January 2013 – Ottawa Valley Irish

Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan: Three Records of Death/Burial

Posted on 25 January 2013by M.C. Moran

I have not yet found an RC burial record for Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan, who was born about 1807 in Co. Cavan…

Posted on 11 January 2013by M.C. Moran

As I’ve mentioned before (e.g., in Spelling Doesn’t Count! [in Genealogy]), it’s extremely unlikely that an ancestor had a strong attachment…

Posted on 6 January 2013by M.C. Moran

In records pertaining to my McGlade-Dunne ancestors, who emigrated from Co. Armagh, Ireland to Counties Leeds and Lanark, Ontario, the…

Posted on 5 January 2013by M.C. Moran

On 7 April 1885, Bridget Adeline Lavelle,1 wife of James McCann, gave birth to her second child, a daughter named…

Posted on 3 January 2013by M.C. Moran

Found in the household of Richard Tovey and his wife Catherine Gorman1 in the 1891 census of Bathurst township (Lanark…

Posted on 2 January 2013by M.C. Moran

So the reason I’m blue in the face is not apnoea or an impending heart attack, it’s from telling people…