Women – Ottawa Valley Irish

‘The presents were numerous and costly’

East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, Marriage Records, Newspapers, Ottawa, Women15 March 2025by M.C. Moran

Or, Who Gave What to Whom? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marriage notices in local newspapers would sometimes include a list of the wedding presents received by the happy couple, along with the names of the gift-givers….

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Died in Childbirth

Canada, Census, Death and Burial, Women23 January 2025by M.C. Moran

Two examples from the 1871 census I’ve been looking into childbirth-related deaths and the ways in which they were recorded (or not recorded, in some cases). I have many examples from 19th-century Carleton and Lanark Counties, but for this post…

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