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But where in Ireland??? Nancy was born c 1826 in Ireland, possibly Cork but not definite. Moved to Canada, married Peter McArthur in Ontario and died in Quebec in 1888. And that is ALL the info my friends have. Does it ring any bells with anyone? Can anyone find her anywhere?? Thanks in anticipation - as always xxxx

From what you say, I assume your friend does not have the marriage cert/ record, which might give her father's name as a possible clue?

Why possibly Cork?
A tree on Ancestry (your friend's ??) cites the 1861 and 1871 Canadian censuses - but they just say she was born in Ireland.

Not that I can see any record of her birth in any case!

Have you tried http://www.rootsireland.ie/ ?
It's a subscription site.

Just a wild suggestion - as Nancy could be short for something:

Johannah Stone
in the New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850
Name: Johannah Stone
Arrival Date: 30 May 1848
Age: 20
Gender: F (Female)
Port of Arrival: New York
Port of Departure: Limerick
Place of Origin: Ireland
Ship: Heather Bell
Family Identification: 997927
Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Microfilm Roll Number: 72


EDIT:
No, probably not - that one's married to a Michael Stone.

Unless she was a widow when she married Peter.
(No, I don't really think she's the one!)

The tree on Ancestry doesn't mention the 1851 census:

Nancy Stone

in the 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
Name: Nancy Stone
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Ireland
Province: Canada West (Ontario)
District: Lanark County
District Number: 19
Sub-district: Perth
Sub-District Number: 187
Household Members:
Name Age
Nancy Stone 26

EDIT:

Again, probably not - that one's married to a Robert Stone.
They have 4 children:

Johnston, age 8, born Ireland.
Margaret Jane, 6, Ireland
Mary Ann, 3, Canada
William, 1, Canada.

firstly, thank you for your stirling effort here, I can only pass this on. My 'friend' is a 3rd - distant cousin in Canada who has found me by our DNA matches! I almost wonder if she was widowed even ….and remarried. I will email him to see if he has anything more but I am not too hopeful. Again as I say, thank you so much for your trouble.x
<3

Nancy Mc.Arthur

in the 1871 Census of Canada
Record Image View

Name: Nancy Mc.Arthur
[Nancy McArthur]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Baptist
Origin: Irish
Province: Quebec
District: Argenteuil
District Number: 96
Division: 02
Subdistrict: Chatham
Subdistrict Number: c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Mc.Arthur 47
Nancy Mc.Arthur 45
Jane Mc.Arthur 20
Archibald Mc.Arthur 18
Robert Mc.Arthur 16
Margaret Mc.Arthur 15
Charles Mc.Arthur 4

On the 1861 census she's listed as Nancy Stone wife of Peter McArthur. A common practice in Quebec to use wife's maiden name. Children are Jane 11, Archibald 9, Robert 7 and Margaret 5. All born Lower Canada (Quebec) as was Peter. Nancy born Ireland.

This is their grave


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65527806

your friend is / knows the person who corrected the name Mc.Arthur to McArthur in the 1871 Canadian census?

the person who made the correction is one of those who gives no indication of whether/how they are related

if the person who made the correction is not your friend or someone known to her, it would be worth making contact through Ancestry

for info, son Charles married in 1888 in NY State
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6ST-56G
mother named as Nancy Stone


on a side note, I'm curious about your DNA match - was it from an autosomal test, and would you mind saying which company?

For reference

Dalesville is abt 90km NW of Montreal and abt 10km NW of Lachute.
Brownburg/Chatham is midway between Dalesville and Lachute.

1842 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1842/lc/pdf/004569592_00762.pdf [head only + #]
1851 District: 33 - Deux-Montagnes (county) - Sub-district Number ?528 ?Chatham (census records have not survived)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/canada-east.aspx

1861 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108656_00163.pdf
[1861 age was age NEXT b'day, but often not filled out properly - Jane pob=Quebec]
1871 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4395502_00435.pdf
[next door to parents, I guess]
1881 http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008164988.pdf [son Archie]

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSVT-FG2?i=8&owc=collection%2F1929561%2Fwaypoints&wc=M6X7-1ZW%3A224520601%2C224516602%2C224520602%3Fcc%3D1929561&cc=1929561
[the site's acting up, and I can't remember exact details from this Chatham record, but the image give the d.o.b. of Peter s/o Archibald & Margaret Stewart(I think), and the date he was baptized or presented (baptized, I think). the folowing entries are for his younger sibs]

By 1857, Peter is a Deacon in the church [image 153 of 578]
[image 156 of 578] Jane b 8/3/1851 presented 28/9/1857 [signed by parents]
[image 157 of 578] Archibald b 29/11/1853 presented 28/9/1857 [signed by parents]
[image 172 of 578] Robert Thompson b 13/9/1854 presented 20/10/1857 [signed by parents]
[image 173 of 578] Margaret Elizabeth b 16/3/1856 presented 20/10/1857 [signed by parents]

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBPY-9FD?i=6&wc=M6XW-JTP%3A224518601%2C224516602%2C224525301%3Fcc%3D1929561&cc=1929561
Quebec, Non-Catholic Parish Registers, 1763-1967 > Dalesville Baptist Baptisms, marriages, burials 1888 > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1888 > Image 7 of 20

hello again, all! You certainly come up with some amazing stuff! I am going to copy it and forward it on - this distant cousin lives in Canada. He will be able to access some of the stuff over there now. Thank you very much, once again, I do appreciate this.
Eunice.

Joonie Cloonie - my initial testing was done on ancestry .c0 but it didn't give many leads. This year we took the 23&me testing, Very interesting, you can choose to receive health info or not, and what you might die of! But it breaks down the haplogroups and suddenly I have 846 3rd to distant cousins out there ……. Interesting to see also what my genetic background is ..!!

Yikes. I'm doing mine with FTDNA - I wouldn't trust Ancestry to analyse an amoeba, and I choose not to have 23andMe sell my genetic info, aggregated or not.

I've become quite an amateur pro at YDNA, but I'm not looking forward to trying to figure out 846 autosomal distant cousin results! ... but I probably won't have more than three anyway, given how it's gone so far. :-)

Interesting to hear how yours went, and good luck with them all!