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From: PD & LE Strong <>
Subject: [HWE] Laine
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:53:48 +1000

I am a new lister. My g-grandmother was Jane LAINE, born 1840 in
Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland to James LAIN, yarn bundler and
linen dresser. Jane married my g-grandfather Robert STRONG in a
Methodist chapel in Belfast.

Family tradition tell that there is French in our family origins,
which by a process of exclusions points to the LAINEs.

In our family bible there is a cross stitch bookmark which says:

"Trust in the Lord * Jane Laine * ( heart symbol) A.I. * souvenior*"

The above evidence: Calvinistic protestant, family tradition of a
French origin and use of French in the book mark lead me to ask these
questions:


(1) Is LAINE a French protestant name? It is very unusual in Ireland.

(2) Is "souvenior" an archaic French word... some obscure imperative
or subjunctive mood... remember me or would that I be remembered? Or
on the other hand is it the flexible spelling typical of those times
in Ireland?

(3) Were there many Huguenots in County Tyrone... perhaps a yarn
bundler and linen dresser was associated with Huguenot artisans?
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