A reader is looking for information on Thomas Dooley. Thomas Dooley was born in Ireland about 1810, possibly in Co. Kilkenny. He emigrated to Canada in the early 1830s (the 1842 census of Upper Canada records that he and his first wife had been in Canada for 10 years), where he settled on a farm … Continue reading Thomas Dooley (abt. 1810 – 1891)
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Death by Fire (Two Moran Children, Ages 4 and 2)
While Catholic burial records can supply a wealth of genealogically significant information, the cause of death was not something that the priest was required or expected to record. And as I've mentioned before, 19th- and early 20th-century Catholic burial records did not generally record the cause of death of the deceased. In some instances, however, … Continue reading Death by Fire (Two Moran Children, Ages 4 and 2)
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Cause of Death: Conflicting Accounts
James Moran (1858-1899) James Moran was born about 1858 in Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario, the third of twelve children born to Alexander ("Sandy") Michael Moran and Mary Ann Leavy. On 27 November 1883 (St. Patrick's, Fallowfield) James Moran married Sarah Jane Dooley, daughter of Thomas Dooley and his second wife Mary Coughlan. The couple had … Continue reading Cause of Death: Conflicting Accounts
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Children of Sandy Moran and Mary Leavy
Alexander ("Sandy") Michael Moran (1830-1892) and Mary Leavy (1832-1907) had the following children: John (1854-1921) Margaret Jane (1856-1873) James (1858-1899) Mary Ernestine ("Tina") (1859-1943) Thomas Edwin (1860-1942) Julia Amanda (1864-1941) Ellen Elizabeth ("Nellie") (1866-1947) Mary Eugenie Gertrude ("Minnie") (1868-1953) Anne [or Anastasia?] ("Annie") (1871-?) Alexander Michael ("Alec") (1872-1939) Mary Emelia [sometimes Emma] ("Em") (1874-1963) I … Continue reading Children of Sandy Moran and Mary Leavy
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Henrietta Godmother
Henrietta Moran (1837-1921) Henrietta Moran caught my attention when I noticed how often she turned up as a sponsor at her nieces' and nephews' baptisms. For the Morans of Huntley (but also for the Laheys of March), she seems to have been on the A-List of potential godparents. Henrietta was godmother to at least the … Continue reading Henrietta Godmother
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Daniel Driscoll: Home Child
Found in the household of James Moran and Sarah Jane Dooley in the 1891 census (Ontario, Carleton, Nepean, p. 5, family no. 23), a domestic servant named Daniel Driscoll, born in England about 1878: Name: Driscoll, Danl Sex: M Age: 13 Relation to Head of House: Dom [Domestic] Country or Province of Birth: Eng [England] … Continue reading Daniel Driscoll: Home Child
