Update on 1921 Census of Canada
at the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Apparently the census data is “being indexed” and will be “available in the next few weeks.” This is very good news.
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Lawrence McCann, husband of Ann O’Reilly (Ireland to Canada)
A reader is looking for more information on her 3x-great-grandfather Lawrence McCann, who emigrated to North America probably in the mid- to late-1830s. What little information I have is as follows: Lawrence McCann was born in Ireland about 1811. His…
Continue reading →Perth! Perth! Get off the earth!
A local chant, as told to me by my mother: Perth! Perth! Get off the earth! and let the green grass grow. Smiths Falls! Smiths Falls! Get off the walls! and let the pictures hang. Perth = Perth, Lanark Co.,…
Continue reading →Down Survey of Ireland 1656-58
Via Deborah Large Fox, I’ve just discovered The Down Survey of Ireland 1656-58, a searchable, online mapping database with digitized images of all surviving Down survey maps from 1656 to 1658. From the project’s website (at Trinity College Dublin): Taken in…
Continue reading →How many Home Children?
How many Home Children have I come across in the 1891 and 1901 Canadian census returns, while searching for my ancestors and their collateral relations? 10? 15? 20? I’ve lost count. Many more than I had expected to find when…
Continue reading →James Fitzpatrick: Home Child
Found in the household of John Rowan and his wife Emma Hogan (Emily Julia Hogan, daughter of John Hogan and Marcella Moran) in the 1891 census of Huntley township (Lanark North, Ontario): Jas. [James] Fitzpatrick, male, age 17, Dom. [Domestic],…
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