Extracted from the 1848 Census, Canada West (Ontario), Johnstown District, Leeds County, North Crosby Township. 1 This census lists only the head of family/household by name. But: if you’re researching your North Crosby ancestors, there is an awful lot of…
Continue reading →John McGlade died at Perth, Lanark Co., Ontario on 27 September 1891. His last will and testament was signed and witnessed on 20 September 1889; and was registered 5 October 1891.1 Last Will and Testament of John McGlade This is…
Continue reading →Angelina McGlade was the second wife of my 2x-great-grandfather John McGlade (1827-1891), and the stepmother of my great-grandfather Arthur Joseph McGlade (1861-1925, son of John McGlade and Bridget Dunne). She was born Angélique Ménard, daughter of François Xavier Ménard and…
Continue reading →The Galligans of Fitzroy Township Born about 1807 in the townland of Loughaconnick, parish of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Patrick Galligan was the eldest known child of Denis Galligan (ca. 1782-1846) and Ann Kelly (ca. 1785-1866). Patrick married Mary Cullen circa 1834,…
Continue reading →Deathbed wills are documents that were dictated orally by a testator who was in imminent peril of death, who did not expect to make it through the night, who did not hope to see another day. There is a more…
Continue reading →Years ago now (in the early summer of 2011, as I recall), I took my Dad to the Ottawa-Carleton Land Registry Office (at the Court House on Elgin St., Ottawa) to do a bit of family history research. Our mission?…
Continue reading →