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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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 1846 - Yes, date unknown
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| Born |
May 1846 |
Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I1938 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
1 Jun 2013 |
| Father |
John HUSTON, b. 1811, Townland of Tamneymore, Parish of Errigal, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland , d. 19 May 1858, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Isabella WILSON, b. Jan 1815, Ballyagan, Parish of Desertoghill, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland , d. 4 Feb 1878, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
Abt 1841 |
| Family ID |
F674 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- According to Janet Houston Rhein, 3010 Dick Wilson Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240; email: janrhein@worldnet.att.net, in the late 1860's Ellen lived with a Job Wyshall (born in England in 1832) in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where she was apparently a maid or housekeeper. Mr. Wyshall may have been a riverboat captain. In 1890, Ellen lived at 136 Eureka Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. She later lived in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Janet Houston Rhein is fairly certain that Ellen Jane Huston married her first cousin based on correspondence in her possession. It is clear from Hannah Huston’s letter, dated December 12, 1867, to her brother James Wilson Houston, that "Aunt Nancy Dunlap is mother’s sister" and "the oldest child is James Dunlap and he is about twenty three years of age". This would make James’ date of birth about 1844. In a letter, dated February 11, 1869, from James Wilson Houston to Ellen Jane, he says "give my respect to cousin James". This is assumed to be James Wilson Dunlap and there appears to be some on-going contact between Ellen Jane and James Wilson Dunlap. One could make the point that the reference was to James Young, born 1854, the son of Hugh and Martha Wilson Young. That is not believed to be the situation here.
On April 5, 1876, Isabella Wilson Huston, her daughter Ellen Jane, who was 30 years of age, and her son, William John, left for Ireland. Her notes in the diary describe their trip in some detail, Philadelphia (it was the year of the Centennial), Jersey City, New York City, the ocean voyage, and the arrival in Ireland. It is clear that she went to Garvagh. At this point, the remaining pages in the diary have been removed. There is no mention of James Wilson Dunlap being on the voyage with them. The next thing we are aware of is a letter from an Alexander Dougald Munn, dated August 16, 1876, Pittsburgh, addressed to "Friend Jas." in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. Among other things, he comments on the "cool summer on that little Island" and "Yourself and Ellen to pay a visit to Kilbarchan, Scotland". This may have been the area in Scotland from which the Dunlaps and the Munns emigrated. He also expresses concern as to James’ health. He states further "as you will be out of the City (Pittsburgh) during the present year there is no need to pay the personal property tax." It is clear that James was subject to the tax. It has not been documented that he was a U. S. citizen. There is a James Dunlap who became a U. S. citizen in Pittsburgh on September 3, 1871. Whether this is the same individual, is not known. James appears to be a man of some means (albeit it may have been modest).
In a letter dated, Pittsburgh, October 27, 1876, Dougald Munn, father of Alexander, writes to "My Young Friend" and this letter is enclosed in an envelope addressed to James W. Dunlap, Garvagh, Ireland. The handwriting is beautiful and the envelope and enclosed letter, except for the discoloration of the paper, looks like they were written yesterday. In the letter he states, "John Huston is out of work" and "your Brother-In-Law had a little son baptized last Monday". The baby would have been John Duff Houston, born July 21, 1876, the oldest son of , James Wilson and Sarah McCutcheon Houston.
It is interesting is that these letters addressed to James W. Dunlap in Ireland found their way into the Houston family files. First, it is fairly certain that Ellen Jane did marry James Dunlap, as there is substantial additional correspondence in which James Wilson Houston addresses his sister as Ellen Jane Dunlap. It appears that they were married in 1876 either shortly before or after their arrival in Ireland as James Dunlap apparently had written to Alexander Dougald Munn that Ellen Jane was ill on the trip to Ireland. There is no record in the remaining pages in Isabella’s diary that James Dunlap accompanied them on the voyage. While the marriage has not been absolutely verified, other than above, it is fairly certain that Ellen Jane did marry a James Dunlap and there is a high degree of probability that this James Dunlap is the son of Hugh Dunlap and Nancy Wilson, the sister of Martha and Isabella.
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