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Local History

Heritage Passages Site to be Shut Down

Heritage Passages Site to be Shut Down

Canadian History, Canadian Records, Local History, Occupations13 June 2022by M.C. Moran

Heritage Passages: Bytown and the Rideau Canal will soon be shut down. Many sections of the site are already deadlinked. A message on the website currently reads: This site will be shut down as of Monday July 4, 2022. Ce…

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Gillespie family history

Local History, Migration16 September 2017by M.C. Moran

Norma Gillespie is researching her Gillespie ancestors, who originally came from Screeby, Co. Tyrone (but very near the border with Co. Fermanagh; and in the McCabe List, William Gillespie gave his townland and county of origin as Screeby, Fermanagh). William…

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Carleton Tavern history

Local History, Oral History, Photographs10 August 2015by M.C. Moran

I was very interested to read Dave Allston’s 80 years of history at the Carleton Tavern (Kitchissippi Times). The Moran family that he references is none other than my own: The Morans immediately converted the house back into a grocery…

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Ottawa Passé & Présent/Ottawa Past & Present

Local History, Maps29 May 2014by M.C. Moran

Ottawa Passé & Présent/Ottawa Past & Present is a remarkable website: an interactive blog which juxtaposes photographs from Ottawa’s past with photographs from the Ottawa of today. Here, for example, is 96 to 102 Wellington Street, in 1938 and in…

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Interview with Robin Averill of The Gaelic Hour

Local History, Oral History24 February 2014by M.C. Moran

Yesterday morning I spoke with Robin Averill of The Gaelic Hour. Great chat, and some Ottawa Valley music too. Podcast is here, and also below:

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Mid-Century Modern Ottawa

Local History9 January 2014by M.C. Moran

Floor plans and photographs of mid-century modern houses in Ottawa.

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John Alexander Moran Photo Gallery:

  • Rosemary and John Moran
  • Rosemary and John Moran, at Tunney's Pasture, by the Ottawa River
  • John Alexander Moran, Ottawa (Armstrong St.?), c. 1937.
  • John and Rosemary, in front of Carleton Tavern
  • St. Patrick's Collegiate
  • John Alexander Moran, age 15
  • L. Lahey, John Alexander Moran, and Rosemary Moran
  • Frobisher Bay, mid-1950s
  • At a party, Ottawa, early 1960s, with cousin Orville Lahey in the background
  • Boxing Day wedding, 26 December 1963: John Alexander Moran and Catherine Frances McGlade
  • In the Canadian Rockies, summer 1967
  • At the convent of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, ON, ca. 1976.
  • Johnny's seafood chowder, Ogunquit, ME, mid-1980s.
  • Johnny's Mystery Tour: Sea-Faring Edition. Somewhere off the coast of New Hamsphire, 1992.
  • On his way out to canvass for cancer research funds, September 2010
  • In hospital, with grandson Emmet visiting, June 2012

Recent Posts

  • Uncle Alec 5 August 2023
  • “Has this family a radio?” 24 June 2023
  • Rosemary Moran 12 June 2023
  • John Moran, University of Ottawa football team 1 December 2022
  • The Death of Frank Finnerty 22 November 2022

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If you'd like to suggest an addition or a correction; if you have a photo or a document that you'd like to share; if you have any questions or concerns about the information at this site, please CONTACT ME.