“Now comes Thos. L. Ryan…”
Where did Michael James McGlade Reside? Sometimes you can’t find a person, no matter how carefully and thoroughly you look….
Directories
Occupation: Married Woman (Canada Voters Lists, 1935-1980)
During the 1930s Alex and Annie operated a small grocery shop in their home on Armstrong St. In the depths…
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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…
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Ottawa city directories online
There are a number of Ottawa city directories online at archive.org.
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Where did my great-grandparents meet?
Here is my great-grandmother Anna (“Annie”) Maria Benton in the Ottawa city directory of 1895-6:1 Miss Annie Benton, dressmaker, lodger…
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Who Baptized/Married/Buried Your RC Ancestors?
A preliminary, partial and incomplete list of the priests who served the various 19th-century Ottawa Valley area Roman Catholic missions…
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Who was Daniel Galligan (1821-1889)?
(Or: who were the parents of John Galligan, husband of Ellen McGee?) Daniel Galligan was born about 1821 in Co….
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Peter Doyle and Elizabeth Moran: Address
After posting about the “blended family” of Peter Doyle and Elizabeth Moran, I realized that I didn’t have a geographic…
