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John Roe and Eliza Poole – Reseach by Bill Roe

December 3rd, 2010 | Add a Comment

Attached To: James RoeJohn RoeRobert RoeEliza PooleHenry RoeRichard RoeWilliam RoeThomas RoeSamuel RoeROE FAMILY HISTORYSubmitted by Bill Roe and published in the LCGS newsletter, January, 1999.            My great-great grandparents, Thomas and Sarah Roe and their four (or five) children emigrated from Coon townlands, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland sometime between 01 April 1832 and 26 September 1836. They settled in Montague Twp. just south of The Pinery near Poole’s Corners.           Of Thomas’s ancestry, I know nothing. However, I do know that both he and his brother John Roe married daughters of the Irish teacher and Wesleyan Methodist churchman, Thomas Poole (1749 – Jan 3, 1849). According to an obituary written by the sisters’ nephew, William Henry Poole (1820-1896), John and Eliza Roe remained in Ireland until her … Read entire article »

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