Good morning
Don
I'm still
bleary eyed from the 3 day free access to Ancestry.ca of which I only had a day
and a half access by the time someone on the Wentworth Co Rootsweb list sent
through the announcement! Could only cover 3 of my families!!! Think
I'll have to join for a month to glean all the information I
require.
Just to
advise you, there is a Chamney website by Jim Chamney of Florida, jmygen@yahoo.com, dealing specifically
with the Huron Co branch of the Chamney family and outside of using the
traditional sources for information I am not up on the play for the Lanark Co
branch either, other than the extra info supplied by Lorna, Eleanor and
Eileen. My expertise lies with my own family and I have contacts with
several members of this branch. I don't wish to step on toes
and also have had one of my theories placed on World Connect which didn't please
me in the least, especially as my permission wasn't sought, and it was only a
theory. I do have an extensive database now to which I refer when asked
specifics about the Chamneys and the various branches, including the major
family descended from John Chamney, 1650-1733, and his wife, Jane Bacon.
This was the iron working family. John's brothers, Christopher and Edward,
both of Tykillen, were ship wrights and John and Christopher had interests in a
ship or ships sailing to Virginia around 1718. John's and Christopher's
branches had money and, therefore, there is documentation left. Edward's
sons are not known. Anyway, Dr Anne Chamney, London, England, is the
authority on John's family and William Chamney who submitted the Chamney
pedigree to Burke's (1912 edition) was also a descendant of John and Jane.
Most of my information on that line comes from this pedigree. I'm working
on extending the female lines on that pedigree!
Regarding
Jim's website, you'll appreciate that I cannot supply anything beyond what I can
locate in public records. Some of the family members are not keen on
people having access to family details. So, I need to respect that
position.
Further to
Eileen Jackson, another one of my Chamney contacts, Audrey Underwood
(Chamney/James/Webster descendant of Lanark Co) also had contact with Eileen and
wonders if Eileen has passed away. She hadn't heard anything in quite a
while. Don't know what happened to her work. Perhaps Eleanor
Henderson would know.
So, if you
think that I may be of help to your group I'm more than happy to be included and
will answer anyone who has queries about the Chamneys. Just remember, I
don't know everything!!!
I thought it
was Patrick Halpenny here in Chch! Have I crossed my wires somewhere along
the line???!!!
Cheers
Deb
Dear Deb, I would very much
like to add you to our group and add a Chamney Group. Would you be interested in
being the contact. Also, it is most interesting that you got information from
Eileen Jackson. I 1st made contact with her around 1990. We met her in 1993
while in Ontario and I keep in contact until she went into a home I think with
Alzheimers several years ago. She and Ruth Watchorn both gave me a great deal of
information in the early 1990s and I kept in touch up until just recently. I
cannot find who has Eileen Jacksons research. I hope it was not discarded. I
feel quite sure that there is a connection in there somewhere. The more people
we have the more connections we will be able to make. I am really excited
about the things that we (all) have been discussing the last few
days.
Give Mike a call and tell him I asked you to say HI for
me.
Thanks
Don Halpenny