Andrew Elder, 1778

Hi Ray,
Thanks so much for the cemetery photo: “Andrew ELDER of Roughan”
Such photos make the person and location feel so real to me,
and certainly motivates me to find out more!

Posting notes which include “ANDREW ELDER of Roughan”
on my webpages
at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nancyelder/ed/DonegalBurnfoot.htm

Using Google.com, searched for CASTLEFIN and COUNTY DONEGAL,
found webpage by EJ BORIS – including ELDER names in County Donegal
at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ejboris/pafn26.htm

and chart with ELDER of Castlefin
at

JJ Elder – Notes for ELDER chart

Andrew Elder – “of Roughan”
Lecky Elder – “(d. aged 4 mos)”
Rebecca Elder – “(d. in childhood)”
Andrew Elder – “of Ashgrove Castlefin, Co. Donegal”
John J. Elder – “{of Woodstock New Brunswick}”
Andrew Elder – “(of Montreal)”
Wm. John Tynan – “of Carricknamana, Co. Donegal”
Stewart Elder – “of Roughan”
John Caldwell
“Son of Charles, and Grandson of Matthew Caldwell,
by his wife Elizabeth Sproule”

Isabella Elder
pages 10 and 11 titled
“Stuart, Elder, Lecky, and Mathewson Families __
Relatives of Mrs John Caldwell (nee Isabella Elder), of Meenahoney, Castlefin, Co. Donegal, Ireland.”

Chas. Sproule Caldwell – “of Londonderry; Solicitor”
Robert Blair Elder – “(of Michigan, U.S.)”
There appears to be error in names –
this should probably be simply Robert Elder,
with the son being Robert Blair Elder.

Dr F. H. Mitchell “of Delaware, Ont.”
Clark M. Elder – “of Maplegrove, Brandon, Man.”
…

Directory for EJ BORIS – Send e-mail to: EJBoris at yahoo.com
Webpages:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ejboris
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Searching Google.com for: “John James ELDER” and Donegal
found MATHEWSON list – 50 page MATHEWSON book transcribed
at
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MATHEWSON/2001-03/0984237659

Includes entries:
* John James Elder #392 b. ??-___-1859 Ashgrove, Donegal, Ireland
d. after 1927 Toronto, Ont,
Canada
m. 5-Apr-1905 Florence E. Evans #1857
In May 1892 was living in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
“He supplied PRONI with data in 1927 from Toronto, Ont, Canada.”

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GOOGLE BOOKS – JJ ELDER citations

New England Historical and Genealogical Register
By Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters,
Page 92. [Jan 1892] Notes and Queries
…
ELDER.–A genealogy of the Elder Family in Scotland, Ireland,
Canada, and the United States, is being compiled by J. J. ELDER,
1 Board of Trade, Indianapolis. He would be obliged for
authentic information as to the origin of the name, and the
early history of the family; also for genealogies of the
different branches of the family in the above-mentioned countries.

MATHEWSON and SPROULE.–J.J. ELDER, 1 Board of Trade,
Indianapolis, Ind., has in preparation genealogies of these families.
The Mathewsons crossed from the Hebrides, Scotland, into the
north of Ireland, about two hundred years ago; and from these most of their
descendants have emigrated to the New World, and are settled at Montreal,
Winnipeg. Detroit, New York and many other places on this continent.
The SPROULES, who have frequently intermarried with the Mathewsons,
were Lairds of Cowden in Scotland, from the time of Robert Bruce.
They sold their estates to the Earls of Dundonald, and removed
to County Tyrone, Ireland, where the majority of their descendants
reside, but a portion of them are in the United States. Mr. Elder has
already collected some valuable materials, and invites correspondence.
**

COMPILED LISTS –
http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/history/genealogiescompiled.html

ELDER – J. J. Elder, 24 S. Penna street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MATHEWSON – J. J. Elder, 1 Board of Trade, Indianapolis, Ind.
PARK – J. J. Elder, 24 South Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis.
SPROUEL – J. J. Elder, 24 South Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Inc.
THOMPSON – J. J. Elder, 24 South Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Charles O. Thompson, 35 Cambridge street, Boston, Mass.

E-mail me anytime!
–Nancy Elder Petersen
Vancouver, Washington State, USA
NancyP@Teleport.com
Host, ELDER DNA project
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Elder

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My group is ” NC & Borders,Scotland”. ( My kit #25146) A Mr. Bob Elder of NE England and his ancestor was from the Border Shire of Scotland. His kit # 30720 has a 67 marker. From what I understand his research does have McClellans in it, but he does not know of how his Elder line DNA connects to McClellan DNA. This question is obvious but where.
Do you know of any other Elder line that connect to McClellans ? None of our group has a connection to England or Scotland and this is a good lead if we could solve it.
Thanks, Cecil McClellan

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