My great-grandfather John James Lahey, teamster for the Kingsbury Ice Company. Son of John Lahey and Margaret Jane Killeen; and husband of Bridget Loreto Killeen (daughter of Patrick Killeen and Bridget Galligan). With four of his five daughters. From left…
Continue reading →My maternal grandfather John Eugene McGlade (1900-1964), son of Arthur Joseph McGlade and Catherine Hanora McCarthy; and Buster Brown (c. 1904), comic strip creation of R.F. Outcault: I’m quite struck by the uncanny resemblance, and my grandfather wasn’t even born…
Continue reading →One of the most useful bits of information that the Canadian census can supply is that of the religious affiliation of your ancestor(s). This is worth knowing not only as an interesting and sociologically significant detail about the life of…
Continue reading →Like most people who get hooked on genealogy, I’m attracted to the detective work aspect of the enterprise. A clue here; a detail there; another hint here, which, combined with a few previously discovered clues and details, finally provides a…
Continue reading →If you come across a female ancestor described as “[Surname] alias [Surname]” in the parish register, you should certainly not assume that your great-grandmother led a double life, or had some sort of involvement with the cloak-and-dagger world of international…
Continue reading →Searching the early Roman Catholic parish registers for your Ottawa Valley ancestors can be a bit confusing, at least until you get a sense of the lay of the land. Basically, if you want to find all relevant baptismal and…
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