Lacy Family

Daniel Lacy m. Ann Murphy and lived and farmed on what is now the Vance Dixon home farm. The 1841 census lists Daniel Lacy, farmer,

b. Ireland, m. 6 Feb 1839 Ann Murphy. The Lacy name is no longer in the community.

Daniel Lacy and Ann Murphy had at least 7 children:

Lawrence b. Nov 1840, d. 1904, m.Joanna. They had 6 children. Ellen b. 1845, m. John Keough. See Keough history.

+John b. 20 March 1846.

Mary b. 1848, m. William Keough. See Keough history. Elizabeth bap. Oct 1850.

Matthew bap. March 1857.

Ann bap. 4 Sept 1859.

John b. 20 March 1846, son of Daniel Lacy and Ann Murphy, m. Ambosine McInnis, b. 1849.

John was a farmer and a blacksmith in North Tryon.

John Lacy and Ambosine McInnis had at least 7 children: Elizabeth b. 1873.

MaryJ. b. 1875.

Joseph Stanislaus b. 23 Apr 1877.

John Alexander b. 10 May 1879.

Theresa Ellen b. 2 Dec 1880.

John Alexander b. 7 May 1881.

Anastasia b. 18 Feb 1883.

Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; 1863 Island Map.

Lang Family

Frank George Lang b. Tryon, 1878, d. 23 Sept 1920, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of John Lang and Elizabeth Wright, Tryon, m. 17 March 1903 Elizabeth Lizzie Chisholm, b. 17 March 1875, bap. 16July 1875, d. 22 Feb 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Morrison. They had no children. See Chisholm history.

Frank Lang was the first manager and butter maker at the North Tryon Butter Factory. The Langs were very fond of children and their home was a popular place for nieces, nephews, and neighbourhood children. Shirley Thomas Thomson lived with her Aunt Lizzie after her mother, Jessie Chisholm Thomas, died.

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