Ten years later I am reading this and have no way of knowing if you are still apart of this website - but here goes - GRACE STOOPS by virture of marrying JOHN JOHNSTON is my five times great grandmother and their decendants are still a vital part of the Owen Sound area - though I am in London, Ont.! Do any of you now have information of the how and why of their journey to Grey County from Northern Ireland? My four times great grandfather SAMUEL JOHNSTON (their oldest son) marries a Scottish lass MARY EMILY JAMESON (sp?) in 1852 in Scotland (near Dundee) and the next information has them in "Ontario" in 1855 having their first child! By the 1861 census - JOHN AND GRACE and their entire extended family are in Ontario too! I'd really like to fill in the blanks if I can - getting JOHN AND GRACE and their incredible family from Ireland (Scotland) to Ontario, Canada! Does anyone know what port they sailed from, in what year and where they landed? Anything more than I have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Stoops family!