Catherine Frances McGlade (1939-2012)
Catherine Frances (McGlade) Moran, 10 October 1939 – 22 December 2012. My beautiful mother: Obituary here and here.
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Tithe Applotment Books online
When I get a chance (which won’t be until after Christmas), I’m going to post an entry about searching the Tithe Applotment Books for various ancestors. I think I have found my Lahey ancestors, for example, who emigrated to Upper…
Continue reading →When did my maternal grandparents meet?
My maternal grandparents John (“Jack”) Eugene McGlade1 and Delia Lucie Derouin were married on 10 February 1931, at St. John Chyrostom RC Church in Arnprior (Renfrew Co., Ontario). My grandfather lived in his birthplace of Perth (Lanark Co., Ontario) at…
Continue reading →Red are brick, blue are stone: Goad’s Insurance Plan of Ottawa
My paternal grandmother Mary Catherine Lahey was probably born at 308 Gloucester Street in Ottawa. Or, if she was not actually born at 308 Gloucester, certainly she lived at this address from her infancy into the second decade of her life….
Continue reading →Denis Killeen’s Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Record
Note: I discovered the following via John Reid’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. I already have a copy of this record in black and white, having purchased a photocopy from The National Archives (UK) (document cited here, in “Description of Denis Killeen”). But…
Continue reading →British Army Pensioners – Kilmainham, Ireland 1783-1822
Available online at findmypast.co.uk: British Army Pensioners — Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822.
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