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Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Marriage Records, Migration21 April 2022by M.C. Moran

From 1852, there was a Catholic mission at Fitzroy Harbour (Fitzroy township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada). A stone church was built in 1861,1 but the mission did not become the independent parish of St. Michael until 1917. The Fitzroy Harbour Mission…

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Last Will and Testament of Patrick Galligan

Canadian Records, Death and Burial, Land Records, Wills26 June 2020by M.C. Moran

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,…

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What happened to the sons of Denis Galligan and Catherine Doolan?

Queries4 April 2019by M.C. Moran

Denis Galligan, son of Patrick Galligan (c.1807-1870) and Mary Cullen (c. 1807-1843), was born about 1841 in the townland of Loughaconnick, parish of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, Ireland. In the early 1840s, he and his parents and siblings emigrated to Canada,…

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John Killeen (about 1828-1906)

Photographs14 April 2015by M.C. Moran

I found this photograph attached to a family tree at ancestry.ca, and contacted the owner for permission to post at my site. The owner kindly granted my request. This is John Killeen, son of Denis Killeen and Mary Ahern: John…

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Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan: Three Records of Death/Burial

Census, Civil Records, Death and Burial25 January 2013by M.C. Moran

I have not yet found an RC burial record for Patrick Galligan/Gallaghan, who was born about 1807 in Co. Cavan (probably parish of Kilmore), Ireland, and who emigrated to Canada about 1843. I have checked a number of Roman Catholic…

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Benjamin Finner and Mary Mantle

Catholic Records, Census, Civil Records16 February 2011by M.C. Moran

Continuing with the theme of English people who emigrated to Canada and joined an Irish parish (a theme I will quickly exhaust, as I only have a handful of examples), Benjamin Finner (or Fenner) was born in England about 1796….

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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

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