Hi Lin.
Lets compare "stone walls". In St.Mary's Anglican Cemetary,Manvers
Township, Ontario, not far from Lindsay, there is a barely readable
stone for Mary Dancy,born in Ireland,1805, d.1883.No one knows
where she fits into the Dancy name. She was the wife of James Shea,
Anglican, who came with Mary to Manvers in 1840.Since Manvers is
next to Cavan township, I thought that Cavan, in Ireland was their home.
I now think that they came from further north. The Orange Lodge in
Ontario was very strong around Lindsay.It started in Tyrone, Fermanagh
and Armagh. I think that the mother of James was a Hetherington,
a name centered in the Tyrone, Fermanagh,Armagh area. Now here is
my fantasy. Could Mary be the older sister of Pockrage and stayed
behind in the Old Country, only to come out later? Could she have
stayed behind to care for ageing parents?
Comments?
Clark Shea
Surrey, British Columbia