrone, G.G.Grandfather Joseph Wilson, had 2 children, (Andrew & Mary Wilson) and 5 grandchildren immigrate to Australia in 1856, whilst 3 son’s (Joseph, Matthew & John Wilson) emigrated to Philadelphia, America. 4 or 5 of his Wilson, nephews and nieces also emigrated to America around the same time. They tended to remain closely connected to other families who had also emigrated from the same region of Co.Tyrone and often the first generation of new Americans and new Australian’s married into those same families from their specific region of Co.Tyrone. Many younger sons and daughters from established Co.Tyrone families settled in similar groups in the Shellharbour, Illawarra Region of Southern, New South Wales in the mid 1850’s, (dairy farming), then later removed en-masse to the Tweed River/Richmond region of Northern New South Wales, (new land opportunities for timber getting then dairy farming). As one who has been studying Co.Tyrone connections for some time, I can tell you that the same name groupings persist, in Co.Tyrone, > then Southern, New South Wales, > then Northern, New South Wales, Australia. There are several Ewings Roads, Ewings Streets, Ewingsdale regions in northern New South Wales, Australia. Ewingsdale is a particularly scenic and fertile region with temperate weather conditions. Our Australian immigration records are particularly good. Providing, name, occupation or calling, immigrant’s age, specific birth place, both their parent’s names, whether the immigrant's parents are still alive and where they are currently living, religion, education (read and write), whether they have relatives already in the Colony of New South Wales, how healthy they are, who their sponsor is, etc… Much information can be ascertained from our well documented Australian immigration records, then followed up with our well documented Death Certificates, which typically list, the deceased parent’s full names, (including mother’s maiden name), names of all children whether living or deceased, their children’s ages, religion, length of illness, informants, length of time in the colony, religion, etc. Information from my G.Grandfather, Andrew Wilson's, Australian Death Certificate, (born: 1830, Cavandarragh, Parish of Ardstraw, Co.Tyrone - died: 1904, Foxground, Gerringong/Kiama Region, New South Wales, Australia), has provided much valued information to U.S. based descendants of his 3 brother’s and 5 cousins who settled in America, (1st Philadelphia then Indiana). Australian collaborative information has allowed American researchers push-back further generations, (circa late 1700’s) in Co.Tyrone. Might be worth your consideration. With warmest regards from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Janet Wilson Fairless _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
