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July 2009
(Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional Spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081
The data were carefully collected by Anna Jane Laurance, and preserved in a little red notebook.
1,1 George ARMSTRONG m. Elizabeth STENNIS Berwickshire, Scotland) may have been the parents of this line
3,11 Archibald ARMSTRONG (Sept 1757-12/26/1843) m.12/30/1785 Alison PURVES (1760-6/2/1835)
Archibald was born in the parish of Fogo, Berwickshire. Alison was also from
Berwickshire and they were married in the neighboring parish of Swinton & Simprin.
They lived in the parish of Dunse (now spelled "Duns") and had three unnamed children
who died in infancy before Betty and Margaret were born. In 1795 they emigrated with their
two daughters to Argyle, New York, where their three sons were born, and they farmed for
the rest of their lives.
5,111 d.i.
5,112 d.i.
5,113 d.i.
5,114 Elizabeth "Betty" ARMSTRONG (5/31/1791-3/11/1870)m. 11/17/1808 Alexander SKINNER
(8/1/1784-4/29/1833) She was born in Parish of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. He
was born in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just a few miles west of the city
of Peterhead. He came to America in January of 1806 and worked as a carpenter.
Alexander was badly injured one summer during the harvest while working on
Archibald Armstrong's farm near Argyle, NY. Betty, the farmer's daughter, nursed
him back to health, and they were later married. Nine of their eleven children
survived to adulthood.
7,1141 Elison SKINNER (1/30/1810-10/28/1852) m. Duncan McNAUGHTON Caledonia, NY
7,1142 Elizabeth SKINNER (1/4/1812-1/22/1812) died in infancy South Argyle, NY
7,1143 Margaret SKINNER (3/8/1813-10/21/1862) m. 3/24/1840 Thomas MOOREHEAD Hanover, IL
7,1144 William SKINNER (1/17/1815-6/17/1874) m. 1/31/1854 Alice ARMSTRONG
(10/25/1825-1/23/1865) South Argyle, NY
9,11441 William SKINNER (6/17/1857-6/15/1867) almost ten years
9,11442 George SKINNER (10/12/1858-11/1/1886)
9,11443 Archie SKINNER(11/16/1861- ) m.10/25/1882 Ida M. BUMP (7/1/1860-) Argyle, NY
11,114431 Alice R. SKINNER (5/7/1888- ) Argyle, NY
11,114432 Mary Bell SKINNER (9/28/1894- ) Argyle, NY
8, m. 2nd 5/21/1868 Nancy BAIN (2/17/1822-1/ /1910) South Argyle, NY
7,1145 Eliza SKINNER(2/11/1817-12/13/1867) m. 5/3/1839 Alexander LAURANCE(9/30/1811-2/9/1901)
Married at Argyle, NY. Lived at York, NY until about 1858-1861, then Cedar Rapids, IA.
9,11451 Elizabeth LAURANCE (5/21/1840-4/26/1885) m. 10/25/1870 William C. MOREHEAD
11,114511 Amy Laurance MOOREHEAD (7/31/1873- )
11,114512 George Thomas MOOREHEAD (10/3/1876-12/24/1899)
9,11452 Jane LAURANCE (9/14/1842-6/27/1844) grave: York, NY
9,11453 Mary LAURANCE (7/18/1845-12/22/1882) m. 7/18/1865 Lyman M. AYERS
11,114531 Louis Heil AYERS (12/14/1866-12/19/1867)
11,114532 Leila Eliza AYERS 8/26/1868- ) m. 6/26/1890 E. Melchert FRAZEE
11,114533 Archie Alexander AYERS (2/27/1871-9/30/1899)
11,114534 Craig Clarence AYERS (4/20/1873- ) m. 11/22/1894 Stella RUNYAN
11,114535 Charlie Lyman AYERS (9/8/1877-11/10/1877)
11,114536 Alta Mary AYERS (7/24/1879- 3/11/1883)
9,11454 George Alexander LAURANCE (7/11/1847- ) m. 6/7/1877 Matilda A. ALEXANDER
9,11455 William LAURANCE (7/12/1850-4/16/1858) grave: York, NY
9,11456 Archibald Skinner LAURANCE (2/17/1853- ) m. 3/27/1888 Clara PHIPPS
9,11457 Charles A. LAURANCE (10/28/1855- ) m. 10/18/1883 Jennie C. PRICE
9,11458 Anna Jane LAURANCE (3/17/1861- ) genealogist of the family
7,1146 Mary Ann SKINNER (2/6/1819-3/27/1819) died in infancy South Argyle, NY
7,1147 Archibald A. SKINNER (5/29/1820-1/9/1904) m. 9/5/1844 Lois E. OGDEN
(12/18/1825-2/19/1883) Sandy Hill, NY
9,11471 Alice Augusta SKINNER (6/15/1846-5/28/1847) died in infancy
9,11472 Benjamin SKINNER (5/20/1850-7/10/1850) died in infancy
8,m. 2nd 8/20/1884 Susan WARREN Saratoga Springs, NY
7,1148 Alexander SKINNER (4/17/1822-7/24/1847) South Argyle, NY
7,1149 Susan K. SKINNER (7/25/1824-2/12/1852) m. David MILLER South Argyle, NY
7,114a Mary Ann SKINNER (11/5/1826-5/26/1907) m. 9/20/1852 James W. FRENCH
(10/26/1826-2/14-1890 South Argyle, NY. They farmed at Somonauk, IL.
