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 →Extracted from the 1821 Census of Ireland, Armagh County, Parish of Forkhill, Townland of Clarkhill. Number of Inhabitants: 150 Number of Houses: 30 Distribution of head-of-household surnames: McGlade: 10 McKinly: 4 Smyth: 3 McCann: 2 Morgan: 2 Murphy: 2 Feagan:…
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 →List of freeholders in the townland of Clarkill, parish of Forkill, Co. Armagh, in 1827 From PRONI’s About freeholders’ records: Freeholders were men who either owned their land outright or who held it in a lease for the duration of…
Continue reading →List of landholders in the townland of Clarkill, parish of Forkill, County Armagh, ca. 1828 [1823-1837]. Transcribed from PRONI Reference FIN/5/A/143, Tithe applotment for the parish of Forkhill, County Armagh. Note: “Macan” = “McCann” “M’Kinly” = “McKinley” See more Forkill records.
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