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Ewing Family Journal Volume 20 – Number 4 November 2014 ISSN: 1948-1187 Published by: Ewing Family Association www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org ISSN: 1948-1187 Ewing Family Association 1330 Vaughn Court Aurora, Illinois 60504 www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org CHANCELLOR Wallace K. Ewing [email protected] PAST CHANCELLORS 2006-2012 David Neal Ewing [email protected] 2004-2006 George William Ewing [email protected] 1998-2004 Joseph Neff Ewing Jr [email protected] 1995-1998 Margaret (Ewing) Fife 1993-1995 Rev. Ellsworth Samuel Ewing OFFICERS Board Chair Treasurer Secretary Beth (Ewing) Toscos Linda 'Lynn' (Ewing) Coughlin Jane P. (Ewing) Weippert [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karen Avery Linda (Ewing) 'Lynn' Coughlin Daniel C. Ewing [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] David Neal Ewing Martin S. Ewing Immediate Past Chancellor, ex officio [email protected] [email protected] Wallace K. Ewing Walter E. ‘Major’ Ewing Terry (Ewing) Schulz [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Beth (Ewing) Toscos Jane P. (Ewing) Weippert [email protected] [email protected] ACTIVITY COORDINATORS Archives Genealogist Gathering Daniel C. Ewing Karen Avery Wallace K. Ewing [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Internet Services Journal Membership Martin S. Ewing John A. Ewing, Editor pro tem Walter E. Ewing [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] New Members Clan Ewing Standing Committee Y-DNA Project Jane P. (Ewing) Weippert Martin S. Ewing, Chair David Neal Ewing [email protected] Walter E. ‘Major’ Ewing [email protected] Terry (Ewing) Schulz Commander Thor Ewing, ex officio [email protected] Ewing Family Journal Volume 20 Number 4 November 2014 Published by: Ewing Family Association, 1330 Vaughn Court, Aurora, Illinois 60504 Web Site: www.EwingFamilyAssociation.org The Ewing Family Journal is published quarterly. Members of the Ewing Family Association receive the Journal as part of their membership. Copies of previous issues are $5.00 each, and copies of previous volumes are $20.00 ($25.00 for overseas mailings). For copies of previous issues or volumes, contact John A. Ewing at [email protected]). Through 2008 this publication was titled Journal of Clan Ewing. The name was changed in January 2009 to reflect a change in the name of the publishing organization from Clan Ewing in America to Ewing Family Association. All contributions are subject to editing. Ewing Family Association does not assume liability for statements of fact or opinion by contributors, but proven errors will be corrected. In addition, the opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of Ewing Family Association or its Officers, Board Members or Activity Coordinators. ISSN: 1948-1187 © 2014, Ewing Family Association. All rights reserved. From the Editor pro tem John A. Ewing (+1-260-704-1392, johnewing [email protected]) Please allow me to introduce myself. As the new Editor pro tem of this journal, I present myself to you with great humility. My name is John A. Ewing, and I have been a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana for most of my adult life. Having grown up as the oldest child of Raymond and Lela Ewing in northwest Ohio, I eventually attended Ohio State University where I received a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in journalism. Some of the fondest memories of my college days include the days that I spent writing for The Ohio State Lantern, the student newspaper. Perhaps it was for this reason that I consented to accept the challenge to follow the successful path forged by the late Editor, William Ewing Riddle. As most of you know, Bill left behind an amazing legacy. The quality of his work attests to his high standards of excellence. The tributes for Bill that follow on pp. 44-46, are well deserved and appropriately express the respect and admiration that many of you had for him. My adult life has taken me to Zanesville, Ohio, as a high school English teacher, and to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where I served as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English to young male Afghan students. Upon returning to the U.S., I worked as a college administrator for nine years, then as a hotel manager, changing my career aspirations in 1990 to help my father wind down our family nursery business after my mother suffered a debilitating stroke. From there I served as a Field Service Rep with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), and, most recently, I have passed my insurance licensing test and am now an agent team member for State Farm Insurance. And all in one lifetime! My family consists of my wife Denise Schutz Ewing, who works as an Executive Assistant for a regional health care provider, three grown daughters, Sara, Jamie and Chelsi (our family history/poly sci graduate). We also have four granddaughters. You’re probably beginning to see a pattern here. I would say that Denise and I are empty nesters at this point except that we’re really not. We are entertained daily by our two beagles, Darcy and Kegan, littermates who were given Celtic names by Denise. We believe that these merry little hounds actually bark at all the neighborhood rabbits in Gaelic. The rabbits seem unamused. Acknowledging the challenge at hand, I promise that with your help and contributions, I will do my best to keep the EFA Journal vibrant, informative and of the highest quality. To that end, I simply say – Audaciter! John A. Ewing Ewing Family Journal Volume 20 Number 4 November 2014 One American Family – Part IX ............................................................................................... 1 A Scots-Irish Saga: Part III – Discovering Kin in Ireland ....................................................... 13 Charles and Robert Ewing: Part II – Charles Ewing .............................................................. 20 Charles Ewing (~1715-1770) ................................................................................................... 20 Our 2014 Homecoming ........................................................................................................... 25 Travel Highlights ...................................................................................................................... 26 Belfast ............................................................................................................................... 26 Downpatrick ...................................................................................................................... 26 Londonderry ..................................................................................................................... 26 Glasgow and Loch Lomond.............................................................................................. 28 The Ewing/MacEwen Derbhfine ....................................................................................... 29 Stirling ............................................................................................................................... 30 Edinburgh ......................................................................................................................... 31 Summary: 2014 – Our Homecoming Year .............................................................................. 31 Ewing Digital Library ............................................................................................................. 33 Minutes - General Membership Meeting ..………………………………………………………..34 Chancellor's Message ..…………………………………………………………………………….35 Board Chair's Message .…………………………………………………………………………...36 Membership News ..………………………………………………………………………………...37 New EFA Members … Welcome Aboard!............................................................................... 38 Passings .................................................................................................................................. 43 Archives Report …………………………………………………………………………………… 47 Celebratory Poetry ................................................................................................................. 47 Clan Ewing Commission Officially Granted ……………………………………………………...51 Commission by the Lord Lyon King of Arms …………………………………………………….53 Ewing Family Association Joins COSCA …………………………………………………..........55 Pocahontas James Ewing Memorial: Status Report ............................................................... 55 Steve Ewing - Creative Living Award ……………………………………………………………..57 Information Exchange ………………………………………………………………………………58 Upcoming Events …………………………………………………………………………………...63 Index for this Issue .................................................................................................................. 63 Vol. 20, No. 4 (November 2014) Ewing Family Journal 1 One American Family – Part IX Wallace K. 'Wally' Ewing ([email protected]) A few years ago I prepared a biographical sketch of my grandmother, Carlotta Parthenia 'Lotta' Walkley.1 It soon seemed only fair to give her husband Alvin Enoch 'AE' Ewing equal attention. As an offshoot of this work, I prepared an article about their honeymoon at the 1893 Columbian Exposition based on narratives from Lotta's diary.2 Another spin-off was an article about a 1914 family 'walking adventure' by my father, Burke McKendree Ewing, and his brother, Walkley Bailey Ewing.3 Putting together information about the separate and joint lives of AE and Lotta soon showed the need to get