He died when they moved to Goldfield, IA and was returned to Somonauk for burial.
9,114a1 Alexander Skinner FRENCH m. Theresa Agnes McCLELLAN Somonauk, IL/Goldfield, IA
Alex taught school for a year in Paw Paw, IL and then worked for International
Harvester in Chicago for a few years. He bought 160 acres, three miles north
of Goldfield, Iowa, and proposed to Theresa by mail. The local Indians used
to beg for food, gesturing how hungry they were by measuring on their arms.
The Damson plum trees had to be guarded when the plums were ripe, but the
big apple orchard just west of the house was relatively safe from predators.
11,114a14 Frances May FRENCH (4/4/1903-10/22/1986) m. 8/3/1926 Harland Russell SPEER
Educator in University City, MO. Both of their graves are at Goldfield, IA
13,114a141 Roberta Ann SPEER (1/25/1930- ) m. Rev. Donald Milton PARKINSON DD.
Presbyterian minister, Santa Ana, CA, Prairie Village, KS, Wauwatosa,
WI. West Bend, WI
13,114a142 Gordon Eugene SPEER (12/25/1933- ) m. 9/3/1955 Elizabeth Lucille GLENN
Science teacher and church organist, Ames, IA and Sterling, IL
7,114b Jane SKINNER(12/30/1830-10/6/1875) m. 3/27/1859 David MILLER (her brother-in-law)
South Argyle, NY
5,115 Margaret ARMSTRONG(12/21/1793- ) m. Walter GLADSTONE from Duns, Aberdeenshire
to Argyle, NY
5,116 John ARMSTRONG (1/26/1797-6/23/1864) m. 1818 Isabella COULTER (1798-11/20/1879)
John was born in South Argyle, NY. Isabella was born in Scotland
They lived at Bovina in Delaware County, NY. All of their children died in Delaware Co,
except John, who died in Salinas, CA, and Ellen, who died in San Francisco. They are
buried in the Bovina Cemetery. http://www.dcnyhistory.org/biocoulterfrancis.html
7,1161 Nancy ARMSTRONG (10/6/1821-10/4/1868)
7,1162 Ellison ARMSTRONG (5/11/1825-1912)
7,1163 Mary ARMSTRONG (1827-1902)
7,1164 Margaret ARMSTRONG (1829-1911)
7,1165 Elizabeth ARMSTRONG (1832-1862)
7,1166 John Graham ARMSTRONG (2/1/1834-3/5/1904)
9,11661 John Archibald ARMSTRONG
11,116611 John McCalla ARMSTRONG
13,1166111 Jay ARMSTRONG
15,11661111 first son
15,11661112 Kyle ARMSTRONG
7,1167 Frank Coulter ARMSTRONG (1/7/1838-10/6/1925)
7,1168 Isabella Jane ARMSTRONG (1840-1876)
7,1169 Ellen ARMSTRONG (1842-1915)
7,116a Archibald ARMSTRONG (1846-1853)
5,117 Archibald ARMSTRONG(2/19/1800-8/22/1860) m. Nancy DONALDSON South Argyle, NY
5,118 George ARMSTRONG (7/14/1802-11/24/1889) m. 7/15/1824 Elizabeth FRENCH
(9/3/1806-5/23/1869) George and Elizabeth lived in Cambridge, NY. Elizabeth French
was a sister of James W. French
6, m. 2nd May 1871 Catherine McGEOCH