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ottomatt In reply to Mystic-Cat-Goddess [2009-07-17 22:05:37 +0000 UTC]

lol I know what you mean

there were a number of Irish migrations due to famine etc and I suppose those that left for Canada are forgotten because they were treated so well

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Mystic-Cat-Goddess In reply to ottomatt [2009-07-17 22:12:57 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know that the Irish that went to the U.S. were treated badly

I've heard that one of my first ancestor on my mom side was an Irish that was adopted by French-Canadians in Québec because he was quite young at the time and orphan.

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ottomatt In reply to Mystic-Cat-Goddess [2009-07-17 22:21:51 +0000 UTC]

many irish orphans were adopted by the people of Quebec, they kept their irish names and were treated very well indeed, a credit to the people of Quebec

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Mystic-Cat-Goddess In reply to ottomatt [2009-07-17 22:24:59 +0000 UTC]

The name Johnson is one of them. But I don't know if the name Johnson was brought to Ireland by the English or if it had been there along with the names meaning the same thing starting with O' instead. i.e. in Johnson it's the son of John and in O' it also means the son of... but in Irish Gaelic I think

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ottomatt In reply to Mystic-Cat-Goddess [2009-07-17 22:31:02 +0000 UTC]

very interesting definition of the name Johnson here, it could very well be irish
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Mystic-Cat-Goddess In reply to ottomatt [2009-07-17 22:47:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the details

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ottomatt In reply to Mystic-Cat-Goddess [2009-07-17 22:54:17 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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ottomatt In reply to PenelopeT [2009-07-13 20:40:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks *P

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ottomatt In reply to ChrissieCool [2009-07-13 16:24:29 +0000 UTC]

thanks very much chrissie

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ottomatt In reply to stregatta75 [2009-07-13 16:27:57 +0000 UTC]

certainly so.... faces you can see even today in Ireland,as you will have noticed

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