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Daniel Winter - near Loughgall, County Armagh

I am interested in any genealogy that is available.  I descend from a Winter that was in Canada before marrying in and living the rest of her life in the states.  I have found unsourced information in Canada which I cannot verify.  I have family notes that say the Orangemen's Society was founded in the Winter home.  When I research that, I do find information relating to a Daniel Winter home near Loughgall, but no genealogy that might lead me to Canada and the states.

Information I have on the immigrant family in Canada:

Daniel Winter b. 1 Mar 1797 Diamond Grange, County Armagh

m. 1829

Elizabeth Curry/Currie b. 1807.

Children born in Ireland:

Margaret b. 1829

James b. 1830

Jane b. 1832

Sarah b. 1835

Robert b. 1836

This source says they emigrated in 1837 to Canada, Daniel and family along with James, his brother.

My ancestor was b. 11 Jul 1840 in Howard, Kent, Ontario, Canada, but there are no records to prove this.  She married in 1860, prior to the 1861 census that would have matched her with this family.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

psgreenway

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The Diamond is a small village in the parish of Grange in Co Armagh. Wikipedia has an article with the reported background to the founding of the Orange Order and it mentions Dan Winter. Well a Dan Winter, whether or not it is your family is obviously uncertain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Diamond

The tithe allotment records lists a Dan Winter farming in Coragh townland, in Loughgall. Coragh today is on the modern Derrycrew Rd. It’s about a quarter of a mile from the Diamond Orange Hall.

http://www.irishgenealogyhub.com/armagh/tithe-applotments/loughgall-par…

There were no Winters in that townland by the time of Griffiths Valuation c 1860 so they had evidently moved away or died out. Your best bet for seeing whether this might be your family is to search local church records for the marriage and the children's baptisms. You haven’t said what denomination the Winter family was but if Church of Ireland (ie Anglican) then Grange has records from 1780 and Loughgall from 1706. If Presbyterian, Loughgall has baptisms from 1842 but marriages from 1819 (with some gaps). Copies of these records are in PRONI (the public record office) in Belfast. Rootsireland (subscription) has “some years” for the Church of Ireland records.

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My dad just passed away. He was a fountain of knowledge our family history.  The Winter homestead in Howard Township still exists. Winter farm 1845, house was built 1894, if I remember correctly. I was just looking at my dad's copy of land information book on Kent County from 1904.  I can't remember the exact title of the book but it mentions Daniel and Eliza, their kids and  who they married.

Danwinterscottage.com has some information. 

The book sold on the website is worth the read. Wonderful information.

Sarahrpn

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