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Subject: [MCV] Re: John McVey and his wife, Isabella Johnston
Date: 28 Oct 2002 15:00:44 -0700

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Mary Ann Brown wrote:

> am interested in securing more information concerning
> John and Isabela Johnston McVey and their children.

When you post a message, please include the minimum
information in the subject line that you hear people
repeatedly recommending: Name, Event, Place, and Date.
It can take a few minutes to compose a useful subject
line, but the posting might be a waste of time otherwise.

I know now from your posting elsewhere (no clue from this
posting) that we are probably researching the same family.
This extended Johnston family has 4 different Isabella
Johnstons, but I've no clue as to which one you are talking
about, since I've no information about
their marriages. Is it Isabella b. 1808, 1834, 1850, or 1872?

Isabella was a popular name in this family, probably due
to decendants being named after Isabella (nee Robinson) of
Westmoreland-Armstrong Co.s PA, who died about 1810.
I believe she is buried in Cowansville, Armstrong Co.
Presbyterian Church cemetery next to her mother (nee
Margaret Jamison, 1st generation Scot-Irish), but the
tombstone is largely illegible.

--- Steve Johnston

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