My maternal grandparents John (“Jack”) Eugene McGlade
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Funeral Prayer Cards
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I tend to think of funeral prayer cards as a Catholic thing, though this assumption may be a function of my own, somewhat limited experience: the vast majority of funerals I have attended have been Catholic (at the moment, I…
Disparité de culte/disparity of worship/disparitus cultus
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When Rose Ann Muriel St. Jean married Max Glatt at a Catholic church in Ottawa,1 the couple had to obtain “une dispense de disparité de culte” (a dispensation for [the impediment of] disparity of worship): The reason for this dispensation…
McGlade Photos
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Wilfrid Dontigny (Death Info Update)
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Ancestry.ca recently extended their coverage of Ontario civil death registrations by a couple of years (from “Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936″ to “Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938″). In a previous entry, I suggested that Wilfrid Dontigny had presumably died of tuberculosis. This presumption…
Two Derouin Brothers
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Two Derouin brothers, sons of Joseph Derouin and Mathilde Dubeau, and siblings of my grandmother Delia Lucie (Derouin) McGlade: Edgar Derouin, apparently born 26 February 1893 (but this birth date is from the census; I have not yet found a…
Wilfrid Dontigny and Anna Matilda Derouin
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A couple of months ago, I published an entry on tuberculosis in Ontario, along with a photo that was taken “at the sanatorium.” The photo shows a patient, whose name was unknown to me at the time, along with his…
Kenneth O’Hara and Wilda Derouin: Wedding Photo
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A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader who is connected (by marriage) to my paternal family tree through the Delaney family; and who is also connected to my maternal family tree through the Derouin family. Well,…
David John McGlade (1937-2011)
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David John McGlade, 28 March 1937-12 February 2011.
Details, Details (Cause of Death Uncovered, or at least Strongly Inferred)
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Like most people who get hooked on genealogy, I’m attracted to the detective work aspect of the enterprise. A clue here; a detail there; another hint here, which, combined with a few previously discovered clues and details, finally provides a…