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An Armstrong Family Bible Revisited

19/6/2016

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Around 15 years ago, in January 2001, the Association began a quest to reunite an Armstrong family Bible with it's rightful owners.  

The search began in response to an article in the Eskdale and Langholm Advertiser which read:
An appeal to the people of Eskdale to help solve the mystery of a family Bible has come from a Hampshire couple Kevin and Ginny Goodal. The Goodals, who live in Oakley near Basingstoke, bought the bible many years ago.
The book contains a family history on the last page and the names are Branchard (sic), Armstrong and Robson. They say these are not Hampshire names and certainly not local to their village.
A friend who works in the village comes from Scotland and told them the names were connected with the border area. Ginny said: "If these names do strike a note with any of your readers, I would be very pleased to hear from them.”  ​
We couldn't trace any living descendants at the time but, 15 years later with the benefit of current internet search aids, we have traced descendants of the family to Canada, the USA and the UK.  We've been fortunate to make contact with one living descendant of this family, but none bearing the Armstrong name so the quest continues.

​The full story is published in The Armstrong News 82, including details of the various family lines that we're researching.  Any help or information from Armstrongs in Canada, America or the UK would be appreciated.
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Armstrong Stories From Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Canada, Australia And The USA

1/5/2015

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Issue 80 also carries a wide selection of Armstrong stories from around the world.

Starting close to the Clan's homeland of Scotland, the harsh treatment of the widow Elizabeth Armstrong of Sorbietrees by the Dukes of Buccleugh, and her eviction from the family's farm, attracted scathing critiscism.  An extract from the "Scottish Leader" dated 19 April 1894 tells her story.

Around the same time, William Henry Armstrong matriculated from Massachusetts State College.  He graduated in 1899, and went on to earn degrees from Harvard University before joining the US Army and mapping the new US teritory of Puerto Rico.  This issue tells his life story, and reveals the remarkable monument he left to his Alma Mater.

The six-pound Armstrong gun was designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England beginning in 1855.  This issue includes photographs of an Armstrong gun in New Zealand, where they were used in 1861.

This issue also tells the story of two  Armstrong pioneers.  One, Thomas Armstrong settled in Mersea, Canada in 1855, where he raised a large family.  The other, Adam Pearson Armstrong, born 1788 in Edinburgh, lost an eye fighting at the Battle of Waterloo and emigrated to Western Australia in 1829 with his 6 children.  

John Armstrong was born on the Isle of Man and died in Washington DC from wounds recieved fighting for the Union in the Civil War. Members of The Armstrong Clan Association found his records while researching their own families, and "adopted" him.  As they said, "after all, he is an Armstrong".  John Armstrong's story is told in Issue 80.

Issue 80 of the Armstrong News is available to all members of the Armstrong Clan Association.
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Canadian Pioneers - Armstrongs in Ontario and Manitoba

1/11/2013

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The Armstrongs were among the early settlers in Canada.  One branch of the clan came from Cumberland England, and settled in Ontario where they owned a farm and saw-mill.  Their son, William Armstrong, was born in Ontario in 1842.  William and his brother moved west to the Rossburn district of Manitoba in 1879, where they filed for homesteads, and were later joined by others from the Armstrong clan.  

In 1920, William's daughter recalled the Armstrong's early days in Rossburn. Her story paints an interesting picture of the early settlers, and is reproduced in issue 77 of The Armstrong News for Association members. 
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