Joseph Armstrong^{[1, 2]}

1785 - 1870  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Joseph Armstrong
  Born	About 1785	Killane [Callanagh? Keelagh?], Annagh, Co. Cavan, Ireland
  	McCabe List gives birth place as Killane, Annagh, Cavan. Possibly Callanagh, Annagh, Cavan.
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	About 1828	Ireland to Canada   [3]
  Religion	Anglican. According to his son James Armstrong, he converted to Roman Catholicism in order to marry Catherine Smith.   [4]
  	James's claim is presumably supported by the fact that Joseph Armstrong served as godfather to Christopher, son of William Tracey and Rachel Dea, who was baptized RC (Notre Dame, Bytown) on 9 March 1830.
  Address	1865	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Armstrong, Joseph, Con 3, Lot 11; Con 2, Lot 14.
  Address	1868	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Armstrong, Joseph, Con 2, Lot 12; Con 2, Lot 14.
  Address	1869	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Armstrong, Joseph, Con 2, Lot 12.
  Died	About 1870	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Association	Christopher Tracey (Relationship: Godfather/godson)
  Association	Family: William Tracey / Rachel Dea (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Notes	1 February 1830, Joseph Armstrong a witness to the marriage of William Tracy (originally of Queens Co, Ireland) and Rachel Dague (originally of Tipperary). [8] McCabe List #356 Signed (signature, not X mark) the McCabe List, presumably out of sympathy for the other petitioners, because he did not ask for assistance for any relations in Ireland. Reported that his relations were all in Canada. 1861 agricultural census: Concession 2, Lot 14, 100 acres. Concession 2, Lot 12, 100 acres. Son of James Armstrong and Margaret Simpson?
  Person ID	I853	Moran
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	James Armstrong
  Mother	Margaret Simpson,   b. About 1759, Annagh, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Smith,   b. About 1785, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. Before 1881  (Age ~ 96 years)
  Married	About 1810	Co. Cavan, Ireland
  Notes	This couple may have had another two female children? [9]
  Children	+ 1. James Armstrong,   b. About 1812, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 29 Mar 1904, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 92 years) + 2. John Armstrong,   b. About 1814, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. Before 1871  (Age ~ 57 years)   3. Ann Armstrong,   b. About 1816, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 17 Dec 1839, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 23 years) + 4. Catherine Armstrong,   b. 1822, Co. Cavan, Ireland ,   d. 26 Feb 1908, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Histories		Our Irish Origins, Roughly Mapped Irish ancestors roughly mapped to their Irish counties of origin
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] McCabe List, Bruce S. Elliott, (Ontario Genealogical Society), 0777921243. [S130] 1846 Collectors Roll for March Township, transcribed by DeAlton R. Owens, (Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society). [S161] Colonial Office Records: List of settlers in the Ottawa Valley, Microfilm Reel No. B-945 - C.O. 384/22., page 91b. Described as a "native of Ireland." Must check this source. [S259] The Ottawa Citizen, 15 Dec 1903. "He tells a romantic story of his father falling in love with a beautiful young lady of the Roman Catholic faith, but as he was then a Protestant, he had, in order to marry the girl he loved, 'to sign the recantation' and become a Roman Catholic..." [S168] Mitchell's Directory of Co. Carleton, 1864-5 , (Toronto: Mitchell & Co., 1864), 250. [S352] Sutherland's Ottawa City Directory, 1868, 26. [S353] Sutherland's Ottawa City Directory, 1869-1870, p. 44. [S108] Notre Dame Ottawa. [S489] "The Armstrongs of South March", Bruce S. Elliott, pp. 28-29.