From County Cavan to Canada: The Simons-Simonds-Symonds Family

Download or read book From County Cavan to Canada: The Simons-Simonds-Symonds Family written by Peggy Elizabeth Chatham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From County Cavan to Canada: The Simons - Simonds - Symonds Family, author Peggy Elizabeth Chatham compiles the stories of the first three generations of an Irish farmer family that established their new lives starting in the 1860's. Four Simons brothers and their Burke and Armstrong sisters settled in Megantic County in Quebec and Stormont County in Ontario. Their children married into families including Amadon, Bennett, Jamieson, Lunnie, Mathers, McVety, Ouderkirk, Perrigard, Savage, Stewart, Walker, and Wright. Their families have spread throughout the Canada provinces, New England States, and the U.S.A. Author P.E. Chatham was born in Toronto, raised in New Jersey, and attended college in Pennsylvania. Her description of the counties and the families will interest anyone with roots in historic Megantic and Stormont Counties.