At 8:43 -0400 10/18/00, SMD wrote:
My Carson's were in Philadelphia in the 1800's and were
Irish-Protestant,
which means at some point they were probably English. They saw themselves
as staunch "Orangemen". Maybe some of the other English vs. Irish Carsons
are the same. Sue
Looking for info on John Martin Carson, b. 1880's Phila, PA
There are two 19th century books on Ulster Carsons:
Carson of Shanroe, County Monaghan by Rev. T. W. Carson, Dublin 1879
A short history of the Carson family of Monanton, Co. Monaghan by
James Carson, Belfast 1879.
1879 must have been the year of the Carsons.
I don't know whether you are correct that the Ulster Carsons are
English in origin as a very high percentage of Orangemen are ethnic
Scots, who dislike being called English almost as much as everyone
else in Ireland. British good. English ugh. They may well be English
though. However, a Dublin barrister, Edward Henry Carson, later Lord
Carson, was the central opponent of Irish Home Rule in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries. Carson's tactics and positions became the
standard Irish Unionist theory and practice.
A slight correction. The Dutch Carsons were originally Coursons who
became Corsons on the way. You can't just become a Carson, you've got
to ease into it.
Ed Margerum