I'm finding that the most likely scenario for pre-1800 Carsons is that they started in
Scotland,
fled the Brits (or got kicked out) to Ulster, today Northern Ireland, and then emigrated
to America.
To me the term applied to them, "Scots-Irish", is somewhat misleading, since
they only part of them
that was Irish was their residence. In 1850 and later censuses where the place of birth
was listed,
"Ireland" might often mean Ulster.
John Ottinger
Thanks Frances.
I was told that there were alot of Carsons who were Scots. I am still looking for my
g.father James Robert Carson, b. Phoenix, Arizona abt 1875. His father (also JRC) was said
to have come from Ireland, but I think I will have to start looking in Scotland. Its only
a row boat away - on a fine day 8-))
Cheers,
Jane
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> #1 [CARSON] Irish -v- English. ["Frances Doreen Carson"
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> #2 [CARSON] Nola (Carson) Gordon ["Robert & Marjorie
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> Subject: [CARSON] Irish -v- English.
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:51:58 +0800
> From: "Frances Doreen Carson" <francar(a)bigpond.com>
> To: CARSON-L(a)rootsweb.com
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> Actually, both the English and Irish Carsons originated in Scotland - in the
South-West around Galloway. According to a book I purchased about ten years ago (The World
Book of Carsons) I estimated it contained about 25,000 names at that time and the largest
concentrations were around Glasgow and Kilmarnock. The name has been found in Scottish
records as far back as the 12th century. There was a family in Galloway by the name of
Carson, but they died out in the direct line around the time of James V1.
> I think many of the Carsons in England went there in the late 18th, but mostly the
19th centuries. My great great grandfather moved to Liverpool in the late 1840s from
Dumfries.
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> Frances Carson
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> Subject: [CARSON] Nola (Carson) Gordon
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:45:00 -0600
> From: "Robert & Marjorie Fletcher" <robtmarj(a)sprintmail.com>
> To: CARSON-L(a)rootsweb.com
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> I am searching for any descendants of Nola A. Carson b. 18 Feb 1870 in Brown
> Co., OH; died 20 Mar 1922 in Middletown, Butler Co., OH. She married in 1892
> Louis Gordon b. April 1868 in OH.
>
> Children of Louis & Nola A. (Carson) Gordon:
>
> 1. Myrtle B. Gordon b. Jan 1894 in OH
> 2. Leroy Gordon b. May 1896 in OH
> 3. Hazel B. Gordon b. May 1899 in OH
> 4. Nola Martha Gordon b. 1904 in OH
> 5. Louis Gordon b. 1906 in OH (Twin)
> 6. Lawrence Gordon b. 1906 in OH (Twin)
> 7. Robert Gordon b. 1910 in OH
> 8. Ruth Gordon b. 1912 in OH
> 9. Effie Gordon b. 1917 in OH
>
> Nola is the sister of my Grandmother, Della Elnora (Carson) Collins/Randolph
> b. 1882 in Brown Co., OH I am very anxious to find some of her descendants.
>
> Sincerely,
> Marjorie Fletcher, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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